Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 74. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARDS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

36-74-2. Legislative intent.

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It is the intent of this chapter to promote, protect, and improve the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the counties and municipalities of this state by authorizing the creation of administrative boards with authority to impose administrative fines and other noncriminal penalties to provide an equitable, expeditious, effective, and inexpensive method of enforcing any codes and ordinances in force in counties and municipalities, where a pending or repeated violation continues to exist.

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History

Code 1981, § 36-74-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1102, § 3; Ga. L. 2003, p. 581, § 2.

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Text read from t36-ch60-92-(v27a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27A, 2025 edition, page 333; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 5150ee8c60f7.