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Purpose
 The simple purpose of
MillageRate.com is to provide a basic foundational knowledge of the millage rate
setting process--
- to educate Georgia's City
Council members, County Commissioners and School Board members on the millage rate process;
- to educate lawmakers so that
they can enact legislation that promotes honesty in the property taxation
process;
- to educate taxpayers so that
they can more fully participate in the public finance process.
Specifically, our goal is the
adoption of state legislation that accomplishes the following:
- requires taxing authorities
across Georgia-- cities, counties, schools, consolidated city-county entities-- to set a
mathematically-derived millage rate each year;
- repeals the rollback requirement
and certain other provisions of the "Taxpayers' Bill
of Rights;"
- repeals all other statutory and constitutional limitations on the millage
rate for levying and recommending authorities including schools;
- simplifies the public notification and hearing process;
- provides for training of elected officials in the millage rate calculation process.
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How to set the millage rate
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