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title: O.C.G.A. § 3-4-49. Municipalities in wet counties.
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heading_path: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES / DISTILLED SPIRITS / LOCAL AUTHORIZATION AND REGULATIONS FOR MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND PACKAGE SALES
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# O.C.G.A. § 3-4-49. Municipalities in wet counties.

Any municipality which lies wholly or partially within a county which has approved the manufacture, distribution, or package sale of distilled spirits in a county-wide referendum election as provided in this article and which, on January 1, 1985, was issuing licenses permitting the manufacture, distribution, or package sale of distilled spirits shall be authorized to exercise the powers and shall be subject to the provisions contained in this title relating to the manufacture, distribution, or package sale of distilled spirits.

## History

Code 1981, § 3-4-51, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1083, § 1; Code 1981, § 3-4-51; Code 1981, § 3-4-49, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2017, p. 820, § 2/HB 485.

The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, redesignated former Code Section 3-4-51 as this Code section; and in this Code section, substituted ‘‘distribution, or package sale’’ for ‘‘sale, or distribution’’ throughout, and inserted ‘‘election’’ near the middle.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey of local government law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 289 (1986).