--- title: HB 838. Newnan, City of; change corporate limits collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb838 cite_as: HB 838, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb838 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb838.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb838/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71640 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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Newnan, City of; change corporate limits ## Text 25 LC 47 3665/AP House Bill 838 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Smith of the 70th, Glaize of the 67th, Jenkins of the 136th, Bonner of the 73rd, and Dawson of the 65th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act reincorporating and providing a new charter for the City of Newnan,1 approved March 31, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5160), as amended, so as to change the corporate2 limits; 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 reincorporating and providing a new charter for the City of Newnan, approved6 March 31, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5160), as amended, particularly by an Act approved7 March 21, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3914), is amended by adding a n ew section to read as8 follows:9 "SECTION 1.2A.10 (a) In addition to all other territory included within the cor porate limits of said city, the11 corporate limits shall specifically include the following described property:12 (1) TAX PARCEL 087 2027 00813 All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in La nd Lot 27 of the 2nd Land14 District of Coweta County, Georgia, shown as 17.504 acres as shown on plat of survey15 for WOODIE T. WOOD, JR. and NORA ANN WOOD made by Turner & Asso ciates16 H. B. 838 - 1 - 25 LC 47 3665/AP Land Surveyors, P.C., Registered Land Surveyors, as recorded in Plat Book 94, Page 40,17 Office of the Clerk, Coweta County, Georgia Superior Court, reference to which pat is18 hereby made for a more particular and accurate description of t he property conveyed19 herein. -20 (2) TAX PARCEL 087 2027 01121 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situated, lying and being located in Land22 Lot 27 of the second Land District, Coweta County, Georgia, the same and being more23 particularly described as follows:24 TO FIND THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, First, Start at the point formed by the25 easterly varying right-of-way of Newnan By-Pass East and the so utherly varying26 right-of-way of Poplar Road;27 THE FOLLOWING 7 COURSES AND DISTANCES ARE ALONG THE EASTERLY28 VARYING RIGHT-OF-WAY OF NEWNAN BY-PASS EAST AS DESCRIBED 29 ºD.B. 1113 PAGES 199-204:30 thence S 00º 26' 04" E a distance of 243.36' to a concrete right-of-way monument found;31 thence S 89º 33' 56" W a distance of 50.00' to a concrete right-of-way monument found;32 thence S 00º 26' 04" E a distance of 1160.86' to a concrete right-of-way monument found;33 thence with a curve turning to the right with an arc length of 562.67', with a radius of34 2391.83', with a chord bearing of S 06º 18' 17" W, with a chord length of 561.37', to a35 concrete right-of-way monument found;36 thence S 76º 57' 21" E a distance of 50.00' to a concrete right-of-way monument found;37 thence with a curve turning to the right with an arc length of 278.34', with a radius of38 2441.83', with a chord bearing of S 16º 18' 34" W, with a chord length of 278.19', to a39 concrete right-of-way monument found;40 thence S 19º 34' 30" W a distance of 111.70' to a concrete right-of-way monument found;41 H. B. 838 - 2 - 25 LC 47 3665/AP thence N 60º 57' 12" W a distance of 304.15' crossing over Newn an By-Pass East to a42 1/2" iron rebar set on the westerly varying right-of-way of Newnan By-Pass East and the43 TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN DESCRIBED;44 thence N 60º 57' 12" W a distance of 111.94' leaving said weste rly right-of-way of45 Newnan By-Pass East to a ½' iron rebar set;46 thence N 53º 27' 18" W a distance of 720.45' to a 1/2'" iron rebar set;47 thence S 89º 53' 55" E a distance of 229.30' to a 3/8" iron rebar found;48 thence S 89º 49' 49" E a distance of 567.20' to a 1" iron pipe found;49 thence S 89º 49' 49" E a distance of 4.28' to a concrete right-of-way monument found on50 the westerly varying right-of-way of Newnan By-Pass East;51 thence with a curve turning to the right with an arc length of 436.37', with a radius of52 2141.83', with a chord bearing of S 13º 44' 20" W, with a chord length of 435.62', along53 the said westerly right-of-way of Newnan By-Pass East to a conc rete right-of-way54 monument found;55 thence S 19º 34' 30" W a distance of 61.65' along the said west erly right-of-way of56 Newnan By-Pass East to a 1/2" iron rebar set which is the TRUE POINT OF57 BEGINNING;58 Together with and subject to covenants, easements, and restrictions of record.59 Said property contains an area of 4.65 acres.60 (b) Reserved."61 SECTION 2.62 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.63 H. B. 838 - 3 - ## 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 838 would expand the City of Newnan's official city limits to include two specific tracts of land in Coweta County, adding roughly 22 acres to the city. ### Plain-language summary The City of Newnan operates under a charter originally approved in 1987 and amended several times since. This bill amends that charter again, this time to redraw the city's boundary lines. It adds a new section to the charter that lists two specific parcels of land in Coweta County by tax parcel number and legal survey description, and declares that these parcels are now officially part of Newnan's corporate limits. The first parcel is about 17.5 acres described by a recorded plat of survey. The second is about 4.65 acres described through a detailed metes-and-bounds survey near Newnan By-Pass East and Poplar Road. The bill repeals any conflicting laws and does not include additional annexation conditions beyond adding the described property to the city. ### What it does - Amends the 1987 City of Newnan charter, as previously amended in 1989, by adding a new charter section covering annexed land. - Formally places a 17.504-acre parcel identified as Tax Parcel 087 2027 008 inside the Newnan city limits. - Formally places a 4.65-acre parcel identified as Tax Parcel 087 2027 011, described by detailed survey coordinates, inside the Newnan city limits. - Repeals any existing laws that conflict with this boundary change. ### Who it affects Property owners of the two specifically described Coweta County parcels, who become residents or landowners within Newnan's city limits, along with the City of Newnan and Coweta County governments, which must adjust jurisdiction, services, and tax collection accordingly. ### Why it matters Once these parcels become part of Newnan, they fall under the city's zoning, services, and taxing authority rather than remaining solely under Coweta County. This could change which government provides police, utilities, or permitting for the affected properties. ### Key provisions - Section 1 adds a new charter section, SECTION 1.2A, to the City of Newnan's charter listing annexed property by tax parcel number and legal description. - The first described parcel (Tax Parcel 087 2027 008) covers 17.504 acres referenced to a recorded plat in Coweta County Superior Court records. - The second described parcel (Tax Parcel 087 2027 011) covers 4.65 acres, described through a detailed survey beginning near Newnan By-Pass East and Poplar Road. - Section 2 repeals any laws or 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: Lynn Smith, Lydia Glaize, David Jenkins, Josh Bonner, Robert Dawson - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71640 > The history, votes, and amendments (906 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb838.md?full=1