Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 3. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES · Chapter 4. DISTILLED SPIRITS · Article 3. LOCAL AUTHORIZATION AND REGULATIONS FOR MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND PACKAGE SALES

3-4-40. Requirement as to approval by referendum elections of issuance of licenses generally.

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Licenses for the package sale of distilled spirits shall be authorized only in those counties and municipalities in which the issuance of such licenses is approved by a referendum election as provided in this article.

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. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 103, § 4; Ga. L. 1972, p. 207, § 3; Code 1933, § 5A-2301, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 820, § 2/HB 485. The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, in this Code section, substituted ‘‘Licenses for the package sale of distilled spirits shall be’’ for ‘‘Licenses provided for in this article are’’ near the beginning and substituted ‘‘by a referendum election’’ for ‘‘by referendum’’ near the end.

Law reviews

For comment on Collins v. Lanier, 201 Ga. 527, 40 S.E.2d 424 (1946), see 9 Ga. B. J. 325 (1947).

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