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Hall County to advertise public hearings on whether to opt out of new statewide homestead cap
Summary
Hall County staff briefed commissioners on conflicts between a new local 3% homestead-cap law (House Bill 1268) and a new statewide exemption (House Bill 581) and the administrative burden of managing both. Commissioners agreed to advertise the three required public hearings and a final vote by Feb. 27, 2025.
Hall County commissioners agreed to begin the formal process of deciding whether the county should opt out of a new statewide homestead-assessment cap provided in House Bill 581, county staff said.
Zach Probs, a county staff member leading the presentation, told the board that Hall County now has two homestead exemptions in play: a local floating homestead exemption enacted by House Bill 1268 (base year 2023, caps reassessments for qualifying homesteads at 3%) and a statewide exemption in House Bill 581 (base year 2024, cap tied to an inflation factor). He said the laws use different base years and different cap mechanisms, which will require parcel-by-parcel reconciliation by the tax assessor’s and tax…
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