Government Affairs HBAG will continue to refine language and push for our “design controls” bill which seeks to limit local governments from dictating the architectural designs of single family construction. Our language contains exceptions for historic preservation districts, building safety codes, and voluntary covenants agreed to by a property owners association. Please contact Austin Hackney () with anecdotes about how these local restrictions have cost you and your customers time and money. HBAG is changing tactics on our fight to reign in some of the more egregious, over-stepping local tree ordinances. Rather than propose a statewide frame work and initiate an environmental battle, GAC has elected to break up the effort into smaller bites at the apple. Plans are being made to introduce multiple pieces of legislation in the 2018 session to do just that. HBAG will be participating in several legislative study committees this summer. The Joint Study Committee on Stream Buffers in Georgia, the Joint Study Committee on Storm-Water Management Fees, and the House Study Committee on Low Income Housing Tax Credits will all be taking place in the next few months. If you would like to take an active role in any of these committee meetings, please contact Austin Hackney ().
Government Affairs HBAG will continue to refine language and push for our “design controls” bill which seeks to limit local governments from dictating the architectural designs of single family construction. Our language contains exceptions for historic preservation districts, building safety codes, and voluntary covenants agreed to by a property owners association. Please contact Austin Hackney () with anecdotes about how these local restrictions have cost you and your customers time and money. HBAG is changing tactics on our fight to reign in some of the more egregious, over-stepping local tree ordinances. Rather than propose a statewide frame work and initiate an environmental battle, GAC has elected to break up the effort into smaller bites at the apple. Plans are being made to introduce multiple pieces of legislation in the 2018 session to do just that. HBAG will be participating in several legislative study committees this summer. The Joint Study Committee on Stream Buffers in Georgia, the Joint Study Committee on Storm-Water Management Fees, and the House Study Committee on Low Income Housing Tax Credits will all be taking place in the next few months. If you would like to take an active role in any of these committee meetings, please contact Austin Hackney ().