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# O.C.G.A. § 36-61-1. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Urban Redevelopment Law.”

## History

Ga. L. 1955, p. 354, § 1.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. 1976, p. 946, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that all powers, privileges, duties, or immunities now or heretofore granted to municipalities by the Urban Redevelopment Law (this chapter), and all Acts amendatory thereof, are granted and conferred upon every county of this state.

## Law Reviews

For survey article on zoning and land use law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 493 (2007).

For survey article on zoning and land use law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 457 (2008).