The General Assembly may, in connection with the incorporation of a new municipal corporation, at any time (before, after, or contemporaneously with the passage of the chartering Act) appropriate to the Department of Community Affairs funds for grants or loans or both to a specific existing or proposed municipal corporation. When funds are so appropriated, the department shall make grants as specified by recipient, amount, and purpose and loans as specified by recipient, amount, interest rate, term, and purpose in the appropriation unless the chartering Act fails to secure passage or otherwise fails to become effective.
History. Code 1981, § 36-31-10 , enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 3/HB 36.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 5/HB 36, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability.
Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 6/HB 36, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall apply with respect to any local Act enacted at the 2005 regular session of the General Assembly or any future session.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 31 - Incorporation of Municipal Corporations
§ 36-31-2. Two-Year Inapplicability of Provisions Regarding Inactive Municipalities
§ 36-31-3. Minimum Population Standards for Proposed Municipal Corporation
§ 36-31-4. Use and Subdivision of Areas Proposed to Be Incorporated
§ 36-31-7. Power to License and Regulate Alcoholic Beverages
§ 36-31-7.1. Ownership and Control of County Road Rights of Way
§ 36-31-9. Initial Terms of Office
§ 36-31-10. Appropriation of Funds for Grants or Loans
§ 36-31-11.1. Municipality Control Over Parks and Fire Stations; Obligation of County