The Georgia House of Representatives today rejected changes to the shared border between the proposed cities of LaVista Hills and Tucker.
The state House’s disagreement with the Senate’s vision for the cities means a conference committee may have to be appointed in a last-minute attempt to resolve the border dispute.
If the negotiators can find an agreement, voters in the areas could participate in a November referendum on whether to form the cities. If legislators can’t settle their differences, neither area could incorporate.
Little time is left to strike a deal. This year’s legislative session concludes Thursday.
A Senate committee earlier this month altered the border that a House subcommittee had set last December. In its vote today, the full House stood by the borders set by that process.
The Senate’s map for the areas is different because it moved about 2,000 residents who live near Livsey Elementary from Tucker’s territory into LaVista Hills.
A city of LaVista Hills, proposed under House Bill 520, would include about 69,500 people and cover land located mostly inside the eastern perimeter of I-285.
A city of Tucker, envisioned under House Bill 515, would have about 32,800 residents and extend eastward from the perimter, with some land inside the highway.
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