Constitutionality.

- Provisions of former O.C.G.A. §§ 36-70-24(4)(c) and36-36-11, pertaining to the establishment of a dispute resolution process when a bona fide land use dispute arises between a city and county over the use of land which is the subject of annexation, do not violate Ga. Const. 1983 Art. IX, Sec. II, Par. IV. Higdon v. City of Senoia, 273 Ga. 83, 538 S.E.2d 39 (2000)(decided prior to 2004 amendment of O.C.G.A. §§ 36-70-24 and36-36-11).

Authority of municipality to annex during referendum process.

- Trial court properly held that a municipality did not have the authority under O.C.G.A. § 36-36-21 to annex land that the Georgia General Assembly designated for annexation to another municipality, subject to a referendum, before the referendum took place; thus, a city was prohibited from attempting to annex property during the referendum process. City of Brookhaven v. City of Chamblee, 329 Ga. App. 346, 765 S.E.2d 33 (2014).

Municipality without authority to annex land during referendum process.

- Municipality does not have the authority pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 36-36-21 to annex land that the Georgia General Assembly has designated for annexation to another municipality, subject to a referendum, before the referendum takes place. City of Brookhaven v. City of Chamblee, 329 Ga. App. 346, 765 S.E.2d 33 (2014).

Georgia General Assembly did not intend the alternative methods of annexation under O.C.G.A. § 36-36-10 to establish a system for municipalities to race the legislature to annex land that it already had designated for annexation under local law. City of Brookhaven v. City of Chamblee, 329 Ga. App. 346, 765 S.E.2d 33 (2014).

Cited in City of Atlanta v. Mays, 301 Ga. 367, 801 S.E.2d 1 (2017).