SB593: SB593 Development Impact Fees; disclosure of impact fees upon transfer of ownership; provide

Georgia local governments can charge development impact fees, one-time charges on new construction meant to help pay for the roads, water lines, or other infrastructure that growth requires (O.C.G.A. Chapter 71 of Title 36). Currently the law does not spell out a process for a property owner to find out ahead of time how much in impact fees would be owed if they sold or transferred a parcel. This bill adds a new section to that law requiring any municipality or county that charges development impact fees to disclose, upon written request, the total amount of fees that would be due on a specific parcel or parcels if ownership were transferred. The request must include a specific description of the project scope. The law would take effect as soon as the Governor signs it, or automatically becomes law without his signature.

• Adds a new Code section requiring cities and counties to disclose development impact fee totals for a parcel upon a written request from any individual.
• Requires the request to include a specific description of the project scope before the local government must respond.
• Applies only to municipalities and counties that already impose development impact fees under this chapter of state law.
• Sets the effective date as immediate upon the Governor's signature or automatic enactment without his signature.

Property owners and buyers involved in transferring real estate, developers planning projects, and city and county governments that impose development impact fees, since those local governments would now have to respond to written disclosure requests about fee totals.

Buyers, sellers, and developers would be able to learn in advance how much in impact fees a parcel could trigger before a sale closes, which could affect negotiations and planning. Local governments would take on a new administrative duty to calculate and disclose these amounts on request.

• Section 1 adds new Code section 36-71-14, requiring disclosure of total development impact fees due upon transfer of ownership when a written request describing project scope is submitted.
• Section 2 sets the effective date as upon the Governor's approval or upon the bill becoming law without his signature.
• Section 3 repeals any conflicting laws.

1. 2026-03-19House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
2. 2026-03-10House Second Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-09House First Readers (House)
4. 2026-03-06Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
5. 2026-03-06Senate Third Read (Senate)
6. 2026-03-06Senate Taken from Table (Senate)
7. 2026-03-06Senate Tabled (Senate)
8. 2026-03-04Senate Read Second Time (Senate)

• Bo Hatchett (R, SD-050)Primary sponsor
• Blake Tillery (R, SD-019)
• Victor Anderson (R, HD-010)

1. PassedSenate voteMarch 6, 2026

   50 yea, 0 nay (0 not voting, 5 absent)

   Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #677

• development impact fees
• property transfers
• local government
• real estate disclosure