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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-82-72. Construction of Code Sections 36-82-67 through 36-82-71 and this Code section.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-82-72. Construction of Code Sections 36-82-67 through 36-82-71 and this Code section.

If any part or portion of Code Sections 36-82-67 through 36-82-71 and this Code section is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to create a debt of a governmental body or to be unenforceable or ineffective, the remaining parts and portions thereof shall not be affected thereby in any way, but the part or portion so held unenforceable and ineffective shall be severed and rescinded from this article. The intention of the General Assembly not to permit any governmental body to be deprived of its property or to be susceptible or liable to forfeiture shall be controlling.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 761, § 8; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 36.