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(Ga. L. 1972, p. 820, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 57.)
- 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).
- 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, §§ 95, 163 et seq.
- 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, §§ 139, 142, 150 et seq.
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