06 AM 18
1309
ADOPTED
SENATE
Senators
Wiles of the 37th, Hill of the 32nd, Heath of the 31st, Hamrick of the 30th,
Staton of the 18th and others offered the following amendment:
Amend
HB 81 by inserting "to amend Code Section
48-5-40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions
regarding property tax exemptions, so as to redefine the term 'applicant';"
between
"exemptions;"
and "to"
on line 4 of page
1.
By
inserting between Sections 1 and 2 the following:
SECTION
1A.
Code
Section 48-5-40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions regarding property tax exemptions, is amended by striking paragraph
(1) and inserting in its place a new paragraph (1) to read as
follows:
"(1)
'Applicant' means
a person who
is:
(A)(i)
A married individual living with his spouse;
(B)(ii)
An individual who is unmarried but who permanently maintains a home for the
benefit of one or more other individuals who are related to such individual or
dependent wholly or partially upon such individual for support;
(C)(iii)
An individual who is widowed having one or more children and maintaining a home
occupied by himself and the child or children;
(D)(iv)
A divorced individual living in a bona fide state of separation and having legal
custody of one or more children, when the divorced individual owns and maintains
a home for the child or children; or
(E)(v)
An individual who is unmarried or is widowed and who permanently maintains a
home owned and occupied by
himself.;
and
(B)
Who is a resident of this state as defined in paragraph (15) of Code Section
40-5-1, as
amended."