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HB1277 • 2025

Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations

Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Barton, Matt
Last action
2026-05-11
Official status
House Date Signed by Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact dollar amount of the new threshold is not provided in the official metadata or summary text.

Raising the Cost Limit for Environmental Reviews on Roads and Airports

This law increases the project cost threshold that triggers an environmental evaluation for public roads or airports.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases the dollar amount a public road or airport project must reach before requiring an environmental evaluation.
  • Updates state laws to match this new requirement.
  • Removes older rules that conflict with these changes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Entities involved in building or expanding public roads and airports subject to the cost threshold.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not state the specific new dollar amount for the threshold.
  • The law takes effect on July 1, 2026.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-11 Georgia General Assembly

    House Date Signed by Governor

Official Summary Text

Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations