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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 10 - PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS (§§ 36-10-1 — 36-10-3) › Section 36-10-3 - through 36-10-5 - [Repealed]

Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 159, § 3, p. 160, §§ 2, 4; Code 1882, §§
493b-493d
; Ga. L. 1889, p. 49, § 1; Civil Code 1895, §§ 345, 346; Penal Code 1895, § 279; Civil Code 1910, §§ 388, 389; Penal Code 1910, § 283; Ga. L. 1920, p. 58, § 1; Code 1933, §§
23-1703
,
23-1704
,
23-9904
; Ga. L. 1939, p. 193, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 547, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 954, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2029, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 534, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 641, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 278, § 2; Ga. L. 1989, p. 356, § 5; repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 498, § 2, effective April 20, 2000.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 11 - CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTIES (§§ 36-11-1 — 36-11-7) › Section 36-11-1 - Time for presentation of claims

All claims against counties must be presented within 12 months after they accrue or become payable or the same are barred, provided that minors or other persons laboring under disabilities shall be allowed 12 months after the removal of the disability to present their claims.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 11 - CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTIES (§§ 36-11-1 — 36-11-7) › Section 36-11-2 - Audit and registration of claims against county; issuance of order on treasurer for claim; specification of fund on which order drawn

Except where otherwise provided by law, each county governing authority shall audit all claims against its respective county. Every such claim, or such part as may be allowed, must be registered. The county governing authority or its clerk must give the claimant an order on the treasurer for the same; in the order, it shall specifically designate upon what particular fund such order is drawn, out of which payment is to be made.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 11 - CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTIES (§§ 36-11-1 — 36-11-7) › Section 36-11-3 - When orders to be paid; registration of orders issued

No order shall be paid until after five days from its date and delivery, unless otherwise specially ordered. In the meantime, the county governing authority may furnish the county treasurer with a full statement of all orders issued, which shall be immediately registered by him; when so registered, such orders shall be paid according to law, without further notice to the treasurer previous to the time of payment.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 11 - CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTIES (§§ 36-11-1 — 36-11-7) › Section 36-11-4 - Order in which county debts paid

(a)
When there are enough funds to pay all outstanding orders and other forms of indebtedness due which the treasurer is authorized to pay, such debts may be paid indiscriminately without regard to their dates. When there are enough funds to pay all forms of indebtedness dated prior to some particular date, all such forms of indebtedness may likewise be paid indiscriminately. When there are insufficient funds to pay all forms of indebtedness of equal degree, they shall be paid ratably. Under all other circumstances, debts should be paid in the order of their dates.
(b)
If any person holding county orders fails to present them by December 1 to the county treasurer for payment, such orders shall be postponed in favor of all orders which were so presented and were not paid for want of funds.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 11 - CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTIES (§§ 36-11-1 — 36-11-7) › Section 36-11-5 - Interest on orders presented and not paid

(a)
On December 1 of each year, the county treasurer and the county governing authority shall together make an entry of all orders entitled to payment which were not so presented for payment and what orders not of equal dignity have been paid instead, in whole or in part, and what other orders are entitled to payment before such nonpresented orders. Persons holding such orders who present them without receiving payment before such day may have the treasurer annually mark thereon "Presented," the day of presentation, and that they were not paid for want of funds. Such county orders, when legally issued and duly presented, as provided in this Code section, and not paid for want of funds, shall bear interest at such rate as may be prescribed by the county governing authority, by resolution duly adopted and entered upon the minutes of the county governing authority, which rate of interest shall in no event be more than 7 percent per annum from date of entry of presentation and nonpayment for want of funds. The rate so fixed shall be plainly written or printed upon the face of the order. However, interest shall not be paid on such warrant or warrants after July 1 following the year in which they were presented unless the warrant or warrants are again presented and payment is refused for want of funds. The treasurer or keeper of county funds shall endorse on the warrant the words "Presented for payment; no funds on hand with which to pay same. This the __________________ day of __________________, __________________."
(b)
Any county order issued by any county governing authority shall bear interest at the rate specified by resolution at the time of the issuance of the order, as provided in this Code section. The rate of interest which the warrant shall thereafter bear shall not be changed or affected by any subsequent resolution or change of rate of interest that may be adopted thereafter by the county governing authority; rather the warrant shall bear the rate of interest written or printed upon the face of the order and established by the county governing authority at the time of the issuance thereof.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 11 - CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTIES (§§ 36-11-1 — 36-11-7) › Section 36-11-6 - Negotiability of county orders

All county orders are transferable by delivery or endorsement; and the endorser shall be liable according to the terms of his endorsement, as in commercial paper, provided that no transfer can take place so as to prevent a treasurer from setting off any sum that the payee may owe the county at the date of the order.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 11 - CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTIES (§§ 36-11-1 — 36-11-7) › Section 36-11-7 - Satisfaction of judgment against county

The private property of the citizens of a county shall not be bound by any judgment obtained against the county. Such judgment, if binding, shall be satisfied from money raised by lawful taxation.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 12 - SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT OF PAUPERS (§§ 36-12-1 — 36-12-5) › Section 36-12-1 - General supervision of paupers

The general supervision of all paupers is vested in the county governing authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 12 - SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT OF PAUPERS (§§ 36-12-1 — 36-12-5) › Section 36-12-2 - Eligibility for benefits

No person who is able to maintain himself by labor or who has sufficient means shall be entitled to the benefits of the provision for the poor. In cases where women are unable to maintain themselves and the helpless children they may have, they may be aided to the extent required in the furnishing of food, clothing, or shelter.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 12 - SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT OF PAUPERS (§§ 36-12-1 — 36-12-5) › Section 36-12-3 - Duty of relatives to support paupers generally; right of county to recover from relatives for provisions furnished

The father, mother, or child of any pauper contemplated by Code Section
36-12-2
, if sufficiently able, shall support the pauper. Any county having provided for such pauper upon the failure of such relatives to do so may bring an action against such relatives of full age and recover for the provisions so furnished. The certificate of the judge of the probate court that the person was poor and was unable to sustain himself and that he was maintained at the expense of the county shall be presumptive evidence of such maintenance and the costs thereof.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 12 - SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT OF PAUPERS (§§ 36-12-1 — 36-12-5) › Section 36-12-4 - Liability of person sending pauper to county for support purposes

Any inhabitant of any county, city, town, or village in or out of this state who sends a pauper to some county in this state by paying the expense of his transportation or otherwise has him removed for the purpose of burdening some other community shall be personally liable for the support of the pauper in the county where he locates. If the person who transports a pauper is insolvent or does not respond to such demand from any cause, the county from which the transportation took place shall be liable.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 12 - SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT OF PAUPERS (§§ 36-12-1 — 36-12-5) › Section 36-12-5 - Interment or cremation of deceased indigents

(a)
Whenever any person dies in this state and the decedent, his or her family, and his or her immediate kindred are indigent and unable to provide for the decedent's decent interment or cremation, the governing authority of the county wherein the death occurs shall make available from county funds a sum sufficient to provide a decent interment or cremation of the deceased indigent person or to reimburse such person as may have expended the cost thereof voluntarily, the exact amount thereof to be determined by the governing authority of the county but shall not exceed the lesser of the actual costs of interment or cremation.
(b)
The Department of Corrections is authorized to reimburse the governing authority of the county where expenditures have been made in accordance with this Code section for the burial or cremation of any inmate under the authority, jurisdiction, or control of the Department of Corrections; but in no case shall the governing authority of the county be entitled to reimbursement where the decedent was in the custody of a county correctional institution or other county correctional facility.
Amended by 2013 Ga. Laws 208,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-1 - Creation, adoption, amendment, and repeal of codes

The county governing authority in this state is authorized to make, adopt, amend, and repeal building, housing, electrical, plumbing, gas, and other similar codes relating to the construction, livability, sanitation, erection, equipment, alteration, repair, occupancy, or removal of buildings and structures located outside of the corporate limits of any municipality in the county.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-2 - Matters which may be covered by county codes

The codes authorized in Code Section
36-13-1
may embrace such matters as the preparation and submission of plans and specifications; issuance of permits; standards governing the kind, quality, and performance of materials, equipment, and workmanship; establishment of fire zones; fireproofing; means of egress and ingress; floor area per occupant; and sanitary facilities and usage proceedings in connection with unsafe, unsanitary, or inadequate structures. The enumeration in this Code section shall not be construed as being exclusive.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-3 - Adoption of codes by reference to national or regional codes

The codes authorized in Code Section
36-13-1
may be adopted by reference to national or regional codes.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-4 - Contracts with other political subdivisions to issue building permits and enforce codes

The county governing authority is permitted to contract with municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state possessing the authority to issue building permits and to enforce building, electrical, plumbing, gas, housing, and other similar codes, in order to administer efficiently the powers granted under this chapter.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-5 - Appointment of inspectors and assistants

The county governing authority shall have the authority to appoint building, electrical, plumbing, gas, and housing inspectors for its county and to appoint such other assistants as the authority may deem necessary.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-5.1 - Issuance of citations for violation in certain counties; jurisdiction; warrant for arrest for failure to appear in response to citation

In all counties of this state having a population of 550,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census, any employee who is authorized to enforce any county code, ordinance, regulation, rule, or other order, including such related ordinances, codes, and regulations as drainage regulations, soil erosion and sedimentation control regulations, subdivision and zoning regulations, water and sewer regulations, and any other land development or construction regulations of such county, shall have the authority to issue citations to any person who shall violate any such county code, ordinance, regulation, or order which shall be in effect in such counties. Such citations shall command the appearance of such person at a designated regular session of a court in such county having the jurisdiction of a commitment court throughout the entire county. At such time and place such court shall act as a court of inquiry with all the powers and authorities as specified in Code Section
17-8-5
. In the event that any such person shall fail to appear in response to a citation, a warrant shall be issued for the arrest of such person for violation of such county code, ordinance, regulation, rule, or order without the necessity of any further action.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-6 - Promulgation of rules and regulations concerning permits and inspections; establishment of fees or charges

The county governing authority shall have the authority to make rules and regulations concerning permits for and inspections of construction equipment and the alteration, repair, or removal of buildings, signs, and other structures outside the corporate limits of municipalities located in its county. It may prescribe fees or charges for permits and inspections, which fees shall be fixed and charged by the governing authority and shall be paid to the county treasurer by the applicant for such permits or inspections.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-7 - Areas to which codes, rules, and regulations may be made applicable

The county governing authority shall have the authority to make such codes, rules, and regulations as are permitted under this chapter for:
(1)
The entire unincorporated area of the county;
(2)
Any militia district within the unincorporated area of the county;
(3)
Any land lot;
(4)
Any land and water areas 500 feet wide on either side of any state or county highway or any section of such highway within the unincorporated area of the county;
(5)
Any land or water areas 500 feet wide on either side of any water line of the stream or water reservoir or section thereof within the unincorporated area of the county; or
(6)
Any portion of the unincorporated area of the county lying within a specified distance of the boundaries of a municipality in the county.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-8 - Notice and hearing prior to enactment of codes, rules, or regulations

Before enacting any of the codes, rules, or regulations permitted in this chapter, the county governing authority shall hold a public hearing thereon. At least 15 days' notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-9 - Appropriation and expenditure of funds

The county governing authorities are authorized to appropriate and expend funds for the purposes of this chapter.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-10 - Remedies for actual or proposed violations of codes, rules, or regulations

When any violation of any of the codes, rules, and regulations which are adopted by the county governing authority under this chapter is or is proposed to be committed, the inspectors appointed under this chapter, the county attorney, some other appropriate authority of the county, or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be damaged by the violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, correct, or abate the violation or threatened violation.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-11 - Compliance as prerequisite to issuance of permit; failure to secure required permit

Full compliance with all rules, regulations, and requirements set up under this chapter shall be a prerequisite to issuance of any permit. Failure to secure such permit as is required is declared to be a misdemeanor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 13 - BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, AND OTHER CODES (§§ 36-13-1 — 36-13-12) › Section 36-13-12 - Criminal penalty for violations of codes, rules, or regulations

The violation of any of the codes, rules, and regulations adopted by the county governing authority under this chapter is declared to be a misdemeanor. Any person violating any such codes, rules, and regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each and every day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 14 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 36-14-1 — 36-14-3) › Section 36-14-1 - Erection of bridges across navigable streams

The consent of the state is given to and authority is vested in the county governing authority to erect bridges across the navigable streams that lie wholly within the state, whenever in the judgment of the county governing authority the public interest may be subserved thereby, upon its compliance with the law of Congress requiring the approval of the secretary of transportation and the chief of engineers of the United States, as embodied in the statutes of the United States passed by the Fifty-fifth Congress and approved March 3, 1899.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 14 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 36-14-1 — 36-14-3) › Section 36-14-2 - Building and maintaining bridges over rivers bordering adjacent states

Counties lying adjacent to any river on the border or forming the boundary between this state and another shall have the same power, acting by and through the proper county authorities, to build and maintain bridges over such river as the counties now have to build and maintain bridges over streams lying wholly within their borders, provided that this power shall not be exercised except to cooperate with the proper authorities of the adjacent state in building and maintaining such bridges, on the principle that each state is to build simultaneously from its own bank to the middle of the river and afterwards to maintain and keep up the part of the bridge which it has built; and provided, further, that no bridge shall be erected under this Code section at any point where the river exceeds, at low-water mark, 2,000 feet in breadth.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 14 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 36-14-1 — 36-14-3) › Section 36-14-3 - Contracts with federal government for bridges across streams bordering land ceded to United States

(a)
The county governing authority may contract and pay out of the funds of the county such sums of money as it deems equitable and just to the authorities of the United States for the county's fair proportion of the cost of building any bridge which it deems necessary to erect across any stream dividing the county or some part thereof from lands over which the jurisdiction has been ceded to the government of the United States for any purpose, provided that it shall thereafter be the duty of the authorities of the United States to keep such bridges in repair, to renew them as often as may be necessary, and to keep them open for the free and uninterrupted travel of the public.
(b)
The United States is vested with full and complete jurisdiction over grounds necessary for the erection of piers and approaches to such bridges on each side of such streams, so far as may be necessary for the erection, repair, and protection of the bridges and approaches.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 15 - COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (§§ 36-15-1 — 36-15-13) › Section 36-15-1 - Board of trustees created in each county; composition; chairperson; quorum

There is created in each county in this state a board to be known as the board of trustees of the county law library, hereafter referred to as the board. The board shall consist of the chief judge of the superior court of the circuit in which the county is located; the judge of the probate court; the senior judge of the state court, if any; the chief judge of the magistrate court; the district attorney of the circuit in which the county is located; a solicitor-general of the state court, if any; the clerk of the superior court; and two practicing attorneys of the county. The practicing attorneys shall be selected by the other trustees and shall serve at their pleasure. All of the trustees shall serve without pay. The chief judge of the superior court shall be chairperson of the board. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting all business that may come before the board.
Amended by 2017 Ga. Laws 212,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by 2016 Ga. Laws 458,§ 2, eff. 4/26/2016.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 15 - COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (§§ 36-15-1 — 36-15-13) › Section 36-15-2 - Secretary-treasurer of board; designation and compensation of librarian

(a)
There is created an office to be known as secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees of the county law library in each county. The secretary-treasurer shall be selected and appointed by the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The board may appoint one of its own members as secretary-treasurer or, in its discretion, may designate some other person to act as secretary-treasurer of the board. The secretary-treasurer of the board shall perform the duties provided for the treasurer in this chapter.
(b)
The board of trustees may designate the judge of the probate court or a deputy clerk of the superior court of each county to act as librarian; any such official shall not receive any additional compensation for the performance of such duties. The board, however, in its discretion, may designate some other person to act as librarian and shall fix the compensation for such person.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 15 - COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (§§ 36-15-1 — 36-15-13) › Section 36-15-3 - Bond of secretary-treasurer

The secretary-treasurer of the board shall give a good and sufficient surety bond, payable to the county, in such an amount as may be determined by the board, to account faithfully for all funds received and disbursed by him. The premium on the bond shall be paid out of the county law library fund.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 15 - COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (§§ 36-15-1 — 36-15-13) › Section 36-15-4 - Powers and duties of board of trustees generally

The board of trustees is given the following powers and duties:
(1)
To provide for the collection of all money provided for in this chapter;
(2)
To select the books, reports, texts, and periodicals;
(3)
To make all necessary rules and regulations governing the use of the library;
(4)
To keep records of all its meetings and proceedings;
(5)
To exercise all other powers necessary for the proper administration of this chapter; and
(6)
To enter into agreements with the boards of trustees of other county law libraries within the same judicial circuit for the purpose of pooling funds to purchase books, reports, texts, and periodicals and to purchase or lease computer related research equipment and programs; to provide for the joint use of such books, reports, texts, periodicals, and computer related research equipment and programs within the same judicial circuit; and to provide where said books, reports, texts, periodicals, and computer related research equipment and programs may be maintained.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 15 - COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (§§ 36-15-1 — 36-15-13) › Section 36-15-5 - Control, deposit, and investment of funds

The board shall have control of the funds provided for in this chapter. All funds received shall be deposited in a special account to be known as the county law library fund. The board shall have authority to expend the funds in accordance with this chapter and to invest any of the funds so received in any investments which are legal investments for fiduciaries in this state.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 15 - COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (§§ 36-15-1 — 36-15-13) › Section 36-15-6 - Receipt and investment of money and property

The board may take, by gift, grant, devise, or bequest, any money, real or personal property, or other thing of value and may hold or invest the same for the uses and purposes of the library.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 15 - COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (§§ 36-15-1 — 36-15-13) › Section 36-15-8 - Furnishing of space and utilities by county governing authority

The county governing authority shall furnish necessary space, offices, lights, heat, and water for the maintenance of the county law library.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 15 - COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (§§ 36-15-1 — 36-15-13) › Section 36-15-10 - Prior actions, decisions, contracts, and purchases of boards prior to March 19, 1971, ratified

All actions, decisions, contracts, and purchases made by any board of trustees of a county law library or any other person charged with the responsibility of operating or maintaining a county law library under any law of this state enacted prior to March 19, 1971, are ratified.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 15 - COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (§§ 36-15-1 — 36-15-13) › Section 36-15-11 - [Reserved] Receipt and disbursement of funds by counties having population of 950,000 or more

Amended by 2019 Ga. Laws 240,§ 1, eff. 5/7/2019.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 495,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by 2001 Ga. Laws 313, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 15 - COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (§§ 36-15-1 — 36-15-13) › Section 36-15-12 - Applicability to city court of city having population of 300,000 or more

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this chapter shall not apply to a city court, which is authorized to try state traffic offenses, of any city of this state having a population of 300,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 15 - COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (§§ 36-15-1 — 36-15-13) › Section 36-15-13 - Annual audit required

Each board created pursuant to this chapter shall, at the end of each fiscal year for the preceding year, have an annual audit of its financial affairs, books, and accounts performed by the county accountant as employed pursuant to Code Section
36-1-10
; the internal auditor employed by the governing authority of the county, if such internal auditor is a certified public accountant; or a certified public accountant. The determination of the performance of such audit by the county accountant, the internal auditor, or a certified public accountant shall be made by the board. Such audit shall be conducted in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to, a report on whether the control, deposit, and investment of funds, the receipt and investment of money and property, and the use of funds by such board have been conducted as provided for under this chapter. A copy of such audit shall be made available to the governing authority of the county and shall be a public document.
Added by 2016 Ga. Laws 458,§ 5, eff. 4/26/2016.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 16 - COUNTY HISTORICAL CONTAINER (§§ 36-16-1 — 36-16-5) › Section 36-16-1 - Furnishing of historical container

The county governing authority shall furnish, purchase, or cause to be furnished or purchased a suitable filing case or other container to be placed in the office of the judge of the probate court of the county and labeled "Historical."
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 16 - COUNTY HISTORICAL CONTAINER (§§ 36-16-1 — 36-16-5) › Section 36-16-2 - Receipt of historical data for preservation in container

The judge of the probate court of the county shall be required to receive from any responsible citizen or citizens any data of a historical nature and place the same on file in the historical container provided for in Code Section
36-16-1
, for safe preservation and historical reference. The matter to be entered for preservation must be of general interest and not of a personal nature; it may include records, proceedings, or minutes of any religious body or organization; school records not otherwise preserved; records of civic, patriotic, or fraternal organizations; and records of purely community affairs when of such nature as to be of general interest and not otherwise recorded by court procedure.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 16 - COUNTY HISTORICAL CONTAINER (§§ 36-16-1 — 36-16-5) › Section 36-16-3 - Determination of admissibility of documents submitted for filing; deposit of documents relating to soldiers and widows

The judge of the probate court and the county board of education are made the sole judges of the admissibility of any matter or document which may be submitted to the judge of the probate court for filing, should any question arise as to the historical value of such matter or document so submitted; and the judge of the probate court and the board of education sitting in regular session shall have authority to accept or reject any matter so submitted, provided that the judge of the probate court shall be required to deposit in the historical container all documents in his office pertaining to records of Confederate soldiers and widows of such soldiers, as well as soldiers and their surviving spouses of all other wars of our nation, a record of which he may have in his office, and to make proper notations thereof in the book of record.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 16 - COUNTY HISTORICAL CONTAINER (§§ 36-16-1 — 36-16-5) › Section 36-16-4 - Maintenance of record and index; fee for filing of documents

The judge of the probate court shall be required to keep a suitable record and index in a book prepared for that purpose of all matter placed in the historical container, with notations as to the nature of the matter on file, by whom, and when placed on file. He shall be entitled to a fee of 25¢, payable by the person filing such historical matter, for each article or document so deposited by such person for preservation with him, provided that the county historian may submit documents for preservation without payment of a fee to the judge of the probate court.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 16 - COUNTY HISTORICAL CONTAINER (§§ 36-16-1 — 36-16-5) › Section 36-16-5 - Applicability of chapter

This chapter shall not become operative in any county of this state until it has been adopted and recommended by a majority vote of two successive regular grand juries of the county.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 17 - GRANTS OF STATE FUNDS TO COUNTIES (§§ 36-17-1 — 36-17-25) › Article 1 - GRANTS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES BASED UPON ROAD MILEAGE (§§ 36-17-1 — 36-17-3) › Section 36-17-1 - Legislative purpose and intent

It is declared to be the purpose and intent of the General Assembly that state funds be made available to the governing authorities of the counties of this state to be expended for any public purposes.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 17 - GRANTS OF STATE FUNDS TO COUNTIES (§§ 36-17-1 — 36-17-25) › Article 1 - GRANTS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES BASED UPON ROAD MILEAGE (§§ 36-17-1 — 36-17-3) › Section 36-17-2 - Computation of individual county grants

To the extent that funds are made available by the budget authorities pursuant to the general appropriations Acts or any other laws for the purposes set out in Code Section
36-17-1
, except for the grants to counties which are appropriated as a part of the appropriation to the Department of Transportation designated "For grants to counties for aid in county road construction and maintenance," the Office of the State Treasurer is authorized and directed to grant such funds to the counties of this state in the same proportion which the total public road mileage of each county bears to the total public road mileage in the state, as such mileage information is furnished by the Department of Transportation. The computation of individual county grants, as provided for in this Code section, shall be prepared and certified by the state treasurer, who shall make such payments.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 17 - GRANTS OF STATE FUNDS TO COUNTIES (§§ 36-17-1 — 36-17-25) › Article 1 - GRANTS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES BASED UPON ROAD MILEAGE (§§ 36-17-1 — 36-17-3) › Section 36-17-3 - Disbursement and expenditure of funds

Funds distributed under this article by the Office of the State Treasurer shall be paid to the counties in the name of the county treasurer or other fiscal authority authorized to receive county funds. Such funds shall be expended by the county only for the purposes prescribed in Code Section
36-17-1
.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 17 - GRANTS OF STATE FUNDS TO COUNTIES (§§ 36-17-1 — 36-17-25) › Article 2 - GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR COUNTY ROADS AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 36-17-20 — 36-17-25) › Section 36-17-20 - Authorization of grants

Pursuant to the authority granted to the General Assembly in Article III, Section IX, Paragraph II(c) of the Constitution of Georgia and in order to provide for a more effective management and fiscal administration of the state and pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(b) of the Constitution of Georgia, in order to provide funds to counties to aid in the construction and maintenance of county roads and, in addition to funds provided pursuant to other laws, there may be allotted to each county annually for county road construction and maintenance certain grants as provided in Code Sections
36-17-21
and
36-17-22
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 17 - GRANTS OF STATE FUNDS TO COUNTIES (§§ 36-17-1 — 36-17-25) › Article 2 - GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR COUNTY ROADS AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 36-17-20 — 36-17-25) › Section 36-17-21 - Allocation of funds; grant of tax credit to homesteads as prerequisite to receipt of funds; use of surplus funds

(a)
In any year in which the General Assembly appropriates by line item, and with reference to this Code section, funds necessary to provide grants to counties to aid in the construction and maintenance of county roads, such grants shall be allotted to each county pro rata according to each county's share of the total number of homesteads in the state for the immediately preceding year. For purposes of this Code section and Code Section
36-17-22
, the term "homestead" shall mean and include all that tangible property upon which an ad valorem property tax homestead exemption was claimed and allowed.
(b)
In order to provide better fiscal management, the funds provided pursuant to this Code section are intended to be utilized for the relief of ad valorem taxation on tangible property. No county shall be entitled to receive any of the funds provided for in this Code section unless and until a credit against county ad valorem property taxes levied and expended by the county governing authority is granted by the governing authority of the county to each homestead located within the county. Each credit shall equal an amount computed as follows: the amount of the grant allotted, pursuant to this Code section, to the county to aid in the construction and maintenance of county roads, divided by the number of homesteads in the county.
(c)
No credit granted pursuant to this Code section shall exceed one-half of the credit recipient's total tax liability for county ad valorem property taxes levied and expended by the county governing authority.
(d)
If a surplus remains from the funds allotted to such county by this Code section after complying with this Code section, such remaining funds shall be deemed appropriated and allotted to the county under Code Section
36-17-22
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 17 - GRANTS OF STATE FUNDS TO COUNTIES (§§ 36-17-1 — 36-17-25) › Article 2 - GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR COUNTY ROADS AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 36-17-20 — 36-17-25) › Section 36-17-22 - Allocation of funds; grant of credit on certain tangible property taxes as prerequisite to receipt of funds

(a)
In any year in which the General Assembly appropriates by line item, and with reference to this Code section, funds necessary to provide grants to counties to aid in the construction and maintenance of county roads, such grants shall be allotted to each county pro rata according to each county's share of the total number of homesteads in the state for the immediately preceding year.
(b)
In order to provide better fiscal management, the funds provided pursuant to this Code section are intended to be utilized for the relief of ad valorem taxation on tangible property. No county shall be entitled to receive any of the funds provided for in this Code section unless and until a credit against county ad valorem property taxes levied and expended by the county governing authority is granted by the governing authority of the county to all eligible tangible property, as defined in subsection (c) of this Code section, except motor vehicles and trailers, located within the county. Each credit shall equal an amount computed as follows: a pro rata share of the sum of the grant allotted, pursuant to this Code section, to the county to aid in the construction and maintenance of county roads and the surplus, if any, from the funds allotted to such county by subsection (a) of Code Section
36-17-21
, after compliance by the county with the provisions of subsection (b) of Code Section
36-17-21
.
(c)
As used in this Code section, the term "eligible tangible property" means all tangible property except that tangible property required to be returned to and assessed by the state revenue commissioner pursuant to statutes passed by the General Assembly under the authority of Article VII, Section I, Paragraph III of the Constitution of Georgia.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 17 - GRANTS OF STATE FUNDS TO COUNTIES (§§ 36-17-1 — 36-17-25) › Article 2 - GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR COUNTY ROADS AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 36-17-20 — 36-17-25) › Section 36-17-23 - Limits on granting of credits; claim and certification of credits by taxpayer; recovery of credits erroneously or illegally granted; payment of tax liability prerequisite to credit

(a)
No credit or combination of credits granted pursuant to this article shall exceed the lesser of (1) $1,000.00 or (2) the credit recipient's total tax liability for county ad valorem property taxes levied and expended by the county governing authority. No credit authorized by such Code sections shall be granted unless the taxpayer claims his entitlement to such credit and certifies that the sum of all such credits so claimed by him does not exceed $1,000.00. The state revenue commissioner shall provide by regulation for the forms and procedures by which taxpayers shall claim credits and certify the sum thereof. The governing authorities of the various counties shall make available to the taxing authorities of such counties funds sufficient to defray the administrative costs of this article. Any person who, with intent to receive credit not authorized by this article, claims a credit to which he is not lawfully entitled or falsely certifies the sum of credits claimed by him shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any credit erroneously or illegally granted, whether due to negligence or any other cause, shall be recoverable by the county granting such credit in the same fashion as any other delinquent property tax.
(b)
No credit authorized under this article shall be granted to any taxpayer unless the taxpayer pays his then current tax liability for county ad valorem property taxes levied and expended by the county governing authority on or before the date such liability becomes due. However, in order to comply with this subsection, the governing authority of any county may, by appropriate resolution, extend the date that such tax liability becomes due.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 17 - GRANTS OF STATE FUNDS TO COUNTIES (§§ 36-17-1 — 36-17-25) › Article 2 - GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR COUNTY ROADS AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 36-17-20 — 36-17-25) › Section 36-17-24 - Credits and surplus to be shown on tax bills; disbursal of funds on certification of state revenue commissioner

The taxing authority of each county receiving funds pursuant to this article shall show in a prominent manner on the tax bill of each ad valorem taxpayer the dollar amount of credit against ad valorem property taxes which the taxpayer is receiving as a result of the funds allocated and shall show that such credit is a result of the passage of such Code sections by the General Assembly. Each such tax bill shall also show in a prominent manner the amount of any surplus, from the funds allotted to the county by such Code sections, after compliance by the county with subsection (b) of Code Section
36-17-21
and subsection (b) of Code Section
36-17-22
, retained by the governing authority of the county. The form of the notice shall be as prescribed by the state revenue commissioner, who shall determine and certify to the appropriate state fiscal officer the amount of funds to which each county is entitled pursuant to this article. The determination of the state revenue commissioner shall be final and the appropriate state fiscal officer shall disburse the funds pursuant to the certification.