SENATE LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR 
 
Thursday, March 13, 2025 Thirty-first Legislative Day 
 
(The names listed are the Senators whose districts are affected by the legislation.) 
 
HB 534 
 
Kemp of the 38th CITY OF FAIRBURN 
 
A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Fairburn to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
HB 536 
 
Kemp of the 38th CITY OF FAIRBURN 
 
A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Public Facilities Authority of the City of Fairburn; to provide for a short title and definitions; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for the membership of the authority and their terms of office, qualifications, duties, powers, and compensation; to provide for venue and jurisdiction; to provide for trust funds; to provide for charges; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for tax exemptions and exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for area of operation; to provide for supplemental powers; to provide for effect on other governments; to provide for conveyance of property upon dissolution; to provide for liberal construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
HB 594 
 
Sims of the 12th BAKER COUNTY 
 
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners of Baker County, approved August 8, 1917 (Ga. L. 1917, p. 306), as amended, so as to provide that the board shall meet on the first Tuesday of each month and on such other days as it may determine; to provide for a meeting location to be set by local ordinance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
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 HB 596 
 
Watson of the 11th COLQUITT COUNTY 
 
A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the State Court of Colquitt County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds to technology needs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
HB 603 
 
Hatchett of the 50th BANKS COUNTY 
 
A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Banks County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
Pursuant to Article VII, Section II, Paragraphs II and IV of the Georgia Constitution, the following two local bills relating to homestead exemptions require a two-thirds roll-call vote for passage: 
 
HB 30 
 
Moore of the 53rd CATOOSA COUNTY 
 
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Catoosa County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 67 years of age or older; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
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 HB 595 
 
Sims of the 12th EARLY COUNTY 
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Early County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $150,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for five years for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4267), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 3, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 4464), so as to remove the sunset date currently on the exemption; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
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