HB 1550: Byron, City of; change corporate limits

This bill amends the City of Byron's charter to add a new area to the city's official boundaries. The added land runs along Housers Mill Road, starting at its intersection with the southern line of Land Lot 15 in the 5th Land District, extending north to the Georgia Highway 247 connector, then east and south back to the starting area, forming a defined boundary loop. The change is conditional. It only takes effect on June 1, 2026 if the General Assembly separately passes and the Governor approves (or allows to become law) a companion bill removing this same land from the City of Fort Valley's charter. If that Fort Valley deannexation bill does not pass, this bill will not take effect and will automatically repeal itself on June 1, 2026. The bill also repeals any conflicting laws.

• Adds a new paragraph to Byron's city charter (Section 2.1) defining a specific boundary along Housers Mill Road as part of the city's corporate limits.
• Describes the new boundary using a metes-and-bounds survey description covering roughly 5,220 feet along Housers Mill Road up to the Georgia Highway 247 connector.
• Makes the annexation effective only if a companion bill deannexing the same land from the City of Fort Valley's charter is enacted in the same 2026 session.
• Sets an automatic repeal of this Act on June 1, 2026 if the Fort Valley deannexation bill does not pass and get approved.

Residents and property owners along the affected stretch of Housers Mill Road, and the city governments of Byron and Fort Valley, whose overlapping boundary claims to this land would be resolved through these two coordinated bills.

If both this bill and the companion Fort Valley bill pass, residents and property in this area would shift from being governed by Fort Valley's city laws and services to Byron's, affecting things like municipal taxes, zoning, and city services. If the Fort Valley bill fails, nothing changes and this bill disappears automatically.

• Section 1 adds a new subsection (6) to Section 2.1 of Byron's charter, defining the exact metes-and-bounds boundary of the newly annexed land along Housers Mill Road.
• Section 2 sets a contingent effective date of June 1, 2026, conditioned on a companion Fort Valley deannexation bill also being enacted in the 2026 session.
• Section 2 also provides for automatic repeal of this Act on June 1, 2026 if the companion Fort Valley bill is not enacted and approved.
• Section 3 repeals any laws that conflict with this Act.

1. 2026-05-12Effective Date 2026-06-01
2. 2026-05-12Act 645
3. 2026-05-12House Date Signed by Governor (Cámara de Representantes)
4. 2026-04-07House Sent to Governor (Cámara de Representantes)
5. 2026-03-31Senate Passed/Adopted (Senado)
6. 2026-03-31Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senado)
7. 2026-03-25Senate Read and Referred (Senado)
8. 2026-03-23House Passed/Adopted (Cámara de Representantes)

• Robert Dickey (R, HD-134)Patrocinador principal
• Bethany Ballard (R, HD-147)

1. AprobadaVotación: Cámara de Representantes23 de marzo de 2026

   158 a favor, 0 en contra (12 sin votar, 6 ausentes)

   Local Calendar : House Vote #739

2. AprobadaVotación: Senado31 de marzo de 2026

   45 a favor, 0 en contra (5 sin votar, 4 ausentes)

   Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #873

• city annexation
• municipal boundaries
• Byron Georgia
• Fort Valley Georgia
• local government