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title: Title 36, Chapter 1. General Provisions
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heading: GENERAL PROVISIONS
title_heading: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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# Title 36, Chapter 1. General Provisions

Title 36. Local Government

29 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 36-1-1, Names of 159 counties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-1.md
- 36-1-2, Extent of jurisdiction of counties divided by water, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-2.md
- 36-1-3, County a body corporate; power to sue and be sued generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-3.md
- 36-1-4, When county liable to be sued, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-4.md
- 36-1-5, Service upon county, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-5.md
- 36-1-6, Publication of annual financial statement; contents, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-6.md
- 36-1-7, Submission to grand jury of sworn returns of receipts and disbursements; approval or disapproval; appearance to explain errors; failure to make return, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-7.md
- 36-1-8, Investment of certain tax proceeds in authorized bonds; registration of bonds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-8.md
- 36-1-9, Payment into county treasury, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-9.md
- 36-1-10, Employment of accountant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-10.md
- 36-1-11, Additional temporary personnel and equipment for assistance of county officers or departments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-11.md
- 36-1-11.1, Expenditure of funds for insurance and employment benefits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-11.1.md
- 36-1-12, Courthouse hours, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-12.md
- 36-1-13, Speculation by county officer prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-13.md
- 36-1-14, Interested transactions prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-14.md
- 36-1-15, Prohibition, regulation, and taxation of fortunetelling and similar practices, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-15.md
- 36-1-16, Dumping outside jurisdiction without permission prohibited; exemption, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-16.md
- 36-1-17, Authority to issue citations; failure to appear, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-17.md
- 36-1-18, Authority to issue assessments relating to roadways; liens, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-18.md
- 36-1-19, Appropriation for charitable grants or contributions in counties having population greater than 550,000; establishment of boards or councils to devise procedures and advise governing authority, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-19.md
- 36-1-19.1, Authority to make charitable donations; state authority to establish procedures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-19.1.md
- 36-1-20, Ordinances for governing and policing of unincorporated areas of county, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-20.md
- 36-1-21, Civil service system for county employees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-21.md
- 36-1-22, Business and occupational license taxes and fees, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-22.md
- 36-1-23, Purchase of construction materials from county, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-23.md
- 36-1-24, Training classes for clerks of governing authority of county, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-24.md
- 36-1-25, Official minutes of meetings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-25.md
- 36-1-26, Contracts for utility services; terms and conditions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-26.md
- 36-1-27, Procedure for expenditure of public funds for fixed guideway transit; referendum; ballot language, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-1-27.md