O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 36-80-13 (2019)

Authorization to incur unbonded debt following favorable vote

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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When the notice is given and the election is held in accordance with Code Section 36-80-12, if the requisite majority of the qualified voters of the county, municipality, or political subdivision voting at the election vote for incurring the debt, the authority to incur the debt in accordance with Article IX, Section V, Paragraph I or II of the Constitution of Georgia is given to the proper officers of the county, municipality, or political subdivision.

History

Ga. L. 1904, p. 85, § 3; Civil Code 1910, § 465; Code 1933, § 87-604; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 57.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Counties and municipalities may incur debts, including bank loans, if approved by a majority of qualified voters, as Ga. Const. 1976, Art. IX, Sec. VII, Para. I (see now Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. V,

Paras. I and II), amended the two-thirds vote requirement in the statute to require only a simple majority. 1977 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 77-51.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Inclusion in assessment for public improvement of amount to cover delinquencies as contrary to constitu-

tional guaranties, 40 A.L.R. 1352; 42 A.L.R. 1185.