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GA Code § 36-60-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-18. Obtaining Real Property Within Adjoining County Which Will Be Exchanged for Federal Property

 No county or municipality within the county shall purchase or accept title to any real property located in an adjoining county, which property will be exchanged for certain property belonging to the federal government as authorized by federal law, without the written consent of the governing authority of such adjoining county wherein the real property is located; provided, however, that the provisions of this Code section shall not apply to the exercise of eminent domain by a county or municipality as authorized under the Constitution or other provisions of law; provided, further, that the provisions of this Code section shall not apply to any agreement entered into by two or more counties, municipal corporations, consolidated governments, or development authorities or any combination thereof prior to July 1, 1994, nor shall the transfer of any land pursuant to any such agreement be affected by this Code section.    (Code 1981, §36-60-18, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1940, § 2.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1994, this Code section, originally designated as Code Section 36-60-16, was redesignated as Code Section 36-60-18.
GA Code § 36-60-19 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-19. Dispatch Centers; Required Training for Communications Officers; Exceptions; Penalty for Noncompliance

  On and after January 1, 1999, every dispatch center operated by any county or municipality to receive, process, or transmit public safety information and dispatch law enforcement officers, firefighters, medical personnel, or emergency management personnel shall comply with the requirements of this Code section. Each such dispatch center shall have on duty at all times at least one communications officer who is certified as having been trained in the use of telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD's), as provided for in subsection (d) of Code Section 35-8-23. However, a dispatch center which is staffed by ten or fewer communications officers shall be considered in compliance with this Code section; provided, however, that on and after January 1, 1999, no dispatch center shall be permitted to employ any additional or replacement communications officers who are not certified as having been trained in the use of telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD's) as provided for in subsection (d) of Code Section 35-8-23.   On and after January 1, 1999, no monthly 9-1-1 charge provided for in Code Section 46-5-133 may be imposed for the support of any dispatch center unless such dispatch center is in compliance with the requirements of this Code section.     (Code 1981, §36-60-19, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 540, § 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 660, § 6/HB 470.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, Code Section 36-60-19 as enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 850, § 1, was redesignated as 36-60-20, and Code Section 36-60-19 as enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 928, § 1, was redesignated as 36-60-21.   Law reviews.   - For review of 1998 legislation relating to state government, see 15 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 245 (1998).
GA Code § 36-60-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-20. Political Subdivisions Have No Liability for Losses From Any Failure or Malfunction of Computer Software

  As used in this Code section, the term "political subdivision of the state" means any office, agency, department, commission, board, division, and institution of any county or municipality of the State of Georgia.   A political subdivision of the state shall have no liability for losses from any failure or malfunction occurring before December 31, 2005, which is caused directly or indirectly by the failure of computer software or any device containing a computer processor to accurately or properly recognize, calculate, display, sort, or otherwise process dates or times, if the failure or malfunction causing the loss was unforeseeable or if the failure or malfunction causing the loss was foreseeable but the plan or design or both for identifying and preventing the failure or malfunction was prepared in substantial compliance with generally accepted computer and information system design standards in effect at the time of the preparation of the plan or design.     (Code 1981, §36-60-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 850, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, Code Section 36-60-19 as enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 850, § 1, was redesignated as 36-60-20.
GA Code § 36-60-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-22. Rock Quarry Operations Prohibited Under Certain Circumstances

 Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, if the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources determines after a scientific analysis that such a quarry location has significant adverse impact on the water system, no person may commence the operation of a limestone or dolostone rock quarry within eight miles of any well or spring accessing an underground source of water which provides water to any county or municipality in an amount of at least 50 percent of such county's or municipality's water supply or two million gallons per day, whichever is less.    (Code 1981, §36-60-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 748, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, Code Section 36-60-19 as enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 1248, § 1, was redesignated as 36-60-23.
GA Code § 36-60-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-23. Volunteer Firefighters for Counties and Municipalities

  As used in this Code section, the term "volunteer firefighter" means a person who is a volunteer firefighter, as defined in Code Section 47-7-1, relating to definitions regarding the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, and who receives no compensation for services as a volunteer firefighter other than:   Actual expenses incurred;   A per diem for services;   Contributions to the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund;   Workers' compensation coverage under Chapter 9 of Title 34; or   Any combination of items specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection.     Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 36-30-4, 45-2-2, or any other provision of law to the contrary, a volunteer firefighter for a county or municipal corporation shall be eligible to serve as a member of the governing authority of that county or municipal corporation.   Nothing in this Code section shall require a county or municipal governing authority to make any of the payments or offer the benefits to volunteer firefighters specified in subsection (a) of this Code section.     (Code 1981, §36-60-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 1248, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Firefighter appreciation day, § 1-4-12.   Firefighter standards and training, T. 25, C. 4.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, Code Section 31-60-19 as enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 1248, § 1, was redesignated as 36-60-23, and "Fund" was substituted for "fund" in paragraph (a)(3).
GA Code § 36-60-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-24. Sale or Use or Ignition of Consumer Fireworks Products

  The governing authority of a county or municipal corporation shall not prohibit the sale or use or ignition of consumer fireworks or other products or services which are lawful under Chapter 10 of Title 25, unless such prohibition is expressly authorized by general law.   If the sale of a product or service is regulated by Chapter 10 of Title 25, the governing authority of a county or municipal corporation shall not enact additional regulation of the sale or use or ignition of such product or service, unless such additional regulation is expressly authorized by general law.   Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section, the governing authority of a county or municipal corporation may provide for permits or licenses for the sale or use of consumer fireworks as provided for under subsection (c) of Code Section 25-10-5.1.   Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section, the governing authority of a county or municipal corporation may further regulate the sale of consumer fireworks from temporary consumer fireworks retail sales stands until January 31, 2018.   The governing authority of a county or municipal corporation shall not unreasonably delay or deny an application for a temporary consumer fireworks retail sales stand.   For purposes of this subsection, the terms "consumer fireworks" and "consumer fireworks retail sales stand" shall have the same meanings as provided in Code Section 25-10-1.   Any ordinance enacted before, on, or after July 1, 2006, by a county or municipal corporation in violation of this Code section is void.     (Code 1981, §36-60-24, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 544, § 1/HB 304; Ga. L. 2015, p. 274, § 8/HB 110; Ga. L. 2016, p. 64, § 13/HB 727.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U. L. Rev. 55 (2016).
GA Code § 36-60-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-26. Unlawful to Issue Backdated License, Permit, or Other Authorizing Document; Documents Issued in Violation Void in Entirety; Criminal Penalty for Violations

  It shall be unlawful for any county, municipal corporation, or other issuing authority to issue any backdated license, permit, or other authorizing document, including but not limited to any building permit, sign permit, occupation tax certificate, zoning action, subdivision of land, final plat, or other similar authorization, in any territorial or geographic area which, due to the formation of a county, incorporation of a municipality, annexation or deannexation of territory, or other action, is no longer within the regulatory jurisdiction of said issuing authority. For purposes of this Code section, a license, permit, or other authorizing document shall be considered to be backdated if it in any manner purports to have been issued or have become effective prior to its actual date of issuance.   A license, permit, or other authorizing document in violation of this Code section shall be void in its entirety, and no person shall acquire any rights thereunder.   Any county or municipal officer or employee who knowingly violates this Code section shall be upon conviction guilty of a misdemeanor.     (Code 1981, §36-60-26, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 154, § 1/HB 975.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2008, p. 154, § 2/HB 975, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "The General Assembly declares its belief that this Act is declaratory of previously existing law; and the passage of this Act shall not be construed to imply that prior law was to the contrary."   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Acquisition of vested rights in permits.    - Void county sign ordinance could not be used as the basis for the denial of sign companies' applications for permits to construct billboards, and the invalidity of the ordinance resulted in there being no valid restriction on the construction of billboards in the county. Accordingly, the sign companies obtained vested rights in the issuance of the billboard construction permits which the companies sought before the city ordinances were enacted. Fulton County v. Action Outdoor Adver., JV, LLC, 289 Ga. 347, 711 S.E.2d 682 (2011).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fingerprinting required for violators.    - Offenses arising under O.C.G.A. § 36-60-26 are designated as offenses for which those charged are to be fingerprinted. 2009 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2009-1.
GA Code § 36-60-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-27. Banking Improvement Zones

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Bank" shall have the same meaning as provided in paragraph (7) of Code Section 7-1-4.   "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs.   "Local government" means any county or municipality of this state.     Upon submission of an application by a local government, the department may designate a banking improvement zone within the jurisdiction of such local government for the purpose of encouraging the establishment of branches or representative offices of a bank within an area which is underserved by banking services. Application to establish a banking improvement zone shall be made to the department in such form as shall be prescribed by the department. The department may exercise its discretion in its consideration to approve a local government as eligible for a banking improvement zone; provided, however, that prior to the designation of a banking improvement zone, the department shall make a determination whether any potential gains to a bank from a below rate interest agreement authorized pursuant to subsection (c) of this Code section is ample consideration for a substantial public benefit in compliance with Article III, Section VI, Paragraph VI(a) of the Georgia Constitution. Such decision shall also take into consideration:   The location, number, and proximity of sites where banking services are available in the proposed banking improvement zone;   Consumer needs for banking services in the proposed banking improvement zone;   The economic viability and local credit needs of the local government in the proposed banking improvement zone;   The existing commercial development in the proposed banking improvement zone; and   The impact additional banking services would have on potential economic development in the proposed banking improvement zone.     Upon approval of a banking improvement zone, the governing body of a local government may, through ordinance or resolution, designate a bank to be located within a banking improvement zone as the depository for local government funds, provided that applicable standards for deposits of public funds set forth in Chapter 8 of Title 45 have been satisfied. Subject to agreement between the governing body of a local government and a bank, such ordinance or resolution shall designate a fixed interest rate that is at or below the posted two-year certificate of deposit rate at the bank.     (Code 1981, §36-60-27, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 578, § 1/SB 20.)
GA Code § 36-60-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-28. Penalties for Alarm System Contractors for False Alarms

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Alarm system" shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 43-14-2.   "Alarm system contractor" shall mean any alarm system monitoring business or alarm system installation and repair business.   "Alarm system installation and repair business" means any person engaged in leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, installing or inspecting any alarm system, or in causing any alarm system to be leased, maintained, serviced, repaired, altered, replaced, or installed in any building, structure, or facility.   "Alarm system monitoring business" means any company that intercepts signals indicating the activation of an alarm system and relays this information to a public safety agency.   "False alarm" means the activation of any alarm system that results in a request for police assistance for which the responding public safety agency finds no evidence of criminal activity.   "Local government" means any county or municipality of this state.   "Public safety agency" shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-10-28.     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local government may enact, adopt, or enforce any ordinance, resolution, or regulation requiring any alarm system contractor to pay for or be responsible for any fines, fees, or other penalties relative to false alarms only in situations when the false alarm is attributed to an error of the alarm system contractor or improper installation by the alarm system contractor or if the alarm system contractor cannot provide evidence of telephone logs, other electronic means, or visual evidence that the alarm verification process as provided in Code Section 35-1-9 was followed. In cases where the alarm system contractor was in compliance with such provisions, a local government may require that the alarm user responsible for the false alarm pay for or be responsible for any fines, fees, or other penalties relative to false alarms.     (Code 1981, §36-60-28, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 214, § 1/HB 465.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2021, Code Section 36-60-28, as enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 620, § 2/HB 286, was redesignated as Code Section 36-60-29.
GA Code § 36-61-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 61 - Urban Redevelopment|§ 36-61-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Urban Redevelopment Law."   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 354, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. 1976, p. 946, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that all powers, privileges, duties, or immunities now or heretofore granted to municipalities by the Urban Redevelopment Law (this chapter), and all Acts amendatory thereof, are granted and conferred upon every county of this state.   Law reviews.   - For survey article on zoning and land use law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 493 (2007) and 60 Mercer L. Rev. 457 (2008).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Housing Authority could sell acquired property to private party.    - Georgia's Urban Redevelopment Law, O.C.G.A. § 36-61-1 et seq., authorized a housing authority to exercise eminent domain to acquire and redevelop urban property found to be a "slum area;" the housing authority's disposition of condemned property was authorized, and the housing authority was entitled to summary judgment on a former owner's claim that property had been acquired and then sold to a private party. Talley v. Housing Auth., 279 Ga. App. 94, 630 S.E.2d 550 (2006).    Cited in City of Stockbridge v. Meeks, 283 Ga. App. 343, 641 S.E.2d 584 (2007).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Application of Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469, 125 S. Ct. 2655, 162 L. Ed. 2d 439 (2005), to "Public Use" restrictions in federal and state constitutions takings clauses and eminent domain statutes, 21 A.L.R.6th 261.
GA Code § 36-61-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 61 - Urban Redevelopment|§ 36-61-3. Legislative Findings and Declaration of Necessity

  It is found and declared that there exist in municipalities and counties of this state pockets of blight, as defined in paragraph (15) of Code Section 36-61-2, which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of this state; that the existence of such areas contributes substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and crime, constitutes an economic and social liability, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of municipalities and counties, retards the provision of housing accommodations, aggravates traffic problems, and substantially impairs or arrests the elimination of traffic hazards and the improvement of traffic facilities; and that the prevention and elimination of pockets of blight is a matter of state policy and state concern, in order that this state and its municipalities and counties shall not continue to be endangered by areas which are local centers of disease, promote juvenile delinquency, and, while contributing little to the tax income of this state and its municipalities and counties, consume an excessive proportion of its revenues because of the extra services required for police, fire, accident, hospitalization, and other forms of public protection, services, and facilities.   It is further found and declared that certain pockets of blight or portions thereof may require acquisition, clearance, and disposition, subject to use restrictions, as provided in this chapter, since the prevailing condition of decay may make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation; that the other areas or portions thereof, through the means provided in this chapter, may be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the conditions and evils enumerated in subsection (a) of this Code section may be eliminated, remedied, or prevented and that, to the extent that is feasible, salvable pockets of blight should be conserved and rehabilitated through voluntary action and the regulatory process.   It is further found and declared that the powers conferred by this chapter are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and the power of eminent domain may be exercised. The necessity, in the public interest, for the provisions enacted in this chapter is declared as a matter of legislative determination.    (Ga. L. 1955, p. 354, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 36; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1318, § 2/HB 174.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 61 et seq.   ALR.    - Constitutionality, construction, and application of statutes or governmental projects for improvement of housing conditions (slum clearance), 130 A.L.R. 1069; 172 A.L.R. 966.
GA Code § 36-61-3.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 61 - Urban Redevelopment|§ 36-61-3.1. "Public Use" Defined; Eminent Domain to Be Exercised Solely for Public Use

  As used in this Code section, the term "public use" shall have the meaning specified in Code Section 22-1-1.   Any exercise of the power of eminent domain under this chapter must:   Be for a public use; and   Be approved by resolution of the governing body of the municipality or county in conformity with the procedures specified in Code Section 22-1-10.       (Code 1981, §36-61-3.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 39, § 22/HB 1313.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2006, p. 39, § 1/HB 1313, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as 'The Landowner's Bill of Rights and Private Property Protection Act.'"   Ga. L. 2006, p. 39, § 25/HB 1313, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section shall apply to those condemnation proceedings filed on or after February 9, 2006, where title has not vested in the condemning authority unless constitutionally prohibited.   Law reviews.   - For article on 2006 enactment of this Code section, see 23 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 157 (2006).
GA Code § 36-61-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 61 - Urban Redevelopment|§ 36-61-5. Resolution of Necessity Prerequisite to Exercise of Powers

 No municipality or county shall exercise any of the powers conferred upon municipalities and counties by this chapter until after its local governing body has adopted a resolution finding that:    One or more pockets of blight exist in such municipality or county; and   The rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of such area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of the municipality or county.    (Ga. L. 1955, p. 354, § 5; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1318, § 3/HB 174.)