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Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 86. LOCAL GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY

36-86-3. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this chapter, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Local government unit” includes each county in the state, each municipality in the state, each consolidated government in the state, and each local authority in the state which operates any local government service delivery program but does not include local school systems.#

  3. (2)

    “Service” or “local government service” includes any and all services provided by a local government unit, including but not limited to the following:#

    1. (A)

      Law enforcement;#

    2. (B)

      Fire protection and fire safety;#

    3. (C)

      Road and street construction and maintenance;#

    4. (D)

      Public transportation;#

    5. (E)

      Water supply and distribution;#

    6. (F)

      Waste-water, sewage, and storm-water collection and disposal;#

    7. (G)

      Public housing;#

    8. (H)

      Public health services;#

    9. (I)

      Enforcement of building, housing, plumbing, and electrical codes and other similar codes;#

    10. (J)

      Parks and recreation systems;#

    11. (K)

      Planning and zoning;#

    12. (L)

      Solid waste management; and#

    13. (M)

      Electric or gas utility services.#

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, § 36-86-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1574, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 467, § 1.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, “similar” was substituted for “similiar” in subparagraph (2)(I).

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

Text read from t36-ch60-92-(v27a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27A, 2025 edition, pages 594 to 595; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 5150ee8c60f7.