State Supreme Court hears challenge of tax on strip clubs

ATLANTA — Georgia’s 1% tax on strip clubs to raise money to combat child sex trafficking singles out the wrong target, a lawyer for the Georgia Association of Club Executives told the state Supreme Court.

The General Assembly passed the Safe Harbor Act in 2015 to generate a source of revenue to support rehabilitative care and other social services for sexually exploited children. Georgia voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum the following year to add the act to the state Constitution.

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