Bill Text: GA HR1150 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

Georgia House Resolution 1150 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Sales and use tax; educational purposes; only distributed on basis of full-time equivalent student counts - CA

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-29 - Senate Disagrees House Amend/Sub [HR1150 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HR1150-Comm_Sub.html

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The Senate Finance Committee offered the following substitute to HR 1150:

A RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the sales and use tax for educational purposes shall only be distributed on the basis of full-time equivalent student counts when proceeds are distributed between a county school district and an independent school district located in such county with more than 3,000 full-time equivalent students; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Article VIII, Section VI, Paragraph IV of the Constitution is amended by revising subparagraph (g) as follows:

"(g) The net proceeds of the tax shall be distributed between the county school district and the independent school districts, or portion thereof, located in such county according to the ratio the student enrollment in each school district, or portion thereof, bears to the total student enrollment of all school districts in the county or, for independent school districts with less than 3,000 full-time equivalent students, upon such other formula for distribution as may be authorized by local law agreed upon by all participating districts. Any law implementing this subparagraph shall not be considered a population Act. For purposes of this subparagraph, student enrollment shall be based on the latest FTE full-time equivalent count prior to the referendum on imposing the tax."

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

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to assure that any one cent sales and use tax for educational purposes is distributed equally to a school system on a per student basis for certain school systems?"

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.