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

O.C.G.A. § 36-30-13 (2019)

Special election to fill vacancies when all seats are vacant

✓ 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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Except as provided in subsection (g) of Code Section 21-4-13, in the event that all seats on the governing authority of a municipality are vacant, the election superintendent of the county in which the municipality is located shall have the authority to call for a special election to fill the vacant offices and to conduct, or to appoint a superintendent of elections for the municipality for the purpose of conducting, the special election. The board of registrars for the county shall prepare the electors list for the special election.

History

Code 1981, § 36-30-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 178, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 36.

CHAPTER 31 INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS Sec.

Legislative intent. Two-year inapplicability of provisions regarding inactive municipalities. Minimum population standards for proposed municipal corporation. Use and subdivision of areas proposed to be incorporated. Certificate of existence of minimum standards; manner of determination; disposition and evidentiary effect of certificate. Responsibility of the Attorney General for preclearances [Repealed]. Power to license and regulate alcoholic beverages.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1988–2025 · leading case: Gresham v. Harris, 695 F. Supp. 1179 (N.D. Ga. 1988).
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Gresham v. Harris, 695 F. Supp. 1179 (N.D. Ga. 1988). · cites it 6× “Section 36-30-13. 21. The office of the Attorney General of Georgia wrote to the Secretary of State concerning O.”
City of Albany v. South Georgia Rails to Trails, Inc. (Ga. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “The City argues the trial court erred in finding (1) OCGA § 36-30-13 (a) does not render the agreement between the parties void and unenforceable; (2) the agreement was not void and unenforceable because of a lack of assent as to its essential terms; (3) the prohibition…”
City of Albany v. South Georgia Rails to Trails, Inc. (Ga. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “The City argues the trial court erred in finding (1) OCGA § 36-30-13 (a) does not render the agreement between the parties void and unenforceable; (2) the agreement was not void and unenforceable because of a lack of assent as to its essential terms; (3) the prohibition…”
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