O.C.G.A. § 36-80-14 (2019)
Annual sinking fund for unbonded debt
Any county, municipality, or political subdivision of this state which incurs an indebtedness under Code Sections 36-80-10 through 36-80-13 and this Code section shall, on or before so doing, or annually thereafter, provide, without incurring further debt thereby, an annual sum sufficient in amount to pay the principal and interest of the debt within 30 years from the date of the incurring of the indebtedness.
History
Ga. L. 1904, p. 85, § 5; Civil Code 1910, § 467; Code 1933, § 87-605; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 36.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in American Sur. Co. v. City of Thomasville, 73 F.2d 584 (5th Cir. 1934). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 5, 323, 324. ALR. - Liability of officer for loss of sinking fund through failure of bank, 25 A.L.R. 1358. Constitutional provisions against impairment of obligations of contract as applied to sinking funds for retirement of
municipal or other public bonds, 115 A.L.R. 220. Existing sinking fund as a factor in determining whether indebtedness or proposed indebtedness of municipality or other political subdivision exceeds constitutional or statutory limit, 125 A.L.R. 1393.