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2018 Georgia Code 36-80-21 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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ARTICLE 3 ENFORCEMENT BOARDS CREATED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2003

36-80-21. Definitions; electronic transmission of budgets.

  1. As used in this Code section, the term:
    1. "Audit" means an annual report of the financial affairs and transactions of a county, municipality, or consolidated government as required by Code Section 36-81-7 and an annual report of a school district as required by rule and regulation of the State Board of Education.
    2. "Budget" means:
      1. A plan of financial operation embodying an estimate of proposed expenditures during a budget period and the proposed means of financing such expenditures for a county, municipality, or consolidated government as required by Article 1 of Chapter 81 of this title and such plans of financial operation for the general fund, each special revenue fund, each debt service fund, each internal service fund, each enterprise fund, and each fiduciary fund in use by such unit of local government as such funds are defined in Code Section 36-81-2; and
      2. A plan of financial operation of a school district as required by rule and regulation of the State Board of Education and Code Section 20-2-67.
    3. "Local government" means any local school board or a governing authority of a county or municipality having an annual budget in excess of $1 million.
    4. "Vinson Institute" means the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University of Georgia.
    5. "Website" means a website which shall be developed, operated, and maintained by the Vinson Institute that shall allow the public to review and analyze the information identified in subsections (c) and (d) of this Code section at no cost to the public or the local governments that post to the website.
  2. Each local government shall post the information required by this Code section to the website for each fiscal year beginning on and after January 1, 2011.
  3. As soon as a local government has adopted, by ordinance or resolution, a final budget for an upcoming fiscal year, a copy of the budget shall be electronically transmitted in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file to the Vinson Institute and posted on the website by the Vinson Institute as soon as practicable. In no event shall the PDF copy of the budget be transmitted to the Vinson Institute more than 30 calendar days following the adoption of the budget ordinance or resolution.
  4. After the close of a fiscal year, a copy of the audit of each local government shall be electronically transmitted in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file to the Vinson Institute and posted on the website by the Vinson Institute as soon as practicable. The PDF copy of the audit of a county, municipality, or consolidated government shall be transmitted to the Vinson Institute concurrent with submission of the audit to the state auditor as required by subsection (d) of Code Section 36-81-7. The audit of a school district shall be transmitted to the Vinson Institute concurrent with submission of the audit to the State Board of Education as required by rule and regulation of the State Board of Education.
  5. Concurrent with the submission of the annual report by local law enforcement agencies required by subsection (g) of Code Section 9-16-19, a copy of such report shall be electronically transmitted in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file to the Vinson Institute and posted on the website by the Vinson Institute as soon as practicable.
  6. The Vinson Institute shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, develop the website for use by local governments under this Code section and provide all necessary training for local government officials in its operation in order to allow local governments to upload the information required by this Code section on a timely basis at no cost to such local governments.

(Code 1981, §36-80-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 519, § 1/HB 122; Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 36/HB 142; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 36/SB 340; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 3-23/HB 233.)

Effective date.

- This Code section became effective July 1, 2010.

The 2011 amendment, effective May 13, 2011, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in subparagraph (a)(2)(A).

The 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "Code Section 20-2-67" for "paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-167" in subparagraph (a)(2)(B).

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted "subsection (g) of Code Section 9-16-19" for "division (u)(4)(D)(iii) of Code Section 16-13-49" in the middle of subsection (e). See Editor's notes for applicability.

Editor's notes.

- This Code section formerly pertained to ownership of privately constructed water or sewage system, exemptions, and termination of provisions. The former Code section was based on Code 1981, § 36-80-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 393, § 1/HB 471 and was repealed by Ga. L. 2007, p. 393, § 1/HB 471, effective January 1, 2009.

Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure."

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015).

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