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Committee sends substitute resolution to rules to let counties accept less-than-owed delinquent taxes for derelict parcels
Summary
The committee unanimously approved a substitute resolution to place on the ballot a constitutional amendment that would allow counties and cities to authorize the tax commissioner to accept less than owed on delinquent property taxes for specific parcels after two failed tax sales, aiming to help return derelict properties to productive use.
Dante Handel of the Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) presented a senate resolution to amend the state constitution to allow local governments to accept less than the full delinquent tax amount on individual parcels after two unsuccessful tax sales.
Handel said the amendment would allow counties and cities to pass a resolution specifying a parcel and…
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