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Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 31. INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

36-31-7. Power to license and regulate alcoholic beverages.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. When a new municipal corporation is created by local Act, the governing authority of the municipal corporation shall have all the same powers to license and regulate alcoholic beverages within its territory as did the governing authority of the county when such territory was within the unincorporated area of the county. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is specifically provided that no petition, election, or other condition precedent which might otherwise be required under Title 3 to authorize sales of any alcoholic beverages shall be required in order for the governing authority of the municipality to exercise such powers.

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

Code 1981, § 36-31-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 3/HB 36.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 5/HB 36, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability. Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 6/HB 36, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall apply with respect to any local Act enacted at the 2005 regular session of the General Assembly or any future session.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t35-t36-ch1-59-(v27)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27, 2025 edition, page 565; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 6c7b6bcea397.