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# O.C.G.A. § 36-36-61. Restriction on applicability of article.

This article shall not apply to any territory which has been a part of a municipal corporation for three years immediately preceding July 1, 1970, and which has been or is in the process of being deannexed from the corporate limits of any such municipal corporation.

## History

Ga. L. 1970, p. 426, § 11; Code 1981, § 36-36-51; Code 1981, § 36-36-61, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3, effective July 1, 1992, renumbered former Code Section 36-36-51 as present Code Section 36-36-61.