{"id":12175,"date":"2015-02-06T11:28:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T16:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=12175"},"modified":"2015-02-06T11:30:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T16:30:26","slug":"hb-170-to-convert-fuel-sales-tax-to-excise-tax-at-local-government-expense-lcc-2015-02-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/hb-170-to-convert-fuel-sales-tax-to-excise-tax-at-local-government-expense-lcc-2015-02-05.html","title":{"rendered":"HB 170 to convert fuel sales tax to excise tax at local government expense @ LCC 2015-02-05"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-S5DyMODhmA\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/-S5DyMODhmA\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nHB 170 is a stealth tax raise by the state that would force \r\ncounty and city governments to vote for higher local taxes.\r\nThe Transportation Funding Act of 2015 is bad news\r\naccording to every city councillor and county commissioner I&#8217;ve heard from.\r\n<p>\r\nHarrison Tillman estimated about\r\n$335,000 reduction in taxes to the county\r\nand a $12.6 million overall loss in revenue\r\nin his presentation\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/videos-audit-report-and-finance-lcc-2015-02-05.html\">\r\nyesterday morning to the Lowndes County Commission Annual Planning Meeting<\/a>.\r\nCommissioner Demarcus Marshall and Chairman Bill Slaughter went to Atlanta to talk\r\nto the proposers of this bill, with little effect.\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accg.org\/content.asp?contentid=2254\">\r\nACCG&#8217;s HB 170 writeup<\/a> Tillman used,\r\nand<!--more-->\r\n\r\n here&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmanet.com\/Legislative-Session\/Bill\/HB170\">MGA&#8217;s HB 170 writeup<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nHere is HB 170\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/Legislation\/en-US\/display\/20152016\/HB\/170\">\r\non the legislature&#8217;s own website<\/a>.\r\nIt doesn&#8217;t seem to have been assigned to a committee yet.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-S5DyMODhmA\">\r\nthe video:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-S5DyMODhmA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nHB 170 to convert fuel sales tax to excise tax at local government expense\r\n<br>\r\nDay 1,\r\n<br>\r\nAnnual Planning Meeting, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 February 2015.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HB 170 is a stealth tax raise by the state that would force county and city governments to vote for higher local taxes. 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