Georgia Senate Bill 261 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-27 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965," approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended, so as to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations for the imposition of an additional retail sales and use tax in DeKalb County; to provide for the selection and submission of rapid transit projects to be funded by the revenue of such tax; to provide for a limitation on the collection of a tax for transportation purposes in certain instances and the imposition of an additional retail sales and use tax in certain instances; to provide for a referendum; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

"Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965"; procedures, conditions, and limitations for imposition of additional retail sales and use tax in DeKalb County; provide

Sen. Gloria Butler [D]

Sen. Steve Henson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-27	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2017-02-27	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51046
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/166780