Taxation - Historical Notes
The following is a listing of acts pertaining to taxation in DeKalb County which are no longer effective. Also referenced below is an act which repeals prior law without providing new substantive provisions.
- Private Acts of 1857-58, Chapter 129, Section 8, required citizens of DeKalb County in a section removed by this Act from Putnam County to list and pay taxes in Putnam County for the next five years. This was repealed by Acts of 1859-60, Chapter 121.
- Private Acts of 1921, Chapter 218, set the salary of the Tax Assessor at $1,000 per year.
- Private Acts of 1925, Chapter 791, amended Acts of 1907, Chapter 602, which provided for more equitable assessment of taxes, by making it applicable to DeKalb County.
- Private Acts of 1989, Chapter 74, authorized the county legislative body to levy a hotel-motel tax. This act did not receive local approval and therefore did not become law.