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2008 End of Session Report   4/12/2008
At the conclusion of every legislative session there are winners and losers. The 2008 session was certainly no exception. The fact is, many good proposals simply run out of time or encounter political obstacles that seal their fate and prevent them from becoming law. Fortunately, our legislative process is also very good at keeping most bad proposals from being enacted.
 

 
2008 Legislative Session: February 29th Update   2/29/2008
On Thursday, February 28, the House Ways & Means Committee unanimously approved legislation to grant tax relief on large forest properties. For the first time since the passage of CUVA legislation 18 years ago, lawmakers appear poised to pass major legislation which makes it possible for all types of landowners to enroll their property in a 'preferential' property tax program.
 

 
2008 Legislative Session: February 18th Update   2/18/2008
The Georgia General Assembly concluded its eighteenth legislative day on Thursday, February 14th with plans to reconvene on Tuesday the 19th. From the forestry community's perspective, the most notable recent action was the introduction by State Representative Richard Royal of legislation aimed at creating a new 'preferential' tax system for Georgia's large forest properties.
 

 
2008 Legislative Session: February 5th Update   2/5/2008
The Georgia General Assembly entered its eleventh legislative day on Tuesday, February 5th having quickly approved a statewide water management plan presented to it by the Georgia Water Council in early January. Adoption of the plan follows almost three years of development which featured input from a cast of thousands across the state.
 

 
2007 Legislative Session: April 27th Update   4/25/2007
You know by now that the 2007 session of the Georgia General Assembly adjourned on Friday April 20 without reaching an agreement on the 2007 supplemental budget. The supplemental, or 'mid-year' budget, is taken up every year to make adjustments to the current year budget based on actual revenue and expense experience in the first six months of the state's fiscal year, July 1 - June 30.
 

 
     

 
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