Representative Camp seeks local-sales-tax refund for mobile homes converted to real property

Representative Camp told the Senate Finance Committee that she is substituting language (LC590417s) into a vehicle to allow people who convert a mobile home to real property within 30 days to recover the local portion of sales tax in addition to the state portion they can already recover.

“We're using half of the cost of the mobile home…if they convert this to real property within 30 days,” Representative Camp said, explaining the bill’s calculation method and arguing the change makes mobile homes more comparable to stick-built homes and expands entry-level housing options outside metro Atlanta.

She noted this bill has been brought to the Legislature in prior years and at times failed on the floor; sponsors said they found a vehicle in committee to carry the language forward. Committee members reviewed the language and asked staff for copies; no substantive amendments were recorded in the transcript.

A motion to advance the mobile-home sales-tax refund vehicle was made (mover: Senator Hitarte; second: Senator Oro) and the committee approved it by raised‑hand vote, recorded as unanimous in the transcript (exact counts not specified). The committee advanced the measure to the next procedural step.