Georgia Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 36-1-27. Referendum Approval Required Prior to Expenditure of Public Funds for Establishment of Fixed Guideway Transit; Definitions; Submission of the Question to Qualified Voters; Ballot Language

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‘‘( ) YES Shall the expenditure of public funds for a ( ) NO fixed guideway transit within County be approved?”
History. Code 1981, § 36-1-27 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 862, § 1/SB 420; Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 4-5/HB 930.
The 2018 amendment, effective May 3, 2018, substituted “Atlanta-region Transit Link ‘ATL’ Authority” for “Georgia Regional Transportation Authority” near the end of paragraph (a)(4); substituted the present provisions of subsection (b) for the former provisions, which read: “Prior to an expenditure of any public funds for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a fixed guideway transit in any county that is a mass transportation regional system participant, the governing authority of such county shall obtain approval from a majority of qualified voters of the county in a separate referendum question as provided for in this Code section.”; and, in the middle of subsection (e), substituted “known as the ‘Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965,’ approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended, or Part 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 32” for “approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended, the ‘Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965,”’, and inserted “or part”. See Editor’s notes for applicability.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 5-1(c)/HB 930, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Tax, penalty, and interest liabilities for prior taxable years shall not be affected by the passage of Part I of this Act and shall continue to be governed by the provisions of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of Part I of this Act.” Part I of this Act became effective January 1, 2019.

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