HR1050: HR1050 Property; lease or conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize

State agencies do not control the sale or leasing of state-owned land on their own; the Georgia General Assembly must approve these transactions through a resolution, and the State Properties Commission carries them out. This resolution bundles together eleven unrelated real estate actions requested by various state agencies and local governments over the past year. The deals include conveying land in Clayton County to the Department of Transportation for a turn lane, letting Dawson County build a telecommunications tower on state wildlife land, transferring DeKalb County park-and-ride land for a highway interchange, several school and nonprofit leases at low or nominal rent, an exchange of Forestry Commission land in McDuffie County, a renewed Postal Service lease on Sapelo Island, and a sale of a technical college property to the City of Cedartown. Each authorization expires three years after the resolution takes effect, which happens as soon as the Governor signs it or it becomes law without his signature.

• Authorizes the State Properties Commission to convey about 1.0 acre in Clayton County to the Department of Transportation for $10.00 to build a turn lane at the Atlanta State Farmers Market.
• Authorizes a 25-year lease (renewable for another 25 years) of Department of Natural Resources land in Dawson County to the county for a telecommunications tower.
• Authorizes conveying about 2.84 acres in DeKalb County to the Department of Transportation for roughly $369,829 for the Panola Road Interchange project.
• Authorizes five-year leases of state buildings in Dougherty and Floyd Counties to nonprofits and a charter academy, and a 10-year lease of Georgia Northwestern Technical College land in Floyd County to the local school system for $10 a year.
• Authorizes an exchange in McDuffie County trading a 1.5-acre Forestry Commission site for a 6.0-acre county tract plus $19,000, and a sale of a Polk County technical college site to the City of Cedartown for $10.00.
• Authorizes renewed and new leases in McIntosh, Richmond, and Troup Counties, including a Sapelo Island postal facility lease and housing for people with developmental disabilities in Richmond County.

The properties affect the Departments of Transportation, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Education, and Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, the State Road and Tollway Authority, the Technical College System of Georgia, several county governments and school systems, a rehabilitation nonprofit, a charter academy, and the United States Postal Service.

These approvals let specific road projects, school programs, public safety infrastructure, group homes, and a rural post office move forward on land the state already owns, often at low or symbolic rent, while ensuring the legislature signs off before any state property changes hands or use.

• Article I (Sections 1-6) authorizes conveying Clayton County farmers market land to the Department of Transportation for $10.00 for a turn lane.
• Article III (Sections 13-18) authorizes conveying DeKalb County park-and-ride land to the Department of Transportation for about $369,829 for the Panola Road Interchange.
• Article VIII (Sections 43-48) authorizes a land exchange in McDuffie County involving a 6.0-acre county tract and a $19,000 payment to the state.
• Article IX (Sections 49-54) authorizes a new five-year Postal Service lease on Sapelo Island starting July 1, 2027, with annual reimbursements to the Department of Natural Resources.
• Article X (Sections 55-60) authorizes selling a Polk County technical college property to the City of Cedartown for $10.00 for public safety use.
• Section 73 sets the effective date as the date the Governor signs the resolution or it otherwise becomes law, and most articles set a three-year expiration on each authorization.

1. 2026-05-11Effective Date 2026-05-11
2. 2026-05-11Act 501
3. 2026-05-11House Date Signed by Governor (House)
4. 2026-04-06House Sent to Governor (House)
5. 2026-03-25House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub (House)
6. 2026-03-20Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
7. 2026-03-20Senate Third Read (Senate)
8. 2026-03-19Senate Read Second Time (Senate)

• Gerald Greene (R, HD-154)Primary sponsor
• Emory Dunahoo (R, HD-031)
• Arlene Beckles (D, HD-096)
• Debbie Buckner (D, HD-137)
• Robert Flournoy (D, HD-074)
• Ed Harbison (D, SD-015)

1. PassedHouse voteFebruary 10, 2026

   163 yea, 0 nay (6 not voting, 6 absent)

   Adopt: House Vote #492

2. PassedSenate voteMarch 20, 2026

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

   Adoption By Substitute: Senate Vote #764

3. PassedHouse voteMarch 25, 2026

   156 yea, 0 nay (8 not voting, 12 absent)

   Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #755

• state property transactions
• government land leases
• Georgia Department of Transportation
• state land conveyances
• Sapelo Island