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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-80-26. Multicounty community improvement districts for transit projects.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-80-26. Multicounty community improvement districts for transit projects.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) “County” means any county created under the Constitution or laws of this state.

(2) “Regional transit plan” means the official multiyear plan for transit services and facilities adopted pursuant to Code Section 50-39-12.

(3) “Transit” means regular, continuing shared-ride or shared-use surface transportation services that are made available by a public entity and are open to the general public or open to a segment of the general public defined by age, disability, or low income. Such term includes services or systems operated by or under contract with the state, a public agency or authority, a county or municipality, a community improvement district, or any other similar public entity of this state and all accompanying infrastructure and services necessary to provide access to these modes of transportation. Such term excludes charter or sightseeing services, school bus services, courtesy shuttle and intra-facility or terminal services, limousine carriers, and ride share network services, transportation referral services, and taxi services not paid for by a public entity.

(4) “Transit projects” means and includes purposes to establish, enhance, operate, and maintain, or improve access to transit, including general obligation debt and other multiyear obligations issued to finance such projects.

(b) A community improvement district for the purpose of the provision of transit projects which are wholly or partially located in more than one county may be created under the authority granted in and consistent with the processes set forth in Section VII of Article IX of the Georgia Constitution. Any such multicounty community improvement district may be authorized to be created upon the passage of a local act of the General Assembly by each county in which such community improvement district is to be wholly or partially located. The transit projects to be provided by such community improvement district shall be projects included in the regional transit plan and through agreement with the Atlanta-region Transit Link “ATL” Authority. The administrative body of any such community improvement district shall include one member appointed by the governing authority of each county or municipality which is located wholly or partially within such community improvement district.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-80-26, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 1-1/HB 930; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 36(42)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2018, Code Section 36-80-26, as enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 926, § 1/HB 489, was redesignated as Code Section 36-80-27.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 5-1(c)/HB 930, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Tax, penalty, and interest liabilities for prior taxable years shall not be affected by the passage of Part I of this Act and shall continue to be governed by the provisions of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of Part I of this Act.” Part I of the Act became effective January 1, 2019.

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Bidding Requirements for School Capital Outlay Projects, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Education, School Facilities and Capital Outlay Management, Rule 160-5-4-.18.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “As used in” for “For purposes of” in subsection (a) and substituted “multicounty” for “multi-county” in subsection (b).