fourth-largest city by population. Sugar Hill was the third-largest city in Gwinnett County until Peachtree Corners became a city on July 1, 2012. Economy Sugar Hill, as with the rest of Gwinnett County, has a sales tax of 6%, which comprises the 4% state sales tax and a 2% local tax. On April 28, 2011, Governor Nathan Deal signed legislation that allowed individual local communities to vote on whether to allow alcohol sales on Sundays, which had previously been prohibited by the Georgia General Assembly since the 1800s. A total of 97 cities and counties in Georgia held referendums on November 8, 2011, including Sugar Hill. The Sugar Hill city council voted to allow Sugar Hill residents vote on the issue and on November 15, 2011, Sugar Hill became one of several cities that voted to allow Sunday sales of alcohol. In 2012, the remaining areas of Gwinnett County that did not hold November 8 referendums voted to allow Sunday sales. Supporters of the proposal to allow Sunday sales of alcohol argued that doing so would help the economy. Government The City of Sugar Hill is governed by a mayor and five member city council, with one councilman acting as mayor pro tempore. When Sugar Hill was established in 1939, the town charter called for a mayor and five city councilmen, and that these elected officials were to be elected every two years. An amendment to the town's charter in 1952 changed the election process so that the mayor and three members of the town council are elected on even years for a term of two years, and two other members of the council are elected on odd years for a term of two years. In 1975, when the new charter was enacted that reincorporated the Town of Sugar Hill as the City of Sugar Hill, it added the requirement that a councilmen be appointed as mayor pro tempore, and retained the election method established in 1952. The city's budget in 2012 was $28.2 million, and in 2013 was $19.4 million. In 2010 Sugar Hill approved the process of constructing a larger city hall to accommodate for the city's increase in population. The new city hall was completed and opened in January 2013. Sugar Hill is part of Georgia's 7th congressional district The city is part of the Georgia State Senate's 45th district, and the 97th, 98th, and 102nd districts