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Local bill would let older neighborhood opt in to Georgia Property Owners Association Act with 75% votes
Summary
A representative introduced House Bill 664 to allow a neighborhood incorporated in about 1966 to opt in to the Georgia Property Owners Association Act of 1994 (O.C.G.A. §44-3-235) and to permit covenant amendments when 75% approval thresholds are met.
An unidentified member presented House Bill 664 as a carryover from last year, describing a neighborhood in his district incorporated around 1966 that lacks an amendment procedure in its covenants. The bill would allow the neighborhood to opt in to O.C.G.A. §44-3-235 (the Georgia Property Owners Association Act of 1994) by a 75% or greater vote of homeowners, after which covenants could be amended by another 75% vote.
The sponsor said the bill would bring that subdivision into the statutory framework for property-owner associations so residents could adopt and later amend covenants using the opt-in procedure and specified supermajority thresholds. No opposition or formal action on the bill was recorded in the transcript.
