36-66-1. Short title.

Code 1981, § 36-66-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1139, § 1; Ga. L. 2022, p. 825, § 1/HB 1405.

Ga. L. 2022, p. 825, § 2/HB 1405, not codified by the General Assembly, makes this Code section applicable to all zoning and quasi-judicial decisions occurring on and after July 1, 2022; however, no zoning or quasi-judicial decision prior to July 1, 2023, shall be rendered invalid or void because of a local government’s failure to implement language in their ordinances accomplishing the provisions of Code Section 36-66-5.1.

For article, “Local Government Law,” see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 389 (2001). For article, “Local Government Litigation: Some Pivotal Principles,” see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2003). For survey article on local government law for the period from June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 353 (2003). For annual survey of administrative law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 31 (2004). For annual survey of local government law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 267 (2006). For annual survey on zoning and land use law, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 301 (2018). For annual survey on local government law, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 189 (2019). For annual survey on zoning and land use law, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 363 (2019). For article, “HB 1405: Amendments to the Zoning Procedures Law,” see 39 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 125 (2022). For annual survey on zoning and land use law, see 74 Mercer L. Rev. 313 (2022).