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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-36-6. Notice by municipal governing authority to county governing authority of proposed annexation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-36-6. Notice by municipal governing authority to county governing authority of proposed annexation.

Upon accepting an application for annexation pursuant to Code Section 36-36-21 or a petition for annexation pursuant to Code Section 36-36-32, or upon adopting a resolution calling for an annexation referendum pursuant to Code Section 36-36-57, the governing authority of the annexing municipality shall within 30 days give written notice of the proposed annexation to the governing authority of the county wherein the area proposed for annexation is located. Such notice shall include a map or other description of the site proposed to be annexed sufficient to identify the area. Where the proposed annexation is to be effected by a local Act of the General Assembly, a copy of the proposed legislation shall be provided by the governing authority of the municipality to the governing authority of the county in which the property proposed to be annexed is located following the receipt of such notice by the governing authority of the municipality under subsection (b) of Code Section 28-1-14.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-36-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 164, § 4; Ga. L. 2002, p. 985, § 3; Ga. L. 2004, p. 69, § 17; Ga. L. 2022, p. 367, § 2/HB 1461.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2004, p. 69, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘State and Local Taxation, Financing, and Service Delivery Revision Act of 2004.’”

## Law Reviews

For article on 2004 amendment of this Code section, see 21 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 226 (2004).