History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 5; Ga. L. 1939, p. 112, § 3; Ga. L. 1939, p. 126, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 7; Ga. L. 1951, p. 127, § 1; Ga. L. 1951, p. 612, § 1; Ga. L. 1959, p. 141, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 734, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 414, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 3908, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 507, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1087, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 6; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1241, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 390, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 8; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2059, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2408, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 237, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 737, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1473, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 8; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 8/SB 429.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted paragraph (a)(4) which was formerly designated as reserved.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, “paragraph (3)” was substituted for “subparagraph (b)(3)” in paragraph (b)(2).
Editor’s notes.
The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) as added by the 1983 amendment were originally enacted in substantially the same form by Ga. L. 1982, p. 504, § 1, effective May 1, 1982. However, that 1982 Act did not amend the Code.
Law reviews.
For survey article on local government law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 263 (2008).
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