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title: O.C.G.A. § 1-4-17. Declaration of ‘‘Georgia Day.’’
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# O.C.G.A. § 1-4-17. Declaration of ‘‘Georgia Day.’’

The twelfth day of February in each year is declared to be ‘‘Georgia Day,’’ as the anniversary of the landing of the first colonists in Georgia under Oglethorpe.

## History

Code 1981, § 1-4-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 2, § 1/HB 387.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, Code Section 1-4-16, as enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 720, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 1-4-17.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2008, Code Section 1-4-17, as enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 563, § 2, was redesignated as Code Section 1-4-18, and Code Section 1-4-17, as enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 566, § 2, was redesignated as Code Section 1-4-19.

## Editor's Notes

This Code section formerly pertained to the designation of the year of the museum. The former Code section was based on Code 1981, § 1-4-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 720, § 1/SB 195.