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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-8-83. Powers, duties, and obligations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-8-83. Powers, duties, and obligations.

A commission shall be, for its area, a regional commission as defined in and with all the powers, duties, and obligations of a regional commission set forth in Article 2 of this chapter and any other law of general application pertaining to regional commissions on July 1, 2009; and in addition shall have all of the other powers, duties, and obligations set forth in this article.

## History

Code 1981, § 50-8-83, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 51; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1317, § 6.23; Ga. L. 2008, p. 181, § 8/HB 1216.