Georgia Code
Chapter 34 - Powers of Municipal Corporations Generally
§ 36-34-5. Acquisition and Construction of Water and Sewage Systems

History. Ga. L. 1962, p. 140, § 6; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1393, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 737, § 1/HB 247.
Cross references.
Powers and duties of Environmental Protection Division of Department of Natural Resources pertaining to sewage systems, waste treatment works, § 12-5-20 et seq.
Contracts between Department of Natural Resources and municipalities pertaining to furnishing of water supplies, § 12-5-72 .
Powers and duties of Environmental Protection Division of Department of Natural Resources with regard to public water systems, § 12-5-170 et seq.
Permits for operation of solid waste handling, disposal, facilities, § 12-8-20 et seq.
Retention of contractual payments and creation of escrow accounts in contracts for installation, improvement of water or sewer facilities, § 13-10-81 .
Exercise of power of eminent domain for construction and operation of waterworks, § 22-3-60 et seq.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, a comma was added following “tolls” in the last sentence of subdivision (4) (now subdivision (a)(4)(B)).
Law reviews.
For article, “Local Government and Contracts that Bind,” see 3 Ga. L. Rev. 546 (1969).
For article advocating centralizing industrial and domestic waste treatment by local statutory amendments, see 23 Mercer L. Rev. 603 (1972).
For article surveying local government law in 1984-1985, see 37 Mercer L. Rev. 313 (1985).
For annual survey of local government law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 289 (2005).