Tennessee legislature rejects border commission

Both chambers of the Tennessee legislature have now rejected Georgia’s border commission to redraw the state line.

The Tennessee Senate agreed by unanimous vote yesterday to a House resolution not to participate in the commission. Both chambers of the Georgia legislature passed a resolution in February to create a commission in order to rectify a mistake in a 19^th century survey that placed Georgia’s northern border just short of the Tennessee River.

Tennessee officials see the proposal as a land grab designed to supply water to Atlanta.