January 17, 2014
HB 1036 House Study Committee on Townships
This resolution creates a study committee on townships in response to annexation requests and the cityhood...
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January 17, 2014
HB 128 The Georgia Downtown Renaissance Act
This bill would encourage downtown investments in commercial and residential property through state income tax...
January 17, 2014
HB 265 MARTA – Repeal of Suspension of Restrictions on Expenditures
This legislation would repeal the current suspension on the restrictions on the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's (MARTA) expenditures for capital outlay and operations should House Bill...
January 17, 2014
SB 99 Fractional SPLOSTs
Senate Bill 99 would change the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) law to authorize a fractional SPLOST or multiple fractional SPLOSTs within a special district so long as the combined...
January 17, 2014
SB 287 Use of SPLOST Funds for Transportation System M&O
This bill expands the purposes for which SPLOST funds can be used to include maintenance and operations of a metropolitan area public transportation system that is overseen by a governing...
January 17, 2014
HB 173 SPLOST: Authorization for Repairs of Capital Outlay Projects
House Bill 173 would specifically authorize SPLOST revenues of up to 15 percent of that which is collected to be spent on repairs of capital outlay projects. An estimate of these costs would be...
January 17, 2014
HB 153 Fractional SPLOST of Less Than 1 Percent
House Bill 153 would change the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) law to authorize a SPLOST or multiple SPLOSTs within a special district so long as the combined tax rate is less than 1...
January 17, 2014
HB 91 Public Monuments
This legislation would prevent a city government from removing any monument from public property for any reason other than needs related to construction, expansion, alteration of edifices, buildings,...
January 17, 2014
HB 618 Backyard Chickens
This legislation would prohibit a city from regulating whether homeowners can raise honeybees or chickens on their private residential property so long as the products are used for consumption in the...