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Chatham County voters approved a new homestead exemption for school system property taxes.

The exemption freezes a property's school tax value, aiming to provide tax relief to homeowners.

The school system has expressed concern that the measure could limit its ability to respond to inflation and growth.

Chatham County will have homestead exemption for its school system property taxes after voters approved the Chatham County Schools Tax Relief act Tuesday. The ballot measure passed with 79% of the vote with 86 of 87 precincts reporting, a margin of nearly 19,000 votes.

Nearly 50,000 votes were cast on the measure as of a 10:16 p.m. update.

The measure was placed on the ballot after the Georgia General Assembly's passage of HB782 this spring. The new exemption will

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