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02 LC 18 1682

House Bill 1559
By: Representatives Hammontree of the 4^th, Williams of the 5^th, Hudgens of the 24^th, McBee of the 88^th and Heard of the 89^th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Code Section 48-5-45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to homestead exemption applications, so as to change the provisions relating to population brackets and the census relative to the time for making such applications in certain counties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Code Section 48-5-45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to homestead exemption applications, is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting in its place a new subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) In all counties having a population of not less than 81,300 100,000 nor more than 89,000 103,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1990 2000 or any future such census, the written application and schedule required in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be filed on or before March 1 of the year in which exemption from taxation is sought."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.