Georgia Code
Part 1 - Tax Exemptions
§ 48-5-40. Definitions

As used in this part, the term:
History. Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 33, § 1; Code 1882, § 798; Civil Code 1895, § 762; Civil Code 1910, § 998; Ga. L. 1913, p. 122, § 1; Ga. L. 1919, p. 82, § 1; Code 1933, § 92-201; Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 145, §§ 7-9; Ga. L. 1939, p. 98, § 1; Ga. L. 1939, p. 99, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1943, p. 103, §§ 1, 1A; Ga. L. 1943, p. 348, § 1; Ga. L. 1945, p. 435, § 3; Ga. L. 1945, p. 455, § 1; Ga. L. 1946, p. 12, § 1; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1183, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1952, p. 265, § 1; Ga. L. 1952, p. 317, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 122, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 262, § 1; Ga. L. 1965, p. 182, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 19, § 2; Ga. L. 1973, p. 934, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1152, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 91A-1101, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1707, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1267, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1857, § 13; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2058, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 550, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 586, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1150, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 835, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 1104, § 1/HB 81; Ga. L. 2007, p. 47, § 48/SB 103; Ga. L. 2012, p. 687, § 2/HB 634.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, subparagraph (3)(M) as added by Ga. L. 1998, p. 550, § 1 was redesignated as subparagraph (3)(N), to become effective upon ratification by the voters as described in the Editor’s notes set out below. Additionally, the “; or,” added by Ga. L. 1998, p. 550, § 1 at the end of subparagraph (3)(L) was not implemented and the “and” added at the end of subparagraph (3)(L) by Ga. L. 1998, p. 586, § 1 was moved to the end of subparagraph (3)(M).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1998, p. 586, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable to all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1999.
The statewide referendum (Ga. L. 1998, p. 550, § 2) which provided for continued homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxes for persons absent from their residence due to health reasons was approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the November 1998 general election.
The statewide referendum (Ga. L. 1998, p. 1150, § 4) which provided for an ad valorem tax exemption for livestock and crops was approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the 1998 November general election.
Law reviews.
For comment criticizing Elder v. Henrietta Eggleston Hosp. for Children, Inc., 205 Ga. 489 , 53 S.E.2d 751 (1949), holding hospital property exempt from taxation, even though income is derived therefrom, when income was applied exclusively to maintenance and charitable purposes, see 1 Mercer L. Rev. 111 (1949).
For annual survey of state and local taxation, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 337 (1986).

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