Returns of Special Franchises Exercised in More Than One County, Municipality, or School District; Apportionment of Valuation; Certification by Commissioner; Collection and Enforcement

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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Revenue and Taxation
  4. Ad Valorem Taxation of Property
  5. Franchises
  6. Returns of Special Franchises Exercised in More Than One County, Municipality, or School District; Apportionment of Valuation; Certification by Commissioner; Collection and Enforcement

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  1. In the case of any special franchise exercised beyond the limits of one county, municipality, or school district, the return provided for in this article shall show, as in the case of telegraph lines, telephone lines, railroads, or steamboats, the number of miles over which the railroad, telegraph, telephone, or other franchise is exercised in each county, municipality, and school district. The information required by this Code section shall be shown in the same manner as is required of a public utility for the return of its tangible property.
  2. The valuation for taxation of special franchises in each county, municipality, and school district in or through which the franchise is exercised shall be apportioned to the county, municipality, and school district in the same manner as is provided by law for the apportionment of the tangible personal property of public utilities.
  3. The commissioner shall certify to every municipality and to the taxing authorities of every county the proposed assessment of every special franchise taxable within the county, municipality, or school district in the same manner as is provided by law in the case of public utilities.
  4. Taxes due each county, municipality, or school district on a special franchise shall be assessed, collected, and enforced in the same manner as is provided by law in the case of other taxes due from public utilities to the county, municipality, or school district.

(Ga. L. 1902, p. 37, §§ 4-7; Civil Code 1910, §§ 1022, 1023, 1024, 1028; Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, §§ 132-134; Code 1933, §§ 92-2305, 92-2306, 92-2307, 92-2308; Code 1933, § 91A-1805, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1568, § 5.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1988, p. 1568, § 15, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that the Act "shall apply to all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1989."

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Duty to issue executions against public utilities.

- Although the language of former Code 1933, § 92-7301 (see now O.C.G.A. § 48-3-1) did not describe a mandatory or compelling duty and merely empowered the commissioner to issue an execution, a fi. fa. against a public utility other than a railroad should also be issued by the commissioner. This strict concept of mandatory duty in the case of all other utilities was strengthened in the light of former Code 1933, § 92-2308 (see now O.C.G.A. § 48-5-424). 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 348.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Basis of valuation, for taxing purposes, of special franchise or privilege of crossing street, 57 A.L.R. 379.


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