| HB 0056 |
Oppose | Prohibit Seizure of Tax Delinquent Property |
Franklin,Bobby 43rd |
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1/26/2011 |
House Second Readers |
W&M |
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| HB 56 prohibits the state revenue commissioner, any agent or employee thereof, or any local tax official from attaching, garnishing, levying on, or seizing any property on the basis of an alleged tax liability without an actual tax execution. A violation of the prohibition constitutes a criminal felony and may also result in civil penalties. The bill also places limitations on the jeopardy assessment powers of the state revenue commissioner. |
| HB 0270 |
Support | Allow for Nonpartisan County Commission Races |
Kidd,E. Culver Rusty 141st |
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2/22/2011 |
House Second Readers |
GAff |
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| HB 270 requires that elections for sheriff, district attorney and solicitor be by nonpartisan election. It also allows the General Assembly to enact local legislation to allow any other county elected office - including county commissioner - to be nonpartisan. |
| HB 0715 |
Neutral | Contracting for Municipal Tax Collection |
Riley,Lynne 50th |
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2/28/2012 |
House Committee Favorably Reported |
W&M |
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| HB 715 revises O.C.G.A. ยง 48-5-359.1 and allows a city and county to contract for the tax commissioner to prepare the property tax digest for a city and assess and collect municipal ad valorem taxes. The contract is required to specify the amount to be paid by the city for such service. The tax commissioner is specifically prohibited from receiving personal compensation from the city for performing such service. The bill prohibits contracts, extensions, or renewals under the existing provisions of the Code section. |
| HB 1209 |
Evaluating | Tax commissioner; present tax returns of the county; repeal population exception |
Williamson,Bruce 111th |
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3/7/2012 |
House Committee Favorably Reported |
W&M |
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| HB 1209 repeals a population Act exception in Code Section 48-5-301 which allowed for a single March 11 deadline exception to the general law requirement that tax commissioners are subject to the April 11 deadline for presentation of tax returns to county boards of tax assessors. |
| SB 0069 |
Support | Allow for Nonpartisan County Commission Races |
Carter,Earl Buddy 1st |
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2/15/2011 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | ETHICS |
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| SB 69 permits the General Assembly to pass local legislation to allow for county commissioners to be elected in non-partisan elections. |
| SB 0070 |
Neutral | Allow for Nonpartisan Tax Commissioner Races |
Carter,Earl Buddy 1st |
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2/15/2011 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | ETHICS |
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| SB 70 allows the General Assembly to pass local legislation permitting tax commissioners to run as nonpartisan. |
| SB 0286 |
Neutral | Tax Commissioners and Staff: Participation in State Retirement System if County Agrees |
Heath,Bill 31st |
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5/2/2012 |
Senate Date Signed by Governor |
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RET |
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| Under current law, tax commissioners and their employees are members of the state retirement system. SB 286 would allow all tax commissioners presently in office and any current employees of a tax commissioner to remain in the state system but tax commissioners first taking office after July 1, of 2012 and any employees of a tax commissioner first hired after that date will not automatically be participants in the state retirement system. The county board of commissioners may, however, agree to include them in the state system so long as the county pays to the state the employer's contribution for each such tax commissioner and employee. The county must also agree to collect any employee contributions from the employee and forward same to the state retirement system. |
