When one-fourth of the registered qualified voters of the county or of the county outside the incorporated limits of a municipality or municipalities, as the case may be, shall file with the county board of education a petition asking for an election for the purpose of determining whether or not bonds shall be issued for the purpose of refunding, refinancing, or retiring outstanding school bonds of such territory, the required number of petitioners to be determined by the county board, it shall be the duty of the county board to fix the amount, denomination, rate of interest, and dates when due of the proposed bonds to refund, refinance, or retire outstanding schoolhouse bonds of such territory; and the county board shall also specify the amount, denomination, rate of interest, and dates when due of the outstanding school bonds which are sought to be refunded, retired, or refinanced and call such election in terms of law now provided or which may hereafter be provided for the county issue of bonds, except as otherwise provided in this Code section.
History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 4.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 9 - Local Public School Finances
§ 20-2-450. Subpart to Govern Refunding, Retiring, or Refinancing Outstanding District Bonds
§ 20-2-457. District Bonds — Tax Levy to Provide Sinking Fund to Retire Bonds
§ 20-2-458. Local or Consolidated School District Bonds — Sale or Exchange
§ 20-2-459. Independent School District Bonds — Sale or Exchange
§ 20-2-462. County-Wide Bonds — Powers of Counties as to Refunding, Refinancing, or Retiring
§ 20-2-464. County-Wide Bond Elections — Notice
§ 20-2-465. County-Wide Bond Elections — Eligible Voters; Conduct of Election; Declaration of Result
§ 20-2-466. County-Wide Bonds — Vote Required to Approve; Issuance, Sale, or Exchange
§ 20-2-467. County-Wide Bonds — Handling and Use of Proceeds
§ 20-2-468. County-Wide Bonds — Tax Levy to Provide Sinking Fund to Retire Bonds
§ 20-2-470. Validation of Bonds
§ 20-2-471. Exchange or Sale of Bonds; Use of Proceeds
§ 20-2-472. Establishment of Sinking Fund for Unsurrendered Bonds
§ 20-2-473. Limitations on Issue and Use of Bonds and Proceeds
§ 20-2-474. Powers and Duties of Officials as to Bonds, Taxes, and Sinking Funds
§ 20-2-476. When SubPart Applicable to Independent School Districts
§ 20-2-477. Construction of SubPart Against Impairment of Outstanding Bonds