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title: Title 36, Chapter 30. General Provisions
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date: 2025
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heading: GENERAL PROVISIONS
title_heading: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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# Title 36, Chapter 30. General Provisions

Title 36. Local Government

14 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 36-30-1, Meaning of terms “city,” “town,” “municipality,” or “village.”, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-1.md
- 36-30-2, Management and disposition of property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-2.md
- 36-30-3, Ordinances of a council not to bind succeeding councils; exceptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-3.md
- 36-30-4, Eligibility of members of municipal councils or boards of aldermen for other municipal offices, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-4.md
- 36-30-5, Inclusion of residency in annexed territory in computing period of residence necessary to qualify for office, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-5.md
- 36-30-6, Voting upon questions by interested councilmembers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-6.md
- 36-30-7, Authorization and procedure for surrender of corporate charter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-7.md
- 36-30-7.1, Inactive municipalities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-7.1.md
- 36-30-8, Confinement of violators of ordinances, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-8.md
- 36-30-9, Compensation of law enforcement officers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-9.md
- 36-30-10, Grant of right to obstruct public street prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-10.md
- 36-30-11, Enclosure of lanes or alleys, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-11.md
- 36-30-12, Closing streets adjacent to or through institutions of higher learning in municipal corporations having a population of 350,000 or more, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-12.md
- 36-30-13, Special election to fill vacancies when all seats are vacant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-30-13.md