Highlights from Guest Speaker Rep. Carson on HB 153 Fractional SPLOST

What the legislation does:

• Allows Georgia counties to propose a SPLOST rate of less than 1%.
• Any combination of SPLOSTs are capped at 1% maximum.
• Any SPLOST less than 1% must be agreed to by county and its cities.
• Counties can enact SPLOST beginning the fist quarter after 45 days of vote.

Benefits

• More flexiblity for counties to scale the SPLOST rate to projects actually needed (no more “filler projects”).
• Lower taxes; if Cobb County reduces its SPLOST from 1% to 1/2%, this would save Cobb taxpayers $60 million each year.
• Protects cities by giving them “veto-power” over county SPLOST proposals.

I Need Your Help!

• Please contact state legislators to as for their support.
• Please also contact Taxpayer Associations, Tea Party groups, etc. all over.