O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 48-8-264.1 (2019)

Referendum timing

✓ 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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On and after July 1, 2022, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no referendum to impose a tax authorized by this part shall be held at any time other than:

(1) In odd-numbered years, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November; or

(2) In even-numbered years:

(A) On the date of and in conjunction with the presidential preference primary if one is held that year;

(B) On the date of the general primary; or

(C) On the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

History

Code 1981, § 48-8-264.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 256, § 4/HB 934.

Annotations

Cross references. Conduct of special primaries and special elections generally, § 21-2-540. Editor’s notes. In 2022, the Georgia General Assembly passed HB 907 and HB 934, both of which contained provisions relating to dates for special elections. HB 907, codified at § 21-2-540, was signed by the Governor on

February 15, 2022 (Act No. 310, Ga. L. 2022, p. 1). HB 934, codified at § 48-8-264.1, was signed by the Governor on May 2, 2022 (Act No. 752, Ga. L. 2022, p. 256). The effect of codifying both is unclear. Ga. L. 2022, p. 256, § 5/HB 934, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Act shall apply with respect to taxes imposed or to be imposed under resolutions or ordinances adopted on or after May 2, 2022.