Georgia Code
Chapter 34 - Powers of Municipal Corporations Generally
§ 36-34-3. Acquisition and Operation of Certain Buildings and Facilities; Contracts With Other Political Subdivisions for Joint Use

In addition to the other powers it may have, any municipal corporation shall have the power, in the interest of the health and general welfare, to accept by gift, acquire, construct, lease, own, regulate, operate, improve, open, close, or extend public streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks, swimming pools, golf courses, recreation grounds, airports, airfields, parking areas, parking buildings, athletic fields, grandstands and stadia buildings used or useful for sports, buildings used or useful for housing fairs and exhibits, buildings for educational purposes, libraries, buildings used or useful for poultry and livestock shows and exhibits, and buildings used or useful for public amusement purposes, together with facilities or buildings used for any combination of the above. Any municipal corporation may, under this chapter, contract with any other political subdivision for the joint use of any of such facilities.
History. Ga. L. 1962, p. 140, § 4.
Cross references.
Municipal public libraries generally, § 20-5-20 et seq.
Law reviews.
For article, “Local Government and Contracts that Bind,” see 3 Ga. L. Rev. 546 (1969).
For article surveying developments in Georgia local government law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1981).

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