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Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 82. BONDS · Article 10. COMMERCIAL PAPER NOTES FROM GOVERNMENT

36-82-240. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Governing body” means the board, commission, council, or other local legislative body of governmental entity.#

  3. (2)

    “Governmental entity” means any school district, independent school system, county, municipal corporation, consolidated city-county government, or other political subdivision of the state, any local authority, local body corporate, or local public corporation created by or pursuant to the Constitution of Georgia or any general, local, or special Act of the General Assembly, or any special district or community improvement district of the state. Such term does not include state authorities as defined in Code Section 50-17-21.#

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, § 36-82-240, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 886, § 5; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 36(48)/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 “Such term does not include state authorities as defined in Code Section 50-17-21.” for “The term ‘governmental entity’ does not include ‘state authorities’ as defined in paragraph (9) of Code Section 50-17-21.” in paragraph (2).

Cross references

Governmental commercial paper notes, § 50-17-90 et seq.

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