History. Code 1981, § 36-66-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1139, § 1; Ga. L. 2022, p. 825, § 1/HB 1405.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “the exercise and means of judicial review of the exercise of that power” for “the exercise of that power” in the first sentence, and substituted “July 1, 2023” for January 1, 1986” in the third sentence of subsection (a); rewrote paragraph (b)(1), which read: “Provide by ordinance or resolution for such administrative officers, bodies, or agencies as may be expedient for the efficient exercise of their zoning powers; and”; and added “and, where so adopted, thereby establish the minimum procedures for such local government’s exercise of zoning powers” at the end of paragraph (b)(2). See Editor’s notes for applicability.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2022, p. 825, § 2/HB 1405, not codified by the General Assembly, makes this Code section applicable to all zoning and quasi-judicial decisions occurring on and after July 1, 2022; however, no zoning or quasi-judicial decision prior to July 1, 2023, shall be rendered invalid or void because of a local government’s failure to implement language in their ordinances accomplishing the provisions of Code Section 36-66-5.1.