After a hearing lasting more than an hour, and accusations of racism from state Rep. Joe Heckstall (D – East Point), the House State Planning & Community Affairs Committee approved House Resolution 21; the bill allowing for the re-creation of a previously existing county.
Before the vote, a motion to table the legislation was narrowly voted [...]
Most of Fulton County is municipalized, meaning that most residents of Georgia’s largest county live in a city. The only unincorporated area left in Fulton is about 66 square miles in the southern portion of the county.
Fulton County government provides city-like services to this small unincorporated area –such as police and fire protection, code [...]
State Rep. Henry Geisinger (R – Roswell) is proposing a constitutional amendment to legalize betting on horse races:
A Republican state lawmaker has unveiled a constitutional amendment that would legalize betting on horse racing in Georgia.
State Rep. Henry Geisinger said Tuesday that the proposal would bring in badly-needed revenue to the state.
Geisinger, a Roswell Republican, [...]
With the news of several more legislators behind on their taxes, Rep. Calvin Hill (R-Canton) is proposing an amendment to the state’s Constitution that would prevent individuals with tax problems from being seated or even running for office:
[T]ax delinquents don’t belong in the House or Senate or in any elected position, from city council member [...]
An amendment to the state’s constitution has been filed by Sen. Seth Harp (R-Midland), who is a candidate for Insurance Commissioner, that would allow Georgians to opt-out of any mandates enacted in health care reform by Congress:
Like his Republican counterpart in Washington, State Senator Seth Harp opposes any health care reform. Especially he says any [...]
State Rep. Kevin Levitas (D – Atlanta) has teamed up with fellow Democrat Alan Powell and Republicans Harry Geisenger & Tom McCall to introduce a constitutional amendment that would “end back door tax increases.”
According to Levitas, the proposed amendment, House Resolution 1170, would “effectively freeze a home’s value for property tax purposes at the original [...]
HR30 – Peace Officers’s Annuity and Benefit Fund; retired members; service credit – CA
Sponsored by: Brooks,Tyrone 63rd
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly shall be authorized to enact legislation and appropriate funds necessary to provide for retirement credit for retired members of the Peace [...]
SR21 – Taxation; limitations on grants of tax powers CA
Sponsored by: Hill,Judson 32nd
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that no law providing for or increasing any state purpose tax or license fee shall become effective unless approved by a two-thirds’ majority of each branch of the General [...]