New HB 581 for homesteading complex, confusing

NAHUNTA — “This is going to cause a lot of confusion.”

Brantley County Tax Commissioner Pat Tompkins said there is a lot of information about House Bill 581, but “it’s a complex bill that needs to be cleaned up.”

Tompkins was speaking to city officials from Hoboken and Nahunta, Brantley County officials and to Board of Education members Thursday (December 19) afternoon in a roundtable discussion inside the Brantley County Board of Edcuation conference room about the the state’s recent homestead exemption proposal.