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Senate committee approves HR 98, clearing dozens of utility easements and describing state real‑estate portfolio

2389630 · February 25, 2025
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Summary

The committee passed House Resolution 98, which authorizes multiple easements and leases—many for nominal consideration—to allow utilities and local governments to serve state facilities; State Properties Commission described the state portfolio and answered members’ questions.

The Georgia Senate Committee on State Institutions and Property approved House Resolution 98 as a substitute, a package of easements and related real‑estate approvals to allow utility and local‑government service to state facilities and adjacent properties.

Frank Smith of the State Properties Commission presented the items and described the types of easements included: power and underground distribution lines for technical colleges and parks, fiber‑optic lines for park communications, sewer and water easements for municipal service upgrades, and leases for telecommunications towers. Many items in the package used nominal consideration (commonly recorded in the…

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