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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

36-70-25. Development and approval of local government service delivery strategy.

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

Effective January 1, 2026.In force today: Effective January 1, 2026.
  1. (a)

    The county and each municipality within the county shall participate in the development of the strategy.#

  2. (b)

    Approval of a local government service delivery strategy shall be accomplished by adoption of a resolution:#

    1. (1)

      By the county governing authority;#

    2. (2)

      By the governing authority of municipalities located within the county which have a population of 9,000 or greater within the county;#

    3. (3)

      By the municipality which serves as the county site if not included in paragraph (2) of this subsection; and#

    4. (4)

      By no less than 50 percent of the remaining municipalities within the county which contain at least 500 persons within the county if not included in paragraph (2) or (3) of this subsection.#

  3. (c)

    For the purpose of determining population for the purposes of this article, the population in the most recent United States decennial census shall be utilized.#

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, § 36-70-25, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1567, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1439, § 1; Ga. L. 2024, p. 1044, § 1/HB 1407, effective January 1, 2026.

Delayed effective date

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

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, deleted former subsections (a) and (d), which read: “(a) Approval of the local government service delivery strategy shall be accomplished as provided for in this Code section. “(d) The adoption of a service delivery strategy specified in Code Section 36-70-21 may be extended to a date certain no later than 120 days following the date otherwise specified in Code Section 36-70-21 upon written agreement of the local governments enumerated in subsection (b) of this Code section. In the event such an agreement is executed, the sanctions specified in Code Section 36-70-27 shall not apply until on and after such extended date.”; redesignated former subsection (b) as present subsections (a) and (b); substituted “a local government service delivery strategy” for “the strategy” in subsection (b); and, inserted “for the purposes of this article” in subsection (c).

Law reviews

For annual survey on local government, see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 193 (2021).

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, pages 293 to 294; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 5150ee8c60f7.

Effective until January 1, 2026.No longer in force as printed (Effective until January 1, 2026.)
  1. (a)

    Approval of the local government service delivery strategy shall be accomplished as provided for in this Code section.#

  2. (b)

    The county and each municipality within the county shall participate in the development of the strategy. Approval of the strategy shall be accomplished by adoption of a resolution:#

    1. (1)

      By the county governing authority;#

    2. (2)

      By the governing authority of municipalities located within the county which have a population of 9,000 or greater within the county;#

    3. (3)

      By the municipality which serves as the county site if not included in paragraph (2) of this subsection; and#

    4. (4)

      By no less than 50 percent of the remaining municipalities within the county which contain at least 500 persons within the county if not included in paragraph (2) or (3) of this subsection.#

  3. (c)

    For the purpose of determining population, the population in the most recent United States decennial census shall be utilized.#

  4. (d)

    The adoption of a service delivery strategy specified in Code Section 36-70-21 may be extended to a date certain no later than 120 days following the date otherwise specified in Code Section 36-70-21 upon written agreement of the local governments enumerated in subsection (b) of this Code section. In the event such an agreement is executed, the sanctions specified in Code Section 36-70-27 shall not apply until on and after such extended date.#

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, § 36-70-25, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1567, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1439, § 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.

Law reviews

For annual survey on local government, see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 193 (2021).

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, pages 277 to 278; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 5150ee8c60f7.