Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 47 0149 to HB 155

ADOPTED Senators Hatchett of the 50th and Gooch of th 51st offered the following amendment #1: Amend the Senate Committee on State and Local Governmental Operations - General substitute to HB 155 (LC 47 3595S) by inserting after "definitions;" on line 12 the following: to amend Code Section 36-36-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to "contiguous area" defined, so as to revise provisions for certain properties owned by municipalities; By inserting after line 417 the following: PART IIA SECTION 2A-1. Code Section 36-36-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to "contiguous area" defined, is amended by revising subsection (c) as follows: "(c) If, at the time annexation procedures are initiated, the entire area to be annexed is owned by the municipal governing authority to which the area is to be annexed and if the annexation of municipally owned property is approved by resolution of the governing authority of the county wherein the property is located and by a majority of the qualified voters of such county voting on a referendum to approve such annexation, then the term 'contiguous area' shall mean any area which, at the time annexation procedures are initiated, abuts directly on the municipal boundary or which would directly abut on the municipal boundary if it were not otherwise separated from the municipal boundary by lands owned by the municipal corporation or some other political subdivision, by lands owned by this state, or by the definite width or by the length of: (1) Any street or street right of way; (2) Any creek or river; or (3) Any right of way of a railroad or other public service corporation which divides the municipal boundary and any area proposed to be annexed." By inserting "Part IIA and" before "Part III" on line 426.