On November 7, 2017, the electorate of DeKalb County voted, pursuant to O.C.G.A. Title 48, Chapter 8, Article 2A, Part 2, to suspend the Homestead Option Sales Tax (HOST)1 and levy an Equalized Homestead Option Sales Tax (EHOST) and a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) effective April 1, 2018.