{"id":24820,"date":"2025-02-24T08:33:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=24820"},"modified":"2025-02-25T10:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:00:49","slug":"final-public-hearing-intent-to-opt-out-of-homestead-exemption-hb-581-lcc-2025-02-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/02\/final-public-hearing-intent-to-opt-out-of-homestead-exemption-hb-581-lcc-2025-02-24.html","title":{"rendered":"Final Public Hearing: Intent to Opt Out of Homestead Exemption, HB 581 @ LCC 2025-02-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 2025-02-25<\/strong>:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/02\/videos-final-public-hearing-intent-to-opt-out-of-homestead-exemption-hb-581-lcc-2025-02-24.html\">Videos: Final Public Hearing: Intent to Opt Out of Homestead Exemption, HB 581 @ LCC 2025-02-24<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nThe Lowndes County Commission is considering doing what the Lowndes County School System is doing:\r\nopting out of the homestead exemption scheme passed by the state legislature as HB 581.\r\nThe county already has better homestead exemptions for both people younger than 65 years and older.\r\nStaying in would have no option of opting out later.\r\nOpting out leaves the possibility of opting in later.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Final Public Hearing, Intent to Opt Out of Homestead Exemption, HB 581 @ LCC 2025-02-24\" name=\"MMM:Final-Public-Hearing-Intent-to-Opt-Out-of-Homestead-Exemption-HB-581-LCC-20250224\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-02-24--lowndes-county-opt-out-hb-581-homestead-exemptions\/fbmany.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-02-24--lowndes-county-opt-out-hb-581-homestead-exemptions\/fbmany.jpg\"  alt=\"[Final Public Hearing, Intent to Opt Out of Homestead Exemption, HB 581 @ LCC 2025-02-24]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-02-24--lowndes-county-opt-out-hb-581-homestead-exemptions\/fbmany.html\">Final Public Hearing, Intent to Opt Out of Homestead Exemption, HB 581 @ LCC 2025-02-24<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nAt the previous two hearing, Commissioners did not seem in favor of the state&#8217;s idea of an additional one-cent\r\nsales tax to reimburse property owners.\r\n<p>\r\nLAKE videos and minutes of the two previous Public Hearings are here:<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n2025-02-10:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/02\/lowndes-county-considers-opting-out-of-house-bill-581-lcc-public-hearing-2025-02-10.html\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=24786<\/a>\r\nLAKE videos\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/lcc-packet-2025-02-24\/February-10-2025-Public-Hearing--House-Bill-581-Minutes.pdf\">http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/lcc-packet-2025-02-24\/February-10-2025-Public-Hearing&#8211;House-Bill-581-Minutes.pdf<\/a> Minutes\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<li>\r\n2025-02-11:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/02\/videos-lowndes-county-considers-opting-out-of-house-bill-581-public-hearing-2025-02-11.html\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=24802<\/a>\r\nLAKE videos\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/lcc-packet-2025-02-24\/February-11-2025-Public-Hearing--House-Bill-581-Minutes.pdf\">http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/lcc-packet-2025-02-24\/February-11-2025-Public-Hearing&#8211;House-Bill-581-Minutes.pdf<\/a> Minutes\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Intent To Opt Out of Homestead Exemption, Third and Final Public Hearing 2025-02-24\" name=\"PN:Intent-To-Opt-Out-of-Homestead-Exemption-Third-and-Final-Public-Hearing-20250224\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-02-24--lowndes-county-opt-out-hb-581-homestead-exemptions\/Intent-To-Opt-Out-of-Homestead-Exemption-2-24-25-0001.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-02-24--lowndes-county-opt-out-hb-581-homestead-exemptions\/Intent-To-Opt-Out-of-Homestead-Exemption-2-24-25-0001.jpg\"  alt=\"[Intent To Opt Out of Homestead Exemption, Third and Final Public Hearing 2025-02-24]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-02-24--lowndes-county-opt-out-hb-581-homestead-exemptions\/Intent-To-Opt-Out-of-Homestead-Exemption-2-24-25-0001.html\">Intent To Opt Out of Homestead Exemption, Third and Final Public Hearing 2025-02-24<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-02-24--lowndes-county-opt-out-hb-581-homestead-exemptions\/Intent-To-Opt-Out-of-Homestead-Exemption-2-24-25-0001.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/DocumentCenter\/View\/3955\/Intent-To-Opt-Out-of-Homestead-Exemption-2-24-25\">\r\nINTENT TO OPT OUT OF HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION<\/a>\r\n<\/H4>\r\n<p>\r\nThe Lowndes County Board of Commissioners intends to opt out of the\r\nstatewide adjusted base year ad valorem homestead exemption for\r\nLowndes County.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nAll concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on this\r\nmatter to be held in the Board of Commissioners Chambers, located in\r\nthe Lowndes County Judicial and Administrative Complex, 327 North\r\nAshley Street, Valdosta, Georgia, on February 24, 2025, at 9:00 A.M.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThis will be the third and final public hearing on this matter.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nThe Lowndes County Commission will vote on the subject soon,\r\nmaybe tomorrow, Tuesday, February 25,\r\nalthough that item is not yet on its\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/02\/accountability-court-grant-and-truck-for-magistrate-court-lcc-2025-02-24.html\">agenda<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nSo go to that last public hearing and speak up,\r\nor call or write your Lowndes County Commissioner.\r\n<p>\r\nFor other related material (the bill, the Lowndes County press release, the ACCG and GMA position, etc.), see the LAKE blog post on the first such Public Hearing:\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=24786\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=24786<\/a>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research.  You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">donate to LAKE today<\/a>!\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 2025-02-25: Videos: Final Public Hearing: Intent to Opt Out of Homestead Exemption, HB 581 @ LCC 2025-02-24. The Lowndes County Commission is considering doing what the Lowndes County School System is doing: opting out of the homestead exemption scheme passed by the state legislature as HB 581. 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