Georgia Code
Article 5A - Examination of County Tax Digests
§ 48-5-345. Receipt for Digest and Order Authorizing Use; Assessment if Deviation From Proper Assessment Ratio

History. Code 1981, § 48-5-345 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1763, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 728, § 4; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2494, § 6; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1683, § 7; Ga. L. 2012, p. 694, § 2/HB 729; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1219, § 18/HB 202.
The 2015 amendment, effective January 1, 2016, substituted the present provisions of paragraph (a)(1) for the former provisions, which read: “Upon the determination by the commissioner that a county tax digest is in proper form, that the property therein that is under appeal is within the limits of Code Section 48-5-304, and that the digest is accompanied by all documents, statistics, and certifications required by the commissioner, the commissioner shall issue a receipt for the digest and enter an order authorizing the use of said digest for the collection of taxes.”; and added subsection (c).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2015, “January 1, 2016” was substituted for “the effective date of this subsection” in subsection (c).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1992, p. 2494, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, provided, in part: “County tax digests that were conditionally approved or disapproved by the commissioner for tax year 1991 in accordance with Article 5A of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated as it existed on January 1, 1992, shall be considered conditionally approved for each succeeding year beginning January 1, 1992, until such time as the first digest review year occurs for the county under the provisions of this Act.”
Ga. L. 2000, p. 1683, § 11(c), not codified by the General Assembly, provides that Sections 2 through 10 of the Act shall be applicable to the 2000 tax digests and any subsequent tax digests.

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