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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-82-7.1. Assessment and collection of tax to pay refunding bonds.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-82-7.1. Assessment and collection of tax to pay refunding bonds.

Any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state shall at or before the issuance and delivery of any general obligation refunding bonds provide for the assessment and collection of an annual tax sufficient in amount to pay the principal and interest on such refunding bonds as same become due and payable, all as is provided in Article IX, Section V, Paragraph VI of the Constitution of Georgia.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-82-7.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1362, § 4.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1984, p. 1362, § 8, not codified by the General Assembly, provides as follows: “The provisions of this Act [which enacted this Code section] shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof, and insofar as the provisions of this Act may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Georgia Constitution under circumstances where the General Assembly has been granted the power by law to enlarge or restrict such provisions of the Constitution or the provisions of any law, including any general, local, or special Act of the General Assembly creating or activating any municipality, this Act shall control.”