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# O.C.G.A. § 36-35-1. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Municipal Home Rule Act of 1965.”

## History

Ga. L. 1947, p. 1118, § 1; Ga. L. 1951, p. 116, § 1; Ga. L. 1965, p. 298, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For article surveying developments in Georgia local government law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1981).

For article, “The United States Supreme Court as Home Rule Wrecker,” see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 363 (1982).