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(Code 1981, §36-19-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1337, § 1; Code 1981, §36-65-2, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 36.)
- County's alleged anticompetitive conduct in enacting an ordinance authorizing the county to enter into a contract with a private enterprise for garbage collection was expressly contemplated by the Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act, O.C.G.A. § 12-8-20 et seq., and, thus, the county was immune from state and federal antitrust laws. Strykr v. Long County Bd. of Comm'rs, 277 Ga. 624, 593 S.E.2d 348 (2004).
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