ATLANTA (March 25, 2009) – A measure to offer voters an opportunity to grant property tax relief was defeated in the Georgia House of Representatives on a mostly party line vote. Senate Bill 83, authored by Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock), would have incrementally doubled the statewide homeowners’ tax relief by doubling the current homestead exemption from $2000 to $4000. The measure, which required a two-thirds majority vote, failed in the House by a vote of 109 – 63. If it had passed, it would have gone on the November 2010 ballot. All but one Republican voted in favor of the measure and all but two Democrats voted against it.
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