07 LC 33
1746
House
Resolution 374
By:
Representatives Dickson of the
6th,
Forster of the
3rd,
Williams of the
4th,
Jamieson of the
28th,
and Ralston of the
7th
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide that if
nonresidential property is annexed into a municipality, the ad valorem school
taxes on that property will remain with the county school system unless
otherwise provided by the General Assembly by local Act or by agreement between
the county school system and the independent school system; to provide for the
submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
VIII, Section VI, Paragraph I of the Constitution is amended by revising
subparagraph (a) as follows:
"(a)
The board of education of each school system shall annually certify to its
fiscal authority or authorities a school tax not greater than 20 mills per
dollar for the support and maintenance of education. Said fiscal authority or
authorities shall annually levy said tax upon the assessed value of all taxable
property within the territory served by said school system, provided that the
levy made by an area board of education, which levy shall not be greater than 20
mills per dollar, shall be in such amount and within such limits as may be
prescribed by local law applicable thereto.
Where
property, other than undeveloped property, that is zoned and used solely for
nonresidential purposes is annexed into a municipality with an independent
school system, the ad valorem taxes levied for educational purposes on such
nonresidential property shall remain with the county school system; provided,
however, that for an annexation by local Act, such local Act may provide
otherwise and provided that a county school system and an independent school
system may provide otherwise by
agreement."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
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"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that if nonresidential
property is annexed into a municipality, the ad valorem school taxes on that
property will remain with the county school system unless otherwise provided by
the General Assembly by local Act or by agreement between the county school
system and the independent school system?"
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All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.