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AJC.com > Legislature > Blog > Archives > 2009 > February > 17 > Entry
DEL.ICIO.USHR 1 just … won’t … die
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The House moments ago voted to reconsider HR 1, the seemingly immortal legislation that would cap county property assessment increases at no more than 3 percent a year.
By a vote of 101-58, House Republicans managed to give one more life to the resolution. Earlier in the session, HR 1 was shuttled back to committee when its backers realized they didn’t have the two-thirds vote necessary to advance a constitutional amendment.
Last week, then, they tried again and, sure enough, they didn’t have the votes, as Democrats largely held together and the resolution failed with a 105-67 vote (yes, a majority, no, not the two-thirds majority needed).
Today’s vote (which only required a majority of those in the chamber) means the resolution goes back to the Rules Committee, which could vote to bring it back to the House pretty much any time. When it does come back, however, it will still need a two-thirds vote to make it out — a dubious proposition.
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