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City of Stonecrest proposal advances

The House of Representatives Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously passed legislation creating a city of Stonecrest. MARK NIESSE / MARK.NIESSE@AJC.COM
The House of Representatives Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously passed legislation creating a city of Stonecrest. MARK NIESSE / MARK.NIESSE@AJC.COM
By Mark Niesse
Feb 3, 2016

A proposal to create a city of Stonecrest along Interstate 20 is moving forward after a Georgia House of Representatives committee gave its unanimous approval Wednesday.

Stonecrest would include about 50,000 residents in southeast DeKalb, bordering the city of Lithonia.

The legislation, Senate Bill 208, already passed the state Senate last year and now will be considered by the House Rules Committee before it can get a vote in the full House. The measure passed the House Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

If the bill passes the Georgia Legislature, voters will decide whether to incorporate Stonecrest during a referendum.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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