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	<title>Georgia Legislative Watch</title>
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	<description>Your inside source to the Gold Dome</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>S.B.454:  &#8220;Baseball, Beer, &#038; Peanuts As American As Apple Pie&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/sb454-baseball-beer-peanuts-as-american-as-apple-pie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Senate barely passed Senate Bill 454, a bill that would permit the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday in &#8220;public stadium, coliseums, and auditoriums,&#8221; on a vote of 30 &#8220;yeas&#8221; to 20 &#8220;nays.&#8221;  Twenty-nine votes were needed to pass the legislation.
Gwinnett state Sen. Renee Unterman, the chief sponsor of the legislation, described [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H.R.413:  English-Only Amendment Fails</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/hr413-english-only-amendment-fails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/hr413-english-only-amendment-fails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On a vote of 103 to 61, the Georgia House of Representatives failed to give House Resolution 413 the two-thirds majority needed for passage.  H.R.413 is a proposed amendment to Georgia&#8217;s Constitution that would make English the official language of the state and prohibit any language other than English to be used in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Passes Supplemental Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/senate-passes-supplemental-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/senate-passes-supplemental-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On a vote of 51 to 2, the Georgia Senate today passed House Bill 989; the supplemental budget for fiscal year 2008.
While the vote in favor of the budget was lopsided, the debate itself did not go without any fanfare.  State Sen. Emanuel Jones (D-Ellenwood) introduced an amendment that would restore $30 million in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Son of GREAT Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/son-of-great-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/son-of-great-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Pye</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the latest specifics on the GlennTax:
 In a nutshell, here is what would happen if the new plan passes the Legislature and wins voter approval:
* Effective Jan. 1, 2009, Georgians no longer would pay ad valorem taxes on their personal cars and trucks. The state would reimburse counties for the revenue they lose.
* [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Senate passes property tax cut</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/georgia-senate-passes-property-tax-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/georgia-senate-passes-property-tax-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Pye</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The State Senate passed a repeal of the state&#8217;s portion of the property tax:
Gov. Sonny Perdue&#8217;s plan to erase the state portion of property taxes in Georgia sailed through the state Senate on Thursday.
The plan would amend the state constitution to eliminate the state ad valorem tax that residents pay on their property and automobiles. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Sin tax&#8221; increase</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/sin-tax-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/sin-tax-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Pye</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[State Rep. Ron Stephens wants to increase the cigarette tax by one dollar:
For the first time in five years, state lawmakers are looking at raising the tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1.
The additional revenue would go to fund health care programs in Georgia, said Rep. Ron Stephens, a Republican from Savannah sponsoring the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T-SPLOST clears Senate committee</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/t-splost-clears-senate-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/t-splost-clears-senate-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Pye</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Senate committee passed a constitutional amendment for what is being called a T-SPLOST, a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. The T-SPLOST is 1-cent sales tax for county governments to utilize for specific transportation projects. The legislation can be viewed here.
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		<title>Senate moves to freeze assessments</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/senate-moves-to-freeze-assessments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/senate-moves-to-freeze-assessments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Pye</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The State Senate has approved two amendments to the Georgia Constitution that would freeze property tax assessments, forcing local governments to raise property taxes through millage rate increases:
The proposals, which would have to be approved by voters in November, would essentially force cities, counties and school districts to raise tax rates — rather than assessments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GREAT Plan hearing</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/great-plan-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/great-plan-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Pye</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The current version of the GREAT plan will get a hearing in Ways &#038; Means on Thursday. The Speaker is presenting the plan himself to the committee. Word is that it&#8217;ll come to the floor for a vote. I don&#8217;t have a date on that as of now. 
I&#8217;ll post more on this once I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Assembly Quick Links</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/general-assembly-quick-links/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/general-assembly-quick-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Farris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator David Shafer has an op-ed in the Athens Banner Herald on our upcoming border skirmish with Tennessee.  

I get quoted in an article about how we&#8217;d better hone up on those time management skills.
Lawmakers said something last week about how the DOR says that revenues are down 7% in the last few months. [...]]]></description>
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