| HB 0156 |
Neutral | Guns - No License Required |
Matt Gurtler |
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1/31/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
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| This legislation enacts the Georgia Constitutional Carry Act of 2017. It does away with Georgia's weapons license and allows anyone to carry a firearm unless they are prohibited by law from possessing a weapon or long gun. |
| HB 0364 |
Neutral | Hotel-Motel Tax - Repeal $5 tax |
Matt Gurtler |
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2/16/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Transportation |
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| This bill repeals the $5.00 per night state hotel motel fee. |
| HB 0742 |
Neutral | Rabies Inoculation - Pets Exempt if Shot Compromises their Health |
Matt Gurtler |
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1/29/2018 |
House Second Readers |
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs |
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| This bill exempts pets from required rabies inoculation if a licensed veterinarian determines in writing that it would compromise an animal's health. Said exemption remains in place until a licensed veterinarian determines the inoculation would not compromise the animal's health. |
| HB 0845 |
Neutral | Young Harris, City of; provide new charter |
Matt Gurtler |
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5/3/2018 |
Effective Date |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
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| HB 0933 |
Neutral | Dillard, City of; eliminate one council post |
Matt Gurtler |
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5/3/2018 |
Effective Date |
Intragovernmental Coordination |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
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| HB 1009 |
Evaluating | Taxpayers' Bill of Rights - Revisions |
Matt Gurtler |
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2/28/2018 |
House Second Readers |
Ways and Means |
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| This bill makes numerous changes throughout the OCGA under the purported purpose of modernizing taxpayer rights. Among its many changes it: 1) requires a local government to post its proposed budget on its website the same day it is provided to the governing authority and to email notification thereof to interested parties; 2) requires a public hearing on the budget two weeks, rather than one week, prior to adoption of the budget and requires email notification thereof two weeks prior to the hearing; 3) requires tax commissioners and tax collectors to prepare and publish on their website and the county website a monthly report of the number and type of tax sales and their progress and disposition; rewrites the definition of fair market value of property by placing artificial limits thereon such that the maximum allowable fair market value cannot exceed the adjusted fair market value; 4) eliminates the requirement that a tax bill show a statement regarding reduction of the state ad valorem levy since there no longer is such a levy; 5) makes major changes to the annual publication of the five year history and the process of advertising intent to increase property taxes including: A) combining both procedures together; B) requiring a public hearing on a Saturday; C) emailing notice to interested parties; and D) prohibiting the state revenue commissioner from accepting a county digest if any recommending authority or levying authority, including a municipality fails to comply with any part of the new combined procedure and renders the levy of each levying authority invalid and unenforceable; and 6) requires all notices and reports of tax sales and five year histories and roll back compliance to be retained permanently. |
