細談喬治亞州各地法案公投 中期大選前必看的一篇文章！！！不看別後悔！！！
法案公投部分
（如果只看投票部分可能不清楚法案內容，建議打開鏈接閱讀法案原文）
▓ 修改州憲法
▼ 建立州室外管理信託基金。
(共和黨提案。眾議會投票170/5，參議會52/1）
目的：用來維護提供飲水，湖泊，河流的土地；保護森林，魚類和野生動物的棲息地；讓我們的孩子和家人享受室外生活。
來源：體育用品商店的稅收，最高不超過80%會增加現有稅率嗎？不增加。
法案鏈接：http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/Display/20172018/HR/238
Without increasing the current state sales tax rate, shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to create the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund to conserve lands that protect drinking water sources and the water quality of rivers, lakes, and streams; to protect and conserve forests, fish, wildlife habitats, and state and local parks; and to provide opportunities for our children and families to play and enjoy the outdoors, by dedicating, subject to full public disclosure, up to 80 percent of the existing sales tax collected by sporting goods stores to such purposes without increasing the current state sales tax rate?”
▼ 建立全州範圍內，專門負責商業糾紛的法庭。
從而減少費用，提高效率，並且提供能夠預見的司法結果。
（共和黨提案。眾議會投票52/5，參議會46/7）
法案鏈接：http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/Display/20172018/HR/993
Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to create a state-wide business court, authorize superior court business court divisions, and allow for the appointment process for state-wide business court judges in order to lower costs, improve the efficiency of all courts, and promote predictability of judicial outcomes in certain complex business disputes for the benefit of all citizens of this state?”
▼ 修改現有州憲法，增加森林保護補貼，並且允許政府從補貼費里扣留5%，用來支付給森林地產重新評估所需的費用。
(共和黨提案，眾議會投票170/5，參議會52/1）
法案鏈接：http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/Display/20172018/HR/51
Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to revise provisions related to the subclassification for tax purposes of and the prescribed methodology for establishing the value of forest land conservation use property and related assistance grants, to provide that assistance grants related to forest land conservation use property may be increased by general law for a five-year period and that up to 5 percent of assistance grants may be deducted and retained by the state revenue commissioner to provide for certain state administrative costs, and to provide for the subclassification of qualified timberland property for ad valorem taxation purposes?”
▼ 修改現有的州憲法，給暴力犯罪受害者提供一定的權利。
（共和黨提案。眾議會投票169/0，參議會55/0）
（法案給受害人提供五項權利，這些權利要求政府通知受害人關於開庭日期，罪犯關押，釋放，逃跑等等。）
法案鏈接：http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/SR/146
Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide certain rights to victims against whom a crime has allegedly been perpetrated and allow victims to assert such rights?”
▼ 修改現有州憲法, 如果教育經費不足，允許郡里學生人數最多的學區，在沒有得到學生人數少的學區的同意下，單獨提出全民公投，增加 商業稅收用來解決教育經費不足的問題。增加的稅收按學生人頭分配給各個學區，或者用另外一種各個學區都同意的方式分配。
（共和黨提案，眾議會投票128/44，參議會41/6）
法案鏈接：http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/SR/95
Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize a referendum for a sales and use tax for education by a county school district or an independent school district or districts within the county having a majority of the students enrolled within the county and to provide that the proceeds are distributed on a per student basis among all the school systems unless an agreement is reached among such school systems for a different distribution?”
▓ 全州範圍內的公投
▼ 給居民減免房產稅。
（共和黨提案。眾議會投票158/6，參議會55/0）
如果一個城市屬於不同的郡，這個城市的居民房產估值，以過去三年之內的最低估值為基數， 每年增加不超過2.6%。
法案鏈接：http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HB/820
Do you approve a new homestead exemption in a municipal corporation that is located in more than one county, that levies a sales tax for the purposes of a metropolitan area system of public transportation, and that has within its boundaries an independent school system, from ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of the difference between the current year assessed value of a home and the adjusted base year value, provided that the lowest base year value will be adjusted yearly by 2.6 percent?”
▼ 給大腦殘疾人士的住房免稅（針對退伍軍人）。
（共和黨提案，眾議會投票 149/3，參議會 49/5）
法案鏈接：http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HB/196
Shall the Act be approved which provides an exemption from ad valorem taxes on nonprofit homes for the mentally disabled if they include business corporations in the ownership structure for financing purposes?”
▓ 推翻州憲法修正案特別公投（Fulton郡工業區）
▼ 推翻Fulton郡工業區的州憲法修正案。
這個修正案劃分區域的時候，沒有把工業區包括進Fulton郡裡面，Fulton郡因此無法為了教育經費向工業區里的企業徵稅。
(民主黨提案。眾議會投票172/0，參議會48/1）
法案鏈接：http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HB/869
Shall the Act be approved which repeals the amendment to the Constitution of Georgia creating within Fulton County the Fulton County Industrial District and prohibiting the governing authority of Fulton County from levying any tax for educational purposes within the boundaries of an independent school system?”
這個公投主要是為了向Fulton 南部的工業區徵稅：
▼ 減少自住屋房地產稅 （郡政府稅收）
給住在Fulton郡的老人，如果年齡超過65歲，在房產估值減去$50,000。
Shall the Act be approved which provides a homestead exemption from Fulton County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $50,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are older than 65 years of age?
▼ 減少自住屋房地產稅 （學區稅收）
為了徵稅而進行的房產評估，以最低估值為基數，維持每年估值不超過3% （或者不超過通貨膨脹）。
Shall the Act be approved which provides a homestead exemption from Fulton County School District property taxes for educational purposes in the amount of the current year assessed value, provided that the lowest base year value will be adjusted yearly by the lesser of 3% or inflation rate?
▓ Johns Creek的特別公投
▼ 為Johnson Creek 市政府徵稅。
為了徵稅而進行的房產評估，以最低估值為基數，維持每年估值不超過3% （或者不超過通貨膨脹）。
Do you approve a new homestead exemption from the city of Johns Creek property taxes for city purposes in the amount of the current year assessed value, provided that the lowest base year value will be adjusted yearly by the lesser of 3% or inflation rate?
▼ 授權Johns Creek市政府把星期天賣酒時間
從現在的12:30PM提前到11:00AM。
針對Forsyth郡的特別公投
▼ 六年之內徵收1%的商業稅。
籌集$2.74億，用來改善道路，公園，警察，圖書館，老人服務等等。
沒有Gwinnett 郡的投票信息，哪一位可以提供一下，請留言，謝謝！
