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Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 70. COORDINATED AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND SERVICE DELIVERY BY COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES · Article 2. (EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026.) SERVICE DELIVERY

36-70-21. Implementation agreements.

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  1. (a)

    Each county and municipality shall execute an agreement for the implementation of a local government service delivery strategy as set forth in this article:#

    1. (1)

      By December 31 of each year following the year in which the county’s ten-year comprehensive plan update is due in accordance with the rules promulgated by the department pursuant to this chapter or Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 50; and#

    2. (2)

      Within 180 days of the occurrence of an event requiring review and revision pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 36-70-28.#

  2. (b)

    For municipalities located within multiple counties, the review and deadline for an agreement for the implementation of a local government service delivery strategy shall be applicable for the portion of the municipality that lies within a given county in conjunction with such county’s review and deadline.#

  3. (c)

    The provisions of this article shall not apply to any consolidated government in which no other municipal corporation exists within the county.#

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.

History

Code 1981, § 36-70-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1567, § 1; Ga. L. 2024, p. 1044, § 1/HB 1407, effective January 1, 2026; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 36(30)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “December 31” for “December 31st” in paragraph (a)(1).

Editor's notes

This Code section is set out twice in this Code. See the delayed effective date note at the beginning of this article.

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  1. Each county and municipality shall execute an agreement for the implementation of a local government service delivery strategy as set forth in this article by July 1, 1999.

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.

History

Code 1981, § 36-70-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1567, § 1.

Editor's notes

This Code section is set out twice in this Code. See the delayed effective date note at the beginning of this article.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t36-ch60-92-(v27a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27A, 2025 edition, page 273; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 5150ee8c60f7.

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