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Gwinnett County sues state over Senate Bill 138, cites loss of local control and unfunded mandates
Summary
Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson announced Gwinnett County filed a lawsuit challenging Georgia Senate Bill 138, saying the law overrides local negotiation, risks sovereign immunity, and shifts costs for stormwater and election reimbursements to county taxpayers.
Gwinnett County filed a lawsuit Friday challenging Georgia Senate Bill 138, Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson told residents at the Board of Commissioners public hearing on May 20.
Hendrickson said the county's suit argues the law “imposes unconstitutional one‑sided mandates” that bypass established state processes for negotiating services between counties and newly created cities, and that it threatens to remove protections and shift costs to Gwinnett taxpayers.
The chairwoman laid out four key concerns the county raised in the legal filing: the temporary…
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