Last night’s Lawmakers covered the passage of HB 143, Sen. Preston Smith’s bill to change up the Public Defenders Council, the proposed break up of the state’s Department of Human Resources, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle’s preferences of a T-SPLOST over a statewide sales tax (he called the statewide proposal “the largest tax increase in Georgia [...]
Below is video of today’s debate over HB 143. It’s about 90 minutes in length. In other words, this ain’t the Lawmakers version.
House Ways and Means Chairman Larry O’Neal (R) presented the bill and took questions from Rep. Bobby Franklin (@ 7:34), Rep. David Lucas (@ 9:33), Rep. Tim Bearden (@ 15:25), Rep. Winifred [...]
Rep. Bob Smith (R) game a Morning Order during today’s session where he was asking for signatures for a state constitutional convention geared towards fixing the the tax system.
Erick Erickson posted Smith’s resolution today over at Peach Pundit. Below is video of Rep. Smith’s Morning Order.
The AJC has the story:
House Republican leaders pulled H.R. 1, their centerpiece legislation aimed at capping property taxes. They didn’t have the 120 votes for the mandatory two-thirds approval.
One reason for falling short: Republicans lost John Sherman, president of the Fulton County Taxpayers Foundation.
Here’s the note from him that was placed on the desk of [...]
The big news is the passage of HB 143 in the House, which would fully fund Homeowners Tax Relief Grants for the 2009 fiscal year. The Senate will now consider it.
Today was the 10th day of the 2009 session of the Georgia General Assembly. That means we’re a quarter of the way through the [...]
HB 143 passed the House this morning by a vote of 117 to 55 (vote information will not be available until tomorrow), so it did have some Democrats behind it. It will fully fund Homeowners Tax Relief Grants for 2009, but future grants will be subject to a surplus in state revenues.
It has been [...]
The House will take up two property tax bills today, HR 1 and HB 143. As Insider Advantage notes, today could get very interesting:
It’s been an uncharacteristically calm legislative session so far in Georgia this year, but that may be about to change. Two important tax bills will be on the House floor on Friday, [...]
Lawmakers was all over the place tonight. They covered views on the property tax and Homeowners Tax Relief Grant debate with Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and House Majority Leader Jerry Keen. Cagle wants to fund them because it was a promise made by the legislature. Keen doesn’t want to fund them because he feels HTRG [...]