General Assembly gives $32.5B mid-year budget final passage

ATLANTA — The General Assembly gave final passage Monday to a $32.5 billion mid-year budget with a slightly smaller property tax relief grant than Gov. Brian Kemp requested in January.

The mid-year budget, which covers state spending through June 30, includes $950 million in property tax relief, down from $1 billion the Georgia Senate approved last month. It also provides $1.1 billion to the state Department of Transportation to offset the loss in tax revenue the agency sustained last year when the governor temporarily suspended collection of the state sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels.