--- title: HB 572. Braselton, Town of; annex certain properties collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb572 cite_as: HB 572, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb572 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb572.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb572/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70655 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. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb571.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb573.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 884 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb572.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 572 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: bill status_date: 2025-05-13 last_action: Effective Date 2025-05-13 sponsors: - Holt Persinger - Houston Gaines - Chuck Efstration - Derrick McCollum - Emory Dunahoo text_version: Enrolled has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB572/2025 upstream_id: 1980034 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - municipal annexation - Town of Braselton - Barrow County - local government boundaries --- # HB 572. Braselton, Town of; annex certain properties ## Text 25 LC 47 3295/AP House Bill 572 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Persinger of the 119 th, Gaines of the 120 th, Efstration of the 104 th, McCollum of the 30th, and Dunahoo of the 31st A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Braselton, approved June 3, 20031 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4319), so as to annex certain properties into the town; to provide for related2 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 Town of Braselton, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L.6 2003, p. 4319), is amended by adding a new subsection to Section 1.11 to read as follows:7 "(d) In addition to the other provisions of this section, the corporate limits of the town shall8 include the following described properties, as described in the records of the Barrow9 County Board of Tax Assessors on the effective date of this subsection:10 Barrow County Parcel ID XX023 01311 Barrow County Parcel ID XX0025 05312 Barrow County Parcel ID XX025 05413 Barrow County Parcel ID XX023 01414 Barrow County Parcel ID XX025 05215 Barrow County Parcel ID XX025 05116 H. B. 572 - 1 - 25 LC 47 3295/AP Barrow County Parcel ID XX025 05017 Barrow County Parcel ID XX023 02018 Barrow County Parcel ID XX023 00219 Barrow County Parcel ID XX021 00820 Barrow County Parcel ID XX021 008A21 Barrow County Parcel ID XX021 008B22 Barrow County Parcel ID XX021 008C"23 SECTION 2.24 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.25 H. B. 572 - 2 - ## 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 572 amends the Town of Braselton's charter to annex a specific list of Barrow County properties into the town's official boundaries. ### Plain-language summary 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. ### What it does - 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. ### Who it affects 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. ### Why it matters 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. ### Key provisions - 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. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-05-13) - Last action: Effective Date 2025-05-13 (2025-05-13) - Sponsors: Holt Persinger, Houston Gaines, Chuck Efstration, Derrick McCollum, Emory Dunahoo - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70655 > The history, votes, and amendments (884 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb572.md?full=1