History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 137, § 6; Ga. L. 2022, p. 13, § 1/HB 1361.
The 2022 amendment, effective March 4, 2022, rewrote subsection (c), which read: “If a statute of the state, any order or regulation of any administrative body of the state, or any franchise granted by the state is alleged to be unconstitutional, the Attorney General of the state shall be served with a copy of the proceeding and shall be entitled to be heard.”.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2022, p. 13, § 2/HB 1361, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to subsection (c) shall apply to all proceedings filed on and after the effective date. This Act became effective March 4, 2022.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 4 - Declaratory Judgments
§ 9-4-1. Purpose and Construction of Chapter
§ 9-4-2. Declaratory Judgments Authorized; Force and Effect
§ 9-4-3. Further Relief; Interlocutory Extraordinary Relief to Preserve Status Quo
§ 9-4-4. Declaratory Judgments Involving Fiduciaries
§ 9-4-5. Filing and Service; Time of Trial; Drawing of Jury
§ 9-4-6. Submission of Fact Issues to Jury
§ 9-4-7. Only Parties Affected; When Municipality Made Party; When Attorney General Served and Heard
§ 9-4-8. When Court May Refuse Declaratory Judgment