ADOPTED
Senators Hatchett of the 50th and Gooch of th 51st offered the following amendment #1:
Amend the Senate Committee on State and Local Governmental Operations - General
substitute to HB 155 (LC 47 3595S) by inserting after "definitions;" on line 12 the following:
to amend Code Section 36-36-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
"contiguous area" defined, so as to revise provisions for certain properties owned by
municipalities;
By inserting after line 417 the following:
PART IIA
SECTION 2A-1.
Code Section 36-36-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to "contiguous
area" defined, is amended by revising subsection (c) as follows:
"(c) If, at the time annexation procedures are initiated, the entire area to be annexed is
owned by the municipal governing authority to which the area is to be annexed and if the
annexation of municipally owned property is approved by resolution of the governing
authority of the county wherein the property is located <ins>and by a majority of the qualified
voters of such county voting on a referendum to approve such annexation,</ins> then the term
'contiguous area' shall mean any area which, at the time annexation procedures are
initiated, abuts directly on the municipal boundary or which would directly abut on the
municipal boundary if it were not otherwise separated from the municipal boundary by
lands owned by the municipal corporation or some other political subdivision, by lands
owned by this state, or by the definite width or by the length of:
(1) Any street or street right of way;
(2) Any creek or river; or
(3) Any right of way of a railroad or other public service corporation
which divides the municipal boundary and any area proposed to be annexed."
By inserting "Part IIA and" before "Part III" on line 426.