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title: Title 36, Chapter 5. Organization of County Government
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id: code:chapter:36-5
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/36/chapter/5
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date: 2025
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heading: ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT
title_heading: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
section_count: 12
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# Title 36, Chapter 5. Organization of County Government

Title 36. Local Government

12 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 36-5-1, , reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-1.md
- 36-5-20, Official names of county governing authorities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-20.md
- 36-5-21, Vacancy in office of county commissioner or other governing authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-21.md
- 36-5-22, County manager authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-22.md
- 36-5-22.1, Powers and duties; delegation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-22.1.md
- 36-5-23, Salary of county commissioner in counties having population of not less than 56,400 or more than 60,000, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-23.md
- 36-5-24, Compensation of members of county governing authorities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-24.md
- 36-5-25, Salary of county commissioner in county administered by single commissioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-25.md
- 36-5-26, Authorization for service of process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-26.md
- 36-5-27, Compensation supplement with designation as a certified county commissioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-27.md
- 36-5-28, Compensation increases to match state employees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-28.md
- 36-5-29, Calculation of compensation increases for certain members of county governing authorities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-5-29.md