ATLANTA — Legislation aimed at limiting local property tax increases overwhelmingly cleared the Georgia Senate Thursday, Feb. 15.
Under Senate Bill 349, which passed 42-7, local governments would be prohibited from raising residential property assessments more than 3% annually.
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