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2018 Georgia Code 36-81-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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ARTICLE 1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS AND AUDITS

36-81-1. Legislative intent.

The intent of this article is to provide minimum budget, accounting, and auditing requirements for local governments so as to provide local taxpayers with an opportunity to gain information concerning the purposes for which local revenues are proposed to be spent and are actually spent and to assist local governments in generally improving local financial management practices while maintaining, preserving, and encouraging the principle of home rule over local matters. It is the further intent of this article to provide a mechanism through which appropriate information may be collected to assist state and local policy makers in carrying out their lawful responsibilities. It is also the intent of this article to provide for the collection and reporting of information so as to assist local taxpayers and local policy makers in understanding and evaluating local government service delivery and operations.

(Ga. L. 1980, p. 1738, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1575, § 1.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 36-81-1

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Eley v. Greene Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 372 S.E.2d 231 (Ga. 1988).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 6, 1988 | 258 Ga. 562

...om. The trial court denied the application, finding that the Board's method of publishing the monthly statement was within the commissioner's discretion. The trial court also found that section 3 D of The 1961 Act was repealed by implication by OCGA § 36-81-1 et seq....
...[1] Considering the facts that there was a reasonable alternative for information and slight funding for publication, the Board has published sufficient detail to comply with the local law. Finally, I agree with the trial court's finding that the 1961 local act was repealed by implication when the legislature enacted OGCA § 36-81-1 et seq. The purpose of OGCA § 36-81-1 et seq., is to provide consistency and uniformity among the counties concerning information about county budgets....