Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 68. MERGER OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WITH COUNTY

36-68-1. Constitutional authority; purpose.

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This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority of Article IX, Section III, Paragraph II, subparagraph (b) of the Constitution. It is the purpose of this chapter to grant authority to the General Assembly to provide by local law for a form of governmental reorganization whereby the charter of a municipality is repealed in order for the county in which the municipality is located to succeed to the corporate powers, functions, rights, assets, and liabilities of the municipality. This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out effectively such purpose.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 36-68-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1080, § 1.

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Text read from t36-ch60-92-(v27a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27A, 2025 edition, page 250; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 5150ee8c60f7.