House Resolution 164, Act No. 597 | "Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to dedicate revenues derived from fees or taxes to the public purpose for which such fees or taxes were intended?" | Prevents the government (or Governor) from being able to create a fee for a specific act and then using that fee for something else. Instead, the fees would have to be used for the purpose they were created. | Allows the government (or Governor) to be able to spend the fee money for things other than its intended purpose. | |
House Resolution 1023, Act No. 596 | "Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to waive sovereign immunity and allow the people of Georgia to petition the superior court for relief from governmental acts done outside the scope of lawful authority or which violate the laws of this state, the Constitution of Georgia, or the Constitution of the United States?" | Allows citizens the right to sue the Georgia government for state or local laws found to violate the United States Constitution. | Does not allow citizens the right to sue the Georgia government for state or local laws found to violate the United States Constitution. | |
House Bill 344, Act No. 149 | "Shall the Act be approved which provides an exemption from ad valorem taxes for all real property owned by a purely public charity, if such charity is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and such real property is held exclusively for the purpose of building or repairing single-family homes to be financed by such charity to individuals using loans that shall not bear interest?" | This bill would prevent the government from collecting property taxes on property owned by non-profits that provide interest-free financing to people purchasing the home the non-profit owns (such as Habitat for Humanity). | Allows the government to collect property taxes on property owned by non-profit entities. | |