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2018 Georgia Code 48-5-400 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 48 REVENUE AND TAXATION

Section 5. Ad Valorem Taxation of Property, 48-5-1 through 48-5-607.

ARTICLE 8 SCHOOL TAXATION

48-5-400. Power of county governing authorities to levy and collect taxes for educational purposes.

The governing authority of each county may levy and collect taxes for educational purposes in such amounts as the county governing authority shall determine. Amounts collected from such levies shall be appropriated to the use of the county board of education and to the educational work directed by the county board of education.

(Ga. L. 1922, p. 81, § 1; Code 1933, § 32-1127; Code 1933, § 91A-1701, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.)

Cross references.

- Free public education prior to college or postsecondary level and support by taxation, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VIII, Sec. I, Para. I.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 71 Am. Jur. 2d, State and Local Taxation, § 35 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 558 et seq.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 48-5-400

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Bd. of Pub. Educ. v. Hair, 581 S.E.2d 28 (Ga. 2003).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | May 19, 2003 | 276 Ga. 575, 2003 Fulton County D. Rep. 1566

...[8] See, e.g., 1919 Ga. Laws 288, 337-338; 1946 Ga. Laws 206, 211; 1978 Ga. Laws 309, 479. [9] Black's Law Dictionary 264 (7th ed.1999); see also Webster's Third New Int'l Dictionary 457 (1961). [10] Ga. Const. Art. VIII, Sec. VI, Par. I(b). [11] See, e.g., OCGA §§ 48-5-400, 48-5-401, 48-5-404(a)....