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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-3-132. Authority to establish and maintain junior colleges.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-3-132. Authority to establish and maintain junior colleges.

Every city, county, local school system, or other political subdivision of the state possessing a power to tax, which shall possess the requisite powers under the Constitution and laws of this state may either alone or in combination with any other such city, county, local school system, or other political subdivision of the state establish, maintain, and operate one or more junior colleges under the terms of and subject to this article.

## History

Ga. L. 1958, p. 47, § 3; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 53; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 20; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 20(20)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Cross References

Health insurance coverage for retired former employees of community colleges operated by a local school system, § 20-2-915.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “local school system,” for “county school system, independent school system,” in two places.