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GA · HB1595INTRO · 4 COSPONSORS

Clarke County; school district ad valorem tax; revise how income cap is calculated

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Plain-English Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to grant to residents of Clarke County and the Clarke County School District, upon their homesteads, an exemption of $10,000.00 from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, and levied by, for, or on behalf of the Clarke County School District, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6241), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 18, 2022 (Ga. L. 2022, p. 5504), so as to revise how the inco…

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Who it affects
Homeowner

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Who This AffectsAI analysis
  • HomeownerdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

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    grant to residents of Clarke County and the Clarke County School District, upon their homesteads, an exemption of $10,000.00 from certain ad valorem taxes· summary
What the Bill Does
  • Amends an existing act to revise the method for calculating a $10,000 homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes for residents of Clarke County.
  • Applies to ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, and the Clarke County School District.

Fiscal impact: Moderate (The bill grants a $10,000 homestead exemption, which will reduce ad valorem tax revenue for the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County and the Clarke County School District. The full fiscal impact is not quantifiable from the provided summary due to its truncation and lack of details on the number of affected homesteads or the specific revision to the income calculation.)

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