Official Press Releases
ATLANTA (February 3, 2009) – Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers has introduced a bill to amend the Homestead Exemption Act doubling state-wide homestead exemption. This comes on the heels of Governor Perdue’s attempt to remove the Homeowner Tax Relief Grants (HTRG) for 2009.
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ATLANTA (February 3, 2009) — State Sen. John Bulloch (R-Ochlocknee) is launching a bill to impose stricter guidelines on food testing for processing plants in response to the nationwide salmonella outbreak that was linked to a South Georgia peanut butter plant in Blakely, GA. Senate Bill 80, the Food Safety Testing, Reporting & Record Keeping bill, dropped this week.
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ATLANTA (February 2, 2009) – State Senator Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) today introduced a voucher bill that provides parents with universal public and private school choice that will improve education in Georgia and will prepare our workforce for the global economy.
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By Sen. Bill Heath
ATLANTA (January 30, 2009)—This week saw the Legislature productively proposing and passing on vital pieces of legislation including Senate Bill 39, Senate Resolution 49, and House Resolution 1 while actively working together to balance the state budget.
ATLANTA (February 2, 2009) – A leading Georgia State Senator has ensured that any transportation special-purpose local-option sales tax (T-SPLOST) project could not be later nullified by bureaucrats. Georgia State Senator Judson Hill (R-Marietta), a member of the Senate Transportation Committee, successfully introduced an amendment to Senate Bill 39, the T-SPLOST bill, which would ensure the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) will not have any discretion to review or approve transportation projects funded by the T-SPLOST. Senator Hill wants to insure Georgians that should they choose to fund road projects through a T-SPLOST then those projects would be developed. Continue reading “State Senator Judson Hill authors Key Amendment to Protect T-SPLOST Bill”