O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 48-5-400 (2019)

Power of county governing authorities to levy and collect taxes for educational purposes

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

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The governing authority of each county may levy and collect taxes for educational purposes in such amounts as the county governing authority shall determine. Amounts collected from such levies shall be appropriated to the use of the county board of education and to the educational work directed by the county board of education.

History

Ga. L. 1922, p. 81, § 1; Code 1933, § 32-1127; Code 1933, § 91A-1701, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.

Annotations

Cross references. Free public education prior to college or

postsecondary level and support by taxation, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VIII, Sec. I, Para. I.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 71 Am. Jur. 2d, State and Local Taxation, § 35 et seq.

C.J.S. 78A C.J.S., Schools Districts, § 558 et seq.

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Bd. of Pub. Educ. v. Hair, 581 S.E.2d 28 (Ga. 2003).

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Bd. of Pub. Educ. v. Hair, 581 S.E.2d 28 (Ga. 2003). · cites it 2× “, OCGA §§ 48-5-400, 48-5-401, 48-5-404 (a).”

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