O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 36-31-9 (2019)

Initial terms of office

✓ 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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When a new municipal corporation is created by local Act, the chartering local Act may provide for the initial terms of office of members of the governing authority to be of any length or lengths; and the provisions of this Code section shall control over any conflicting provisions of Code Sections 21-2-541.1 and 21-2-541.2.

History

Code 1981, § 36-31-9, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 3/HB 36.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 5/HB 36, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability. Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 6/HB 36, not

codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall apply with respect to any local Act enacted at the 2005 regular session of the General Assembly or any future session.