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# Ga. Const. Art. IX, Sec. VII, Para. I. Creation.

A constitution provision shown as in force is in force as printed in the volume. A court decision can make a printed provision unenforceable without changing the volume, and the volume does not record that.

The General Assembly may by local law create one or more community improvement districts for any county or municipality or provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts by any county or municipality. (Ga. Const. 1983, Art. 9, § 7, Para. I, approved by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1703, § 1/HR 733.)

## Unauthorized Community Improvement District Invalid.

An agreement of a municipality, by itself, to create a community improvement district was, like an agreement to incur debt without a voter referendum, ultra vires, because under Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. VII, only the legislature may create such a district unless it delegates that power specifically to a local governing body. Circle H Dev., Inc. v. City of Woodstock, 206 Ga. App. 473, 425 S.E.2d 891 (1992).

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## Law.

Nothing in Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. VII, Para. I indicates that its provisions are exclusive or that its purpose is to limit the Home Rule section of the Georgia Constitution, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. II, Para. III. McLeod v. Columbia County, 278 Ga. 242, 599 S.E.2d 152 (2004).