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# O.C.G.A. § 48-5-271. Table of values for conservation use value of forest land.

(a) The commissioner shall promulgate and county tax officials shall follow uniform rules and regulations establishing a table of values for the conservation use value of forest land conservation use property. Such values shall be the same as provided for forest land values under Code Section 48-5-269.

(b) In no event may the forest land conservation use value of any forest land conservation use property in the table of values established by the commissioner under this Code section for the taxable year beginning January 1, 2010, or any subsequent taxable year increase or decrease by more than 3 percent from its forest land conservation use value as set forth in the table of values established by the commissioner under this Code section. The limitations imposed by this subsection shall apply to the total value of all the forest land conservation use property that is the subject of an individual covenant.

## History

Code 1981, § 48-5-271, as enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 297, § 3/HB 1211.

## Editor's Notes

The former Code section, concerning examination by the commissioner of county tax digests for uniformity of property valuation between counties, was repealed by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1763, § 3, effective January 1, 1989, and was based on Ga. L. 1966, p. 45, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 91, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1970, p. 642, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 174, § 1; Code 1933, § 91A-1413, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2. For present similar provisions, see Code Section 48-5-340 et seq.

Ga. L. 2008, p. 297, § 5/HB 1211, provides that this Code section becomes effective on January 1, 2009, upon the ratification of a resolution at the November, 2008 state-wide general election, which resolution amends the Constitution so as to provide for the special assessment and taxation of forest land conservation use property and for local government assistance grants. The constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 2008, p. 1209) was ratified at the general election held on November 4, 2008.