O.C.G.A. § 36-64-15 (2019)
Removal of minimum or maximum recreation tax by municipality or county
(a) If a municipality or county has adopted the provisions of this chapter at an election, thereby establishing a minimum recreation tax, a maximum recreation tax, or a minimum and maximum recreation tax, then such minimum or maximum or both may be removed as provided in this Code section. (b) In order to so remove the minimum or maximum or both, the governing body of the municipality or county shall adopt a resolution to that effect, subject to approval by a majority of the voters of the municipality or county at the next general or special election of the municipality or county which is held more than 45 days after the date of the adoption of the resolution by the governing body. Such resolution shall specify the ballot language to be used in presenting the question and the governing body shall provide a copy of the resolution to the appropriate election officials. If a majority of the voters voting on the question of removal vote in favor, the minimum or maximum or both shall be removed as presented to the voters. (c) Where a minimum or maximum or both has or have been removed as authorized by this Code section, the amount of municipal or county funding for the recreation system of the municipality or county shall thereafter be determined by the governing body of the municipality or county in its discretion; and the municipal or county governing body shall assume budgetary control over the recreation fund and any moneys therein.
History
Code 1981, § 36-64-15, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 740, § 1/HB 1024.
CHAPTER 65 IMMUNITY FROM ANTITRUST LIABILITY Sec.
Statement of policy. Immunity of local governments from antitrust liability.
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - This chapter and Code Sections 36-65-1 and 36-65-2 were originally enacted as Chapter 19 of this title and Code Sections 36-19-1 [repealed] and 36-19-2, respectively, by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1337, § 1. The present chapter and Code section designations were made by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 36.
Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Antitrust,’’ see 44 Mercer L. Rev. 1047 (1993). For article, ‘‘President Trump’s Antitrust Division: An Essay on the Same Old, Same Old,’’ see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 671 (2019).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Immunity from federal antitrust liability. - City’s anticompetitive operation of a waterworks is protected from federal antitrust liability by the state action immunity doctrine under Parker v.
Brown, 317 U.S. 341, 63 S. Ct. 307, 87 L. Ed. 315 (1943), and its progeny. McCallum v. City of Athens, 976 F.2d 649 (11th Cir. 1992).