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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-60-26. Unlawful to issue backdated license, permit, or other authorizing document.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-60-26. Unlawful to issue backdated license, permit, or other authorizing document.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any county, municipal corporation, or other issuing authority to issue any backdated license, permit, or other authorizing document, including but not limited to any building permit, sign permit, occupation tax certificate, zoning action, subdivision of land, final plat, or other similar authorization, in any territorial or geographic area which, due to the formation of a county, incorporation of a municipality, annexation or deannexation of territory, or other action, is no longer within the regulatory jurisdiction of said issuing authority. For purposes of this Code section, a license, permit, or other authorizing document shall be considered to be backdated if it in any manner purports to have been issued or have become effective prior to its actual date of issuance.

(b) A license, permit, or other authorizing document in violation of this Code section shall be void in its entirety, and no person shall acquire any rights thereunder.

(c) Any county or municipal officer or employee who knowingly violates this Code section shall be upon conviction guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-60-26, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 154, § 1/HB 975.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2008, p. 154, § 2/HB 975, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The General Assembly declares its belief that this Act is declaratory of previously existing law; and the passage of this Act shall not be construed to imply that prior law was to the contrary.”