Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB295: Local government; procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation for loss of property value or expenses incurred; provisions
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation from local governments for loss of property value or expenses incurred due to the local government's failure to comply with or nonenforcement of certain laws, ordinances, and resolutions or due to the local government maintaining a public nuisance; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation from local governments for loss of property value or expenses incurred due to the local government's failure to comply with or nonenforcement of certain laws, ordinances, and resolutions or due to the local government maintaining a public nuisance; to provide for definitions…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation from local governments for loss of property value or expenses incurred due to the local government's failure to comply with or nonenforcement of certain laws, ordinances, and resolutions or due to the local government maintaining a public nuisance; to provide for definitions; to provide judicial remedies if such claims are rejected or not acted upon by local governments; to toll applicable statutes of limitations while such claims are being considered by local governments; to provide for exceptions and limitations; to waive sovereign immunity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: H. B. LC 47 3298 "36-60-33. (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Fair market value' means the probable sales price that would be agreed upon for a parcel of real property by …