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Título 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Capítulo 70. COORDINATED AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND SERVICE DELIVERY BY COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES · Artículo 2. (EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026.) SERVICE DELIVERY

36-70-25.3. Judicial resolution of certain disputes.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    As used in this Code section, the term “participating local government” means:#

    1. (1)

      Any county that completed the mediation process required by Code Section 36-70-25.1 and requested or participated in nonbinding arbitration pursuant to Code Section 36-70-25.2; and#

    2. (2)

      Any municipality required to adopt a resolution approving the local government service delivery strategy pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 36-70-25 that completed the mediation process required by Code Section 36-70-25.1 and requested or participated in nonbinding arbitration pursuant to Code Section 36-70-25.2.#

  2. (b)

    Subsequent to the completion of the mediation process required by Code Section 36-70-25.1 and nonbinding arbitration, if any, requested pursuant to Code Section 36-70-25.2, a participating local government with outstanding disagreements related to the service delivery strategy may petition the superior court of the county to resolve such disagreements. Such petition shall be assigned pursuant to Code Section 15-1-9.1 or Code Section 15-6-13 to a judge who is not a judge in the circuit in which the county is located and is a senior judge under Code Section 15-1-9.2.#

  3. (c)

    The assigned judge shall conduct one or more evidentiary hearings as he or she determines are necessary and render a decision with regard to the disputed items. In rendering the decision, such judge shall consider the required elements of a service delivery strategy and seek to satisfy the intent of this article as provided in Code Section 36-70-20.#

  4. (d)

    Evidence presented as part of the judicial process established by this Code section shall be limited to:#

    1. (1)

      Information included in the written proposals required by Code Section 36-70-22.1;#

    2. (2)

      Written documentation associated with the required mediation conducted pursuant to Code Section 36-70-25.1; and#

    3. (3)

      The decision or final report issued with respect to any nonbinding arbitration conducted pursuant to Code Section 36-70-25.2.#

  5. (e)

    The assigned judge shall be authorized to utilize the power of contempt to obtain compliance with the decision rendered pursuant to this Code section.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1981, § 36-70-25.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 1044, § 1/HB 1407, effective January 1, 2026; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 36(33)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Delayed effective date

This Code section is set out twice in this Code. See the delayed effective date note at the beginning of this article.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “nonbinding” for “non-binding” in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) and in subsection (b).

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Texto leído de t36-ch60-92-(v27a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volumen V27A, edición 2025, páginas 297 a 298; acción de fusión: bound only; SHA-256 del archivo 5150ee8c60f7.