06 LC 21
8672
House
Bill 1101
By:
Representative Holt of the
112th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 1 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the annexation of
territory, so as to provide that a municipal corporation may not annex property
located in a county in which less than 10 percent of such municipality lies
without the consent of the county governing authority; to provide an effective
date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
1 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to general provisions relative to the annexation of territory, is amended by
inserting at the end thereof a new Code section to read as follows:
∀36-36-12.
Any
other provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, a municipal
corporation may not annex to the existing corporate limits of such municipality,
by any method authorized pursuant to this chapter, any unincorporated area
located in a county in which less than 10 percent of the area included within
the existing corporate limits of such municipality lies without the consent of
the county governing
authority.∀
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.