O.C.G.A.
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O.C.G.A. § 36-31-1 (2019)

Legislative intent

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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It is declared to be the intention of the General Assembly to prescribe certain minimum standards which must exist as a condition precedent to the original incorporation of a municipal corporation of this state.

History

Ga. L. 1963, p. 251, § 1.

Annotations

Law reviews. - For article surveying

history of grant of municipal charters in Georgia, see 11 Ga. B. J. 133 (1948).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in City of Atlanta v. Mays, 301 Ga. 367, 801 S.E.2d 1 (2017). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 13.

C.J.S. - 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 11.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1993–2017 · leading case: City of Atlanta v. Mays, 801 S.E.2d 1 (Ga. 2017).
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City of Atlanta v. Mays, 801 S.E.2d 1 (Ga. 2017). · cites it 2× “The General Assembly has enacted some general laws to “prescribe certain minimum standards which must exist as a condition precedent to the original incorporation of a municipal *378 corporation of this state,” OCGA § 36-31-1, but Atlanta does not contend that HB 514 violates…”
Marion v. DeKalb Cnty., Ga., 821 F. Supp. 685 (N.D. Ga. 1993). · cites it 2× “For example, the proposed area must have a population of at least 200 persons per square mile, O.C.G.A. § 36-31-3 (1987), and must be so developed that at least 60 percent of the total number of lots and tracts in the area at the time of incorporation are used for residential,…”
City of Atlanta v. Mays (Ga. 2017). · cites it 2× “The General Assembly has enacted some general laws to “prescribe certain minimum standards which must exist as a 20 condition precedent to the original incorporation of a municipal corporation of this state,” OCGA § 36-31-1, but Atlanta does not contend that HB 514 violates any…”
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