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title: O.C.G.A. § 8-2-28. Construction code; local adoption and enforcement.
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# O.C.G.A. § 8-2-28. Construction code; local adoption and enforcement.

Any municipality or county either enforcing or adopting and enforcing a construction code shall utilize one or more of the state minimum standard codes established pursuant to this part.

## History

Ga. L. 1969, p. 546, § 7; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1316, § 9; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1659, § 9; Ga. L. 2004, p. 551, § 8.