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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-8-39.3. Authorization to enforce collection of taxes, fees, or assessments.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-8-39.3. Authorization to enforce collection of taxes, fees, or assessments.

(a) Any city, county, or authority which operates a solid waste handling facility or provides solid waste collection services or both and which levies and collects taxes, fees, or assessments to accomplish the purposes of this part shall be further authorized to enforce by ordinance or resolution the collection of taxes, fees, or assessments due a city, county, or authority in the same manner as authorized by law for the enforcement of the collection and payment of state taxes, fees, or assessments. Any such ordinance or resolution enacted by a county governing authority may provide that the tax commissioner or tax collector of such county shall be the officer charged with the enforcement of its provisions.

(b) The provisions of this Code section shall apply to any taxes, fees, or assessments due a county, city, or authority under any ordinance or resolution in effect on July 1, 1992, or adopted thereafter.

## History

Code 1981, § 12-8-39.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3276, § 17; Ga. L. 1993, p. 399, § 10; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1081, § 3.

## Law Reviews

For note on 1992 enactment of this Code section, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 199 (1992).