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

O.C.G.A. § 36-35-7 (2019)

Provisions of chapter general law; enactment of local or special laws on subject matters covered by chapter; effect of chapter upon amendment of municipal charters

✓ 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 that the provisions of this chapter are general laws within the meaning of Article III, Section VI, Paragraph IV(a) of the Constitution. No local or special laws shall be enacted on subject matters over which municipal corporations are authorized to act pursuant to this chapter. Any provision of any municipal charter heretofore enacted covering subject matters over which municipal corporations are authorized to act pursuant to this chapter shall be amended, modified, superseded, or repealed only in accordance with subsection (b) of Code Section 36-35-3.

History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 820, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 57.

Annotations

Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘The Municipal Home Rule Act of 1965 (this chapter),’’ see 3 Ga. St. B. J. 333 (1967). For

article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia local government law for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 155 (1979).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, §§ 95, 163 et seq.

C.J.S. - 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, §§ 139, 142, 150 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1996–2001 · leading case: City of Buchanan v. Pope, 476 S.E.2d 53 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996).
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City of Buchanan v. Pope, 476 S.E.2d 53 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “Moreover, OCGA § 36-35-7 specifically provides that “[a]ny provision of any municipal charter heretofore enacted covering subject matters over which municipal corporations are authorized to act pursuant to this chapter shall be amended, modified, superseded, or repealed only in…”
Caudell v. City of Toccoa, 153 F. Supp. 2d 1371 (N.D. Ga. 2001). · cites it 7× “For example, O.C.G.A. § 36-35-7 provides that “[n]o local or special laws shall be enacted on subject matters over which municipal corporations are authorized to act pursuant to this chapter.”
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