Georgia § 48-8-269 - 22. Creation of 159 special districts conterminous with geographical boundary of each county; applicability.
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§ 48-8-269. 22. Creation of 159 special districts conterminous with geographical boundary of each county; applicability.
Pursuant to the authority granted by Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VI of the Constitution of this state, 159 special districts are created within this state. The geographical boundary of each county shall correspond with and shall be conterminous with the geographical boundary of the 159 special districts created. The provisions of this part shall only be applicable to special districts in which: A tax is currently being levied and collected by a municipality that is specifically authorized to levy such tax pursuant to a local constitutional amendment for purposes of a metropolitan area system of public transportation set out at Ga. L. 1964, p. 1008, and the laws enacted pursuant to such local constitutional amendment; and Such municipality contains within its boundaries 15 percent or more of the geographic area of a metropolitan county special district. The territory of any municipality in this state meeting the qualifications contained in subsection (b) of this Code section shall be a metropolitan municipality special district, the geographic boundary of which shall be conterminous with the geographic boundary of such municipality. (Code 1981, § 48-8-269.22 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 105, § 2-1/SB 369; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 48/HB 323.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2016, this Code section, enacted as Code Section 48-8-269.994, was redesignated as Code Section 48-8-269.22.
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