2020 Georgia Code
Title 48 - Revenue and Taxation
Chapter 8 - Sales and Use Taxes
Article 1 - State Sales and Use Tax
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 48-8-17. Suspension of the Collection of Taxes on Motor Fuels and Aviation Gasoline; Ratification of Temporary Suspension

1. The General Assembly finds that:
   1. Motor fuels and aviation gasoline are essential commodities used by Georgians for transportation;
   2. The price of gasoline has fluctuated dramatically since the adjournment of the 2014 General Assembly;
   3. It is the intention of this state to stabilize the rate of taxation on motor fuels and aviation gasoline during periods of volatile price swings; and
   4. Code Section 45-12-22 authorizes the Governor to suspend the collection of taxes, or any part thereof, due the state until the meeting of the next General Assembly.
2. The General Assembly of Georgia ratifies the Executive Order of the Governor dated December 5, 2014, and filed in the official records of the office of the Governor as Executive Order 12.05.14.02 which suspended commencing on December 5, 2014, the collection of any rate of prepaid state taxes as defined in paragraph (24) of Code Section 48-8-2 to the extent it differs from the rate levied as of June 1, 2014, pursuant to Code Section 48-9-14 as it existed on April 15, 2015, as it applies to sales of motor fuel and aviation gasoline as those terms are defined in Code Section 48-9-2. The period of suspension under this subsection shall conclude at the last moment of December 31, 2015.
3. The ratification of the temporary suspension of collection of prepaid state tax shall not apply to prepaid local taxes as defined in paragraph (23) of Code Section 48-8-2.
4. The commissioner is authorized to prescribe forms and promulgate rules and regulations deemed necessary in order to administer and effectuate this Code section.

(Code 1981, §48-8-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 48, § 1/HB 319; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 48/HB 323.)

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2017, "April 15, 2015," was substituted for "on the effective date of this subsection" in the middle of the first sentence of subsection (b).

- This Code section formerly pertained to the ratification of Executive Order 06.02.08.01 which provided for a temporary prepaid state tax exemption. The former Code section was based on Code 1981, § 48-8-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 84, § 1/HB 121; Ga. L. 2010, p. 662, § 5/HB 1221 and was repealed by Ga. L. 2011, Ex. Sess., p. 258, § 1/HB 2EX, effective September 21, 2011.

Subsequently, this Code section formerly pertained to the collection of taxes on gasoline and aviation fuel. That former Code section was based on Code 1981, § 48-8-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, Ex. Sess., p. 258, § 1/HB 2EX, and was repealed by Ga. L. 2013, p. 784, § 1/HB 210, effective May 6, 2013.

This Code section formerly pertained to the temporary suspension of the collection of taxes on gasoline and aviation fuel. The former Code section was based on Code 1981, § 48-8-17, and Ga. L. 2013, p. 784, § 1/HB 210; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 48/SB 340 and was repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 48, § 1, effective April 15, 2015.

- For article, "Revenue and Taxation: Amend Titles 48, 2, 28, 33, 36, 46, and 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating Respectively to Revenue and Taxation, Agriculture, the General Assembly, Insurance, Local Government, Public Utilities, and State Government," see 28 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 217 (2011).