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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-36-59. Filing of identification of annexed territory with Department of Community Affairs and county governing authority.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-36-59. Filing of identification of annexed territory with Department of Community Affairs and county governing authority.

Whenever the limits of a municipal corporation are enlarged in accordance with this article, it shall be the duty of the clerk, city attorney, or other person designated by the governing authority of the municipal corporation to cause an identification of the annexed territory to be filed with the Department of Community Affairs, the Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office of the General Assembly, and with the governing authority of the county in which the property is located in accordance with Code Section 36-36-3.

## History

Ga. L. 1970, p. 426, § 6; Code 1981, § 36-36-49; Code 1981, § 36-36-59, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 164, § 10; Ga. L. 2022, p. 344, § 2/HB 1385.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, “is” was deleted following “territory”.