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Call Now: 904-383-7448The governing body of any municipal corporation may extend the corporate limits of the municipal corporation to include any area which meets the standards of Code Section 36-36-56, under the conditions and procedure provided in this article and in accordance with the procedures provided in Article 1 of this chapter.
(Ga. L. 1970, p. 426, § 2; Ga. L. 1971, p. 398, § 2; Code 1981, §36-36-43; Code 1981, §36-36-53, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2592, § 3.)
- For article suggesting that Ga. L. 1970, p. 426 (see O.C.G.A. § 36-36-40 et seq.) is not a satisfactory vehicle for urban annexation, see 10 Ga. L. Rev. 169 (1975).
- Provisions of Ga. L. 1970, p. 426, § 1 et seq. (see O.C.G.A. § 36-36-50 et seq.) do not take away legislative authority to pass local acts annexing territory to municipal corporations. These sections provide an alternative method to the continuing power of the General Assembly to extend or diminish the corporate limits of a municipality. Ballentine v. Willingham, 237 Ga. 60, 226 S.E.2d 593, appeal dismissed, 429 U.S. 909, 97 S. Ct. 298, 50 L. Ed. 2d 276 (1976).
- 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, §§ 35 et seq., 40, 44, 62.
- 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, §§ 57, 59.
- Facts warranting extension or reduction of municipal boundaries, 62 A.L.R. 1011.
Power to extend boundaries of municipal corporations, 64 A.L.R. 1335.
Capacity to attack the fixing or extension of municipal limits or boundary, 13 A.L.R.2d 1279, 17 A.L.R.5th 195.
Right of one governmental subdivision to challenge annexation proceedings by another such subdivision, 17 A.L.R.5th 195.
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