O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 36-1-25 (2019)

Official minutes of meetings

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Official minutes of the meetings of a county governing authority shall be maintained in the offices of the county governing authority. Copies of contracts, maps, or similar material or documents related to actions taken by a county governing authority may be included in the minutes or incorporated by reference to an alternate location. Where incorporated by reference, such documents shall be stored in a central location or locations identified by ordinance or resolution of the county governing authority.

History

Code 1981, § 36-1-25, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 662, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Zoning map properly incorporated by reference. - County zoning ordi-

nance properly incorporated by reference an official zoning map as the board of

commissioners had a zoning map before the board when the board considered the ordinance, the zoning map was in existence when a limited liability limited partnership (LLLP) bought the property and that map was kept in the zoning administrator’s office, the new zoning administrator’s uncertainty about which of two maps

was the official map did not render the entire zoning ordinance invalid, and it was clear that the LLLP’s land was not zoned for a landfill. Mid-Georgia Envtl. Mgmt. Group, L.L.L.P. v. Meriwether County, 277 Ga. 670, 594 S.E.2d 344 (2004).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2004–2020 · leading case: Mid-Georgia Env't Mgmt. Grp., L.L.L.P. v. Meriwether Cnty., 594 S.E.2d 344 (Ga. 2004).
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Mid-Georgia Env't Mgmt. Grp., L.L.L.P. v. Meriwether Cnty., 594 S.E.2d 344 (Ga. 2004). · cites it 4× “Thus, the record demonstrates that the requirements of incorporation by reference under OCGA § 36-1-25, and the case law that it codified, were met.”
East Georgia Land & Dev. Co. v. Newton Cnty., 723 S.E.2d 909 (Ga. 2012). · cites it 4× “") The trial court then held that "whether the ordinance was so attached is a material question of fact." After over eight years of discovery, the trial court entered an order on August 22, 2008, staying further proceedings in the present case as the County had filed its…”
City of Rincon v. Ernest Communities, LLC (Ga. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 4× “Compare OCGA § 36-1-25 (applicable to counties only).”
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