--- title: HB 226. Cochran, City of; change corporate limits collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb226 cite_as: HB 226, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb226 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb226.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb226/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69831 date: 2025-05-13 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-08-28 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Cochran, City of; change corporate limits ## Text 25 LC 47 3122/AP House Bill 226 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representative Mathis of the 133rd A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Cochran, approved April 11, 20121 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5162), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of such municipality;2 to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:4 SECTION 1.5 An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Cochran, approv ed April 11, 20126 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5162), as amended, is amended by adding a new subsection to Section 1.117 to read as follows: 8 "(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this charter to the contrary, the corporate9 limits of the City of Cochran shall include the following described property:10 The right of way of State Route 23, also known as U.S. Highway 87, northward from the11 corporate limits of the city on the effective date of this Act to the intersection of such12 state route with Jac Arts Road."13 SECTION 2.14 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.15 H. B. 226 - 1 - ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. House Bill 226 expands the City of Cochran's official boundaries to include a stretch of State Route 23 (U.S. Highway 87) running north to Jac Arts Road, updating the city's 2012 charter. ### Plain-language summary The City of Cochran operates under a charter approved by the Georgia General Assembly in 2012. This bill amends that charter to change the city's corporate limits, meaning the official boundary lines that define what land falls under city government and services. Specifically, the bill adds a new provision to Section 1.11 of the charter stating that the city's limits now include the right of way of State Route 23, also called U.S. Highway 87, extending north from the city's current boundary to where that highway meets Jac Arts Road. The bill repeals any conflicting laws and takes effect as part of the charter once signed into law. ### What it does - Amends the City of Cochran's 2012 charter to add a new subsection to Section 1.11 defining an expanded corporate boundary. - Extends the city limits to cover the right of way of State Route 23 (U.S. Highway 87) from the current city line north to its intersection with Jac Arts Road. - Repeals any existing state laws that conflict with this boundary change. ### Who it affects This bill affects the City of Cochran's local government, which gains jurisdiction over the newly included highway right of way, as well as any property owners, businesses, or residents along that stretch of State Route 23 now brought inside city limits. ### Why it matters Bringing this stretch of highway into the city limits could affect which government, city or county, provides services like policing, road maintenance, and utilities along that road, and could change local tax jurisdiction for adjacent property. ### Key provisions - Section 1 amends Section 1.11 of the City of Cochran's charter (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5162) by adding subsection (c) describing the new boundary. - The new boundary covers the right of way of State Route 23/U.S. Highway 87 from the city's current limits north to Jac Arts Road. - Section 2 repeals all laws and parts of laws that conflict with this Act. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-05-13) - Last action: Effective Date 2025-05-13 (2025-05-13) - Sponsors: Danny Mathis - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69831 > The history, votes, and amendments (882 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb226.md?full=1