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Panel hears concept to add growth-boundary agreements to service-delivery strategy to reduce annexation disputes
Summary
Representative Thomas presented a hearing-only idea to allow local growth-boundary agreements to be incorporated into the service-delivery strategy process as a pilot, citing Cherokee County's experience. Local government groups said the concept merits further study but warned it would require careful drafting and education.
Representative (Chairman) Thomas brought LC473356A (introduced in committee as a concept bill, hearing only) to the House Governmental Affairs full committee to propose adding growth-boundary agreements to the service-delivery strategy (SDS) framework as a pilot option for some counties.
Thomas said the idea grew from a multi-year study and from Cherokee County’s experience, where the county and cities negotiated a growth-boundary agreement that the sponsor said has ended annexation disputes there for four years. "We decided that instead of spending all this time fighting each other in court, they would create what they call a growth boundary…
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