Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 32-9-11. Transit Services With Local Governments

History. Code 1981, § 32-9-11 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 888, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 112, § 4; Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 4-1/HB 930.
The 2018 amendment, effective May 3, 2018, added paragraph (a)(2); redesignated former paragraph (a)(2) as present paragraph (a)(3); substituted “Atlanta-region Transit Link ‘ATL’ ” for “Georgia Regional Transportation” near the end of present paragraph (a)(3) and in the last sentence of subsection (c); redesignated former paragraphs (a)(3) and (a)(4) as present paragraphs (a)(4) and (a)(5), respectively; and substituted the present provisions of subsection (b) for the former provisions, which read: “Any transit agency may, by contract with any local government for any period not exceeding 50 years, provide transit services or transit facilities for, to, or within that local government or between that local government and any area in which such transit agency provides transit services or transit facilities, except that if such services or facilities are to be funded wholly or partially by fees, assessments, or taxes levied and collected within a special district created pursuant to Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VI of the Constitution, such contract may only become effective if it is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting in such local government in a special election which shall be called and conducted for that purpose by the election superintendent of such local government. Any services provided by a transit agency pursuant to a contract authorized by this subsection shall be conditioned upon such services being included in a plan for transit services adopted or approved by the governing authority of the county and by the governing authorities of any municipalities within which transit services are to be provided as provided in the plan.”
Law reviews.
For note on 1999 amendment to this Code section, see 16 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 233 (1999).
For article, “Standards for Smart Growth: Searching for Limits on Agency Discretion and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority,” see 36 Ga. L. Rev. 247 (2001).

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