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# O.C.G.A. § 8-4-1. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Redevelopment Law.”

## History

Ga. L. 1946, p. 157, § 1; Ga. L. 2024, p. 1052, § 1(b)(12)/SB 448, effective July 1, 2024.

## Law Reviews

For survey of developments in Georgia real property law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 219 (1981).

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “shall be known and may be cited” for “may be referred to” in this Code section.