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Subcommittee advances bill imposing 90‑day deadline for municipal approval of county-initiated deannexations
Summary
House subcommittee approved HB 521 to require municipalities to act within 90 days when a county-owned parcel is submitted for deannexation; Henry County officials told the panel that delays have held up multimillion-dollar projects.
The House Governmental Affairs subcommittee advanced House Bill 521 after hearing testimony that delayed municipal action on county-initiated deannexations has stalled important county capital projects.
Sponsor Chairman Anderson said HB 521 is narrowly tailored: when a county is the owner of all parcels proposed for deannexation and the county governing authority consents, the municipal governing authority must approve the deannexation…
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