Bill Text: GA SB39 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Taxes; provide for a 1% sales tax; transportation projects in special transportation districts within the state

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-14 - Senate Insists [SB39 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-SB39-Amended.html

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09 AM 14 0882

ADOPTED

Senators Wiles of the 37th, Rogers of the 21st, Hill of the 32nd, Chance of the 16th and Douglas of the 17th offered the following amendment:

Amend the committee substitute to SB 39 (LC 34 2061S) by revising all matter on lines 81 through 89 as follows:

(2) The district resolution provided for by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be immediately transmitted to the governing authority of each county and qualified municipality within the district. Each such governing authority shall thereafter have 45 days from the date of such submission to vote to opt the county out of such district. A county shall opt out of the district upon:

(A) The affirmative vote of the county governing authority on a resolution for such purpose; and

(B) If there are one or more municipalities within the county whose area within the county contains more than 50 percent of the population of the county, the affirmative vote on resolutions for such purpose by the governing authorities of qualified municipalities representing more than 50 percent of the population of the county.

Only the vote described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall be required for the opt-out if the county is not described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. For a county described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the votes described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph shall be required for the opt-out. All measurements of population for purposes of this paragraph shall be according to the United States decennial census of 2000 or any future such census. Notice of the