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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-5-20. Official names of county governing authorities.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-5-20. Official names of county governing authorities.

The words “Roads and Revenues” are stricken from the official names of all of the governing authorities of the counties of this state, so that the official names of the governing authorities of the counties will be changed from “Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of County” and from the “Commissioner of Roads and Revenue of County” to “Board of Commissioners of County” and “Commissioner of

County,” respectively.

## History

Ga. L. 1968, p. 1141, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 36.

## Cross References

“County governing authority” defined, § 1-3-3(7).