09 LC 18
7989
Senate
Resolution 179
By:
Senator Seabaugh of the 28th
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to require mandatory funding of homeowner
tax relief grants; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification
or rejection; and for other purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
VII, Section IIA of the Constitution is amended by revising Paragraph I as
follows:
"Paragraph
I.
State
grants; adjustment amount. For each
taxable year, a homeowner's incentive adjustment
may
shall
be applied to the return of each taxpayer claiming such state-wide homestead
exemption as may be specified by general law. The amount of such adjustment
may
shall
provide a taxpayer with a benefit equivalent to a homestead exemption of up to
$18,000.00 of the assessed value of a taxpayer's homestead or the taxpayer's ad
valorem property tax liability on the homestead, whichever is lower. The General
Assembly
may
shall
appropriate such amount each year for grants to local governments and school
districts as homeowner tax relief grants. The adjustments and grants authorized
by this Paragraph shall be made in such manner and shall be subject to the
procedures and conditions as may be specified by general law heretofore or
hereafter enacted."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
|
"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to require mandatory funding of
homeowner tax relief grants?"
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All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.