HB572: HB572 Braselton, Town of; annex certain properties

The Town of Braselton operates under a charter that was originally created by the Georgia General Assembly in 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4319). That charter defines the town's corporate limits, meaning which land officially falls within town boundaries. This bill adds a new subsection to Section 1.11 of the charter, listing specific parcels of land in Barrow County by their tax assessor parcel ID numbers. Once the bill takes effect, those parcels become part of the Town of Braselton. The bill also repeals any existing laws that conflict with this change. No other provisions of the charter are altered.

• Amends Section 1.11 of the Town of Braselton's charter to add a list of specific Barrow County parcels to the town's corporate limits.
• Identifies the annexed properties by their Barrow County Board of Tax Assessors parcel ID numbers as of the bill's effective date.
• Repeals any prior laws or parts of laws that conflict with this annexation.

Property owners of the specifically listed Barrow County parcels, who would become residents or landowners within the Town of Braselton; the Town of Braselton government, which gains additional land and residents; and Barrow County, whose tax assessor records define the affected parcels.

Property owners on the listed parcels would become subject to Braselton's town government, services, taxes, and ordinances instead of remaining solely under Barrow County jurisdiction. This changes municipal boundaries and could affect zoning, services, and local tax obligations for those specific properties.

• Section 1 adds a new subsection (d) to Section 1.11 of the Town of Braselton's charter, listing thirteen specific Barrow County parcel IDs to be included in the town's corporate limits.
• The parcels are defined based on Barrow County Board of Tax Assessors records as they exist on the bill's effective date.
• Section 2 repeals any conflicting laws, a standard provision ensuring this annexation supersedes prior inconsistent statutes.

1. 2025-05-13Effective Date 2025-05-13
2. 2025-05-13Act 148
3. 2025-05-13House Date Signed by Governor (House)
4. 2025-04-07House Sent to Governor (House)
5. 2025-03-28Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
6. 2025-03-28Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
7. 2025-03-06Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
8. 2025-03-04House Passed/Adopted (House)

• Holt Persinger (R, HD-119)Primary sponsor
• Houston Gaines (R, HD-120)
• Chuck Efstration (R, HD-104)
• Derrick McCollum (R, HD-030)
• Emory Dunahoo (R, HD-031)

1. PassedHouse voteMarch 4, 2025

   172 yea, 0 nay (6 not voting, 2 absent)

   Local Calendar : House Vote #148

2. PassedSenate voteMarch 28, 2025

   53 yea, 0 nay (1 not voting, 2 absent)

   Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #313

• municipal annexation
• Town of Braselton
• Barrow County
• local government boundaries