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Title 25. FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY · Chapter 3. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS GENERALLY · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

25-3-5. Operation of other fire departments within municipalities or counties.

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  1. Nothing within this article shall be construed so as to permit a county or other fire department to operate within the limits of a municipality except by written or oral contract with the municipality. Nothing within this article shall be construed so as to permit a municipal fire department to operate in the unincorporated area of a county except by written or oral contract with the county.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1980, p. 1395, § 5; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1000, § 1.

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