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NOTICE The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners on July 12, 2016, tentatively established a millage rate of 16.102 for the 2016 year. The final millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the Board of Commissioner's office 217 E Broad Street, Louisville, GA 30434 on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 7:00 P.M. Pursuant to the meeting requirements of O.C.G.A. 48-5-32 the county does hereby publish the following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the tax digest of tax digest and levy for the past five years. CURRENT 2016 TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY COUNTY WIDE 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Real & Personal 497,109,976 494,100,023 524,596,050 474,905,921 470,454,098 465,403,662 Motor Vehicles 33,297,000 35,164,020 36,632,400 31,098,120 23,191,090 18,052,100 Mobile Homes 7,336,425 6,826,764 6,869,656 6,279,249 6,291,539 6,317,959 Timber - 100% 5,761,683 3,847,314 4,171,477 7,009,866 8,510,970 5,498,969 Heavy Duty Equipment 0 0 0 0 0 3,374 Gross Digest 543,505,084 539,938,121 572,269,583 519,293,156 508,447,697 495,276,064 Less M& O Exemptions 126,212,931 126,261,100 120,032,581 117,050,136 112,278,073 105,076,704 Net M & O Digest 417,292,153 413,677,021 452,237,002 402,243,020 396,169,624 390,199,360 State Forest Land Assistance Grant Value 5,799,649 8,195,025 11,519,614 14,718,956 14,900,469 15,471,056 Adjusted Net M&O Digest 423,091,802 421,872,046 463,756,616 416,961,976 411,070,093 405,670,416 Gross M&O Millage 15.440 17.438 17.222 17.495 17.586 18.566 Less Rollback (LOST) 2.690 2.938 2.483 2.558 2.484 2.464 Net M&O Millage 12.750 14.500 14.739 14.937 15.102 16.102 Total County Taxes Levied $5,394,420 $6,117,145 $6,835,309 $6,228,161 $6,207,981 $6,532,105 Net Taxes $ Increase -$121,736 $722,724 $718,164 -$607,148 -$20,180 $324,124 Net Taxes % Increase -2.25% 13.40% 11.74% -8.88% -0.32% 5.22%