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O.C.G.A. § 36-68-1 Constitutional authority; purpose
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This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority of Article IX, Section III, Paragraph II, subparagraph (b) of the Constitution. It is the purpose of this chapter to grant authority to the General Assembly to provide by local law for a form of governmental reorganization whereby…
O.C.G.A. § 36-68-2 Optional features of enabling local law
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(a) Subject to the requirements of Code Section 36-68-3, when the charter of a municipality is repealed by local law as a part of achieving a governmental reorganization described in Code Section 36-68-1, the General Assembly may also provide by local law for any of the following…
O.C.G.A. § 36-68-3 Mandatory features of enabling local law
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(a) Local laws enacted pursuant to the authority of this chapter shall be subject to the following requirements: (1) A local law enacted pursuant to the authority of Code Section 36-68-2 shall provide for the creation of a special tax district consisting of the territory lying wi…
O.C.G.A. § 36-68-4 Conditions under which county containing no municipality deemed to constitute a consolidated government; election; consolidated government to constitute a municipal corporation as well as a county for
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(a) If as of July 1, 2007, or at any time thereafter there exists in this state a county in which no part of any municipal corporation is located, then the governing authority of that county may elect that the county shall thenceforth be deemed to be and constituted as a consolid…