Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 36. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY · Article 4. ANNEXATION PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION AND REFERENDUM

36-36-50. Purpose of article.

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It is declared to be the intention of the General Assembly in enacting this article to provide a method for annexing to municipal corporations areas which meet the legislative standards established by Code Section 36-36-54. This article is not intended to affect or restrict the present authority of the General Assembly to legislate regarding the annexation of any area contiguous to any municipal corporation in this state, nor to limit in any way the authority of the General Assembly to provide alternative methods for extending municipal boundaries. This article shall not affect legislation pending on July 1, 1970.

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.

Ga. L. 1970, p. 426, § 10; Code 1981, § 36-36-40; Code 1981, § 36-36-50, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3.

For article, “Local Government Law,” see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 389 (2001).

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