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GA Code § 36-60-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-2. Contracts to Provide Industrial Waste-Water Treatment Services

 In order to comply with applicable state and federal water pollution control standards and to be eligible for grants-in-aid or other allotments, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each municipal corporation and each county of this state is authorized, in the discretion of its governing authority, to enter into valid and binding contracts with each other and with private persons, firms, associations, or corporations, for any period of time not to exceed 50 years, to provide industrial waste-water treatment services to such private persons, firms, associations, or corporations, provided that such contracts shall provide that the charge for the services shall never be less than the actual cost to the municipal corporation or county for providing the services.   (Ga. L. 1974, p. 617, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 36/SB 429.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "waste-water" for "waste water" in the middle of this Code section.   Cross references.   - Control of water pollution and surface-water use generally, § 12-5-20 et seq.    Regulation of solid waste handling, disposal, and treatment facilities, § 12-8-20 et seq.    Contracts relating to provision of solid waste handling services, § 12-8-77.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Exception to rule against binding successors in office.    - O.C.G.A. § 36-60-2, permitting municipalities to enter into multi-year contracts to provide industrial waste water treatment services, provides an explicit statutory exception to O.C.G.A. § 36-30-3 and allows contracts between municipalities and certain private entities for periods up to 50 years. The contract must enable the municipality to comply with the state and federal pollution standards and to receive public allotments. In addition, the contract must comply with the statutory requirement that the private corporation be charged a rate never less than the actual cost to the municipality. A contract meeting the above requirements would not violate the statutory prohibition against binding successors in office. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-4.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 61B Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, §§ 148 et seq., 185 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 64 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, §§ 1169, 1171.   ALR.   - Validity and construction of anti-water pollution statutes or ordinances, 32 A.L.R.3d 215.
GA Code § 36-60-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-4. Removal of Junked Motor Vehicles; Adoption of Ordinances; Authority to Contract for Removal

  Each county and municipal corporation shall have the authority to provide by ordinance for the removal and disposal of any discarded, dismantled, wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or junked motor vehicles or parts thereof, when requested by the owner or when such motor vehicles are in such a condition that they constitute a health hazard or unsightly nuisance, notwithstanding the fact that such motor vehicles may be located upon private property.   Each county and municipal corporation, in addition to the specific powers conferred upon it by this Code section, is vested with such additional powers as shall be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Code section and shall have the authority to adopt all reasonable ordinances in order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this Code section. Additionally, each county and municipality shall have the power and authority to contract with private individuals and firms for the removal of discarded, dismantled, wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or junked motor vehicles or parts thereof.   Nothing contained within this Code section shall be deemed to apply to any motor vehicle which is located within the premises of any junkyard complying with the laws of this state relating to the licensing and regulating of motor vehicle junkyards.    (Ga. L. 1971, p. 670, §§ 1-3.)   Cross references.   - Control of junkyards, § 32-6-240 et seq.   Disposition of abandoned motor vehicles, T. 40, C. 11.    Removal and storage by landowners of improperly parked vehicles, § 44-1-13.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Cherokee County v. Hause, 229 Ga. App. 578, 494 S.E.2d 234 (1997).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, §§ 398, 400 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 101A C.J.S., Zoning and Land Planning, § 139.
GA Code § 36-60-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-5. Installation of Road Grates to Accommodate Bicycles

 After July 1, 1978, each county and municipal corporation shall install all newly located grates upon any public roadway so as to accommodate bicycles traveling on the public road parallel to the lane of travel of vehicles proceeding over such roadways, except that this Code section shall not apply to limited access highways or other streets or roads on which bicycle travel is prohibited.   (Ga. L. 1978, p. 257, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Highways, Streets, and Bridges, § 448.
GA Code § 36-60-6.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-6.1. Preservation and Protection of Abandoned or Unmaintained Cemeteries

 Repealed by Ga. L. 1991, p. 924, § 2, effective April 11, 1991.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 36.
GA Code § 36-60-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-7. Use of Excess Proceeds of Bonds Issued to Match State and Federal Allocations for Hospital

 When any county or municipal corporation of this state has voted, issued, and sold, or hereafter votes, issues, and sells bonds with the proceeds of which to match state and federal allocations and contributions and to build and equip a hospital in such county or municipal corporation, and because of increased contributions thereto by the state or the federal government the cost thereof is less than the architects or engineers estimate, or for other reasons there is an excess over the cost to such county or municipal corporation in the proceeds of the sale of such bonds, such county or municipal corporation, acting by and through its governing authority, may apply such excess to the cost of supplies for and of opening and operating such hospital or to the cost of constructing and equipping a nurses' home to be used in connection therewith. Such excess of bond issues may be used and so applied whether the hospital is built and equipped through a contract made by the county or municipal corporation directly or is made through a hospital authority under Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 31, of which such county or municipal corporation is a participating unit.   (Ga. L. 1952, p. 151, §§ 1, 2.)   Cross references.   - Hospital authorities, § 31-7-70 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Power of municipal corporation to provide hospital, 25 A.L.R. 612.
GA Code § 36-60-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-8. Audit of County or Municipal Corporation or Units Thereof

 Whenever an audit of the financial affairs of a county or municipal corporation or of an officer, board, department, unit, or other political subdivision of a county or municipal corporation is made pursuant to a requirement or to an authorization otherwise provided by law, the audit report shall include the auditor's unqualified opinion upon the presentation of the financial position and the result of the operations of the governmental unit or office which is audited. If the auditor is unable to express an unqualified opinion, he or she shall so state and shall further detail the reasons for qualification or disclaimer of opinion. All such audits shall be conducted in conformity with generally accepted government auditing standards.   (Ga. L. 1967, p. 883, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 464, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1083, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Minimum budget and auditing requirements for counties, municipalities, and other entities, T. 36, C. 81.   Regulation of accountants, T. 43, C. 3.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1994, p. 1083, § 6, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "No state agency shall make or transmit any state grant funds to any local government which has failed to provide all the audits required by law within the preceding five years."   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Sufficiency of audit.   - An audit of the financial affairs of a county or municipality, or an officer, board, department, unit, or other political subdivision of a county or municipality made pursuant to a requirement or authorization provided by law, is of legal efficacy for purposes of such requirement or authorization if that audit includes either the auditor's unqualified opinion upon the presentation of the financial position and the result of the operations of that county, or a detailed explanation for qualification or disclaimer of opinion. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-232.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 64A C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 2089.
GA Code § 36-60-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-9. Investigation of Business for Issuance of County or Municipal License; Criminal Sanction for Violation

  No person shall investigate a business for the purpose of providing information to a county or municipal corporation of this state, which information is used in determining whether or not such business shall receive a business or similar license issued pursuant to the valid exercise of the police power of the county or municipal corporation, when such person is employed by or contracting with the county or municipal corporation to make investigations of the type specified in this subsection and such person has been employed by or is then employed by the particular individual business which the person is investigating.   Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1977, p. 1197, §§ 1, 2.)
GA Code § 36-60-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-10. Annual Meeting and Agreement Between County and City Representatives as to Services in Portion of City Within County

  Representatives of the governing authority of any county in this state which contains the smaller portion of the population of a city with a total population of 350,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census shall meet annually, prior to January 1, with representatives of the governing authority of such city to develop an agreement between the governing authorities on the following matters:   The services to be provided during the following calendar year by the county and by the city to the portion of the city that lies within the county; and   The method of dispatching services during the following calendar year to the portion of the city that lies within the county.Agreement on this matter shall provide a uniform procedure for dispatching services and shall include an agreement as to all street addresses in such portion of the city.     Any agreements developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall be in writing.   The first annual meeting required by this Code section shall be held prior to January 1, 1977.     (Ga. L. 1976, p. 3137, §§ 1-3; Code 1981, §36-60-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 42; Ga. L. 1991, p. 989, § 4.)
GA Code § 36-60-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-11. Attorney General to Receive a Copy of Any Submission to the United States Department of Justice Pursuant to Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 6-6/HB 252.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 36-60-11, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1432, § 1.   Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.'"
GA Code § 36-60-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-12. Electronic Security Systems; Installation, Service, Operation, Sale, or Lease by Counties or Municipal Corporations

 No county or municipal corporation shall install, service, maintain, operate, sell, or lease as lessor any burglar alarm system, fire alarm system, or other electronic security system on private property if a private contractor licensed to do business within the county or municipality offers such systems or services to the public within such county or municipality. The provisions of this Code section shall not prohibit a county or municipal corporation from installing, servicing, maintaining, or operating a burglar alarm system, fire alarm system, or other electronic security system on any property owned or leased by such county or municipal corporation.This Code section shall not apply to any county or municipality offering electronic security systems on January 1, 1988.This Code section shall not prevent volunteer fire departments from selling or leasing battery operated fire detection equipment or fire extinguishers in their service areas. Any person violating this Code section or expending county or municipal funds in violation of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Code 1981, §36-60-12, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1847, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 36.)   Code Commission notes.   - Two 1988 Acts added a new Code Section 36-60-12. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, the Code section enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1847 has retained the Code Section 36-60-12 designation and the Code section enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1954 has been redesignated as Code Section 36-60-13.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 55 repealed Ga. L. 1988, p. 1847, § 2, relating to the power of volunteer fire departments to sell or lease battery operated fire detection equipment or fire extinguishers in their service areas. For present provisions, see the fourth sentence of this Code section.
GA Code § 36-60-12.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-12.1. Fence Detection Systems; Definition; Utilization

  As used in this Code section, the term "fence detection system" means a new or existing alarm system or electronic security system that interfaces with a monitored alarm device in a manner that enables the alarm system or electronic security system to transmit a signal intended to summon law enforcement or the property owner in response to an intrusion or burglary and has ancillary components or equipment attached to such system that include:   A fence that is:   Located on nonresidentially zoned property;     No more than ten feet in height; or   Two feet higher than a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall, whichever is taller; and     Surrounded by a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is at least five feet in height upon which are placed conspicuous warning signs that are in no more than 30 foot intervals that read: "WARNING -ELECTRIC FENCE";     An energizer powered by a commercial storage battery not exceeding 12 volts that produces a short electric pulsed charge upon contact with the fence and that does not exceed energizer characteristics set for electric fence energizers by the International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335-2-76:2018; and   A battery charging device used exclusively to charge the battery.     Each county, consolidated government, and municipal corporation shall:   Treat fence detection systems in all zoning and permitting matters exclusively as alarm systems as such term is defined in paragraph (.1) of Code Section 43-14-2; and   Not, by ordinance or other regulation, prohibit the installation or use of fence detection systems that are consistent with requirements and standards described in subsection (a) of this Code section.       (Code 1981, §36-60-12.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 213, § 1/SB 182.)
GA Code § 36-60-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-14. Authority to Enter Into Certain One-Year, or Less, Contracts; Exception

 The governing body of each county or municipal corporation of this state is authorized to enter into one year, or less, contracts with private nonprofit organizations which are exempt from federal income taxes pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code to utilize such organizations to identify, attract, and locate new business and industry into the county or municipality for the purposes of increasing trade, industry, agribusiness, commerce, and tourism and the improvement of employment opportunities within the county or municipality and to otherwise promote the general welfare of the county or municipality; provided, however, that the authority provided under this Code section shall not affect or in any way apply to any contract under Code Section 48-13-51 regarding the expenditure of proceeds collected under Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 unless that contract is executed by the governing body of a county in which is imposed, prior to January 1, 2001, the homestead option sales and use tax authorized under Code Section 48-8-102.    (Code 1981, §36-60-14, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 36; Ga. L. 2001, p. 100, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 55, part of an Act to correct errors and omissions in the Code effective February 16, 1990, repealed § 2 of Ga. L. 1988, p. 1954. Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 36, codified the subject matter of Ga. L. 1988, p. 1954, § 2 as this Code section.   U.S. Code.   - Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, referred to in this Code section, is codified as 26 U.S.C. § 501.   Law reviews.   - For article, "Local Government Law," see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 389 (2001). For note on the 2001 amendment to this Code section, see 18 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 189 (2001).
GA Code § 36-60-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-15. Property Subject to Contract for Lease Purchase or Installment Purchase

 Each county or municipality in this state is authorized to accept the title to property subject to a contract for lease purchase or installment purchase and is authorized to transfer title back to the vendor in the name of the county or municipality in the event that the contract is not fully consummated.    (Code 1981, §36-60-15, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 254, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Two 1990 Acts added a new Code Section 36-60-14. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, the Code section enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 8 has retained the Code Section 36-60-14 designation and the Code section enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 254 has been redesignated as Code Section 36-60-15.
GA Code § 36-60-15.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-15.1. Operation and Maintenance of Water Treatment Systems by Private Entities

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any county or municipal corporation of this state is authorized, in the discretion of its governing authority, to enter into valid and binding leases and contracts with private persons, firms, associations, or corporations for any period of time not to exceed 20 years to provide for the operation and maintenance of all or a portion of its waste-water treatment system, storm-water system, water system, or sewer system, or any combination of such systems, which leases and contracts may include provisions for the design, construction, repair, reconditioning, replacement, maintenance, and operation of the system, or any combination of such services and functions. If a contract or lease to be awarded pursuant to this Code section includes provisions for the construction of public works, the laws relating to the procurement of such contracts shall also apply; provided, however, that any bonding requirements shall apply only to the construction provisions of the contract or lease. Prior to entering into a lease or contract pursuant to this Code section, the governing authority shall solicit competitive sealed proposals. The governing authority shall first establish criteria for evaluation of any applicants submitting proposals on such leases or contracts for the purpose of assisting the governing authority in making a review of such applicants' previous performance on projects of comparable magnitude, the environmental compliance record of such applicants, and any relevant civil or criminal penalties incurred by such applicants during the five years immediately preceding the execution of the lease or contract. The governing authority shall take into consideration such information to assist it in determining the eligibility of any applicant. The award of a lease or contract pursuant to this Code section shall be made to the responsible and responsive applicant whose proposal is determined in writing to be the most advantageous to the governmental entity, taking into consideration the evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposals. All information required by the county or municipality pursuant to this Code section shall be provided by the applicant under oath. For purposes of this Code section, "applicant" means any individual, firm, association, or corporation submitting a proposal on such leases or contracts.    (Code 1981, §36-60-15.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 80, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 837, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Water resources, T. 12, C. 5.
GA Code § 36-60-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-16. Separate Approval of Municipal and County Consolidation by Referendum

 No municipal and county consolidation shall become effective unless such consolidation is separately approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting in a referendum thereon in each affected county or counties and in each affected municipality or municipalities located within such county or counties containing at least 10 percent of the population of the county participating in the consolidation.No municipal and county consolidation approved pursuant to this Code section shall include within the consolidated government any municipality located within a county containing less than 10 percent of the population of such county unless such consolidation is separately approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting in a referendum thereon in such municipality. Referendums held pursuant to this Code section shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions and requirements of Title 21.    (Code 1981, §36-60-16, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 394, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Meaning of "county."    - "County", as used in O.C.G.A. § 36-60-16, means the whole county, not just the unincorporated portion thereof. 1995 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U95-5.
GA Code § 36-60-17.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 60 - General Provisions|§ 36-60-17.2. Limited Exemption From Storm Water Fees

 Land located within a railroad's right of way and covered with ballast and rail shall be exempt from any fees imposed by any county or municipality for the management, collection, or disposal of storm water; provided, however, that railroad stations, maintenance buildings, or other developed land used for railroad purposes shall not be exempt from storm-water fees.    (Code 1981, §36-60-17.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 944, § 1/HB 735.)