Georgia § 48-5A-6 - Value of local assistance grants.
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§ 48-5A-6. Value of local assistance grants.
For 2019, the value of the local assistance grant to any county shall be increased by an amount equal to 80 percent of the difference between the value of the local assistance grant such county received for 2018 and the amount for which such county is eligible to receive in 2019. For 2020, the value of the local assistance grant to any county shall be increased by an amount equal to 60 percent of the difference between the value of the local assistance grant such county received for 2018 and the amount for which such county is eligible to receive in 2020. For 2021, the value of the local assistance grant to any county shall be increased by an amount equal to 40 percent of the difference between the value of the local assistance grant such county received for 2018 and the amount for which such county is eligible to receive in 2021. For 2022, the value of the local assistance grant to any county shall be increased by an amount equal to 20 percent of the difference between the value of the local assistance grant such county received for 2018 and the amount for which such county is eligible to receive in 2022. (Code 1981, § 48-5A-6 , enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 119, § 6/HB 85.) Effective date. - This Code section became effective January 1, 2019. Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2018, p. 119, § 7/HB 85, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Code section becomes effective on January 1, 2019, only if an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia is ratified at the November, 2018, general election modifying constitutional prescriptions for forest land conservation use property and related assistance grants, permitting the withholding of a portion of assistance grants to provide for certain state administrative costs, and establishing qualified timberland property as a subclassification of tangible property for purposes of ad valorem taxation. The constitutional amendment was approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the general election held on November 6, 2018.
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