Georgia Code
Part 2 - County Boards of Tax Assessors
§ 48-5-302. Time for Completion of Revision and Assessment of Returns; Submission of Completed Digest to Commissioner

Each county board of tax assessors shall complete its revision and assessment of the returns of taxpayers in its respective county by July 15 of each year, except that, in all counties providing for the collection and payment of ad valorem taxes in installments, such date shall be June 1 of each year. The tax receiver or tax commissioner shall then immediately forward one copy of the completed digest to the commissioner for examination and approval.
History. Ga. L. 1913, p. 123, § 10; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 85; Code 1933, § 92-6917; Ga. L. 1945, p. 251, § 1; Code 1933, § 91A-1444, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 538, § 5; Ga. L. 1982, p. 575, §§ 5, 12; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 48; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1191, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 963, § 4; Ga. L. 2010, p. 878, § 48/HB 1387; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1219, § 13/HB 202.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “July 15” for “July 1” in the first sentence of this Code section.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1997, p. 963, § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section shall be applicable to all taxable years on or after January 1, 1998.
Law reviews.
For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia local government law for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 155 (1979).
For annual survey of local government law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 267 (2006).

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