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County attorney, appraiser brief commissioners on House Bill 581 homestead exemption and local-option sales tax
Summary
County Attorney Jeff Akins and Deputy Chief Appraiser Robert Fisher briefed the Bullock County Board of Commissioners on House Bill 581 and its implications for homestead assessment caps and a local-option sales tax for property-tax relief.
County Attorney Jeff Akins and Deputy Chief Appraiser Robert Fisher briefed the Bullock County Board of Commissioners on House Bill 581 and its implications for county tax policy and potential local-option sales tax referenda.
Akins summarized two key provisions: (1) HB 581 authorizes an optional new local‑option sales tax of up to 1 percent — imposed in 0.5% increments up to 1% — to be used for property-tax relief, and (2) it implements a statewide adjusted base-year-value homestead exemption (an assessment cap tied to inflation as determined by the Department of Revenue). The county attorney said the sales-tax option can only be placed before voters if…
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