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title: O.C.G.A. § 8-3-156. Procedure for exercise of powers granted by article to state public bodies.
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# O.C.G.A. § 8-3-156. Procedure for exercise of powers granted by article to state public bodies.

The exercise by a state public body of the powers granted by this article may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such state public body. The resolution shall be adopted by a majority of the members of the governing body present at a meeting of said governing body, which resolution may be adopted at the meeting at which such resolution is introduced. Such a resolution or resolutions shall take effect immediately and need not be laid over or published or posted.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 697, § 7; Ga. L. 1939, p. 127, § 2; Ga. L. 1941, p. 253, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 142, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1943, p. 166, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1949, p. 23, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1959, p. 141, § 4; Ga. L. 1961, p. 54, §§ 2-4.