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A special-purpose local-option sales tax ( SPLOST) is a financing method for funding capital outlay projects in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is an optional 1% sales tax levied by any county for the purpose of funding the building of parks, schools, roads, and other public facilities. [1] The revenue generated cannot be used towards operating ...
The Georgia General Assembly first convened in Atlanta on July 4, 1868. In 1884, the legislature appropriated one million dollars to build a new State Capitol. Construction began October 26, 1884 and the building was completed ( slightly under budget) and occupied on June 15, 1889.
Urban areas. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas. Ethnic groups. United States portal. v. t. e. Georgia is the thirty-third-richest (33rd) state in the United States of America, with a median household income of US$46,007 (2011). [ 1]
Jul. 27—THOMASVILLE- State Representative Darlene Taylor (R-Thomasville) was recently recognized by the Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) with a 2023 Legislative Service Award.
Stark (s)ville was the county seat of Lee County from 1832 to 1854, and then again from 1856 to 1872. Vienna, then known as Berrien, was the county seat of Dooly County from 1826 to 1836; it was re-designated the county seat in 1841. Waynesville was the county seat of Wayne County for several nonconsecutive periods in the mid-1800s.
Here is our searchable database of Tarrant County government salaries as of October 2022. The county government includes divisions of courts, the Sheriff’s Office, health, elections and more.
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that a Georgia county illegally discriminated against a sheriff's deputy by failing to pay for her gender-affirming surgery. In its ruling ...
Also, eight consolidated city-counties have been established in Georgia: Athens – Clarke County, Augusta – Richmond County, Columbus – Muscogee County, Georgetown – Quitman County, Statenville – Echols County, Macon – Bibb County, Cusseta – Chattahoochee County, and Preston - Webster County .