Georgia House Bill 567 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-08 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitation on annexation of areas furnished services or included in comprehensive zoning plan by certain counties, so as to prohibit annexations by governing authorities of municipal corporations absent approval by the governing authority of the affected county or counties in any county that imposes a sales tax for educational purposes and imposes a sales tax levied for the purposes of a metropolitan area system of public transportation; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Local government; annexations by certain governing authorities; prohibit

Rep. Vernon Jones [D]	Rep. Karen Bennett [D]	Rep. Dar'shun Kendrick [D]	Rep. Billy Mitchell [D]
Rep. Pam Stephenson [D]	Rep. Doreen Carter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-08	House	House Second Readers
2019-03-07	House	House First Readers
2019-03-05	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/55679
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/183730