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2018 Georgia Code 36-1-25 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 36-1-25 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 36-1-25

TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Section 1. General Provisions, 36-1-1 through 36-1-27.

36-1-25. Official minutes of meetings.

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.

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

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Zoning map properly incorporated by reference.

- County zoning ordinance 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).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 36-1-25

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Mid-Georgia Env't Mgmt. Grp., L.L.L.P. v. Meriwether Cnty., 594 S.E.2d 344 (Ga. 2004).

Cited 35 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 22, 2004 | 277 Ga. 670, 2004 Fulton County D. Rep. 1006

...Finally, the record shows that the zoning map was in existence at the time Mid-Georgia bought the property and that the map was kept in the zoning administrator's office. 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....
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East Georgia Land & Dev. Co. v. Newton Cnty., 723 S.E.2d 909 (Ga. 2012).

Cited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 19, 2012 | 290 Ga. 732, 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 955

...e incorporated by reference and thus held that the County must prove that the ordinance was physically attached to the minutes in order to satisfy the level of certainty and accessibility required under our Zoning Procedures Law (ZPL). See also OCGA § 36-1-25 ("[D]ocuments related to actions taken by a county governing authority may be included in the minutes or incorporated by reference to an alternate location.") The trial court then held that "whether the ordinance was so attached is a mater...