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GA Code § 36-1-19.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-1-19.1. Appropriations for Charitable Grants or Contributions in Counties Having Population of 400,000 or More; Boards or Councils to Establish Procedures and Advise Governing Authorities

  In all counties of this state having a population of 400,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future such census, the governing authorities of such counties are authorized to provide by ordinance for the appropriation of money for and the making of grants or contributions to any corporation, association, institution, or individual for purely charitable purposes, provided that the activities funded by any such grants or contributions shall take place within the county making such grant or contribution.   In connection with the appropriation of money for or the making of any grant or contribution for purely charitable purposes, the governing authority of any county within this state may establish such boards or councils as it may determine to establish the procedures by which such grants or contributions are made and to advise the governing authorities of such counties generally with respect to such grants or contributions.   Appropriations, grants, and contributions made pursuant to this Code section shall be in the form of contracts for services.   For the purpose of this Code section, "purely charitable purposes" shall mean charitable, benevolent, or philanthropic purposes for health, education, social welfare, arts and humanities, or environmental organizations.   No funds may be appropriated, granted, or contributed under this Code section for a purpose which is in violation of the laws of this state; provided, however, that this subsection shall not be interpreted to prohibit a good faith expenditure of funds for purposes authorized by law.     (Code 1981, §36-1-19.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1415, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 36.)
GA Code § 36-1-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-1-20. Ordinances for Governing and Policing of Unincorporated Areas of County

  The governing authority of each county, for the purpose of protecting and preserving the public health, safety, and welfare, is authorized to adopt ordinances for the governing and policing of the unincorporated areas of the county, violations of which ordinances may be punished by fine or imprisonment or both. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such ordinances may provide for traffic regulation, including adoption of the uniform rules of the road under Chapter 6 of Title 40, may provide for the regulation and control of litter in the same manner as municipal ordinances under Code Section 16-7-48, and may provide for the implementation and enforcement of any power or duty vested in the county governing authority.   Each such ordinance shall specify the maximum punishment which may be imposed for a violation of the ordinance; and in no case shall the maximum punishment for the violation of any such ordinance exceed a fine of $1,000.00 or imprisonment for 60 days or both; provided, however, that for violation of a pretreatment standard or requirement adopted pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act the ordinance may specify that the fine may be up to $1,000.00 per day for each violation by an industrial user.   Jurisdiction over violations of such county ordinances shall be in the magistrate court of the county; and procedure for enforcement of such ordinances shall be as provided in Article 4 of Chapter 10 of Title 15; provided, however, jurisdiction over ordinances having to do with traffic offenses shall be in the court or courts having jurisdiction over state traffic offenses.   This Code section shall not affect the jurisdiction of or procedure in any other court which has jurisdiction over violations of county ordinances.     (Code 1981, §36-1-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1086, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1345, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 993, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Jurisdiction over offense of open container of alcohol in vehicle.   - In counties in which there is a state court, both the state court and the magistrate court of the county possess concurrent jurisdiction over the prosecution of individuals charged with violating a county ordinance prohibiting the possession of open containers of alcohol while operating a motor vehicle. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U92-3.   Regulation of trucks on residential roads.   - County sheriff's department may enforce ordinances prohibiting trucks over ten wheels from using residential roads within county except when making temporary deliveries. 1996 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U96-17.   Traffic control ordinances.   - Counties may enact ordinances regarding enforcement of traffic control devices by the use of cameras. 2000 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U2000-12.
GA Code § 36-1-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-1-22. Business and Occupational License Taxes and Fees

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1292, § 6, effective January 1, 1995.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 36-1-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1586, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1734, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 36.
GA Code § 36-1-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-1-23. Purchase From County of Materials Used in the Construction of Water Systems, Sewer Systems, Storm and Drainage Systems, Buildings, or Other Facilities

  No county shall require any person who performs services on his property or on private property pursuant to an agreement with an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other private entity to purchase from the county any materials used in the construction or repair of any water system, sewer system, storm or drainage system, building, or other facilities on such property.Any county which sells such materials used in the construction of such facilities shall be required to publish the acceptable manufacturing or engineering standards of such materials sold by the county and such other materials, if any, which the county finds acceptable for the construction of such facilities.In the construction of any such facility, the use by any person or other entity of materials which are not purchased from the county shall not render any such facility or project ineligible for acceptance as a public right of way or utility project if the materials used meet the acceptable standards published by the county.   Nothing in this Code section shall affect the authority of a county to enact building, construction, electrical, fire, or other codes which require materials used in the construction or repair of water systems, sewer systems, storm or drainage systems, buildings, or other facilities to meet or satisfy certain standards.   Any county officer or employee who, without sufficient cause, refuses to accept as a public right of way or utility project any water and sewer system or other facility constructed with acceptable materials not purchased from the county shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Upon the final conviction of any county officer or employee of violating subsection (c) of this Code section, the employment of such officer or employee by the county shall immediately be terminated.     (Code 1981, §36-1-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1002, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3212, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - Former Code Section 36-1-23, pertaining to preservation and protection of abandoned or unmaintained cemeteries, was enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 318, § 1 and repealed by Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 36.
GA Code § 36-1-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-1-24. Training Classes for Clerks of Governing Authority of County

  Any person hired or appointed to serve as the clerk of the governing authority of any county in this state shall attend and complete a course of training on matters pertaining to the basic performance of his or her official duties.Such training shall be conducted by the University of Georgia under the supervision of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at such time and place as shall be determined by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.   The personnel of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government are authorized to work with the members of the Association County Clerks of Georgia and the Association County Commissioners of Georgia in establishing and operating the training course provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section, as well as establishing the rules and regulations governing attendance of such training.   All reasonable expenses of attending the training class required by this Code section shall be paid from funds appropriated by the county governing authority for such purposes.     (Code 1981, §36-1-24, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1689, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-1-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-1-25. Official Minutes of Meetings

 Official minutes of the meetings of a county governing authority shall be maintained in the offices of the county governing authority.Copies of contracts, maps, or similar material or documents related to actions taken by a county governing authority may be included in the minutes or incorporated by reference to an alternate location.Where incorporated by reference, such documents shall be stored in a central location or locations identified by ordinance or resolution of the county governing authority.    (Code 1981, §36-1-25, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 662, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-1-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-1-26. Contracts for Utility Services; Terms and Conditions

 The governing authority of any county in this state may authorize the execution of one or more contracts which specify the rates, fees, or other charges which will be charged and collected by the county for electric, natural gas, or water utility services to be provided by the county to one or more of its utility customers. Any such contract shall be subject to the following conditions and limitations:      Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, no such contract shall be for a term in excess of ten years.   No such contract for solar utility services or for wind utility services shall be for a term in excess of 20 years;     Any such contract which is for a term in excess of two years shall include commercially reasonable provisions under which the rates, fees, or other charges shall be adjusted with respect to inflationary or deflationary factors affecting the provision of the utility service in question; and   Any such contract shall include commercially reasonable provisions relieving the county from its obligations under the contract in the event that the county's ability to comply with the contract is impaired by war, natural disaster, catastrophe, or any other emergency creating conditions under which the county's compliance with the contract would become impossible or create a substantial financial burden upon the county or its taxpayers.     (Code 1981, §36-1-26, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1113, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 605, § 1/SB 95.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective July 1, 2019, rewrote paragraph (1), which read: "No such contract shall be for a term in excess of ten years;".
GA Code § 36-2-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 2 - Militia Districts|§ 36-2-1. Division of County Into Militia Districts

  Each county is divided into militia districts according to its territory and population.   Militia districts are to remain the same as presently organized until changed in the manner prescribed in this chapter.    (Orig. Code 1863, §§ 453, 454; Code 1868, §§ 515, 516; Code 1873, §§ 481, 482; Code 1882, §§ 481, 482; Civil Code 1895, §§ 330, 331; Civil Code 1910, §§ 373, 374; Code 1933, §§ 23-201, 23-202.)
GA Code § 36-2-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 2 - Militia Districts|§ 36-2-2. Minimum Requirements for Districts

 Each militia district organized or changed must contain within its limits at least 200 persons 18 years of age or over who are residents at the time of the organization of the district and, in its formation, must not leave any older district with less than 200 such persons.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 455; Code 1868, § 517; Code 1873, § 483; Code 1882, § 483; Civil Code 1895, § 332; Civil Code 1910, § 375; Code 1933, § 23-203; Ga. L. 1982, p. 825, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Composition of unorganized militia of the state, § 38-2-3.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   O.C.G.A.    § 36-2-2 is mandatory. - Proceeding which seeks to create a new district, but leaves an old district with less than the required number of male persons subject to militia duty, is repugnant to this section. Johnson v. Chappell, 198 Ga. 162, 30 S.E.2d 909 (1944).   Order void when existing district left understrength.    - Order, by the proper county authority, approving a report of the commissioners appointed to lay out and establish a new militia district, is void since, by the establishment of the new district, an existing district is left with less than the required number of persons liable to militia duty. Johnson v. Chappell, 198 Ga. 162, 30 S.E.2d 909 (1944).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    The 1982 amendment to O.C.G.A. § 36-2-2 does not require that any militia district boundaries be changed; any changes are to be initiated by the board of county commissioners in counties where the board is vested with this power by local law. 1982 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 82-94.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Enlistment or mustering of minors into military service, 140 A.L.R. 1508.
GA Code § 36-2-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 2 - Militia Districts|§ 36-2-4. Transmittal of Proceedings Changing Districts to Governor; Publication

 It is the duty of the judge of the probate court, when a new district is laid out, immediately to transmit to the Governor the proceedings in the matter, duly certified, from his minutes and to publish them for 30 days at the door of the courthouse and in the newspaper where he does his official advertising.   (Laws 1840, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 187; Code 1863, § 459; Code 1868, § 521; Code 1873, § 487; Code 1882, § 487; Civil Code 1895, § 336; Civil Code 1910, § 379; Code 1933, § 23-207.)
GA Code § 36-2-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 2 - Militia Districts|§ 36-2-5. Through 36-2-7

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-2, effective July 1, 1983.   Editor's notes.   - These Code sections, relating to effect on justices of the peace, constables, and actions pending in justice's court in the old district and election of justices of the peace and constables in new districts upon addition, consolidation, and abolition of militia districts, were based on Orig. Code 1863, §§ 460 to 462; Code 1868, §§ 522 to 524; Code 1873, §§ 488 to 490; Code 1882, §§ 488 to 490; Code 1895, §§ 337 to 339; Ga. L. 1899, p. 24, § 1; Civil Code 1910, §§ 380 to 382; Code 1933, §§ 23-208 to 23-210; and Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8.
GA Code § 36-4-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 4 - Change or Removal of County Site|§ 36-4-1. Petition for Removal or Change of County Site; Order of Election; Notice of Election; Qualifications of Voters; Frequency of Elections

 Whenever two-fifths of the electors of any county who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, as shown by the registration list last made out, shall petition the judge of the probate court for the removal or change of the county site of the county, the judge of the probate court shall at once grant an order directing an election to be held at the various election precincts in the county not less than 40 nor more than 60 days thereafter. The petition shall state where the new county site is to be located. Notice of the election shall be published weekly for four weeks previous to the day of the election in the newspaper in which the sheriff publishes his legal notices. All persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly shall be qualified to vote at the election. Elections under this Code section shall not occur more often than once in five years.   (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 44, § 1; Code 1882, § 508x; Ga. L. 1887, p. 39, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 391; Civil Code 1910, § 486; Ga. L. 1911, p. 54, § 1; Code 1933, § 23-501.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 90 et seq.
GA Code § 36-4-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 4 - Change or Removal of County Site|§ 36-4-2. Conduct of Election Generally; Returns

 The election shall be held and conducted and returns shall be made thereof as is provided by Chapter 2 of Title 21, the "Georgia Election Code."   (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 44, § 2; Code 1882, § 508y; Civil Code 1895, § 392; Civil Code 1910, § 487; Code 1933, § 23-502.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 31.   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 97 et seq.
GA Code § 36-4-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 4 - Change or Removal of County Site|§ 36-4-3. Form and Marking of Ballots; Number of Votes Required to Authorize Removal

 At the election, the form of the ballot and the procedure for marking the ballot shall be as provided in Chapter 2 of Title 21, the "Georgia Election Code." The ballot for such election shall have written or printed thereon the following: "[ ] YES Shall the county site of __________ County [ ] NO be moved to __________?"   In any such referendum election, all persons desiring to vote in favor of moving the county site shall vote "Yes," and those persons desiring to vote against moving the county site shall vote "No." If two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of removal, the General Assembly next convening after the election may provide for the removal of the county site by appropriate legislation.   (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 44, § 3; Code 1882, § 508z; Civil Code 1895, § 393; Civil Code 1910, § 488; Code 1933, § 23-503; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 97 et seq.
GA Code § 36-4-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 4 - Change or Removal of County Site|§ 36-4-4. Certificate of Secretary of State as Evidence of Election and Number of Votes

 The certificate of the Secretary of State showing that the election was held and that two-thirds of the qualified voters voting at the election voted in favor of removal shall be sufficient evidence of the holding of the election and of the number of votes cast.   (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 44, § 4; Code 1882, § 508aa; Civil Code 1895, § 394; Civil Code 1910, § 489; Ga. L. 1911, p. 54, § 1; Code 1933, § 23-504.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 293.
GA Code § 36-4-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 4 - Change or Removal of County Site|§ 36-4-5. Where Courts to Be Held After Removal; Validity of Proceedings

 After a county site is removed as provided by law, all the courts which are required by law to be held at the county site of the county, by proper orders made by the judges of such courts at chambers or in regular session and entered on the minutes of the courts, shall continue to be held in the old buildings at the former county site until the new buildings at the county site are ready for occupancy. All the proceedings of any court so held shall be legal.   (Ga. L. 1905, p. 104, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 502; Code 1933, § 23-517.)
GA Code § 36-4-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 4 - Change or Removal of County Site|§ 36-4-6. Where Offices to Be Kept After Removal

 The authorities having charge of county affairs in any county for which the county site has been removed shall provide by an order entered on their minutes that the county officers of the county shall have and keep their offices in such buildings at either the old or new county site as, in the judgment of the county authorities, may be best, until the new buildings are ready for occupancy.   (Ga. L. 1905, p. 104, § 2; Civil Code 1910, § 503; Code 1933, § 23-518.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    It is not proper for county tax commissioner to store tax records in the commissioner's home.  1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U75-75.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 76.
GA Code § 36-6-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 6 - County Treasurer|§ 36-6-1. Qualifications for Office; Election; Commission; Term; Abolishment and Fixing Compensation of Office by General Assembly

  No other conditions of eligibility are required for the office of county treasurer than those which apply to all other county officers, provided that no other county officer can also be county treasurer.   County treasurers shall be elected and commissioned in the same manner and at the same time as clerks of the superior courts and shall hold their offices for terms of four years. The General Assembly, by local law, may abolish the office of county treasurer in any county and may fix the compensation of the county treasurer.    (Orig. Code 1863, § 520; Code 1868, § 584; Code 1873, § 546; Code 1882, § 546; Civil Code 1895, § 452; Civil Code 1910, § 568; Code 1933, § 23-1002; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1212, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Eligibility for county office, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. I, Para. III.   Eligibility for public office generally, T. 45, C. 2.   Law reviews.   - For annual survey article on local government law, see 52 Mercer L. Rev. 341 (2000).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Nash v. Pierce, 238 Ga. App. 466, 519 S.E.2d 462 (1999).
GA Code § 36-6-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 6 - County Treasurer|§ 36-6-2. Requirement of Bond and Oath

 No appointment or election to the office of county treasurer is effective until bond and security is given and the oath of office is taken.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 517; Code 1868, § 581; Code 1873, § 543; Code 1882, § 543; Civil Code 1895, § 449; Civil Code 1910, § 565; Code 1933, § 23-1003.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 123 et seq.
GA Code § 36-6-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 6 - County Treasurer|§ 36-6-3. Form of Oath

 In addition to the oath required of all public officers, before entering on the duties of their office, county treasurers must take the following oath:   "I, ________, do swear that I will faithfully collect, disburse, and account for all moneys or other effects of the county, and otherwise faithfully discharge all the duties required of me by law as county treasurer. So help me God."   (Orig. Code 1863, § 522; Code 1868, § 586; Code 1873, § 548; Code 1882, § 548; Civil Code 1895, § 454; Civil Code 1910, § 570; Code 1933, § 23-1004; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36.)   Cross references.   - Oaths required of public officers generally, T. 45, C. 3.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 124.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 70, 71, 72.
GA Code § 36-6-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 6 - County Treasurer|§ 36-6-4. When Bond to Be Given; Form and Amount

 Within 30 days after his election or appointment, the county treasurer shall give a bond payable to the county governing authority with securities approved by such authority, in a sum which in its judgment will be ample to protect the county from any loss.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 523; Code 1868, § 587; Code 1873, § 549; Code 1882, § 549; Ga. L. 1889, p. 51, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 455; Civil Code 1910, § 571; Ga. L. 1918, p. 109, § 1; Code 1933, § 23-1005.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 130 et seq., 345 et seq., 358, 488, 489.   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 160.