ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA __________ 2012 __________ COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE Volume Three Index and Miscellaneous COMPILER'S NOTE General Acts and Resolutions of the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Georgia will be found in Volume One, Book One beginning at page 1. The Supplementary Appropriations Act for FY 2011- 2012 and the Appropriations Act for FY 2012-2013 will be found in the Volume One Appendix. These two Acts have been separately placed in the Appendix in order to maintain the special formatting and unique characteristics of the underlying bills. Local and Special Acts and Resolutions will be found in Volume Two beginning at page 3501. Home rule actions by counties and consolidated governments and by municipalities filed in the Office of the Secretary of State between June 1, 2011, and May 30, 2012, are printed in Volume Two beginning at pages 5687 and 5709, respectively. There are no numbered pages between page 1366, the last page of Volume One, Book Two, and page 3501, the first page of Volume Two. This allows both volumes to be prepared simultaneously. Because of the number of pages in the volumes, Volume One has been divided into two books plus an appendix, and Volume Two has been divided into two books. The only page numbers in the Volume One Appendix will be those appearing in the underlying bills. Indexes; lists of Acts, Bills, and Resolutions and their Georgia Laws page numbers; material related to courts; population charts; lists of members of the General Assembly; referendum results; the state auditor's report on funding of retirement bills; and the Governor's veto message are printed in Volume Three. Indexes cover material in both Volumes One and Two. The tabular indexes list matter by broad categories. The general index is a detailed alphabetical index by subject matter. When possible, general Acts have been indexed by reference to the titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated which they amend and the tabular index contains a list of Code sections which have been amended, enacted, or repealed. Each Act and Resolution is preceded by a caption written by the compilers of the Georgia Laws solely to assist the reader in quickly determining the subject matter of the Act or Resolution. This caption includes the Act number assigned by the Governor and the House or Senate Bill or Resolution number which it was given when it was introduced in the General Assembly. These captions are not part of the Act or Resolution when they are enacted or adopted by the General Assembly. Each Act or Resolution which was signed by the Governor is followed by the approval date on which it was signed by the Governor. GEORGIA LAWS 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME ONE Acts and Resolutions of General Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the State of Georgia . . . . . . . . . . 1363 Supplementary Appropriations Act for FY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix General Appropriations Act for FY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix VOLUME TWO Acts and Resolutions of Local Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 County and Consolidated Government Home Rule Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5687 Municipal Home Rule Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5709 VOLUME THREE Acts by Numbers-Page References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1A Bills and Resolutions-Act Number References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6A Index-Tabular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13A Index-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51A Population of Georgia Counties-Alphabetically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106A Population of Georgia Counties-Numerically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110A Population of Municipalities-Alphabetically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115A Population of Municipalities-Numerically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123A Population of Judicial Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131A Georgia Senate Districts, Alphabetically by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136A Georgia Senators, Numerically by District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138A Georgia House Districts, Alphabetically by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142A Georgia Representatives, Numerically by District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144A Status of Referendum Elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154A Vetoes by the Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385A State Auditor's Report on Funding of Retirement Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395A Legislative Services Committee and Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397A GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 1A ACTS BY NUMBERS, PAGE REFERENCES Act No. Page No. 259 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 260 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 261 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 262 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509 263 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3514 264 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3520 265 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3528 266 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3536 267 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3543 268 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3551 269 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3558 270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3564 271 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804 690 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 691 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 692 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 693 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 694 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818 695 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819 696 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 697 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 698 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 699 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 701 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859 702 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 6A PAGE REFERENCES Act No. Page No. 703 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863 704 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 705 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 706 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889 707 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890 708 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 709 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 710 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950 711 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954 712 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958 713 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 714 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976 715 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985 716 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 717 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989 718 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 719 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 720 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1026 721 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028 722 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030 723 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031 724 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032 725 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035 726 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1037 727 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 728 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 729 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055 730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1070 731 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1072 732 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1073 733 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1074 734 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1077 735 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079 736 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1080 737 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1081 738 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082 739 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089 Act No. Page No. 740 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1092 741 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1096 742 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098 743 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098 744 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 745 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1116 746 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 747 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1129 748 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1131 749 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1132 750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1133 751 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1134 752 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136 753 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1141 754 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1142 755 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 756 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1176 757 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177 758 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1178 759 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 760 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 761 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1363 762 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1364 763 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1284 764 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285 765 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 766 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1298 767 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309 768 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5682 769 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1329 770 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1330 771 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1339 772 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1342 773 . . . . . . . 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Appendix 776 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONSACT NUMBER REFERENCES House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 39 . . . . . . . . . 642 . . . . . . . . . 648 HB 46 . . . . . . . . . 643 . . . . . . . . . 651 HB 48 . . . . . . . . . 606 . . . . . . . . . 249 House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 93 . . . . . . . . . 596 . . . . . . . . . 163 HB 100 . . . . . . . . 609 . . . . . . . . . 318 HB 110 . . . . . . . . 644 . . . . . . . . . 656 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 7A House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 175 . . . . . . . . 645 . . . . . . . . . 660 HB 181 . . . VETOED HB 183 . . . . . . . . 646 . . . . . . . . . 663 HB 198 . . . . . . . . 604 . . . . . . . . . 216 HB 208 . . . . . . . . 647 . . . . . . . . . 667 HB 237 . . . . . . . . 648 . . . . . . . . . 668 HB 247 . . . . . . . . 580 . . . . . . . . . . 83 HB 250 . . . . . . . . 649 . . . . . . . . . 669 HB 253 . . . . . . . . 259 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 HB 297 . . . . . . . . 650 . . . . . . . . . 673 HB 332 . . . . . . . . 651 . . . . . . . . . 674 HB 337 . . . . . . . . 652 . . . . . . . . . 675 HB 347 . . . . . . . . 710 . . . . . . . . . 950 HB 351 . . . . . . . . 653 . . . . . . . . . 677 HB 386 . . . . . . . . 607 . . . . . . . . . 257 HB 397 . . . . . . . . 605 . . . . . . . . . 218 HB 398 . . . . . . . . 489 . . . . . . . . 4982 HB 409 . . . . . . . . 654 . . . . . . . . . 678 HB 434 . . . . . . . . 613 . . . . . . . . . 347 HB 456 . . . VETOED HB 463 . . . . . . . . 678 . . . . . . . . . 757 HB 472 . . . . . . . . 655 . . . . . . . . . 680 HB 477 . . . . . . . . 419 . . . . . . . . . . 37 HB 481 . . . . . . . . 490 . . . . . . . . 4988 HB 514 . . . . . . . . 656 . . . . . . . . . 682 HB 534 . . . . . . . . 657 . . . . . . . . . 683 HB 535 . . . . . . . . 658 . . . . . . . . . 684 HB 541 . . . . . . . . 636 . . . . . . . . . 623 HB 548 . . . . . . . . 659 . . . . . . . . . 685 HB 571 . . . . . . . . 491 . . . . . . . . 4993 HB 572 . . . . . . . . 492 . . . . . . . . 5017 HB 604 . . . . . . . . 493 . . . . . . . . 5019 HB 614 . . . . . . . . 494 . . . . . . . . 5033 HB 615 . . . . . . . . 495 . . . . . . . . 5036 HB 616 . . . . . . . . 496 . . . . . . . . 5039 HB 617 . . . . . . . . 497 . . . . . . . . 5043 HB 628 . . . . . . . . 323 . . . . . . . . 3904 HB 634 . . . . . . . . 660 . . . . . . . . . 687 HB 635 . . . . . . . . 661 . . . . . . . . 5637 HB 636 . . . . . . . . 601 . . . . . . . . 5527 HB 638 . . . . . . . . 324 . . . . . . . . 3906 HB 642 . . . . . . . . 630 . . . . . . . . . 446 HB 665 . . . . . . . . 599 . . . . . . . . . 173 HB 675 . . . . . . . . 276 . . . . . . . . . . 19 HB 683 . . . . . . . . 260 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 685 . . . . . . . . 765 . . . . . . . . 1290 HB 690 . . . . . . . . 262 . . . . . . . . 3509 HB 692 . . . . . . . . 589 . . . . . . . . . 111 HB 693 . . . . . . . . 325 . . . . . . . . 3911 HB 694 . . . . . . . . 263 . . . . . . . . 3514 HB 700 . . . . . . . . 326 . . . . . . . . 3918 HB 701 . . . . . . . . 264 . . . . . . . . 3520 HB 702 . . . . . . . . 265 . . . . . . . . 3528 HB 706 . . . . . . . . 619 . . . . . . . . . 358 HB 708 . . . . . . . . 266 . . . . . . . . 3536 HB 709 . . . . . . . . 267 . . . . . . . . 3543 HB 710 . . . . . . . . 268 . . . . . . . . 3551 HB 711 . . . . . . . . 586 . . . . . . . . . 105 HB 712 . . . . . . . . 278 . . . . . . . . 3602 HB 713 . . . . . . . . 662 . . . . . . . . . 689 HB 723 . . . . . . . . 269 . . . . . . . . 3558 HB 726 . . . . . . . . 279 . . . . . . . . 3607 HB 727 . . . . . . . . 280 . . . . . . . . 3613 HB 728 . . . . . . . . 663 . . . . . . . . . 692 HB 729 . . . . . . . . 664 . . . . . . . . . 694 HB 732 . . . . . . . . 594 . . . . . . . . . 155 HB 733 . . . . . . . . 600 . . . . . . . . . 200 HB 737 . . . . . . . . 327 . . . . . . . . 3920 HB 738 . . . . . . . . 328 . . . . . . . . 3928 HB 740 . . . . . . . . 270 . . . . . . . . 3564 HB 741 . . . . . . . . 406 . . . . . 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Appendix HB 743 . . . . . . . . 774 . . . . . . . . 1348 HB 744 . . . . . . . . 585 . . . . . . . . . . 97 HB 746 . . . . . . . . 665 . . . . . . . . . 698 HB 749 . . . . . . . . 281 . . . . . . . . 3619 HB 750 . . . . . . . . 282 . . . . . . . . 3623 HB 751 . . . . . . . . 498 . . . . . . . . 5046 HB 752 . . . . . . . . 271 . . . . . . . . 3573 HB 753 . . . . . . . . 272 . . . . . . . . 3579 HB 754 . . . . . . . . 273 . . . . . . . . 3585 HB 755 . . . . . . . . 274 . . . . . . . . 3591 HB 756 . . . . . . . . 329 . . . . . . . . 3936 HB 757 . . . . . . . . 275 . . . . . . . . 3596 HB 758 . . . . . . . . 283 . . . . . . . . 3627 HB 759 . . . . . . . . 284 . . . . . . . . 3636 HB 760 . . . . . . . . 602 . . . . . . . . . 202 HB 764 . . . . . . . . 285 . . . . . . . . 3646 HB 765 . . . . . . . . 286 . . . . . . . . 3653 HB 766 . . . . . . . . 666 . . . . . . . . . 699 8A PAGE REFERENCES House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 767 . . . . . . . . 287 . . . . . . . . 3659 HB 768 . . . . . . . . 288 . . . . . . . . 3664 HB 769 . . . . . . . . 667 . . . . . . . . . 700 HB 770 . . . . . . . . 289 . . . . . . . . 3668 HB 771 . . . . . . . . 290 . . . . . . . . 3677 HB 772 . . . . . . . . 365 . . . . . . . . 4148 HB 773 . . . . . . . . 366 . . . . . . . . 4157 HB 774 . . . . . . . . 330 . . . . . . . . 3941 HB 775 . . . . . . . . 331 . . . . . . . . 3948 HB 777 . . . . . . . . 291 . . . . . . . . 3683 HB 779 . . . . . . . . 292 . . . . . . . . 3688 HB 783 . . . . . . . . 293 . . . . . . . . 3694 HB 784 . . . . . . . . 294 . . . . . . . . 3703 HB 785 . . . . . . . . 614 . . . . . . . . . 348 HB 786 . . . . . . . . 668 . . . . . . . . . 701 HB 788 . . . . . . . . 332 . . . . . . . . 3955 HB 789 . . . . . . . . 333 . . . . . . . . 3963 HB 790 . . . . . . . . 367 . . . . . . . . 4167 HB 791 . . . . . . . . 368 . . . . . . . . 4176 HB 795 . . . . . . . . 669 . . . . . . . . . 726 HB 797 . . . . . . . . 766 . . . . . . . . 1298 HB 800 . . . . . . . . 533 . . . . . . . . . . 52 HB 803 . . . . . . . . 295 . . . . . . . . 3710 HB 805 . . . . . . . . 629 . . . . . . . . . 413 HB 808 . . . . . . . . 587 . . . . . . . . . 108 HB 812 . . . . . . . . 296 . . . . . . . . 3717 HB 813 . . . . . . . . 297 . . . . . . . . 3725 HB 815 . . . . . . . . 316 . . . . . . . . 3837 HB 817 . . . . . . . . 773 . . . . . . . . 1343 HB 822 . . . . . . . . 591 . . . . . . . . . 127 HB 823 . . . . . . . . 499 . . . . . . . . 5048 HB 824 . . . . . . . . 620 . . . . . . . . . 367 HB 827 . . . . . . . . 670 . . . . . . . . . 729 HB 829 . . . . . . . . 277 . . . . . . . . . . 21 HB 832 . . . . . . . . 671 . . . . . . . . . 731 HB 833 . . . . . . . . 298 . . . . . . . . 3729 HB 835 . . . . . . . . 672 . . . . . . . . . 732 HB 838 . . . . . . . . 410 . . . . . . . . 4451 HB 839 . . . . . . . . 440 . . . . . . . . 4621 HB 840 . . . . . . . . 299 . . . . . . . . 3735 HB 841 . . . . . . . . 300 . . . . . . . . 3741 HB 842 . . . . . . . . 411 . . . . . . . . 4458 HB 845 . . . . . . . . 673 . . . . . . . . . 734 HB 846 . . . . . . . . 674 . . . . . . . . . 735 HB 847 . . . . . . . . 301 . . . . . . . . 3747 House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 848 . . . . . . . . 302 . . . . . . . . 3754 HB 851 . . . . . . . . 675 . . . . . . . . . 738 HB 860 . . . . . . . . 334 . . . . . . . . 3970 HB 861 . . . . . . . . 583 . . . . . . . . . . 91 HB 863 . . . . . . . . 679 . . . . . . . . . 760 HB 865 . . . . . . . . 632 . . . . . . . . . 580 HB 868 . . . . . . . . 767 . . . . . . . . 1309 HB 869 . . . . . . . . 676 . . . . . . . . . 739 HB 872 . . . . . . . . 590 . . . . . . . . . 112 HB 877 . . . . . . . . 422 . . . . . . . . 4512 HB 879 . . . . . . . . 581 . . . . . . . . . . 86 HB 882 . . . . . . . . 303 . . . . . . . . 3763 HB 883 . . . . . . . . 304 . . . . . . . . 3768 HB 885 . . . . . . . . 305 . . . . . . . . 3773 HB 886 . . . . . . . . 615 . . . . . . . . . 349 HB 892 . . . . . . . . 306 . . . . . . . . 3780 HB 895 . . . . . . . . 715 . . . . . . . . . 985 HB 897 . . . . . . . . 677 . . . . . . . . . 754 HB 898 . . . . . . . . 435 . . . . . . . . . . 43 HB 900 . . . . . . . . 584 . . . . . . . . . . 96 HB 902 . . . . . . . . 307 . . . . . . . . 3789 HB 903 . . . . . . . . 500 . . . . . . . . 5050 HB 904 . . . . . . . . 501 . . . . . . . . 5055 HB 906 . . . . . . . . 308 . . . . . . . . 3793 HB 907 . . . . . . . . 335 . . . . . . . . 3981 HB 908 . . . . . . . . 309 . . . . . . . . 3799 HB 909 . . . . . . . . 336 . . . . . . . . 3985 HB 910 . . . . . . . . 310 . . . . . . . . 3803 HB 911 . . . VETOED HB 912 . . . . . . . . 337 . . . . . . . . 3991 HB 913 . . . . . . . . 338 . . . . . . . . 3996 HB 916 . . . . . . . . 680 . . . . . . . . . 763 HB 921 . . . . . . . . 311 . . . . . . . . 3809 HB 922 . . . . . . . . 339 . . . . . . . . 4001 HB 925 . . . . . . . . 312 . . . . . . . . 3815 HB 926 . . . . . . . . 313 . . . . . . . . 3820 HB 927 . . . . . . . . 314 . . . . . . . . 3828 HB 928 . . . . . . . . 681 . . . . . . . . . 769 HB 929 . . . . . . . . 502 . . . . . . . . . . 51 HB 930 . . . . . . . . 682 . . . . . . . . . 773 HB 932 . . . . . . . . 683 . . . . . . . . . 774 HB 933 . . . . . . . . 637 . . . . . . . . . 625 HB 941 . . . . . . . . 369 . . . . . . . . 4185 HB 942 . . . . . . . . 684 . . . . . . . . . 775 HB 944 . . . . . . . . 685 . . . . . . . . . 794 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 9A House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 945 . . . . . . . . 686 . . . . . . . . . 795 HB 947 . . . . . . . . 340 . . . . . . . . 4007 HB 954 . . . . . . . . 631 . . . . . . . . . 575 HB 957 . . . . . . . . 370 . . . . . . . . 4196 HB 958 . . . . . . . . 412 . . . . . . . . 4464 HB 959 . . . . . . . . 341 . . . . . . . . 4012 HB 962 . . . . . . . . 423 . . . . . . . . 4527 HB 963 . . . . . . . . 467 . . . . . . . . 4799 HB 965 . . . . . . . . 687 . . . . . . . . . 796 HB 969 . . . . . . . . 342 . . . . . . . . 4019 HB 970 . . . . . . . . 343 . . . . . . . . 4024 HB 971 . . . . . . . . 688 . . . . . . . . . 801 HB 973 . . . . . . . . 371 . . . . . . . . 4199 HB 975 . . . VETOED HB 976 . . . . . . . . 344 . . . . . . . . 4029 HB 977 . . . . . . . . 345 . . . . . . . . 4037 HB 978 . . . . . . . . 436 . . . . . . . . 4590 HB 979 . . . . . . . . 346 . . . . . . . . 4044 HB 980 . . . . . . . . 347 . . . . . . . . 4050 HB 985 . . . . . . . . 689 . . . . . . . . . 804 HB 987 . . . . . . . . 690 . . . . . . . . . 809 HB 990 . . . . . . . . 691 . . . . . . . . . 810 HB 991 . . . . . . . . 692 . . . . . . . . . 815 HB 997 . . . . . . . . 582 . . . . . . . . . . 90 HB 998 . . . . . . . . 441 . . . . . . . . 4628 HB 999 . . . . . . . . 468 . . . . . . . . 4806 HB 1000 . . . . . . . 348 . . . . . . . . 4058 HB 1001 . . . . . . . 349 . . . . . . . . 4064 HB 1002 . . . . . . . 372 . . . . . . . . 4206 HB 1003 . . . . . . . 373 . . . . . . . . 4212 HB 1004 . . . . . . . 413 . . . . . . . . 4471 HB 1005 . . . . . . . 374 . . . . . . . . 4219 HB 1006 . . . . . . . 424 . . . . . . . . 4532 HB 1007 . . . . . . . 375 . . . . . . . . 4228 HB 1008 . . . . . . . 376 . . . . . . . . 4238 HB 1009 . . . . . . . 350 . . . . . . . . 4070 HB 1010 . . . . . . . 351 . . . . . . . . 4074 HB 1011 . . . . . . . 377 . . . . . . . . 4248 HB 1012 . . . . . . . 378 . . . . . . . . 4258 HB 1013 . . . . . . . 379 . . . . . . . . 4262 HB 1015 . . . . . . . 425 . . . . . . . . 4535 HB 1016 . . . . . . . 352 . . . . . . . . 4078 HB 1017 . . . . . . . 353 . . . . . . . . 4082 HB 1018 . . . . . . . 380 . . . . . . . . 4268 HB 1019 . . . . . . . 503 . . . . . . . . 5057 House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 1020 . . . . . . . 354 . . . . . . . . 4087 HB 1021 . . . . . . . 355 . . . . . . . . 4093 HB 1022 . . . . . . . 381 . . . . . . . . 4275 HB 1023 . . . . . . . 442 . . . . . . . . 4640 HB 1024 . . . . . . . 693 . . . . . . . . . 817 HB 1025 . . . . . . . 504 . . . . . . . . 5059 HB 1026 . . . . . . . 694 . . . . . . . . . 818 HB 1027 . . . . . . . 714 . . . . . . . . . 976 HB 1028 . . . . . . . 382 . . . . . . . . 4286 HB 1029 . . . . . . . 356 . . . . . . . . 4098 HB 1031 . . . . . . . 505 . . . . . . . . 5064 HB 1037 . . . . . . . 357 . . . . . . . . 4106 HB 1038 . . . . . . . 358 . . . . . . . . 4112 HB 1039 . . . . . . . 359 . . . . . . . . 4118 HB 1040 . . . . . . . 360 . . . . . . . . 4123 HB 1041 . . . . . . . 469 . . . . . . . . 4818 HB 1048 . . . . . . . 695 . . . . . . . . . 819 HB 1049 . . . . . . . 696 . . . . . . . . . 820 HB 1051 . . VETOED HB 1057 . . . . . . . 426 . . . . . . . . 4541 HB 1059 . . . . . . . 361 . . . . . . . . 4127 HB 1060 . . . . . . . 362 . . . . . . . . 4133 HB 1063 . . . . . . . 506 . . . . . . . . 5065 HB 1066 . . . . . . . 697 . . . . . . . . . 827 HB 1067 . . . . . . . 776 . . . . . . . . 1350 HB 1070 . . . . . . . 507 . . . . . . . . 5067 HB 1071 . . . . . . . 698 . . . . . . . . . 831 HB 1074 . . . . . . . 383 . . . . . . . . 4295 HB 1075 . . . . . . . 384 . . . . . . . . 4300 HB 1076 . . . . . . . 385 . . . . . . . . 4305 HB 1077 . . . . . . . 386 . . . . . . . . 4310 HB 1082 . . . . . . . 574 . . . . . . . . 5495 HB 1083 . . . . . . . 387 . . . . . . . . 4314 HB 1084 . . . . . . . 388 . . . . . . . . 4321 HB 1087 . . . . . . . 389 . . . . . . . . 4327 HB 1088 . . . . . . . 390 . . . . . . . . 4333 HB 1089 . . . . . . . 616 . . . . . . . . . 351 HB 1091 . . . . . . . 508 . . . . . . . . 5071 HB 1092 . . . . . . . 509 . . . . . . . . 5074 HB 1093 . . . . . . . 595 . . . . . . . . . 162 HB 1095 . . . . . . . 391 . . . . . . . . 4340 HB 1096 . . . . . . . 392 . . . . . . . . 4346 HB 1097 . . . . . . . 510 . . . . . . . . 5081 HB 1098 . . . . . . . 393 . . . . . . . . 4352 HB 1099 . . . . . . . 394 . . . . . . . . 4358 10A PAGE REFERENCES House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 1100 . . . . . . . 511 . . . . . . . . 5097 HB 1101 . . . . . . . 414 . . . . . . . . 4480 HB 1102 . . . . . . . 699 . . . . . . . . . 843 HB 1106 . . . . . . . 395 . . . . . . . . 4365 HB 1107 . . . . . . . 396 . . . . . . . . 4373 HB 1108 . . . . . . . 397 . . . . . . . . 4381 HB 1109 . . . . . . . 398 . . . . . . . . 4388 HB 1110 . . . . . . . 617 . . . . . . . . . 351 HB 1111 . . . . . . . 399 . . . . . . . . 4395 HB 1112 . . . . . . . 400 . . . . . . . . 4400 HB 1114 . . . . . . . 639 . . . . . . . . . 637 HB 1115 . . . . . . . 700 . . . . . . . . . 847 HB 1117 . . VETOED HB 1118 . . . . . . . 512 . . . . . . . . 5099 HB 1119 . . . . . . . 575 . . . . . . . . 5497 HB 1120 . . . . . . . 576 . . . . . . . . 5499 HB 1121 . . . . . . . 577 . . . . . . . . 5501 HB 1122 . . . . . . . 513 . . . . . . . . 5132 HB 1126 . . . . . . . 401 . . . . . . . . 4405 HB 1127 . . . . . . . 402 . . . . . . . . 4411 HB 1129 . . . . . . . 514 . . . . . . . . 5145 HB 1131 . . . . . . . 443 . . . . . . . . 4648 HB 1132 . . . . . . . 640 . . . . . . . . . 640 HB 1142 . . . . . . . 515 . . . . . . . . 5149 HB 1144 . . . . . . . 403 . . . . . . . . 4416 HB 1145 . . . . . . . 404 . . . . . . . . 4422 HB 1146 . . . . . . . 608 . . . . . . . . . 303 HB 1148 . . . . . . . 516 . . . . . . . . 5151 HB 1150 . . . . . . . 427 . . . . . . . . 4548 HB 1151 . . . . . . . 428 . . . . . . . . 4554 HB 1154 . . . . . . . 517 . . . . . . . . 5153 HB 1158 . . . . . . . 405 . . . . . . . . 4428 HB 1166 . . . . . . . 634 . . . . . . . . . 617 HB 1167 . . . . . . . 518 . . . . . . . . 5155 HB 1171 . . . . . . . 625 . . . . . . . . 5595 HB 1172 . . . . . . . 415 . . . . . . . . 4486 HB 1176 . . . . . . . 709 . . . . . . . . . 899 HB 1177 . . . . . . . 519 . . . . . . . . 5157 HB 1178 . . . . . . . 701 . . . . . . . . . 859 HB 1179 . . . . . . . 429 . . . . . . . . 4561 HB 1180 . . . . . . . 430 . . . . . . . . 4565 HB 1183 . . . . . . . 416 . . . . . . . . 4489 HB 1184 . . . . . . . 520 . . . . . . . . 5159 HB 1185 . . . . . . . 521 . . . . . . . . 5162 HB 1187 . . . . . . . 418 . . . . . . . . 4502 House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 1188 . . . . . . . 522 . . . . . . . . 5194 HB 1191 . . . . . . . 523 . . . . . . . . 5199 HB 1193 . . . . . . . 524 . . . . . . . . 5201 HB 1195 . . . . . . . 525 . . . . . . . . 5203 HB 1196 . . . . . . . 431 . . . . . . . . 4569 HB 1198 . . . . . . . 702 . . . . . . . . . 860 HB 1202 . . . . . . . 417 . . . . . . . . 4495 HB 1203 . . . . . . . 526 . . . . . . . . 5205 HB 1204 . . . . . . . 527 . . . . . . . . 5206 HB 1205 . . . . . . . 528 . . . . . . . . 5213 HB 1206 . . . . . . . 529 . . . . . . . . 5216 HB 1208 . . . . . . . 622 . . . . . . . . 5570 HB 1213 . . . . . . . 530 . . . . . . . . 5218 HB 1215 . . . . . . . 432 . . . . . . . . 4575 HB 1216 . . . . . . . 531 . . . . . . . . 5220 HB 1217 . . . . . . . 532 . . . . . . . . 5221 HB 1218 . . . . . . . 471 . . . . . . . . 4832 HB 1219 . . . . . . . 472 . . . . . . . . 4836 HB 1225 . . . . . . . 473 . . . . . . . . 4838 HB 1226 . . . . . . . 474 . . . . . . . . 4840 HB 1227 . . . . . . . 475 . . . . . . . . 4870 HB 1230 . . . . . . . 476 . . . . . . . . 4915 HB 1231 . . . . . . . 433 . . . . . . . . 4577 HB 1232 . . . . . . . 623 . . . . . . . . 5585 HB 1236 . . . . . . . 477 . . . . . . . . 4917 HB 1238 . . . . . . . 478 . . . . . . . . 4920 HB 1239 . . . . . . . 444 . . . . . . . . 4654 HB 1240 . . . . . . . 445 . . . . . . . . 4661 HB 1242 . . . . . . . 437 . . . . . . . . 4597 HB 1243 . . . . . . . 479 . . . . . . . . 4922 HB 1244 . . . . . . . 480 . . . . . . . . 4925 HB 1245 . . . . . . . 481 . . . . . . . . 4929 HB 1248 . . . . . . . 482 . . . . . . . . 4931 HB 1249 . . . . . . . 483 . . . . . . . . 4934 HB 1250 . . . . . . . 484 . . . . . . . . 4967 HB 1251 . . . . . . . 485 . . . . . . . . 4970 HB 1252 . . . . . . . 768 . . . . . . . . 5682 HB 1253 . . . . . . . 446 . . . . . . . . 4668 HB 1254 . . . . . . . 447 . . . . . . . . 4672 HB 1255 . . . . . . . 486 . . . . . . . . 4972 HB 1256 . . . . . . . 487 . . . . . . . . 4974 HB 1257 . . . . . . . 488 . . . . . . . . 4979 HB 1259 . . . . . . . 535 . . . . . . . . 5224 HB 1261 . . . . . . . 536 . . . . . . . . 5255 HB 1262 . . . . . . . 448 . . . . . . . . 4676 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 11A House Bill Act No. Page No. HB 1263 . . . . . . . 449 . . . . . . . . 4680 HB 1264 . . . . . . . 450 . . . . . . . . 4684 HB 1265 . . . . . . . 537 . . . . . . . . 5270 HB 1266 . . . . . . . 538 . . . . . . . . 5282 HB 1267 . . . . . . . 539 . . . . . . . . 5284 HB 1268 . . . . . . . 451 . . . . . . . . 4691 HB 1269 . . . . . . . 452 . . . . . . . . 4696 HB 1270 . . . . . . . 453 . . . . . . . . 4701 HB 1271 . . . . . . . 540 . . . . . . . . 5287 HB 1272 . . . . . . . 578 . . . . . . . . 5503 HB 1273 . . . . . . . 454 . . . . . . . . 4707 HB 1275 . . . . . . . 541 . . . . . . . . 5296 HB 1276 . . . . . . . 542 . . . . . . . . 5301 HB 1277 . . . . . . . 455 . . . . . . . . 4713 HB 1278 . . . . . . . 543 . . . . . . . . 5331 HB 1279 . . . . . . . 544 . . . . . . . . 5333 HB 1280 . . . . . . . 545 . . . . . . . . 5335 HB 1281 . . . . . . . 546 . . . . . . . . 5337 HB 1282 . . . . . . . 547 . . . . . . . . 5340 HB 1283 . . . . . . . 548 . . . . . . . . 5342 HB 1284 . . . . . . . 470 . . . . . . . . 4827 HB 1285 . . . . . . . 456 . . . . . . . . 4717 HB 1286 . . . . . . . 457 . . . . . . . . 4722 HB 1287 . . . . . . . 458 . . . . . . . . 4728 HB 1288 . . . . . . . 549 . . . . . . . . 5344 HB 1289 . . . . . . . 592 . . . . . . . . 5507 HB 1290 . . . . . . . 593 . . . . . . . . 5509 HB 1291 . . . . . . . 550 . . . . . . . . 5359 HB 1294 . . . . . . . 551 . . . . . . . . 5384 HB 1295 . . . . . . . 459 . . . . . . . . 4734 HB 1296 . . . . . . . 552 . . . . . . . . 5386 HB 1297 . . . . . . . 553 . . . . . . . . 5388 HB 1299 . . . . . . . 554 . . . . . . . . 5391 HB 1300 . . . . . . . 624 . . . . . . . . 5588 HB 1304 . . . . . . . 555 . . . . . . . . 5393 House Resolution Act No. Page No. HR 1103 . . . . . . . 407 . . . . . . . . . . 36 HR 1161 . . . . . . . 769 . . . . . . . . 1329 HR 1162 . . . . . . . 762 . . . . . . . . 1364 HR 1177 . . . . . . . 703 . . . . . . . . . 863 HR 1376 . . . . . . . 759 . . . . . . . . 1180 Senate Bill Act No. Page No. SB 33 . . . . . . . . . 716 . . . . . . . . . 987 SB 37 . . . . . . . . . 717 . . . . . . . . . 989 SB 38 . . . . VETOED SB 50 . . . . . . . . . 718 . . . . . . . . . 993 SB 92 . . . . . . . . . 719 . . . . . . . . . 995 SB 101 . . . . . . . . 720 . . . . . . . . 1026 SB 113 . . . . . . . . 556 . . . . . . . . . . 59 SB 114 . . . . . . . . 721 . . . . . . . . 1028 SB 117 . . . . . . . . 722 . . . . . . . . 1030 SB 136 . . . . . . . . 723 . . . . . . . . 1031 SB 143 . . . . . . . . 724 . . . . . . . . 1032 SB 153 . . . . . . . . 707 . . . . . . . . . 890 SB 181 . . . . . . . . 725 . . . . . . . . 1035 SB 183 . . . . . . . . 610 . . . . . . . . . 336 SB 184 . . . . . . . . 726 . . . . . . . . 1037 SB 203 . . . . . . . . 727 . . . . . . . . 1040 SB 227 . . . . . . . . 627 . . . . . . . . . 377 SB 231 . . . . . . . . 598 . . . . . . . . . 172 SB 236 . . . . . . . . 579 . . . . . . . . . . 72 SB 246 . . . . . . . . 763 . . . . . . . . 1284 SB 268 . . . . . . . . 557 . . . . . . . . 5398 SB 284 . . . . . . . . 729 . . . . . . . . 1055 SB 286 . . . . . . . . 728 . . . . . . . . 1051 SB 289 . . . . . . . . 708 . . . . . . . . . 893 SB 293 . . . . . . . . 730 . . . . . . . . 1070 SB 300 . . . . . . . . 731 . . . . . . . . 1072 SB 302 . . . . . . . . 732 . . . . . . . . 1073 SB 303 . . . . . . . . 408 . . . . . . . . 4435 SB 304 . . . . . . . . 438 . . . . . . . . 4604 SB 306 . . . . . . . . 261 . . . . . . . . 3501 SB 309 . . . . . . . . 706 . . . . . . . . . 889 SB 317 . . . . . . . . 320 . . . . . . . . 3874 SB 318 . . . . . . . . 321 . . . . . . . . 3884 SB 319 . . . . . . . . 733 . . . . . . . . 1074 SB 324 . . . . . . . . 633 . . . . . . . . . 616 SB 331 . . . . . . . . 734 . . . . . . . . 1077 SB 332 . . . . . . . . 711 . . . . . . . . . 954 SB 333 . . . . . . . . 735 . . . . . . . . 1079 SB 337 . . . . . . . . 736 . . . . . . . . 1080 SB 338 . . . . . . . . 737 . . . . . . . . 1081 SB 339 . . . . . . . . 738 . . . . . . . . 1082 SB 343 . . . . . . . . 739 . . . . . . . . 1089 SB 346 . . . . . . . . 740 . . . . . . . . 1092 12A PAGE REFERENCES Senate Bill Act No. Page No. SB 350 . . . . . . . . 764 . . . . . . . . 1285 SB 351 . . . . . . . . 741 . . . . . . . . 1096 SB 352 . . . . . . . . 534 . . . . . . . . . . 53 SB 354 . . . . . . . . 460 . . . . . . . . 4738 SB 356 . . . . . . . . 597 . . . . . . . . . 166 SB 357 . . . . . . . . 742 . . . . . . . . 1098 SB 358 . . . . . . . . 743 . . . . . . . . 1098 SB 361 . . . . . . . . 611 . . . . . . . . . 337 SB 363 . . . . . . . . 317 . . . . . . . . 3852 SB 365 . . . . . . . . 744 . . . . . . . . 1099 SB 366 . . . . . . . . 771 . . . . . . . . 1339 SB 367 . . . . . . . . 745 . . . . . . . . 1116 SB 370 . . . . . . . . 434 . . . . . . . . . . 40 SB 371 . . . . . . . . 772 . . . . . . . . 1342 SB 372 . . . . . . . . 704 . . . . . . . . . 881 SB 382 . . . . . . . . 641 . . . . . . . . . 642 SB 383 . . . . . . . . 713 . . . . . . . . . 961 SB 385 . . . . . . . . 746 . . . . . . . . 1117 SB 388 . . . . . . . . 318 . . . . . . . . 3860 SB 389 . . . . . . . . 319 . . . . . . . . 3867 SB 390 . . . . . . . . 747 . . . . . . . . 1129 SB 392 . . . . . . . . 315 . . . . . . . . 3832 SB 393 . . . . . . . . 461 . . . . . . . . 4747 SB 394 . . . . . . . . 363 . . . . . . . . 4138 SB 396 . . . . . . . . 626 . . . . . . . . . 375 SB 397 . . . . . . . . 322 . . . . . . . . 3894 SB 402 . . . . . . . . 603 . . . . . . . . . 211 SB 403 . . . . . . . . 621 . . . . . . . . . 372 SB 404 . . . . . . . . 618 . . . . . . . . . 355 SB 405 . . . . . . . . 748 . . . . . . . . 1131 SB 407 . . . . . . . . 749 . . . . . . . . 1132 SB 410 . . . . . . . . 612 . . . . . . . . . 341 SB 412 . . . . . . . . 750 . . . . . . . . 1133 SB 413 . . . . . . . . 558 . . . . . . . . 5400 SB 414 . . . . . . . . 705 . . . . . . . . . 884 SB 416 . . . . . . . . 751 . . . . . . . . 1134 SB 427 . . . . . . . . 635 . . . . . . . . . 622 SB 428 . . . . . . . . 638 . . . . . . . . . 636 SB 430 . . . . . . . . 568 . . . . . . . . . . 62 SB 431 . . . . . . . . 752 . . . . . . . . 1136 Senate Bill Act No. Page No. SB 432 . . . . . . . . 753 . . . . . . . . 1141 SB 433 . . . . . . . . 420 . . . . . . . . 4507 SB 435 . . . . . . . . 364 . . . . . . . . 4143 SB 436 . . . . . . . . 559 . . . . . . . . 5402 SB 441 . . . . . . . . 754 . . . . . . . . 1142 SB 446 . . . . . . . . 755 . . . . . . . . 1144 SB 462 . . . . . . . . 569 . . . . . . . . 5484 SB 464 . . . . . . . . 712 . . . . . . . . . 958 SB 470 . . . VETOED SB 473 . . . . . . . . 588 . . . . . . . . . 110 SB 477 . . . . . . . . 421 . . . . . . . . 4509 SB 480 . . . . . . . . 462 . . . . . . . . 4758 SB 481 . . . . . . . . 463 . . . . . . . . 4770 SB 483 . . . . . . . . 756 . . . . . . . . 1176 SB 489 . . . . . . . . 757 . . . . . . . . 1177 SB 492 . . . . . . . . 758 . . . . . . . . 1178 SB 494 . . . . . . . . 409 . . . . . . . . 4441 SB 495 . . . . . . . . 560 . . . . . . . . 5404 SB 514 . . . . . . . . 561 . . . . . . . . 5406 SB 515 . . . . . . . . 570 . . . . . . . . 5487 SB 518 . . . . . . . . 439 . . . . . . . . 4610 SB 519 . . . . . . . . 464 . . . . . . . . 4782 SB 520 . . . . . . . . 562 . . . . . . . . 5409 SB 523 . . . . . . . . 571 . . . . . . . . 5490 SB 525 . . . . . . . . 563 . . . . . . . . 5415 SB 527 . . . . . . . . 465 . . . . . . . . 4788 SB 528 . . . . . . . . 466 . . . . . . . . 4793 SB 529 . . . . . . . . 572 . . . . . . . . 5492 SB 530 . . . . . . . . 564 . . . . . . . . 5419 SB 532 . . . . . . . . 573 . . . . . . . . 5494 SB 533 . . . . . . . . 565 . . . . . . . . 5450 SB 534 . . . . . . . . 566 . . . . . . . . 5452 SB 537 . . . . . . . . 567 . . . . . . . . 5479 Senate Resolution Act No. Page No. SR 84 . . . . . . . . . 761 . . . . . . . . 1363 SR 765 . . . . . . . . 770 . . . . . . . . 1330 SR 843 . . . . . . . . 628 . . . . . . . . . 394 SR 873 . . . . . . . . 760 . . . . . . . . 1231 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 13A TABULAR INDEX PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION Charter schools; authority of General Assembly to establish state-wide education policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1364 State entities; multiyear rental agreement procedures, conditions, and limitations amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1363 OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED Code Section 1-3-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 1-4-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 2-1-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 2-2-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 2-2-9.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 Code Section 2-2-9.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1116 Code Section 2-11-52; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1129 Code Section 2-11-73; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1129 Code Title 2, Chapter 14, Article 5, Part 2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098 Code Section 2-14-100; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098 Code Sections 2-14-101 through 2-14-113; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098 Code Section 2-14-132.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731 Code Section 3-1-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 Code Section 3-2-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 Code Section 3-4-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 Code Section 3-4-24; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028 Code Section 3-4-24.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028 Code Section 3-4-111; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 Code Section 3-4-111.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 Code Title 3, Chapter 4, Article 8; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 Code Section 3-4-180; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 Code Section 3-5-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 Code Section 3-5-36; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 Code Section 3-6-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 Code Title 3, Chapter 14; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 Code Section 3-14-1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 Code Section 4-8-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 Code Section 4-8-1.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 Code Section 4-8-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 Code Section 4-8-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 Code Title 4, Chapter 20, Article 2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 Code Sections 4-8-20 through 4-8-30; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 Code Sections 4-8-31 through 4-8-33; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 Code Title 4, Chapter 20, Article 3; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 Code Sections 4-8-40 through 4-8-45; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 14A INDEX Code Section 5-5-41; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 5-6-34; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 5-7-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 5-7-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 6-3-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1342 Code Section 6-5-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082 Code Section 7-1-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 7-1-35; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 7-1-285; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Code Section 7-1-415; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 Code Section 7-1-460; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 Code Section 7-1-1001; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 7-1-1003.5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Title 7, Chapter 9; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Code Sections 7-9-1 through 7-9-13; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Code Section 8-2-25; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 8-2-31; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Title 8, Chapter 2, Article 1; Part 6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Sections 8-2-100 through 8-2-102; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 8-2-104; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Sections 8-2-107 through 8-2-109.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Title 9, Chapter 9, Article 1, Part 2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 Code Sections 9-9-20 through 9-9-29; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 Code Sections 9-9-30 through 9-9-43; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 Code Sections 9-9-44 through 9-9-59; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 Code Section 9-11-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819 Code Section 9-11-29.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 9-12-81; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 10-1-202.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Title 10, Chapter 1, Article 14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 10-1-350; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Sections 10-1-351 and 10-1-352; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Sections 10-1-351 through 10-1-356; redesignated as Code Sections 10-1-353 through 10-1-359 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 10-1-357; redesignated as Code Section 10-1-361 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 10-1-358; redesignated as Code Section 10-1-363 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 10-1-360; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 10-1-360.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 10-1-361 (formerly 10-1-357); enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 10-1-362; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 10-1-363 (formerly 10-1-358); enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 10-1-393; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136 Code Section 10-1-393.13; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 Code Sections 10-14-3 through 10-14-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Code Section 10-14-5.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Code Section 10-14-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 15A Code Section 10-14-7.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Code Section 10-14-17; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Code Section 10-14-18; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Code Section 12-2-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 Code Section 12-2-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 12-2-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 12-2-11; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082 Code Section 12-3-10; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1074 Code Section 12-3-444; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 12-3-536; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 12-4-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 12-5-31; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 12-5-179; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 Code Section 12-5-282; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1074 Code Section 12-5-288; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1074 Code Section 12-5-546; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 12-5-582; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 12-6-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 12-6-25; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082 Code Title 12, Chapter 6, Article 1, Part 5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Code Section 12-6-130; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Code Sections 12-6-131 through 12-6-139; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Code Section 12-6-224; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 12-6-230; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 12-6-232; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 12-7-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 12-8-22; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 12-8-39; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 12-8-41; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 Code Section 12-8-202; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 Code Section 12-8-208; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 Code Section 12-11-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 12-15-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 13-1-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035 Code Section 13-8-53; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 14-4-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 15-1-10; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-1-15; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 15-1-16; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 15-5-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 15-6-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Code Section 15-6-18; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 Code Section 15-6-27; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 15-6-30; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 15-6-51; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-53; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 16A INDEX Code Section 15-6-54; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-55; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-56; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-57; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-58; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-59; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-61; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-62; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-66; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-67; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-68; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-73; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-74; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-77; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Code Section 15-6-77; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819 Code Section 15-6-79; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-80; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-82; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-86; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-87; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-87.1; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-88; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 15-6-88.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-89; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-90; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-91; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-92; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-93; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-6-95; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 Code Section 15-6-97; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Code Section 15-6-98; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Code Section 15-6-100; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-9-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Code Section 15-9-36; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Code Section 15-9-63; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 15-9-63.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 15-9-120; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Code Section 15-10-23; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 15-10-87; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-10-260; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 15-10-262; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 15-11-24.3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 15-11-30.3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 15-11-63; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 15-11-66; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1339 Code Section 15-11-83; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 17A Code Section 15-12-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 15-12-23; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 15-12-40; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-12-40.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-12-60; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-13-33; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-13-36; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-16-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-16-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 Code Section 15-16-10; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 15-16-10; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-16-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-16-13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818 Code Section 15-16-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 15-16-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 15-18-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Code Section 15-18-19; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 15-18-43; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 15-18-66; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 15-18-66; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Code Section 15-18-70.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Code Section 15-18-80; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Title 15, Chapter 18, Article 5; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Code Sections 15-18-90 through 15-18-99; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Code Title 15, Chapter 21, Article 6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Sections 15-21-100 and 15-21-101; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 15-21-143; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 16-1-12; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035 Code Section 16-5-5; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Code Section 16-7-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 16-8-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 16-8-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 16-8-14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 16-8-17; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 16-8-21; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Code Section 16-8-101; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 Code Section 16-8-102; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 Code Sections 16-9-1 through 16-9-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 16-9-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 16-10-20.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Section 16-10-34; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1142 Code Section 16-10-97; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 Code Section 16-11-45; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1142 Code Section 16-11-131; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 16-11-136; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1141 Code Section 16-12-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136 18A INDEX Code Section 16-12-38; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Sections 16-12-140 and 16-12-141; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Code Section 16-13-25; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Code Section 16-13-29; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Code Section 16-13-30; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 16-13-31; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 16-13-71; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Code Section 16-14-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Section 16-14-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Code Section 16-14-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 16-16-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 16-16-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285 Code Section 17-3-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 17-3-2.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 17-5-51; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285 Code Section 17-5-52; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285 Code Section 17-5-52.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285 Code Section 17-5-54; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285 Code Section 17-5-100; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 17-6-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 17-7-70.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 17-10-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 17-10-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 17-10-9.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 17-10-15; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 17-10-30; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 17-12-25; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 17-12-27; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 17-12-30; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 17-15-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 18-4-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-8; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-21; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-23; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-62; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-66; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Sections 18-4-80 through 18-4-85; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Sections 18-4-90 through 18-4-92; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-92.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-97; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-110; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-112; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Sections 18-4-113 through 18-4-117; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 18-4-118; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 19A Code Sections 18-4-133 through 18-4-135; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 19-7-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 Code Section 19-7-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 19-13-32; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Code Section 20-1-10; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 20-1A-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 20-1A-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 20-1A-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-1A-18; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734 Code Section 20-2-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-5.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-7; 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VETOED SB 38 Code Section 20-2-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-52.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1133 Code Section 20-2-55; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 20-2-100; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-103; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-140; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Code Section 20-2-140.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 Code Section 20-2-142; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Code Section 20-2-145.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Code Section 20-2-150; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-152; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-2-159.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Code Section 20-2-159.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Code Section 20-2-159.4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Code Section 20-2-160; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 Code Section 20-2-165; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Code Section 20-2-167; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Code Section 20-2-168; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-182; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Code Section 20-2-186; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Code Section 20-2-190; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Code Section 20-2-190; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Code Section 20-2-201; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Code Section 20-2-201.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1037 Code Section 20-2-210; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Code Section 20-2-210; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-212.3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-212.4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-213; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-221; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890 Code Section 20-2-231; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-232; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-240; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 20A INDEX Code Section 20-2-241; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 38 Code Sections 20-2-251 through 20-2-254; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-260; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Code Section 20-2-260; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-2-262; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Code Section 20-2-270; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-281; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-281; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-2-281; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 Code Section 20-2-285.1; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-302; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 20-2-302; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 38 Code Section 20-2-303; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-312; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-319.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 Code Section 20-2-319.3; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 Code Sections 20-2-319.3 and 20-2-319.4; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 Code Section 20-2-326; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-2-500; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Sections 20-2-501 through 20-2-503; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 15; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-660; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-690; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 Code Section 20-2-690; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-690.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 Code Section 20-2-690.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-694; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 Code Section 20-2-694; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-701; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 Code Section 20-2-701; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-741; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-771.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-771.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Code Section 20-2-771.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Code Section 20-2-779; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Code Section 20-2-881; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-2-911; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-2-940; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890 Code Section 20-2-948; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1037 Code Section 20-2-960; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-984; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-989.11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-2-1013; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 Code Section 20-2-1015; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-1030; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 21A Code Sections 20-2-1031 through 20-2-1033; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-1183; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Code Section 20-2-1183; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 Code Section 20-2-2068.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1298 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 31A; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1298 Code Sections 20-2-2080 through 20-2-2091; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1298 Code Section 20-2-2092; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1298 Code Section 20-2-2113; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 181 Code Section 20-2-2114; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 181 Code Section 20-2-2116; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 181 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 35, Part 1; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Section 20-2-2140 and 20-2-2141; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 35, Part 2; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Sections 20-2-2150 and 20-2-2151; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 35, Part 3; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Sections 20-2-2160 through 20-2-2164; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 35, Part 4; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Sections 20-2-2170 and 20-2-2171; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 35, Part 5; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Section 20-2-2180; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Section 20-3-39; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 20-3-73.3 (formerly 12-6-130 and 12-6-131); enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Code Section 20-3-250.24; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 20-3-329; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 20-3-519; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-3-519.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-3-519.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-3-519.11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-3-633; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-4-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-4-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 20-4-14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-4-17; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 20-4-27; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 20-4-30; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 20-14-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-14-29; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1131 Code Section 20-14-33; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Code Section 20-14-34; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Code Section 20-14-38; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Code Section 20-14-41; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Code Section 20-14-50; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-16-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 20-16-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1073 Code Title 20, Chapter 17; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Sections 20-17-1 and 20-17-2; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 22A INDEX Code Section 21-2-9; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-40; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-45; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-90; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-92; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1026 Code Section 21-2-132; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-133; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-134; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-139; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-151; 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amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-411; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-413; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-414; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-433; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-435; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-480; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-492; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-496; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-497; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-499; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-501.1; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-540; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-2-544; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 21-5-30.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Title 23, Chapter 3, Article 6; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Code Sections 23-3-120 through 23-3-127; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Code Section 24-5-503; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Code Section 24-5-509; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 23A Code Section 24-7-706; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Code Title 24, Chapter 10, Article 6; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Code Sections 24-10-110 through 24-10-112; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Code Sections 24-10-113 through 24-10-116; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Code Section 24-12-21; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 24-13-21; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 24-13-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 24-13-92; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Title 24, Chapter 13, Article 5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Code Sections 24-13-110 through 24-13-112; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Code Sections 24-13-113 through 24-13-116; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Code Section 25-3-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 25-4-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Title 25, Chapter 15, Article 1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 25-15-1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Title 25, Chapter 15, Article 2 (formerly Title 34, Chapter 11); enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Sections 25-15-10 through 25-15-30 (formerly 34-11-1 through 34-11-21); enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Title 25, Chapter 15, Article 3 (formerly Title 34, Chapter 12); 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amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 26-4-60; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1092 Code Section 26-4-80; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1092 Code Section 27-1-16; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 27-1-39; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-2-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 27-2-4.3; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889 Code Section 27-2-20.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-2-23; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958 Code Section 27-4-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-4-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-4-10; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-4-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-4-34; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-4-35; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 24A INDEX Code Section 27-4-50; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-4-71; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-4-72; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-4-91; 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amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958 Code Section 27-4-151; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958 Code Sections 27-4-170 and 27-4-171; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-4-172; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-4-190; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-4-194; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 27-5-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 28-5-42; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859 Code Section 29-3-32; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 29-4-18; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 29-9-13.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 29-9-19; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 30-2-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 30-2-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 30-5-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Code Section 30-6-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 30-6-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 31-1-3.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 31-2-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 31-2-9; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Code Section 31-2-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 31-2A-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 31-2A-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 Code Section 31-3-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 31-3-15; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 31-6-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1132 Code Section 31-6-43; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 31-6-47; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Code Section 31-7-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Code Section 31-7-12.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Code Section 31-7-12.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 31-7-17; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 31-7-131; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Code Section 31-7-133; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 25A Code Section 31-7-159; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 31-7-250; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Code Section 31-7-250; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 31-7-265; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 31-7-282; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Code Section 31-7-308; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 31-7-350; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 31-7-402; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 31-7-405; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 31-8-111; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 31-8-193; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 31-9A-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Code Section 31-9A-6.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Code Title 31, Chapter 9B; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Code Sections 31-9B-1 through 31-9B-3; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Code Section 31-10-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 31-11-51; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Code Section 31-11-103; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177 Code Section 31-11-113; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Code Section 31-15-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 31-16-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 31-20-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Code Section 31-20-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Code Section 31-21-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 31-22-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1132 Code Section 31-22-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1132 Code Section 31-29-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 31-35-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 32-2-4.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 32-2-61; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 Code Section 32-2-64; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 Code Section 32-2-69; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 Code Section 32-2-81; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 Code Section 32-4-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 Code Section 32-6-5; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 Code Section 32-6-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 Code Section 32-6-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 32-6-28; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732 Code Section 32-6-28; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 32-6-50; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 Code Section 32-6-75.3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 32-9-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 Code Sections 32-9-13 and 32-9-14; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1051 Code Section 32-9-14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 33-1-19; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 33-1-22; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 26A INDEX Code Section 33-1-22; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Code Section 33-2-8.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 33-2-14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 Code Section 33-3-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1077 Code Section 33-5-25; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 33-5-31; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 Code Section 33-5-33; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 Code Section 33-5-41; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 Code Section 33-7-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Code Section 33-7-8.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1077 Code Section 33-7-14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 Code Sections 33-16-2 through 33-16-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 Code Section 33-16-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 Code Sections 33-16-11 through 33-16-14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 Code Section 33-16-19; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 Code Section 33-16-21; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 Code Section 33-20A-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 33-23-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Code Section 33-23-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 Code Section 33-23-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Code Section 33-23-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Code Section 33-23-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 Code Section 33-23-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 Code Section 33-23-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Code Section 33-23-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 Code Section 33-23-16; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Code Section 33-23-16; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 Code Section 33-23-18; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Code Section 33-23-29; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Code Section 33-23-29; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 Code Section 33-23-37; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Code Section 33-24-45; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 Code Section 33-24-53; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 33-24-59.13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1080 Code Section 33-29A-30; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 33-29A-35; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Title 33, Chapter 29B; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 Code Sections 33-29B-1 through 33-29B-8; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 Code Section 33-30-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 33-36-14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Code Title 33, Chapter 38; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 Code Sections 33-38-1 through 33-38-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 Code Section 33-38-9; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 Code Sections 33-38-11 and 33-39-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 Code Sections 33-38-14 through 33-38-18; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 Code Sections 33-38-20 and 33-38-21; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 27A Code Section 33-45-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 33-45-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 33-45-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 33-57-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 Code Section 33-63-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Code Section 33-64-8; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1134 Code Section 34-1-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 34-8-35; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 34-8-49; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950 Code Section 34-8-156; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950 Code Section 34-8-193; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950 Code Section 34-9-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 Code Section 34-9-15; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 Code Section 34-9-52; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 34-9-221; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 Code Section 34-9-226; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 Code Section 34-9-264; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 Code Section 34-9-355; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Title 34, Chapter 11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 34-11-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Sections 34-11-2 through 34-11-17; redesignated as Code Sections 25-15-11 through 25-15-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 34-11-18; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Sections 34-11-19 through 34-11-21; redesignated as Code Section 25-15-28 through 25-15-30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 34-11-22; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Title 34, Chapter 12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 34-12-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 34-12-2 and 34-12-3; redesignated as Code Sections 25-15-51 and 25-15-52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 34-12-4; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Sections 34-12-5 through 34-12-21; redesignated as Code Sections 25-15-53 through 25-15-69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Title 34, Chapter 13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 34-13-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 34-13-2 and 34-13-3; redesignated as Code Sections 25-15-81 and 25-15-82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Section 34-13-4; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Sections 34-13-5 through 34-13-23; redesignated as Code Sections 25-15-83 through 25-15-101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Code Title 34, Chapter 15, Article 1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 34-15-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 34-15-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Sections 34-15-2 through 34-15-20; redesignated as Code Sections 49-9-2 through 49-9-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Title 34, Chapter 15, Article 2; redesignated as 28A INDEX Code Title 49, Chapter 9, Article 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Sections 34-15-40 through 34-15-42; redesignated as Code Sections 49-9-40 through 49-9-42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 35-1-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 35-1-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 35-1-17; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 35-2-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 35-2-46; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 35-2-47; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 35-2-49; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 35-2-57; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Code Section 35-2-58; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Code Section 35-2-74; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Title 35, Chapter 2, Article 5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Sections 35-2-100 through 35-2-102; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 35-3-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985 Code Section 35-3-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Code Section 35-3-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 35-3-9; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 35-3-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 35-3-31; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 35-3-34; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 35-3-36; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 35-3-37; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 35-3-37; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 35-3-81; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 35-8-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 35-9-15; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-5-28; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 36-8-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-9-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 36-31-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-31-11.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 Code Section 36-31-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 Code Section 36-32-6.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Code Section 36-32-9; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 36-32-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1096 Code Section 36-32-13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-32-27; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1096 Code Section 36-34-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 36-36-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-37-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-44-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-44-9; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-60-13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-66-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 29A Code Section 36-66A-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-66A-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Title 36, Chapter 67; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Code Section 36-67-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Code Sections 36-67-2 through 36-67-6; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Code Section 36-74-21; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Code Section 36-74-23; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Code Section 36-74-24; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Code Section 36-74-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Code Section 36-74-29; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Code Section 36-74-30; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Code Section 36-76-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-76-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 36-82-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1117 Code Section 36-82-10; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-83-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-88-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-89-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-91-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Code Section 36-91-100; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-91-102; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 36-92-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 37-1-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 37-1-21; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Sections 37-2-6.1 and 37-2-6.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 37-4-107; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 37-10-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 38-2-132; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 38-2-152; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Code Section 38-2-251; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 38-3-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 38-3-22.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 38-3-57; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 38-3-152; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 38-4-9; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 38-4-56; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 Code Section 40-1-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 Code Title 40, Chapter 1, Article 3, Part 1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Sections 40-1-50 through 40-1-57; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Title 40, Chapter 1, Article 3, Part 2; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Sections 40-1-100 through 40-1-130; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Title 40, Chapter 1, Article 3, Part 3; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Sections 40-1-150 through 40-1-170; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 40-2-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 40-2-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Code Section 40-2-9; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1070 30A INDEX Code Section 40-2-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Code Section 40-2-23; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 40-2-31; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1070 Code Section 40-2-38.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Code Section 40-2-60.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1070 Code Section 40-2-70; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Code Section 40-2-71; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Code Section 40-2-74.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Code Section 40-2-84; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Code Section 40-2-84; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Code Section 40-2-85.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Code Section 40-2-86; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Code Section 40-2-86.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Code Section 40-2-162; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 40-3-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 40-3-36; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 40-3-36; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Code Section 40-3-56; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Code Section 40-5-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 40-5-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Code Section 40-5-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 Code Section 40-5-22; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Code Section 40-5-25; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Code Section 40-5-39; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 40-5-57.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Code Section 40-5-63.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Code Section 40-5-64; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Code Section 40-6-248.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 40-6-395; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 Code Section 40-7-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 Code Section 40-8-91.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 Code Section 40-15-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 40-16-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 42-1-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 42-1-11.2; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 42-1-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 42-1-13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985 Code Section 42-1-14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985 Code Section 42-2-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 42-2-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 42-2-14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 42-4-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 42-5-50; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 42-5-85; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 42-8-21; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 42-8-23; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 31A Code Section 42-8-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 42-8-35; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 42-8-35.4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 42-8-37; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 42-8-38; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Code Section 42-8-60; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Code Section 42-8-111; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 42-8-111; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Code Section 42-8-112; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Code Section 42-8-113; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Code Section 42-8-117; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Code Section 43-1-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 43-1B-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 470 Code Section 43-10A-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Code Section 43-10A-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Code Section 43-11-21.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Code Section 43-11-40; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1081 Code Section 43-11-52; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1081 Code Section 43-18-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Code Section 43-18-9; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 Code Section 43-18-50; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Code Section 43-24A-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032 Code Section 43-24A-9; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032 Code Section 43-24A-13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032 Code Title 43, Chapter 25A; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 Code Sections 43-25A-1 through 43-25A-8; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 Code Section 43-26-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Code Section 43-26-32; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Code Section 43-34-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 43-34-171; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 43-39A-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 43-39A-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 43-39A-14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 43-39A-18; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 43-39A-18.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 43-40-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 43-40-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 43-40-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 43-40-15; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 43-40-22; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 43-40-25; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 43-40-25.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 43-50-31; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 Code Section 43-50-32; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 Code Section 43-50-44; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Code Section 43-50-53; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 32A INDEX Code Section 44-1-13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 44-2-14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 44-2-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 44-3-101; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031 Code Section 44-5-30; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 44-5-60; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 Code Title 44, Chapter 6, Article 7, Part 2, Subpart 3; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Code Sections 44-6-180 through 44-6-189.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Code Section 44-7-59; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 44-10-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 44-13-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030 Code Section 44-13-100; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030 Code Section 44-14-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 44-14-13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099 Code Section 44-14-14; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 Code Section 44-14-162.3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079 Code Section 44-14-162.4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079 Code Section 44-14-364; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 44-14-366; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 45-1-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-2-41; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-2-44; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-6-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 45-7-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-7-54; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-8-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1117 Code Section 45-10-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-10-27; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-10-28; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 45-12-72; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-12-75.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 Code Section 45-13-51; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699 Code Section 45-14-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089 Code Section 45-14-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089 Code Title 45, Chapter 14, Article 2; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089 Code Sections 45-14-20 through 45-14-23; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089 Code Section 45-15-13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 45-15-30; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-16-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-18-5.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 45-18-5.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Sections 45-18-50 and 45-18-51; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-18-55; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-18-70; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-18-72; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-19-22; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 33A Code Title 45, Chapter 20, Article 1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Sections 45-20-1 through 45-20-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Sections 45-20-8 through 45-20-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Sections 45-20-15 and 45-20-16; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Sections 45-20-19 and 45-20-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Title 45, Chapter 20, Article 3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Sections 45-20-52 through 45-20-54; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Title 45, Chapter 20, Article 4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Sections 45-20-70.1 and 45-20-71; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Title 45, Chapter 20, Article 5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Sections 45-20-90 through 45-20-93; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Title 45, Chapter 20, Article 6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-20-111; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-21-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-23-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 45-23-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Sections 45-23-7 and 45-23-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 46-1-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 46-1-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 46-2-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 Code Section 46-2-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1176 Code Section 46-2-20; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 46-2-22; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 46-2-23; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 46-2-28; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 46-2-42; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 46-3-38; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 46-5-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 46-5-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 46-5-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 46-5-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 46-5-41; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 46-5-46; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 46-5-122; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 Code Section 46-5-124.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 Code Section 46-5-134; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 46-5-134; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 Code Section 46-5-134.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 46-5-134.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 Code Title 46, Chapter 5, Article 3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 46-5-140; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Sections 46-5-141 through 46-5-149; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 46-5-167; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 Code Title 46, Chapter 7, Article 1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 46-7-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Sections 46-7-2 through 46-7-39; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 34A INDEX Code Title 46, Chapter 7, Article 2; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 46-7-50; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Title 46, Chapter 7, Article 3; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Sections 46-7-85.1 through 46-7-85.21; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Title 46, Chapter 7, Article 4; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Sections 46-7-90 through 46-7-92; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Title 46, Chapter 7, Article 5; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Sections 46-7-100 and 46-7-101; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 46-9-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 46-10-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 Code Section 47-1-16; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Code Section 47-2-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Code Section 47-2-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Code Section 47-2-21; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Code Section 47-2-22; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Code Section 47-2-91; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Code Section 47-2-123; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Code Section 47-2-181; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 Code Section 47-2-292; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 Code Section 47-2-292.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 Code Section 47-2-316; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794 Code Section 47-3-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Code Section 47-3-60; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Code Section 47-3-81; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 Code Section 47-3-127.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Code Section 47-4-60; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1284 Code Section 47-4-101; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1284 Code Section 47-6-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 Code Section 47-6-40; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 Code Section 47-6-84; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 Code Section 47-11-51; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 Code Section 47-16-101; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 Code Section 47-17-27; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 Code Section 47-17-81; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 Code Section 47-17-105; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 Code Section 47-18-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Code Section 47-19-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Code Section 47-19-9; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Code Section 47-20-82; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Code Section 47-20-87; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Code Section 47-23-84; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 Code Section 47-23-105; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 Code Section 47-23-105.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 Code Section 48-1-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 Code Sections 48-2-5 and 48-2-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 48-2-15.2; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 35A Code Section 48-2-18; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 48-2-35; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 48-2-36; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 48-2-50; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 48-2-55; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 Code Section 48-2-59; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 48-3-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 48-3-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 Code Section 48-4-61; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055 Code Title 48, Chapter 4, Article 6; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055 Code Sections 48-4-100 through 48-4-112; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055 Code Section 48-5-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 Code Section 48-5-7.4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763 Code Section 48-5-7.6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 Code Section 48-5-24; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 Code Section 48-5-40; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 Code Section 48-5-48.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Code Section 48-5-48.2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Code Sections 48-5-48.5 and 48-5-48.6; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Code Section 48-5-183; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 48-5-263; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 48-5-267; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 48-5-345; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 Code Section 48-5-441; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-5-441.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-5-519; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Title 48, Chapter 5B; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-5B-1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-6-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 48-6-73; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 Code Section 48-6-76; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 48-7-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-7-27; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-7-27; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Code Section 48-7-29.12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-7-31; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 48-7-40; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309 Code Section 48-7-40.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309 Code Section 48-7-40.12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309 Code Section 48-7-40.15; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309 Code Section 48-7-40.17; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309 Code Section 48-7-40.24; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309 Code Section 48-7-40.24; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976 Code Section 48-7-40.26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976 Code Section 48-7-114; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 Code Section 48-7-129; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 36A INDEX Code Section 48-7-165; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 48-8-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-8-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 Code Section 48-8-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-8-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 Code Section 48-8-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1348 Code Section 48-8-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 48-8-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 48-8-3.2; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-8-3.3; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-8-36; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954 Code Section 48-8-63; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-93; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 48-8-107; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 48-8-117; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 48-8-122; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954 Code Section 48-8-124; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954 Code Section 48-8-208; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 48-8-253; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 48-9-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1348 Code Section 48-11-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-10; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-18; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-22; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-23; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-24; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-28; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-11-29; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 48-13-16; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 48-13-18; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Title 48, Chapter 13, Article 6; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Sections 48-13-110 through 48-13-118; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 48-13-115; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954 Code Section 48-13-116; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954 Code Section 48-17-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136 Code Section 48-17-17; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136 Code Section 49-1-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 49-2-2.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 49-3-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 49-3-7; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Title 49, Chapter 4, Article 7B; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 37A Code Sections 49-4-168 through 49-4-168.5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Code Section 49-4-193; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 49-4A-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 49-4A-9; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 49-4A-11; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1339 Code Sections 49-4A-15 through 49-4A-18; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1339 Code Section 49-5-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 49-5-225; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Title 49, Chapter 9, Article 1 (formerly Title 34, Chapter 15, Article 1); enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 49-9-1 (formerly 34-15-1); amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 49-9-2; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Sections 49-9-3 through 49-9-21 (formerly 34-15-2 through 34-15-20); enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Title 49, Chapter 9, Article 2 (formerly Title 34, Chapter 15, Article 2); enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Sections 49-9-40 through 49-9-42 (formerly 34-15-40 through 34-15-42); enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 49-10-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 50-1-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Title 50, Chapter 4, Article 1; designated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 456 Code Title 50, Chapter 4, Article 2; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 456 Code Sections 50-4-20 through 50-4-24; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 456 Code Section 50-5-53; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 50-5-60; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Code Section 50-5-67; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Code Section 50-5-67; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1178 Code Section 50-5-69; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 Code Section 50-5-69; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 50-5-120; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 Code Section 50-5-121; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 Code Title 50, Chapter 5B, Article 1; designated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089 Code Section 50-5B-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Title 50, Chapter 5B, Article 2; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089 Code Sections 50-5B-20 through 50-5B-24; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089 Code Section 50-8-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 50-8-17; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 50-8-142; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 50-8-240; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 50-8-241; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 50-12-71; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 50-13-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 50-13-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Code Section 50-13-4.1; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 Code Section 50-13-12; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 50-13-13; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 38A INDEX Code Section 50-13-40; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 50-13-42; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 50-13-44; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Title 50, Chapter 13A; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Sections 50-13A-1 through 50-13A-20; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Title 50, Chapter 14; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 50-14-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Sections 50-14-3 and 50-14-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 50-14-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 50-16-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Code Section 50-16-38; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 50-16-41; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989 Code Section 50-16-42; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Code Section 50-17-21; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 50-17-22; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 50-17-50; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Title 50, Chapter 18, Article 4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Sections 50-18-70 and 50-18-71; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 50-18-70; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Sections 50-18-71.1 and 50-18-71.2; repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Sections 50-18-72 through 50-18-74; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 50-18-72; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 50-18-72; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Code Section 50-18-93; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 50-18-98; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 50-18-120; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 50-25-5.1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 50-26-22; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 50-29-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 50-32-71; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 50-34-18; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Code Section 50-36-1; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 50-37-2; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Code Section 50-37-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Code Section 50-37-4; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Code Section 50-37-6; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Code Section 51-4-6; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Code Section 52-1-3; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1074 Code Section 52-1-32; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1074 Code Section 52-7-8; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Code Section 52-7-26; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Code Section 52-7-51; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 39A COURTS SUPERIOR COURTS Additional judges of the Bell-Forsyth and Piedmont judicial circuits; initial appointment, election, and term of office; chief judge of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Alternative location; accused consent; fine distribution priority order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 Clerk of superior court offices; modernization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Clerks; sunset dates extension of real estate or personal property filing fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Judicial circuits; superior court judges; certain populations; repeal supplemental expense allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Process servers; superior court clerks; application filing fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819 Southern Judicial Circuit; director of pretrial release program; arrests and other powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5393 STATE COURTS DeKalb County; fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5059 Habersham County; judge and solicitor; full-time positions; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5221 Putnam County; state court; judge and solicitor; part-time positions; compensation; clerk and sheriff; compensation . . . . . VETOED HB 911 Putnam County; state court; local laws updated and consolidated . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3936 Spalding County; technology fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5335 PROBATE COURTS Atkinson County; judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5497 Floyd County; judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5450 Glascock County; judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5400 Jasper County; judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5046 Jeff Davis County; probate judge to serve in magistrate court; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5388 Judge eligibility requirements; court clerks; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; probate court fines and fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 Monroe County; judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5055 Spalding County; technology fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5333 MAGISTRATE COURTS Atkinson County; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5499 40A INDEX Cobb County; law library fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5157 Coffee County; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5501 Cook County; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5495 Floyd County; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5450 Jeff Davis County; probate judge to serve in magistrate court; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5388 Spalding County; technology fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5331 Webster County; terms of office; not the chief magistrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5402 OTHER COURTS DeKalb County; recorder's court; costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4915 Gwinnett County; recorder's court judges; appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5490 Gwinnett County; recorder's court; clerk; change compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5149 NAMED COUNTIES Appling County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4717 Appling County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4827 Atkinson County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4395 Atkinson County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4400 Atkinson County; magistrate court; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5499 Atkinson County; probate court judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5497 Bacon County; board of commissioners; chairperson and commissioners; membership; vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5503 Bacon County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4696 Bacon County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4691 Baker County; board of elections and registration; composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4509 Baldwin County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 3884 Baldwin County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3874 Banks County; orders and warrants; authorized signers; home rule action . . . . . . 5698 Bartow County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4818 Ben Hill County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4206 Ben Hill County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4428 Berrien County; airport authority; increased membership; terms of office; quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5097 Berrien County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4352 Berrien County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4358 Bibb County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4527 Bibb County; board of public education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4799 Bibb County; Jones County; Macon Water Authority Act; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4569 Bibb County; Macon-Bibb County Community Enhancement Authority Act; enact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5270 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 41A Bibb County; Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority Act of 1980; authority to contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5216 Bleckley County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5588 Brantley County; school district ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; income requirement; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5067 Brooks County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4340 Brooks County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4346 Bryan County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4199 Bryan County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3543 Burke County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4127 Burke County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4133 Calhoun County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 3623 Calhoun County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3619 Calhoun County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3789 Camden County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3963 Camden County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3955 Candler County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3585 Candler County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3591 Carroll County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3564 Carroll County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3780 Catoosa County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4680 Catoosa County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4676 Charlton County; board of commissioners; number of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5340 Charlton County; nonstaggered four-month vehicle registration period; repeal Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5342 Chatham County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4628 Chatham County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4758 Chatham County; Chatham Area Transit Authority; board membership; staggered terms; various amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5296 Chatham County; City of Savannah; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4806 Chatham County; Savannah, City of; board of public education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4770 Chattooga County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4001 Chattooga County; commissioner; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5203 Cherokee County; ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5406 Cherokee County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4044 Cherokee County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4590 Cherokee County; Cherokee County Development Authority; expanded powers and duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5492 Clarke County; City of Athens; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4248 Clarke County; commission; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4441 Clayton County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4495 Cobb County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5570 Cobb County; magistrate court; law library fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5157 42A INDEX Coffee County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4471 Coffee County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4219 Coffee County; magistrate court; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5501 Colquitt County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4327 Colquitt County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4333 Columbia County; board of commissioners; chairperson and members; term limits; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5155 Columbia County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . 3996 Columbia County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3991 Cook County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4321 Cook County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4314 Cook County; magistrate court; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5495 Coweta County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509 Coweta County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3514 Coweta County; Western Area Regional Radio System Authority; remove City of Douglasville; add Coweta County as a member . . . . . . . . . . . 4974 Crawford County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4012 Crawford County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4464 Dalton-Whitfield County; charter and consolidation commission; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4507 Decatur County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3860 Decatur County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3867 DeKalb County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4610 DeKalb County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5509 DeKalb County; board of education; provide for certain terms of office; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5507 DeKalb County; independent school system or charter school; telecommunication tower on school property; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5391 DeKalb County; recorder's court; costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4915 DeKalb County; state court; fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5059 Dodge County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3773 Dodge County; Dodge County-Eastman Development Authority; membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4970 Dodge County; Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority; membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5682 Douglas County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3725 Douglas County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3717 Echols County; board of commissioners; elections and terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4575 Effingham County; board of commissioners; chairperson; powers and duties; quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4979 Effingham County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3918 Emanuel County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 3735 Emanuel County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3741 Evans County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4087 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 43A Evans County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4093 Floyd County; probate judge; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . 5450 Forsyth County; civil service system; appeals; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5702 Forsyth County; civil service system; several amendments; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5687 Franklin County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4078 Franklin County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4082 Franklin County; board of elections and registration; staggered terms . . . . . . . . . 4929 Fulton County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4512 Fulton County; board of education; pensions and retirement; correct typographical errors; compliance federal laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4982 Gilmer County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3710 Glascock County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4123 Glascock County; probate judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5400 Glynn County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3627 Glynn County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3636 Glynn County; Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission; membership; various amendments; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5287 Grady County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3747 Grady County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4268 Greene County; board of education; chairperson and members; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5064 Gwinnett County; recorder's court judges; appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5490 Gwinnett County; recorder's court; clerk; change compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5149 Habersham County; school district ad valorem tax; homestead exemptions; senior citizens; disabled residents; referendum . . . VETOED HB 975 Habersham County; state court; judge and solicitor; full-time positions; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5221 Hall County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4597 Hall County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3894 Haralson County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4648 Haralson County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3703 Haralson County; office of treasurer; abolished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5151 Harris County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3677 Harris County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3668 Hart County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4029 Hart County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4037 Hart County; Hart County Water and Sewer Authority; re-create . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5344 Henry County; county surveyor; appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5048 Houston County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4185 Irwin County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4058 Irwin County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4064 Jackson County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3981 Jackson County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4262 Jasper County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3573 Jasper County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3579 44A INDEX Jasper County; probate court judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5046 Jeff Davis County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . 4672 Jeff Davis County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4668 Jeff Davis County; probate judge to serve in magistrate court; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5388 Jefferson County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4701 Jefferson County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4707 Jenkins County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4535 Jenkins County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4541 Johnson County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3664 Johnson County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3659 Jones County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3551 Jones County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3536 Jones County; board of education; members election; nonpartisan . . . . . . . . . . . . 5398 Lamar County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4422 Lamar County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4416 Lanier County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3768 Lanier County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3763 Laurens County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3694 Laurens County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4286 Liberty County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4228 Liberty County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4238 Lincoln County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4561 Lincoln County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4565 Long County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4295 Long County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4300 Lowndes County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4275 Lowndes County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3970 Macon County; Macon Water Commissioners - Pension Plan; change provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5637 Madison County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4112 Madison County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4106 Marion County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4138 Marion County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3832 McDuffie County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . 3815 McDuffie County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3820 McIntosh County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 3653 McIntosh County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3646 Meriwether County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . 4365 Meriwether County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4373 Mitchell County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4405 Mitchell County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4411 Monroe County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4388 Monroe County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4381 Monroe County; Monroe County Public Facilities Authority Act; revenue bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5201 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 45A Monroe County; probate court judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5055 Montgomery County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . 4118 Montgomery County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4489 Morgan County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3941 Morgan County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3948 Murray County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3809 Murray County; board of elections and registration; creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4967 Muscogee County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4577 Muscogee County; board of education; superintendent; public works construction contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5585 Newton County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4148 Newton County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4157 Paulding County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4451 Paulding County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4621 Peach County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3607 Peach County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3613 Pickens County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3602 Pickens County; Pickens County Water and Sewer Authority; member reappointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5218 Pike County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3793 Pike County; school district ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; age and income requirements; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5071 Polk County; ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . 5033 Polk County; ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5036 Polk County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4640 Polk County; homestead exemption; school taxes; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5043 Polk County; homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5039 Pulaski County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3688 Putnam County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3596 Putnam County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3558 Putnam County; Eatonton-Putnam Water and Sewer Authority; composition; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4972 Putnam County; state court; judge and solicitor; part-time positions; compensation; clerk and sheriff; compensation . . . . . VETOED HB 911 Quitman County; Randolph County; Stewart County; Lower Chattahoochee Regional Transportation Authority; creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5019 Rabun County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4480 Rabun County; soil erosion ordinance; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5693 Randolph County; board of elections and registration; create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3906 Richmond County; Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority; appointed members; reappointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5205 Rockdale County; board of elections and registration; appointment of the at-large member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5484 Screven County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3911 46A INDEX Screven County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4098 Spalding County; Griffin-Spalding County Airport Authority Act; enact . . . . . . . 5255 Spalding County; magistrate court; technology fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5331 Spalding County; probate court; technology fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5333 Spalding County; state court; technology fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5335 Stephens County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4734 Stewart County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4604 Stewart County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4435 Talbot County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4305 Talbot County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4310 Tattnall County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4661 Tattnall County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4654 Telfair County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4212 Terrell County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3683 Terrell County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3729 Thomas County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3852 Thomas County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 Tift County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4176 Tift County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4167 Toombs County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4738 Toombs County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4782 Treutlen County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4722 Treutlen County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4728 Troup County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3520 Troup County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3528 Troup County; board of elections and registration; creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5409 Troup County; Troup County Airport Authority; membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5065 Turner County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4793 Turner County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4788 Twiggs County; board of education; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5017 Upson County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3803 Walker County; board of commissioners; modernize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5415 Walton County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3920 Walton County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3928 Ware County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4747 Ware County; Satilla Regional Water and Sewer Authority; member terms; various amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5337 Warren County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4007 Wayne County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4548 Wayne County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4554 Webster County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4143 Webster County; magistrate court; terms of office; not the chief magistrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5402 White County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4024 White County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4019 Whitfield County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3754 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 47A Worth County; board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4070 Worth County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4074 COUNTY MATTERS - HOME RULE AMENDMENTS Banks County; orders and warrants; authorized signers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5698 Forsyth County; civil service system; appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5702 Forsyth County; civil service system; several amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5687 Rabun County; soil erosion ordinance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5693 NAMED CITIES Acworth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau; name change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5284 Acworth, City of; Acworth Lake Authority; membership requirements; quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5282 Americus, City of; mayor and councilmembers; terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5487 Athens, City of; Clarke County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4248 Athens-Clarke County; commission; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4441 Atlanta, City of; fiscal stabilization plan; date of presentation; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5810 Atlanta, City of; internal auditor; selection; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5830 Atlanta, City of; pension funds; audit; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5725 Atlanta, City of; pension plans; power to modify; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . 5732 Augusta, City of; Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority; appointed members; reappointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5205 Avondale Estates, City of; corporate limits; annexation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4832 Ball Ground, City of; corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5220 Braselton, Town of; community improvement district board members; initial terms of office; correct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4988 Braselton, Town of; community improvement district; grant authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5145 Brookhaven, City of; charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5527 Brunswick, City of; Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission; membership; various amendments; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5287 Chamblee, City of; corporate limits; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4532 Chamblee, City of; redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5791 Chattahoochee Hills, City of; mayor and council; compensation; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5806 Chattahoochee Hills, City of; redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5780 Cochran, City of; new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5162 Commerce, City of; city council; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4258 Commerce, City of; independent school district; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3799 Coolidge, City of; municipal elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3904 Cordele, City of; redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5798 48A INDEX Cordele, City of; redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5774 Covington, City of; city manager; qualifications; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . 5721 Dalton, City of; ward boundaries; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5712 Dalton-Whitfield County; charter and consolidation commission; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4507 Decatur, City of; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4458 Decatur, City of; corporate limits; annexation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4836 Dillard, City of; city administrator position; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5709 Doraville, City of; corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5494 Doraville, City of; mayor and councilmember; vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5057 Douglasville, City of; city council; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4684 Douglasville, City of; Western Area Regional Radio System Authority; remove City of Douglasville; add Coweta County as a member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4974 Dublin, City of; redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5764 Duluth, City of; corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5206 Eastman, City of; Dodge County-Eastman Development Authority; membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4970 Eastman, City of; Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority; membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5682 Eatonton, City of; Eatonton-Putnam Water and Sewer Authority; composition; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4972 Emerson, City of; community improvement districts; creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5081 Flowery Branch, City of; corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5132 Gainesville, City of; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4050 Gainesville, City of; new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4870 Gainesville, City of; redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5818 Garden City, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum . . . . . . 4931 Glennville, City of; corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4922 Griffin, City of; Griffin-Spalding County Airport Authority Act; enact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5255 Griffin, City of; redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5743 Hiram, City of; city manager; duties and powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4502 Hogansville, City of; city manager; qualifications; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . 5741 Hogansville, City of; leases; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5804 Jefferson, City of; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3985 Jefferson, City of; redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5755 Kennesaw, City of; corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4925 LaGrange, City of; redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5750 Lavonia, City of; hotel-motel tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5199 Lawrenceville, City of; mayor and councilmembers; terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5213 Lyerly, Town of; new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4934 Macon, City of; Macon-Bibb County Community Enhancement Authority Act; enact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5270 Macon, City of; Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority Act of 1980; authority to contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5216 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 49A Manchester, City of; city council; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4486 Mansfield, City of; new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5419 Maysville, City of; redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5786 McDonough, City of; mayor and city administrator; powers and duties . . . . . . . . 5479 McDonough, City of; new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5452 McIntyre, Town of; new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4993 Milledgeville; Central State Hospital Local Redevelopment Authority; created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3837 Milner, City of; new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5224 Milton, City of; City of Milton Public Buildings and Facilities Authority; city councilmembers; appointment authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5153 Moreland, Town of; mayor and aldermen; election terms and dates; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5159 Moultrie, City of; hotel-motel tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4838 Nelson, City of; appointment of committees; supervision of employees; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5718 Norcross, City of; corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4917 Richmond Hill, City of; new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5301 Sandy Springs, City of; amend charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5359 Savannah, City of; Chatham Area Transit Authority; board membership; staggered terms; various amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5296 Savannah, City of; Chatham County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4806 Savannah, City of; Chatham County; board of public education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4770 Social Circle, City of; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4196 Springfield, City of; new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4840 St. Marys, City of; Oak Grove Cemetery Authority; creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5194 Stillmore, City of; councilmembers; staggered terms; mayor and councilmembers; elections; duties; city attorney and city clerk; appointments; municipal court; fines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5074 Thomson, City of; city council; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3828 Toccoa, City of; hotel-motel tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5386 Trion, Town of; new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5099 Washington, City of; city council; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4713 West Point, City of; hotel-motel tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4920 West Point; City of; new charter; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5836 Williamson, City of; mayor and councilmembers; terms and elections . . . . . . . . . 5384 Woodstock, City of; corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5404 MUNICIPALITIES - HOME RULE AMENDMENTS Atlanta, City of; fiscal stabilization plan; date of presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5810 Atlanta, City of; internal auditor; selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5830 Atlanta, City of; pension funds; audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5725 Atlanta, City of; pension plans; power to modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5732 50A INDEX Chamblee, City of; redistricting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5791 Chattahoochee Hills, City of; mayor and council; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5806 Chattahoochee Hills, City of; redistricting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5780 Cordele, City of; redistricting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5774 Cordele, City of; redistricting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5798 Covington, City of; city manager; qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5721 Dalton, City of; ward boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5712 Dillard, City of; city administrator position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5709 Dublin, City of; redistricting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5764 Gainesville, City of; redistricting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5818 Griffin, City of; redistricting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5743 Hogansville, City of; city manager; qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5741 Hogansville, City of; leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5804 Jefferson, City of; redistricting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5755 LaGrange, City of; redistricting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5750 Maysville, City of; redistricting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5786 Nelson, City of; appointment of committees; supervision of employees . . . . . . . . 5718 West Point; City of; new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5836 RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING COMPENSATION Mr. James A. Cauley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1329 RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING LAND CONVEYANCES Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS Constitutional amendment; charter schools; authority of General Assembly to establish state-wide education policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1364 Dedication of Deputy James D. Paugh Memorial Highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863 Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor individuals; Gone With the Wind Trail; designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 State entities; multiyear rental agreement procedures, conditions, and limitations amendment; constitutional amendment . . . . . . . . . 1363 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 51A INDEX -A- ABORTION Criminal abortion; revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 ACWORTH, CITY OF Acworth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau; name change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5284 Acworth Lake Authority; membership requirements; quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5282 AD VALOREM TAX Freeport exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Land disposal site regulation uniformity; private water suppliers utilizing public water systems; buyer's grace period to purchase liability limitation for hazardous site reuse and redevelopment; brownfield property preferential assessment extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 Population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 Revenue structure; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE Administrative procedure; agency reports; federal government mandates; duplicative state and federal regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF State Personnel Administration abolished; retirement; transferred certain functions to Department of Administrative Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 State Personnel Administration abolished; transfer certain functions . . . . . . . . . . . 446 AGRICULTURE Commissioner of Agriculture; civil penalties; surety bond requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1116 Commissioner of Agriculture; clarify timing of final decision and reconsideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 Georgia Treated Timber Products Act of 1973; repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098 Plants and seeds certification; agency designation; liability immunity . . . . . . . . . 1129 Revenue structure; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Vidalia onion trademark; eliminate royalty and license fee restriction . . . . . . . . . . 731 52A ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES INDEX Brewpubs; increase maximum barrels for beer manufacture and sale . . . . . . . . . . . 680 Distilled spirits; free tastings on premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 Distilled spirits; manufacturer's or distiller's license; fruit growers; agricultural products; educational and promotional tours . . . . . . . . . 1028 Licenses; staggered renewal; distilled spirits declared contraband; annual occupational license tax for special event applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 AMERICUS, CITY OF Mayor and councilmembers; terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5487 ANIMALS Responsible Dog Ownership Law; dangerous and vicious dogs; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 APPLING COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4717 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4827 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 APPROPRIATIONS General appropriations; Fiscal Year 2012 - 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix Supplemental appropriations; Fiscal Year 2011 - 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix ATHENS, CITY OF Clarke County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4248 ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY Commission; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4441 ATKINSON COUNTY Atkinson County; magistrate court; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5499 Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4395 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4400 Probate court judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5497 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 53A ATLANTA, CITY OF Fiscal stabilization plan; date of presentation; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5810 Internal auditor; selection; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5830 Pension funds; audit; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5725 Pension plans; power to modify; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5732 AUGUSTA, CITY OF Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority; appointed members; reappointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5205 AUTHORITIES Central State Hospital Local Redevelopment Authority; created . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3837 Lower Chattahoochee Regional Airport Authority; remove Clay County and Quitman County from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5050 Lower Chattahoochee Regional Transportation Authority Act; enacted . . . . . . . . 5019 AVIATION Airports; provide for local governments' ability to accept community improvement district funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1342 Georgia Aviation Authority; personnel transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082 Laser device; unlawful pointing at law enforcement officer, aircraft; penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1142 AVONDALE ESTATES, CITY OF Corporate limits; annexation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4832 -B- BACON COUNTY Board of commissioners; chairperson and commissioners; membership; vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5503 Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4696 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4691 BAKER COUNTY Board of elections and registration; composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4509 54A BALDWIN COUNTY INDEX Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3884 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3874 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 BALL GROUND, CITY OF Corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5220 BANKING AND FINANCE Credit exposure; limit obligations as a counterparty in derivative transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Department of Banking and Finance; prior approval of non-cash valued shares and dividends from banks and trust companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 Georgia Land Bank Act enacted; creation and operation; acquisition and disposition of tax delinquent property; public meetings; dissolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055 Georgia Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank Act enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 BANKS COUNTY Orders and warrants; authorized signers; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5698 BARTOW COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4818 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 BEER See ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BELL-FORSYTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Additional judges of the Bell-Forsyth and Piedmont judicial circuits; initial appointment, election, and term of office; chief judge of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 BEN HILL COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4206 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4428 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 55A BERRIEN COUNTY Airport authority; increased membership; terms of office; quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . 5097 Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4352 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4358 BIBB COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4527 Board of public education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4799 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Jones County; Macon Water Authority Act; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . 4569 Macon-Bibb County Community Enhancement Authority Act; enact . . . . . . . . . . 5270 Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority Act of 1980; authority to contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5216 Macon-Bibb County; City of Macon; City of Payne; consolidated government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5595 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 BLECKLEY COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5588 BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA Herty Advanced Materials Development Center; rename; governance transfer to Board of Regents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Open meetings and records; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 BRANTLEY COUNTY School district ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; income requirement; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5067 BRASELTON, TOWN OF Community improvement district board members; initial terms of office; correct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4988 Community improvement district; grant authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5145 BROOKHAVEN, CITY OF Brookhaven, City of; charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5527 56A BROOKS COUNTY INDEX Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4340 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4346 BRUNSWICK, CITY OF Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission; membership; various amendments; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5287 BRYAN COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4199 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3543 BUDGET See APPROPRIATIONS BURKE COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4127 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4133 -C- CALHOUN COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3623 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3619 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3789 CAMDEN COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3963 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3955 CANDLER COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3585 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3591 CARROLL COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3564 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3780 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 57A Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 CATOOSA COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4680 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4676 CEMETERY AND FUNERAL SERVICES Preneed; escrow accounts; bonded memorial storage program; electronic signatures; State Board of Funeral Service oversight . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL LOCAL REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3837 CHAMBLEE, CITY OF Corporate limits; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4532 Redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5791 CHARLTON COUNTY Board of commissioners; number of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5340 Nonstaggered four-month vehicle registration period; repeal Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5342 CHATHAM COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4628 Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4758 Chatham Area Transit Authority; board membership; staggered terms; various amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5296 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 Savannah, City of; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4806 Savannah, City of; board of public education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . 4770 CHATTAHOOCHEE HILLS, CITY OF Mayor and council; compensation; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5806 Redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5780 CHATTOOGA COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4001 Commissioner; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5203 58A CHEROKEE COUNTY INDEX Ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5406 Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4044 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4590 Cherokee County Development Authority; expanded powers and duties . . . . . . . 5492 CHILDREN See MINORS CIVIL PRACTICE Clerk of superior court offices; modernization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Georgia International Commercial Arbitration Code; partial repeal; enactment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 Georgia Tax Tribunal created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Process servers; superior court clerks; application filing fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819 CLARKE COUNTY Athens, City of; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4248 Commission; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4441 CLAY COUNTY Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Lower Chattahoochee Regional Airport Authority; remove Clay County and Quitman County from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5050 CLAYTON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4495 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 CLINCH COUNTY Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 COBB COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5570 Magistrate court; law library fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5157 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 59A COCHRAN, CITY OF New charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5162 CODES Enforcement boards; code enforcement officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 COFFEE COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4471 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4219 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Magistrate court; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5501 COLQUITT COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4327 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4333 COLUMBIA COUNTY Board of commissioners; chairperson and members; term limits; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5155 Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3996 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3991 COMMERCE AND TRADE Funeral directors and cemeteries; preneed; escrow accounts; bonded memorial storage program; electronic signatures; State Board of Funeral Service oversight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Lotteries; unlawful defined; noncash redemption items; coin operated amusement machines; allowable number ordinance provisions authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136 Secondary metals recyclers; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Telemarketing practices; conduct; class actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 COMMERCE, CITY OF City council; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4258 Independent school district; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3799 60A INDEX COMMUNITY HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF Georgia Taxpayer Protection False Claim Act enacted; State False Medicaid Claims Act substantially revised; funds for the Indigent Care Trust Fund redirected to department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 COMPTROLLER GENERAL State Accounting Office; Comptroller General; office transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Environmental Protection Division; director's procedures; permit and variance; applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 Georgia Aviation Authority; personnel transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082 Herty Advanced Materials Development Center; rename; governance transfer to Board of Regents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Land disposal site regulation uniformity; private water suppliers utilizing public water systems; buyer's grace period to purchase liability limitation for hazardous site reuse and redevelopment; brownfield property preferential assessment extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 State parks, historic areas, recreational areas; boat use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1074 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Charter schools; authority of General Assembly to establish state-wide education policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1364 State entities; multiyear rental agreement procedures, conditions, and limitations amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1363 CONTRACTS Attorney's fees; payment obligation; validity and enforcement; appointed special assistant attorney general or district attorney; contingent compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES Schedule revision; dangerous drugs; definition revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 COOK COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4321 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4314 Magistrate court; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5495 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 61A COOLIDGE, CITY OF Municipal elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3904 CORDELE, CITY OF Redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5774 Redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5798 CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS Credit exposure; limit obligations as a counterparty in derivative transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Fiduciaries; exception for estimated taxes payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 Public utilities and public transportation; telecommunications; modernization and revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 CORRECTIONS See PENAL INSTITUTIONS COUNTIES Airports; provide for local governments' ability to accept community improvement district funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1342 Boards of education; homestead option sales and use tax for educational purposes; effective date delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1133 Budget commissions; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Sheriffs; vacancies filled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 Vacant or foreclosed real property registries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 COURTS Additional judges of the Bell-Forsyth and Piedmont judicial circuits; initial appointment, election, and term of office; chief judge of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Judicial circuits; assistant district attorney; certain populations; repeal office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Judicial circuits; superior court judges; certain populations; repeal supplemental expense allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Juvenile detention centers; contraband possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1339 Law enforcement contracts; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818 Municipal court judges; jurisdictional exercise; training requirements . . . . . . . . . 1096 Municipal courts; prosecuting attorneys; drug objects transactions; jurisdiction; fine disposition; case transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Probate judge eligibility requirements; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 62A INDEX Process servers; superior court clerks; application filing fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819 Sheriffs; vacancies filled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform for Georgians; criminal justice reforms enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Superior court clerks offices; modernization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Superior court clerks; sunset dates extension of real estate or personal property filing fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Superior courts; alternative location; accused consent; fine distribution priority order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 COVINGTON, CITY OF City manager; qualifications; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5721 COWETA COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3514 Western Area Regional Radio System Authority; remove City of Douglasville; add Coweta County as a member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4974 CRAWFORD COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4012 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4464 CRIMES AND OFFENSES Assisted suicide prohibited; health care provider reporting requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Attorney's fees; payment obligation; validity and enforcement; appointed special assistant attorney general or district attorney; contingent compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035 Burglary or armed robbery; firearms used in crime; law enforcement surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285 Controlled substances; schedule revision; dangerous drugs; definition revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Crabbing licenses; commercial; limited issue and sale; court document transfer; unlawful taking of crabs; one-day salt-water shore fishing license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958 Criminal abortion; revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 False lien statements against public officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Knife sale or possession; restrictive ordinances prohibited; exception . . . . . . . . . 1141 Laser device; unlawful pointing at law enforcement officer, aircraft; penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1142 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 63A Law enforcement officers; prohibit threats or intimidation as retaliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 Lotteries; unlawful defined; noncash redemption items; coin operated amusement machines; allowable number ordinance provisions authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136 Municipal courts; prosecuting attorneys; drug objects transactions; jurisdiction; fine disposition; case transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Natural Resources, Board of; comprehensive revision of rules and regulations relating to commercial fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Probation; prohibit first offender treatment for crimes involving law enforcement officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Real estate professional; relocation company licensing and qualifications; education, research, and recovery fund; commission subrogation rights; settlement agent; criminal penalties . . . . . . . 1099 Residential mortgage fraud; redefine "mortgage lending process" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 Secondary metals recyclers; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Sexual offenders; information gathering methods; personnel transfer . . . . . . . . . . 985 Shopping carts removal; required posting in stores and markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform for Georgians; criminal justice reforms enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Spousal privilege exceptions; family violence or sexual assault victim's agent communications confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Traffic offenses; fleeing or eluding a pursuing police vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Burglary or armed robbery; firearms used in crime; law enforcement surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285 Probation; prohibit first offender treatment for crimes involving law enforcement officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform for Georgians; criminal justice reforms enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 -D- DADE COUNTY Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 DALTON, CITY OF Dalton-Whitfield County; charter and consolidation commission; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4507 Ward boundaries; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5712 64A INDEX DALTON-WHITFIELD COUNTY Charter and consolidation commission; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4507 DEBTOR AND CREDITOR Garnishment proceedings; authorized officers or employees may file on behalf of certain garnishees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 DECATUR COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3860 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3867 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 DECATUR, CITY OF Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4458 Corporate limits; annexation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4836 DEKALB COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4610 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5509 Board of education; provide for certain terms of office; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5507 Independent school system or charter school; telecommunication tower on school property; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5391 Recorder's court; costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4915 State court; fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5059 DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS Georgia Volunteers in Dentistry and Dental Hygiene Act; special licenses; other jurisdictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1081 DILLARD, CITY OF City administrator position; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5709 DISASTERS See EMERGENCY SERVICES GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 65A DISTILLED SPIRITS See ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DODGE COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3773 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Dodge County-Eastman Development Authority; membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4970 Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority; membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5682 DOGS Responsible Dog Ownership Law; dangerous and vicious dogs; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 DOMESTIC RELATIONS Grandparent visitation rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform for Georgians; criminal justice reforms enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Spousal privilege exceptions; family violence or sexual assault victim's agent communications confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 State Commission on Family Violence; add holdover provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 DORAVILLE, CITY OF Corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5494 Mayor and councilmember; vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5057 DOUGHERTY COUNTY Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 DOUGLAS COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3725 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3717 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 DOUGLASVILLE, CITY OF City council; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4684 Western Area Regional Radio System Authority; remove City of Douglasville; add Coweta County as a member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4974 66A DRIVERS' LICENSES INDEX Driving under the influence; instructional materials; suspended licenses; limited driving permits; ignition interlock devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Georgia Motor Common and Contract Carrier Act of 2012 enacted; Motor Carrier Compliance Division created; regulation of motor and limousine carriers; regulation function transfer; chauffeur endorsements on drivers' licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, DUI Drivers' licenses; instructional materials; suspended licenses; limited driving permits; ignition interlock devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 DRUGS See CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES and FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS DUBLIN, CITY OF Redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5764 DULUTH, CITY OF Corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5206 -E- EARLY COUNTY Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 EASTMAN, CITY OF Dodge County-Eastman Development Authority; membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4970 Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority; membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5682 EATONTON, CITY OF Eatonton-Putnam Water and Sewer Authority; composition; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4972 ECHOLS COUNTY Board of commissioners; elections and terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4575 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 67A EDUCATION Accountability assessment; annual indicators of financial efficiency; numerical score ratings; achievement gap closure; awards and interventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Approved nursing education programs; revise definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Bills with anticipated revenues or expenditures of significant impact on the Department of Education's ten-year cost projection . . . . . . . . . . 859 Capital outlay funds; replace exceptional growth program; increase requirements for advance funding program; eliminate requirements for school closure nonbinding referendum; delete obsolete provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Career and college readiness initiatives; requirements and implementation delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Constitutional amendment; charter schools; authority of General Assembly to establish state-wide education policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1364 County boards of education; homestead option sales and use tax for educational purposes; effective date delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1133 Diabetes; student care; school personnel training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Drivers' licenses; driving under the influence; instructional materials; suspended licenses; limited driving permits; ignition interlock devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Early care and education programs; influenza vaccine information . . . . . . . . . . . . 734 Educational professionals; falsified test scores; salary reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Elementary and secondary education; repeal obsolete, unused, and unnecessary provisions; clarify enrollment eligibility; eliminate annual performance evaluations deadline; home study internet and attendance records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Georgia Charter Schools Commission abolished; State Charter Schools Commission created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1298 Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority; bonding authority increase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1073 Georgia Special Needs Scholarship; requirement waiver; scholarship amount; application and payment deadlines . . . . . . VETOED HB 181 Herty Advanced Materials Development Center; rename; governance transfer to Board of Regents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Home study programs; declarations of intent submission; Department of Education; local school systems; unexcused absences notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Office of Student Achievement; private college; confidential student data; submission liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1131 Online Clearinghouse Act enacted; local school systems and charter schools can offer computer based courses to other local school systems and charter schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 68A INDEX Online learning; virtual instruction; digital learning methods; requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 Quality Basic Education Act; equalization grants; calculation method revised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Quality Basic Education Act; staff category-level expenditure controls; development funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 School health nurse programs; off-site health care professionals consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 School health nurse programs; state formula funding; supply grants; state-level coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 State School Superintendent; employees; dismissal and employment VETOED SB 38 Teachers; retention improvement; professional learning requirements established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1037 Termination or suspension of contract of employment to reduce staff; requirement in writing not due to fault of such employee; furlough days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890 EFFINGHAM COUNTY Board of commissioners; chairperson; powers and duties; quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . 4979 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3918 ELECTIONS Poll officers; Student Teen Election Participant program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1026 Primaries and elections; nonpartisan election dates; minimum members of local boards of election; ballots, voting, qualifying, voter registration, driver's records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 EMANUEL COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3735 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3741 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Firefighter felony conviction; automatic termination; life-sustaining physician order; compliance immunity; guardian or conservator and emergency medical technicians criminal background checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission; annual report; House and Senate Committees on Health and Human Services; outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177 EMERSON, CITY OF Community improvement districts; creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5081 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 69A EMPLOYEES' PENSION AND SAVINGS PLAN Service credits and contributions; transfer; county revenue employees; retirement system membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM Employees' Retirement System of Georgia Enhanced Investment Authority Act; investments; public scrutiny shield; public disclosure; exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Service credits and contributions; transfer; county revenue employees; retirement system membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 State Personnel Administration abolished; Department of Administrative Services; transfer certain functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 State Personnel Administration abolished; retirement; transferred certain functions to Department of Administrative Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 EQUITY Georgia Taxpayer Protection False Claim Act enacted; State False Medicaid Claims Act substantially revised; funds for the Indigent Care Trust Fund redirected to department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 EVANS COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4087 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4093 EVIDENCE Spousal privilege exceptions; family violence or sexual assault victim's agent communications confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 -F- FAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES ACT Telemarketing practices; conduct; class actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 FAMILY VIOLENCE See DOMESTIC RELATIONS 70A FARMS INDEX See AGRICULTURE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS See BANKING AND FINANCE FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY Firefighter felony conviction; automatic termination; life-sustaining physician order; compliance immunity; guardian or conservator and emergency medical technicians criminal background checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Function transfer; Department of Labor; Safety Fire Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 FIREARMS Burglary or armed robbery; firearms used in crime; law enforcement surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285 FLOWERY BRANCH, CITY OF Corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5132 FLOYD COUNTY Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Probate judge; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5450 FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS Misbranding and adulteration; sugar cane and sorghum syrup establishments; food sales establishment; bottle labeling requirement . . . . . . 1072 Prescription drugs by mail or common carrier delivery; hospital pharmacies authorization; remote order entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1092 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; benefit applicant drug test . . . . . . . . . . . 91 FORSYTH COUNTY Civil service system; appeals; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5702 Civil service system; several amendments; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5687 FRANKLIN COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4078 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 71A Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4082 Board of elections and registration; staggered terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4929 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 FULTON COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4512 Board of education; pensions and retirement; correct typographical errors; compliance federal laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4982 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 FUNERALS Disposition of Veterans' Cremated Remains Act enacted; notifications; immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 -G- GAINESVILLE, CITY OF Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4050 New charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4870 Redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5818 GAME AND FISH Commercial fishing; comprehensive revision of rules and regulations . . . . . . . . . . 739 Crabbing licenses; commercial; limited issue and sale; court document transfer; unlawful taking of crabs; one-day salt-water shore fishing license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958 Taylor's Law; special hunting privileges for terminally ill persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889 GARDEN CITY, CITY OF Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4931 GARNISHMENT See DEBTOR AND CREDITOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY Bills with anticipated revenues or expenditures of significant impact on the Department of Education's ten-year cost projection . . . . . . . . . . 859 Constitutional amendment; charter schools; authority of General Assembly to establish state-wide education policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1364 72A INDEX General appropriations; Fiscal Year 2012 - 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix Georgia Government Accountability Act enacted; Legislative Sunset Advisory Committee created; automatic abolition of certain state agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 456 Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission; annual report; House and Senate Committees on Health and Human Services; outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177 Members; Legislative Retirement System; membership election; service return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 State entities; multiyear rental agreement procedures, conditions, and limitations amendment; constitutional amendment . . . . . . . . . 1363 State House districts; composition and description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 State Properties Commission; multiyear lease agreements authorized; legislative oversight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989 State Senate districts; composition and description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Supplemental appropriations; Fiscal Year 2011 - 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix Zero-base budgeting; budget process; application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 GENERAL PROVISIONS Official Code of Georgia Annotated; correction of typographical, stylistic, and other errors or omissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Retirement and pensions; correction of typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794 GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (GBI) Elder abuse; investigation authorized; unlicensed personal care home owners or operators; background checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Open meetings and records; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Sexual offenders; information gathering methods; personnel transfer . . . . . . . . . . 985 GEORGIA GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT Enacted; Legislative Sunset Advisory Committee created; automatic abolition of certain state agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 456 GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES AUTHORITY ACT Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority; bonding authority increase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1073 GEORGIA MERCHANT ACQUIRER LIMITED PURPOSE BANK ACT Enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 73A GEORGIA TAX TRIBUNAL ACT Georgia Tax Tribunal created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 GEORGIA TAXPAYER FALSE CLAIMS ACT Enacted; State False Medicaid Claims Act substantially revised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 GEORGIA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD Extensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 GILMER COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3710 GLASCOCK COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4123 Probate judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5400 GLENNVILLE, CITY OF Corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4922 GLYNN COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3627 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3636 Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission; membership; various amendments; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5287 GORDON COUNTY Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 GOVERNOR Zero-base budgeting; budget process; application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Georgia Workforce Investment Board; extensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 74A GRADY COUNTY INDEX Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3747 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4268 GREENE COUNTY Board of education; chairperson and members; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5064 GRIFFIN, CITY OF Griffin-Spalding County Airport Authority Act; enact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5255 Redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5743 GUARDIAN AND WARD Life-sustaining physician order; compliance immunity; guardian or conservator and emergency medical technicians criminal background checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 GWINNETT COUNTY Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Recorder's court judges; appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5490 Recorder's court; clerk; change compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5149 GWINNETT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Additional judges of the Bell-Forsyth and Piedmont judicial circuits; initial appointment, election, and term of office; chief judge of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 -H- HABERSHAM COUNTY Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 School district ad valorem tax; homestead exemptions; senior citizens; disabled residents; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 975 State court; judge and solicitor; full-time positions; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . 5221 HALL COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4597 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3894 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 75A HANDICAPPED PERSONS Elder abuse; investigation authorized; unlicensed personal care home owners or operators; background checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services Board and Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 HARALSON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4648 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3703 Office of treasurer; abolished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5151 HARRIS COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3677 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3668 HART COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4029 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4037 Hart County Water and Sewer Authority; re-create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5344 HEALTH Assisted suicide prohibited; health care provider reporting requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Criminal abortion; revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Firefighter felony conviction; automatic termination; life-sustaining physician order; compliance immunity; guardian or conservator and emergency medical technicians criminal background checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission; annual report; House and Senate Committees on Health and Human Services; outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177 Health care facilities; nationally recognized health care accreditation body; expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Health Strategies Council and the Clinical Laboratory, Blood Bank, and Tissue Bank Committee abolished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1132 Land disposal site regulation uniformity; private water suppliers utilizing public water systems; buyer's grace period to purchase liability limitation for hazardous site reuse and redevelopment; brownfield property preferential assessment extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 Patient self-referral; rural area; definition revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 470 76A INDEX Unlicensed personal care home owners or operators; background checks; Georgia Bureau of Investigation; elder abuse investigation . . . . . . . . . 351 HENRY COUNTY County surveyor; appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5048 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES Commercial wreckers; maximum weight and vehicle dimension variance; annual permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732 Dedication of Deputy James D. Paugh Memorial Highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863 Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor individuals; Gone With the Wind Trail; designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Public transit authorities; sales and use taxes; suspend restriction on annual proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1051 Transportation, Department of; amend power to contract and contract bid procedures; road classification requirements; use of tire chains; mass transportation state fund use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 HIRAM, CITY OF City manager; duties and powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4502 HOGANSVILLE, CITY OF City manager; qualifications; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5741 Leases; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5804 HOSPITALS Open meetings and records; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES See GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSTON COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4185 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 77A -I- INCOME TAX Credits for business enterprises in less developed areas; designated by tiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309 Disabled veterans; exclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Fiduciaries; exception for estimated taxes payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 Film or video production; tax credit; job tax credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976 INDIGENT CARE TRUST FUND Proceeds redirected to Department of Community Health; Georgia Taxpayer Protection False Claim Act enacted; State False Medicaid Claims Act substantially revised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 INSURANCE Agents, agencies, subagents, counselors, and adjusters; annual to biennial license renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Child-only individual health insurance plans; restore access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 Closing protection letters; issuance; premiums; Commissioner of Insurance; promulgate rules and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1077 Commissioner; certain records' confidentiality; exceptions; premium taxes and rate collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 Domestic farmers' mutual fire insurance companies; comprehensive revision; limited licences; portable electronic insurance; independent adjusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040 Georgia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; comprehensive revision; consumers' insurance advocate; rate filing requirement abolished until fund appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 Health care providers; licensure requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Limited licenses; portable electronics insurance; nonresident and resident independent adjuster license requirements; insolvent insurers language correction; dispute language; English; state purchasing through competitive bidding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Limited licenses; self-service storage facilities; individual insurance coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 Pharmacy benefits managers; drug requests electronic prior authorization standards development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1134 Public retirement systems; life insurance purchases; beneficiary restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Unfair trade practices; life wellness and health improvement program incentives; exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1080 78A INDEX INTANGIBLE RECORDING TAX Commissions; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 IRWIN COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4058 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4064 -J- JACKSON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3981 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4262 JASPER COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3573 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3579 Probate court judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5046 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 JEFF DAVIS COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4672 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4668 Probate judge to serve in magistrate court; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5388 JEFFERSON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4701 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4707 JEFFERSON, CITY OF Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3985 Redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5755 JENKINS COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4535 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4541 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 79A JOHNSON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3664 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3659 JONES COUNTY Bibb County; Macon Water Authority Act; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4569 Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3551 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3536 Board of education; members election; nonpartisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5398 JUDGES Additional judges of the Bell-Forsyth and Piedmont judicial circuits; initial appointment, election, and term of office; chief judge of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 JUDGES OF THE PROBATE COURTS RETIREMENT FUND OF GEORGIA Probate court fines and fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 JUDICIAL CIRCUITS Additional judges of the Bell-Forsyth and Piedmont judicial circuits; initial appointment, election, and term of office; chief judge of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Assistant district attorney; certain populations; repeal office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Superior court judges; certain populations; repeal supplemental expense allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM Survivor's benefit; member's accumulated contributions payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS Juvenile detention centers; contraband possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1339 -K- KENNESAW, CITY OF Corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4925 80A INDEX -L- LA GRANGE, CITY OF Redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5750 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Employment security; taxable wages; State-wide Reserve Ratio; weekly benefit revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950 Fire protection and safety; function transfer; Department of Labor; Safety Fire Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1144 Franchise agreements; parties; workers' compensation purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services Board and Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Georgia Workforce Investment Board; extensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 Settlement procedures; conservator appointment; loss of hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 LAMAR COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4422 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4416 LANIER COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3768 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3763 LAURENS COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3694 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4286 LAVONIA, CITY OF Hotel-motel tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5199 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES Contracts; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818 Laser device; unlawful pointing at law enforcement officer, aircraft; penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1142 Open meetings and records; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Probation; prohibit first offender treatment for crimes involving law enforcement officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Prohibit threats or intimidation as retaliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 81A Public Safety, Department of; surplus vehicles; sell or trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sexual offenders; information gathering methods; personnel transfer . . . . . . . . . . 985 Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform for Georgians; criminal justice reforms enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 LAWRENCEVILLE, CITY OF Mayor and councilmembers; terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5213 LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEM General Assembly; membership election; service return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 LEGISLATIVE SUNSET ADVISORY COMMITTEE Created; Georgia Government Accountability Act enacted; automatic abolition of certain state agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 456 LIBERTY COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4228 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4238 LICENSE PLATES Nation's motto, "In God We Trust" decal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1070 Purple Heart citation awards; license plate issuance to members currently serving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Temporary license plates; time extension; decal lamination requirement; Department of Revenue; driver information fraud detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Trailers; temporary plates and temporary transporter plates; special plates for disabled veterans, armed services members, distinguished service medals, prostate cancer awareness, lung cancer, and nurses; special exemption for firefighters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 LIENS Georgia Motor Common and Contract Carrier Act of 2012 enacted; Motor Carrier Compliance Division created; regulation of motor and limousine carriers; regulation function transfer; chauffeur endorsements on drivers' licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 LINCOLN COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4561 82A INDEX Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4565 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Airports; provide for local governments' ability to accept community improvement district funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1342 Bonded debt; election approval; population modification; hospital authorities and public funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1117 Budget commissions; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Code enforcement boards; code enforcement officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Knife sale or possession; restrictive ordinances prohibited; exception . . . . . . . . . 1141 Lotteries; unlawful defined; noncash redemption items; coin operated amusement machines; allowable number ordinance provisions authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136 Municipal corporations; parks and fire stations control; noncontiguous special district taxes, fees, and assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 Municipal court judges; jurisdictional exercise; training requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1096 Municipal courts; prosecuting attorneys; drug objects transactions; jurisdiction; fine disposition; case transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Public works construction defined; energy savings performance contracts authorized; capital improvement projects review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Zoning proposal review procedures repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 LONG COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4295 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4300 LOWER CHATTAHOOCHEE REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY Clay County and Quitman County removed from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5050 LOWER CHATTAHOOCHEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5019 LOWNDES COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4275 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3970 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 LYERLY, TOWN OF New charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4934 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 83A -M- MACON COUNTY Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Macon Water Commissioners - Pension Plan; change provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5637 MACON, CITY OF Macon-Bibb County Community Enhancement Authority Act; enact . . . . . . . . . . 5270 Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority Act of 1980; authority to contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5216 Macon-Bibb County; City of Payne; Bibb County; consolidated government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5595 MACON-BIBB COUNTY Macon, City of; City of Payne; Bibb County; consolidated government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5595 MADISON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4112 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4106 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 MALT BEVERAGES See ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MANCHESTER, CITY OF City council; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4486 MANSFIELD, CITY OF New charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5419 MARION COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4138 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3832 84A MASSAGE THERAPISTS INDEX License applicant by endorsement; criminal background check; provisional permits; obsolete provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032 MAYSVILLE, CITY OF Redistricting; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5786 MCDONOUGH, CITY OF Mayor and city administrator; powers and duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5479 New charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5452 MCDUFFIE COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3815 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3820 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 MCINTOSH COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3653 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3646 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 MCINTYRE, CITY OF New charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4993 MERIWETHER COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4365 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4373 MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS Assistant adjutants general; qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Disabled veterans; income tax exclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Disposition of Veterans' Cremated Remains Act enacted; notifications; immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Purple Heart citation awards; license plate issuance to members currently serving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 85A Trailers; temporary plates and temporary transporter plates; special plates for disabled veterans, armed services members, distinguished service medals, prostate cancer awareness, lung cancer, and nurses; special exemption for firefighters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 War veterans homes; residency fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 MILLEDGEVILLE, CITY OF Central State Hospital Local Redevelopment Authority; created . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3837 MILNER, CITY OF New charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5224 MILTON, CITY OF City of Milton Public Buildings and Facilities Authority; city councilmembers; appointment authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5153 MINORS Grandparent visitation rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 Juvenile detention centers; contraband possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1339 MITCHELL COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4405 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4411 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 MONROE COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4388 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4381 Monroe County Public Facilities Authority Act; revenue bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5201 Probate court judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5055 MONTGOMERY COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4118 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4489 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 MORELAND, TOWN OF Mayor and aldermen; election terms and dates; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5159 86A MORGAN COUNTY INDEX Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3941 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3948 MORTGAGES, LIENS, AND SECURITY Foreclosure under power of sale; notices of sale; all debtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079 Vacant or foreclosed real property registries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC All-terrain vehicles; industry standards and practices; definition consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 Certificate of title; scrap metal, dismantled, or demolished trailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Georgia Motor Common and Contract Carrier Act of 2012 enacted; Motor Carrier Compliance Division created; regulation of motor and limousine carriers; regulation function transfer; chauffeur endorsements on drivers' licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 License plates; nation's motto, "In God We Trust" decal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1070 Municipal courts; prosecuting attorneys; drug objects transactions; jurisdiction; fine disposition; case transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Purple Heart citation awards; license plate issuance to members currently serving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Revenue structure; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Secondary metals recyclers; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Temporary license plates; time extension; decal lamination requirement; Department of Revenue; driver information fraud detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Traffic offenses; fleeing or eluding a pursuing police vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 Trailers; temporary plates and temporary transporter plates; special plates for disabled veterans, armed services members, distinguished service medals, prostate cancer awareness, lung cancer, and nurses; special exemption for firefighters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Voter registration and driver records; primaries and elections; nonpartisan election dates; minimum members of local boards of election; ballots, voting, qualifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 MOULTRIE, CITY OF Hotel-motel tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4838 MUNICIPALITIES Airports; provide for local governments' ability to accept community improvement district funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1342 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 87A Law enforcement contracts; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818 Municipal corporations; parks and fire stations control; noncontiguous special district taxes, fees, and assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 Municipal court judges; jurisdictional exercise; training requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1096 Vacant or foreclosed real property registries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 MURRAY COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3809 Board of elections and registration; creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4967 MUSCOGEE COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4577 Board of education; superintendent; public works construction contracts . . . . . . 5585 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 MUSIC THERAPISTS Licensure; advisory group established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 -N- NELSON, CITY OF Appointment of committees; supervision of employees; home rule action . . . . . . 5718 NEWTON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4148 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4157 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 NORCROSS, CITY OF Corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4917 NURSES Approved nursing education programs; revise definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 88A INDEX -O- ONLINE CLEARINGHOUSE ACT Enacted; local school systems and charter schools can offer computer based courses to other local school systems and charter schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 -P- PARENT AND CHILD Grandparent visitation rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 PAULDING COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4451 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4621 PAYNE, CITY OF Macon-Bibb County; City of Macon; Bibb County; consolidated government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5595 PEACE OFFICERS' ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND Board of trustees; hearing officer employment authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 Member notification requirement; employment change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 PEACH COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3607 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3613 PENAL INSTITUTIONS Clerk of superior court offices; modernization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Drivers' licenses; driving under the influence; instructional materials; suspended licenses; limited driving permits; ignition interlock devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Probation; prohibit first offender treatment for crimes involving law enforcement officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Sexual offenders; information gathering methods; personnel transfer . . . . . . . . . . 985 Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform for Georgians; criminal justice reforms enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 89A PERSONAL CARE HOMES Unlicensed personal care home owners or operators; background checks; Georgia Bureau of Investigation; elder abuse investigation . . . . . . . . . 351 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION State Personnel Administration abolished; Department of Administrative Services; transfer certain functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES Prescription drugs by mail or common carrier delivery; hospital pharmacies authorization; remote order entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1092 PICKENS COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3602 Pickens County Water and Sewer Authority; member reappointment . . . . . . . . . . 5218 PIEDMONT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Additional judges of the Bell-Forsyth and Piedmont judicial circuits; initial appointment, election, and term of office; chief judge of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 PIKE COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3793 School district ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; age and income requirements; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5071 POLK COUNTY Ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5033 Ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum . . . . . . . . . 5036 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4640 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Homestead exemption; school taxes; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5043 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5039 POPULATION ACTS Ad valorem tax; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 Bonded debt; election approval; population modification; hospital authorities and public funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1117 90A INDEX Budget commissions; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Intangibles taxation; commissions; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 Judicial circuits; assistant district attorney; certain populations; repeal office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Judicial circuits; superior court judges; certain populations; repeal supplemental expense allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Law enforcement contracts; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818 Probate judge eligibility requirements; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 PROBATE COURTS Atkinson County; judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5497 Floyd County; judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5450 Glascock County; judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5400 Jasper County; judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5046 Jeff Davis County; probate judge to serve in magistrate court; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5388 Judge eligibility requirements; court clerks; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; probate court fines and fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 Monroe County; judge; nonpartisan elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5055 Spalding County; technology fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5333 PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS Social workers; revise licensure requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES Approved nursing education programs; revise definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Assisted suicide prohibited; health care provider reporting requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Attorney's fees; payment obligation; validity and enforcement; appointed special assistant attorney general or district attorney; contingent compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035 Disposition of Veterans' Cremated Remains Act enacted; notifications; immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 Georgia Volunteers in Dentistry and Dental Hygiene Act; special licenses; other jurisdictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1081 Health care facilities; nationally recognized health care accreditation body; expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Health care providers; licensure requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Licensing and registration; farriery profession; exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 91A Massage therapy practice; license applicant by endorsement; criminal background check; provisional permits; obsolete provisions . . . . . . . 1032 Music therapists; licensure; advisory group established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 Nonresident subcontractor withholding payments; taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Patient self-referral; rural area; definition revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 470 Real estate professional; relocation company licensing and qualifications; education, research, and recovery fund; commission subrogation rights; settlement agent; criminal penalties . . . . . . . 1099 Social workers; revise licensure requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Veterinarians and technicians; license application; process revision . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 PROPERTY Bona fide conservation use property; covenants; qualifications and restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763 Clerk of superior court offices; modernization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Closing protection letters; issuance; premiums; Commissioner of Insurance; promulgate rules and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1077 Condominium association; control transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031 Covenants running with the land; zoning laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 Foreclosure under power of sale; notices of sale; all debtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079 Georgia Land Bank Act enacted; creation and operation; acquisition and disposition of tax delinquent property; public meetings; dissolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055 Levy and sale; exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030 Real estate professional; relocation company licensing and qualifications; education, research, and recovery fund; commission subrogation rights; settlement agent; criminal penalties . . . . . . . 1099 Residential mortgage fraud; redefine "mortgage lending process" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 Revenue structure; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Vacant or foreclosed real property registries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS Judicial circuits; assistant district attorney; certain populations; repeal office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; benefit applicant drug test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 92A INDEX PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Archives and History, Division of; Foundation of American Law and Government displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699 Bonded debt; election approval; population modification; hospital authorities and public funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1117 False lien statements against public officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Open meetings and records; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Public retirement systems; life insurance purchases; beneficiary restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 State Accounting Office; Comptroller General; office transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089 State Personnel Administration abolished; Department of Administrative Services; transfer certain functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 State School Superintendent; employees; dismissal and employment VETOED SB 38 Zero-base budgeting; budget process; application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 PUBLIC RECORDS Open meetings and records; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF Surplus vehicles; sell or trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson; term and manner of election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1176 Consumers' utility counsel division; filings requirement abolished until funds appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 Election districts; descriptions; election and term of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 Georgia Motor Common and Contract Carrier Act of 2012 enacted; Motor Carrier Compliance Division created; regulation of motor and limousine carriers; regulation function transfer; chauffeur endorsements on drivers' licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Public utilities and public transportation; telecommunications; modernization and revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Universal Access Fund; surcharge submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION Consumers' utility counsel division; filings requirement abolished until funds appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977; applicability and requirements; Voice over Internet Protocol service suppliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 93A Motor fuel tax; public transit and public campus transportation systems exception extended; sales and use tax for packaging material exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1348 Public Service Commission; chairperson; term and manner of election . . . . . . . . 1176 Public Service Commission; election districts; descriptions; election and term of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 Public utilities and public transportation; telecommunications; modernization and revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Universal Access Fund; Public Service Commission; surcharge submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 PULASKI COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3688 PUTNAM COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3596 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3558 Eatonton-Putnam Water and Sewer Authority; composition; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4972 State court; judge and solicitor; part-time positions; compensation; clerk and sheriff; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 911 State court; updated and consolidated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3936 -Q- QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION ACT Career and college readiness initiatives; requirements and implementation delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Equalization grants; calculation method revised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 QUITMAN COUNTY Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Lower Chattahoochee Regional Airport Authority; remove Clay County and Quitman County from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5050 Lower Chattahoochee Regional Transportation Authority; creation . . . . . . . . . . . 5019 -R- RABUN COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4480 Soil erosion ordinance; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5693 94A RANDOLPH COUNTY INDEX Board of elections and registration; create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3906 Lower Chattahoochee Regional Airport Authority; remove Clay County and Quitman County from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5050 Lower Chattahoochee Regional Transportation Authority; creation . . . . . . . . . . . 5019 REAL ESTATE; BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS Real estate professional; relocation company licensing and qualifications; education, research, and recovery fund; commission subrogation rights; settlement agent; criminal penalties . . . . . . . 1099 REAPPORTIONMENT State House districts; composition and description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 State Senate districts; composition and description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP LAW Dangerous and vicious dogs; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290 RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS Correction of typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794 Employees' Retirement System of Georgia Enhanced Investment Authority Act; investments; public scrutiny shield; public disclosure; exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 General Assembly members; Legislative Retirement System; membership election; service return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; probate court fines and fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 Judicial Retirement System; survivor's benefit; member's accumulated contributions payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; board of trustees; hearing officer employment authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; member notification requirement; employment change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 Public retirement systems; life insurance purchases; beneficiary restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Public School Employees Retirement System; employee contribution and retirement benefit increase; conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1284 Service credits and contributions; transfer; county revenue employees; retirement system membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia; divorced member options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 95A State Personnel Administration abolished; transferred certain functions to Department of Administrative Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Teachers Retirement System; retired teacher; full-time employment; automatic repeal extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 REVENUE AND TAXATION Ad valorem tax; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 Bona fide conservation use property; covenants; qualifications and restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763 Disabled veterans; income tax exclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Driver information fraud detection; temporary license plates; time extension; decal lamination requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Excise tax; certain tobacco products; hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 Fiduciaries; exception for estimated taxes payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 Film or video production; tax credit; job tax credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976 Freeport exemptions from ad valorem taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Georgia Land Bank Act enacted; creation and operation; acquisition and disposition of tax delinquent property; public meetings; dissolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055 Georgia Tax Tribunal created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Income tax credits for business enterprises in less developed areas; designated by tiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309 Intangibles taxation; population modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 Internal Revenue Code of 1986; definitions; sales and use tax; insulin exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 Land disposal site regulation uniformity; private water suppliers utilizing public water systems; buyer's grace period to purchase liability limitation for hazardous site reuse and redevelopment; brownfield property preferential assessment extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 Local sales and use tax; annual reporting matters; manufacturing energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954 Lotteries; unlawful defined; noncash redemption items; coin operated amusement machines; allowable number ordinance provisions authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136 Motor fuel tax; public transit and public campus transportation systems exception extended; sales and use tax for packaging material exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1348 Nonresident subcontractor withholding payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Public Safety, Department of; Public Service Commission; cross-reference corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Revenue structure; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Revenue, Department of; letter rulings publication; levy and sale of personal property; modernization; electronically store, retrieve, and transmit tax executions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 96A REVISER BILLS INDEX Official Code of Georgia Annotated; correction of typographical, stylistic, and other errors or omissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Retirement and pensions; correction of typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794 RICHMOND COUNTY Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority; appointed members; reappointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5205 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Dedication of Deputy James D. Paugh Memorial Highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 RICHMOND HILL, CITY OF New charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5301 ROCKDALE COUNTY Board of elections and registration; appointment of the at-large member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5484 -S- SALES AND USE TAX Exemption; insulin; Internal Revenue Code of 1986; definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 Exemption; packaging material; motor fuel tax; public transit and public campus transportation systems exception extended . . . . . . . . . . . . 1348 Local sales and use tax; annual reporting matters; manufacturing energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954 Nonresident subcontractor withholding payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Public transit authorities; suspend restriction on annual proceeds . VETOED HB 1051 Revenue structure; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 SANDY SPRINGS, CITY OF Amend charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5359 SAVANNAH, CITY OF Chatham Area Transit Authority; board membership; staggered terms; various amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5296 Chatham County; board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4806 Chatham County; board of public education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . 4770 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 97A SCRAP METAL PROCESSORS Certificate of title; scrap metal, dismantled, or demolished trailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Secondary metals recyclers; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 SCREVEN COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3911 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4098 SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS Certificate of title; scrap metal, dismantled, or demolished trailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 SENATE See GENERAL ASSEMBLY SENTENCE AND PUNISHMENT Probation; prohibit first offender treatment for crimes involving law enforcement officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION REVIEW BOARD Information gathering methods; personnel transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985 SHERIFFS Vacancies filled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 SHERIFFS' RETIREMENT FUND Divorced member options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE ACT State purchasing; competitive bidding; resident business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 SOCIAL CIRCLE, CITY OF Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4196 98A SOCIAL SERVICES INDEX Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services Board and Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Juvenile detention centers; contraband possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1339 State False Medicaid Claims Act substantially revised; funds for the Indigent Care Trust Fund redirected; Georgia Taxpayer Protection False Claim Act enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; benefit applicant drug test . . . . . . . . . . . 91 SOUTHERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Director of pretrial release program; arrests and other powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5393 SPALDING COUNTY Griffin-Spalding County Airport Authority Act; enact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5255 Magistrate court; technology fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5331 Probate court; technology fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5333 State court; technology fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5335 SPRINGFIELD, CITY OF New charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4840 ST. MARYS, CITY OF Oak Grove Cemetery Authority; creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5194 STATE COMMISSION ON FAMILY VIOLENCE Holdover provisions added . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 STATE EMPLOYEES' ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT State Personnel Administration abolished; retirement; transferred certain functions to Department of Administrative Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 STATE FALSE MEDICAID CLAIMS ACT Substantial revision; Georgia Taxpayer Protection False Claim Act enacted; funds for the Indigent Care Trust Fund redirected . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 99A STATE GOVERNMENT Administrative procedure; agency reports; federal government mandates; duplicative state and federal regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 Archives and History, Division of; Foundation of American Law and Government displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699 Clerk of superior court offices; modernization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Employees' Retirement System of Georgia Enhanced Investment Authority Act; investments; public scrutiny shield; public disclosure; exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Excise tax; certain tobacco products; hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 False lien statements against public officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Georgia Government Accountability Act enacted; Legislative Sunset Advisory Committee created; automatic abolition of certain state agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 456 Georgia Tax Tribunal created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Open meetings and records; comprehensive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Out-of-state local governments; reciprocate preferences; resident vendors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098 Public works construction defined; energy savings performance contracts authorized; capital improvement projects review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Purchasing through competitive bidding; limited licenses; portable electronics insurance; nonresident and resident independent adjuster license requirements; insolvent insurers language correction; dispute language; English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 State Accounting Office; Comptroller General; office transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089 State entities; multiyear rental agreement procedures, conditions, and limitations amendment; constitutional amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1363 State Personnel Administration abolished; Department of Administrative Services; transfer certain functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 State Properties Commission; multiyear lease agreements authorized; legislative oversight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989 State purchasing; competitive bidding; resident business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 State purchasing; contract awards; heavy equipment; specific procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1178 STATE PROPERTIES COMMISSION Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Multiyear lease agreements authorized; legislative oversight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 STEPHENS COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4734 100A STEWART COUNTY INDEX Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4604 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4435 Lower Chattahoochee Regional Transportation Authority; creation . . . . . . . . . . . 5019 STILLMORE, CITY OF Councilmembers; staggered terms; mayor and councilmembers; elections; duties; city attorney and city clerk; appointments; municipal court; fines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5074 SUPERIOR COURTS Additional judges of the Bell-Forsyth and Piedmont judicial circuits; initial appointment, election, and term of office; chief judge of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Alternative location; accused consent; fine distribution priority order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 Clerk of superior court offices; modernization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Clerks; sunset dates extension of real estate or personal property filing fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Judicial circuits; superior court judges; certain populations; repeal supplemental expense allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Process servers; superior court clerks; application filing fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819 Southern Judicial Circuit; director of pretrial release program; arrests and other powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5393 -T- TALBOT COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4305 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4310 TATTNALL COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4661 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4654 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 TAYLOR'S LAW Special hunting privileges for terminally ill persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 101A Retired teacher; full-time employment; automatic repeal extension . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Service credits and contributions; transfer; county revenue employees; retirement system membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 State Personnel Administration abolished; retirement; transferred certain functions to Department of Administrative Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977; applicability and requirements; Voice over Internet Protocol service suppliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 Public utilities and public transportation; telecommunications; modernization and revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 Universal Access Fund; Public Service Commission; surcharge submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 TELFAIR COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4212 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 TERRELL COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3683 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3729 THOMAS COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3852 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 THOMSON, CITY OF City council; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3828 TIFT COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4176 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4167 TOCCOA, CITY OF Hotel-motel tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5386 102A TOOMBS COUNTY INDEX Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4738 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4782 TORTS Assisted suicide prohibited; health care provider reporting requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF Amend power to contract and contract bid procedures; road classification requirements; use of tire chains; mass transportation state fund use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 TREUTLEN COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4722 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4728 TRION, TOWN OF New charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5099 TROUP COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3520 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3528 Board of elections and registration; creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5409 Troup County Airport Authority; membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5065 TURNER COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4793 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4788 TWIGGS COUNTY Board of education; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5017 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION -U- 103A UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION Employment security; taxable wages; State-wide Reserve Ratio; weekly benefit revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950 UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT Enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 UNIFORM PARTITION OF HEIRS PROPERTY ACT Enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 UPSON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3803 -V- VETERANS See MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS VETERINARIANS AND VETERINARY TECHNICIANS License application; process revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 Licensing and registration; farriery profession; exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 -W- WALKER COUNTY Board of commissioners; modernize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5415 WALTON COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3920 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3928 WARE COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4747 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 Restrictive easements; grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 104A INDEX Satilla Regional Water and Sewer Authority; member terms; various amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5337 WARREN COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4007 WASHINGTON COUNTY Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 WASHINGTON, CITY OF City council; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4713 WATERS, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT State parks, historic areas, recreational areas; boat use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1074 WAYNE COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4548 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4554 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 WEBSTER COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4143 Magistrate court; terms of office; not the chief magistrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5402 WEST POINT, CITY OF Hotel-motel tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4920 New charter; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5836 WHITE COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4024 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4019 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 WHITFIELD COUNTY Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3754 Conveyance of public property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1180 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 105A Dalton-Whitfield County; charter and consolidation commission; referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4507 WILLIAMSON, CITY OF Mayor and councilmembers; terms and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5384 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 WITNESSES Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 WOODSTOCK, CITY OF Corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5404 WORKERS' COMPENSATION Franchise agreements; parties; workers' compensation purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 Settlement procedures; conservator appointment; loss of hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 WORTH COUNTY Board of commissioners; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4070 Board of education; districts and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4074 -X- -Y- -Z- 106A POPULATION POPULATION OF GEORGIA COUNTIES COUNTY 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 Appling . . . . 18,236 . . 17,419 . . 15,744 . . 15,565 . 12,726 . 13,246 . 14,003 . . 14,497 . 13,314 Atkinson . . . . 8,375 . . . 7,609 . . . 6,213 . . . 6,141 . . 5,879 . . 6,188 . . 7,362 . . . 7,093 . . 6,894 Bacon . . . . . 11,096 . . 10,103 . . . 9,566 . . . 9,379 . . 8,233 . . 8,359 . . 8,940 . . . 8,096 . . 7,055 Baker . . . . . . 3,451 . . . 4,074 . . . 3,615 . . . 3,808 . . 3,875 . . 4,543 . . 5,952 . . . 7,344 . . 7,818 Baldwin . . . 45,720 . . 44,700 . . 39,530 . . 34,686 . 34,240 . 34,064 . 29,706 . . 24,190 . 22,878 Banks . . . . . 18,395 . . 14,422 . . 10,308 . . . 8,702 . . 6,833 . . 6,497 . . 6,935 . . . 8,733 . . 9,703 Barrow . . . . 69,367 . . 46,144 . . 29,721 . . 21,354 . 16,859 . 14,485 . 13,115 . . 13,064 . 12,401 Bartow . . . 100,157 . . 76,019 . . 55,915 . . 40,760 . 32,911 . 28,267 . 27,370 . . 25,283 . 25,364 Ben Hill . . . 17,634 . . 17,484 . . 16,245 . . 16,000 . 13,171 . 13,633 . 14,879 . . 14,523 . 13,047 Berrien . . . . 19,286 . . 16,235 . . 14,153 . . 13,525 . 11,556 . 12,038 . 13,966 . . 15,370 . 14,646 Bibb . . . . . 155,547 . 153,887 . 150,137 . 150,256 143,366 141,249 114,079 . . 83,783 . 77,042 Bleckley . . . 13,063 . . 11,666 . . 10,430 . . 10,767 . 10,291 . . 9,642 . . 9,218 . . . 9,655 . . 9,133 Brantley . . . 18,411 . . 14,629 . . 11,077 . . . 8,701 . . 5,940 . . 5,891 . . 6,387 . . . 6,871 . . 6,895 Brooks . . . . 16,243 . . 16,450 . . 15,398 . . 15,255 . 13,743 . 15,292 . 18,169 . . 20,497 . 21,330 Bryan . . . . . 30,233 . . 23,417 . . 15,438 . . 10,175 . . 6,539 . . 6,226 . . 5,965 . . . 6,288 . . 5,952 Bulloch . . . . 70,217 . . 55,983 . . 43,125 . . 35,785 . 31,585 . 24,263 . 24,740 . . 26,010 . 26,509 Burke . . . . . 23,316 . . 22,243 . . 20,579 . . 19,349 . 18,255 . 20,596 . 23,458 . . 26,520 . 29,224 Butts . . . . . . 23,655 . . 19,552 . . 15,326 . . 13,665 . 10,560 . . 8,976 . . 9,079 . . . 9,182 . . 9,345 Calhoun . . . . 6,694 . . . 6,320 . . . 5,013 . . . 5,717 . . 6,606 . . 7,341 . . 8,578 . . 10,438 . 10,576 Camden . . . 50,513 . . 43,664 . . 30,167 . . 13,371 . 11,334 . . 9,975 . . 7,322 . . . 5,910 . . 6,338 Campbell . . . . . *** . . . . . *** . . . . . *** . . . . . *** . . . . *** . . . . *** . . . . *** . . . . *** . . 9,903 Candler . . . . 10,998 . . . 9,577 . . . 7,744 . . . 7,518 . . 6,412 . . 6,672 . . 8,063 . . . 9,103 . . 8,991 Carroll . . . 110,527 . . 87,268 . . 71,422 . . 56,346 . 45,404 . 36,451 . 34,112 . . 34,156 . 34,272 Catoosa . . . . 63,942 . . 53,282 . . 42,464 . . 36,991 . 28,271 . 21,101 . 15,146 . . 12,199 . . 9,421 Charlton . . . 12,171 . . 10,282 . . . 8,496 . . . 7,343 . . 5,680 . . 5,313 . . 4,821 . . . 5,246 . . 4,381 Chatham . . 265,128 232,347* . 216,774 . 202,226 187,816 188,299 151,481 . 117,970 105,431 Chatta- hoochee . . . 11,267 . . 14,882 . . 16,934 . . 21,732 . 25,813 . 13,011 . 12,149 . . 15,138 . . 8,894 Chattooga . . 26,015 . . 25,470 . . 22,242 . . 21,856 . 20,541 . 19,954 . 21,197 . . 18,532 . 15,407 Cherokee . 214,346 . 141,903 . . 90,204 . . 51,699 . 31,059 . 23,001 . 20,750 . . 20,126 . 20,003 Clarke . . . . 116,714 . 101,489 . . 87,594 . . 74,498 . 65,177 . 45,363 . 36,550 . . 28,398 . 25,613 Clay . . . . . . . 3,183 . . . 3,357 . . . 3,364 . . . 3,553 . . 3,636 . . 4,551 . . 5,844 . . . 7,064 . . 6,943 Clayton . . . 259,424 . 236,517 . 181,436 . 150,357 . 98,126 . 46,365 . 22,872 . . 11,655 . 10,260 Clinch . . . . . . 6,798 . . . 6,878 . . . 6,160 . . . 6,660 . . 6,405 . . 6,545 . . 6,007 . . . 6,437 . . 7,015 Cobb . . . . . 688,078 . 607,751 . 447,745 . 297,718 196,793 114,174 . 61,830 . . 38,272 . 35,408 Coffee . . . . . 42,356 . . 37,413 . . 29,592 . . 26,894 . 22,828 . 21,953 . 23,962 . . 21,541 . 19,739 Colquitt . . . . 45,498 . . 42,053 . . 36,645 . . 35,376 . 32,298 . 34,048 . 33,999 . . 33,012 . 30,622 Columbia . 124,053 . . 89,288 . . 66,031 . . 40,118 . 22,327 . 13,423 . . 9,525 . . . 9,433 . . 8,793 Cook . . . . . . 17,212 . . 15,771 . . 13,456 . . 13,490 . 12,129 . 11,822 . 12,201 . . 11,919 . 11,311 Coweta . . . 127,317 . . 89,215 . . 53,853 . . 39,268 . 32,310 . 28,893 . 27,786 . . 26,972 . 25,127 Crawford . . 12,630 . . 12,495 . . . 8,991 . . . 7,684 . . 5,748 . . 5,816 . . 6,080 . . . 7,128 . . 7,020 Crisp . . . . . . 23,439 . . 21,996 . . 20,011 . . 19,489 . 18,087 . 17,768 . 17,663 . . 17,540 . 17,343 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 107A COUNTY 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 Dade . . . . . . 16,633 . . 15,154 . . 13,147 . . 12,318 . . 9,910 . . 8,666 . . 7,364 . . . 5,894 . . 4,146 Dawson . . . . 22,330 . . 15,999 . . . 9,429 . . . 4,774 . . 3,639 . . 3,590 . . 3,712 . . . 4,479 . . 3,502 Decatur . . . . 27,842 . . 28,240 . . 25,517 . . 25,495 . 22,310 . 25,203 . 23,620 . . 22,234 . 23,622 DeKalb . . . 691,893 . 666,072 . 546,171 . 483,024 415,387 256,782 136,395 . . 86,942 . 70,278 Dodge . . . . . 21,796 . . 19,171 . . 17,607 . . 16,955 . 15,658 . 16,483 . 17,865 . . 21,022 . 21,599 Dooly . . . . . 14,918 . . 11,525 . . . 9,901 . . 10,826 . 10,404 . 11,474 . 14,159 . . 16,886 . 18,025 Dougherty . . 94,565 . . 96,065 . . 96,321 . 100,710 . 89,639 . 75,680 . 43,617 . . 28,565 . 22,306 Douglas . . 132,403 . . 92,174 . . 71,120 . . 54,573 . 28,659 . 16,741 . 12,173 . . 10,053 . . 9,461 Early . . . . . . 11,008 . . 12,354 . . 11,854 . . 13,158 . 12,682 . 13,151 . 17,413 . . 18,679 . 18,273 Echols . . . . . . 4,034 . . . 3,754 . . . 2,334 . . . 2,297 . . 1,924 . . 1,876 . . 2,494 . . . 2,964 . . 2,744 Effingham . . 52,250 . . 37,535 . . 25,687 . . 18,327 . 13,632 . 10,144 . . 9,133 . . . 9,646 . 10,164 Elbert . . . . . 20,166 . . 20,511 . . 18,949 . . 18,758 . 17,262 . 17,835 . 18,585 . . 19,618 . 18,485 Emanuel . . . 22,598 . . 21,837 . . 20,546 . . 20,795 . 18,357 . 17,815 . 19,789 . . 23,517 . 24,101 Evans . . . . . 11,000 . . 10,495 . . . 8,724 . . . 8,428 . . 7,290 . . 6,952 . . 6,653 . . . 7,401 . . 7,102 Fannin . . . . 23,682 . . 19,798 . . 15,992 . . 14,748 . 13,357 . 13,620 . 15,192 . . 14,752 . 12,969 Fayette . . . 106,567 . . 91,263 . . 62,415 . . 29,043 . 11,364 . . 8,199 . . 7,978 . . . 8,170 . . 8,665 Floyd . . . . . 96,317 . . 90,565 . . 81,251 . . 79,800 . 73,742 . 69,130 . 62,899 . . 56,141 . 48,677 Forsyth . . . 175,511 . . 98,407 . . 44,083 . . 27,958 . 16,928 . 12,170 . 11,005 . . 11,322 . 10,624 Franklin . . . 22,084 . . 20,285 . . 16,650 . . 15,185 . 12,784 . 13,274 . 14,446 . . 15,612 . 15,902 Fulton . . . . 920,581 . 815,806 . 648,779 . 589,904 605,210 556,326 473,572 . 392,886 318,587 Gilmer . . . . 28,292 . . 23,456 . . 13,368 . . 11,110 . . 8,956 . . 8,922 . . 9,963 . . . 9,001 . . 7,344 Glascock . . . . 3,082 . . . 2,556 . . . 2,357 . . . 2,382 . . 2,280 . . 2,672 . . 3,579 . . . 4,547 . . 4,388 Glynn . . . . . 79,626 . . 67,568 . . 62,496 . . 54,981 . 50,528 . 41,954 . 29,046 . . 21,920 . 19,400 Gordon . . . . 55,186 . . 44,104 . . 35,067 . . 30,070 . 23,570 . 19,228 . 18,922 . . 18,445 . 16,846 Grady . . . . . 25,011 . . 23,659 . . 20,279 . . 19,845 . 17,826 . 18,015 . 18,928 . . 19,654 . 19,200 Greene . . . . 15,994 . . 14,406 . . 11,793 . . 11,391 . 10,212 . 11,193 . 12,843 . . 13,709 . 12,616 Gwinnett . . 805,321 . 588,448 . 352,910 . 166,808 . 72,349 . 43,541 . 32,320 . . 29,087 . 27,853 Habersham . 43,041 . . 35,902 . . 27,622 . . 25,020 . 20,691 . 18,116 . 16,553 . . 14,771 . 12,748 Hall . . . . . . 179,684 . 139,281 . . 95,434 . . 75,649 . 59,405 . 49,739 . 40,113 . . 34,822 . 30,313 Hancock . . . . 9,429 . . 10,076 . . . 8,908 . . . 9,466 . . 9,019 . . 9,979 . 11,052 . . 12,764 . 13,070 Haralson . . . 28,780 . . 25,690 . . 21,966 . . 18,422 . 15,927 . 14,543 . 14,663 . . 14,377 . 13,263 Harris . . . . . 32,024 . . 23,695 . . 17,788 . . 15,464 . 11,520 . 11,167 . 11,265 . . 11,428 . 11,140 Hart . . . . . . . 25,213 . . 23,000 . . 19,712 . . 18,585 . 15,814 . 15,229 . 14,495 . . 15,512 . 15,174 Heard . . . . . 11,834 . . 11,012 . . . 8,628 . . . 6,520 . . 5,354 . . 5,333 . . 6,975 . . . 8,610 . . 9,102 Henry . . . . 203,922 . 119,341 . . 58,741 . . 36,309 . 23,724 . 17,619 . 15,857 . . 15,119 . 15,924 Houston . . 139,900 . 110,765 . . 89,208 . . 77,605 . 62,924 . 39,154 . 20,964 . . 11,303 . 11,280 Irwin . . . . . . . 9,538 . . . 9,931 . . . 8,649 . . . 8,988 . . 8,036 . . 9,211 . 11,973 . . 12,936 . 12,199 Jackson . . . . 60,485 . . 41,589 . . 30,005 . . 25,343 . 21,093 . 18,499 . 18,997 . . 20,089 . 21,609 Jasper . . . . . 13,900 . . 11,426 . . . 8,453 . . . 7,553 . . 5,760 . . 6,135 . . 7,473 . . . 8,772 . . 8,594 Jeff Davis . . 15,068 . . 12,684 . . 12,032 . . 11,473 . . 9,425 . . 8,914 . . 9,299 . . . 8,841 . . 8,118 Jefferson . . . 16,930 . . 17,263 . . 17,408 . . 18,403 . 17,174 . 17,468 . 18,855 . . 20,040 . 20,727 Jenkins . . . . . 8,340 . . . 8,575 . . . 8,247 . . . 8,841 . . 8,332 . . 9,148 . 10,264 . . 11,843 . 12,908 Johnson . . . . . 9,980 . . . 8,560 . . . 8,329 . . . 8,660 . . 7,727 . . 8,048 . . 9,893 . . 12,953 . 12,681 Jones . . . . . . 28,669 . . 23,639 . . 20,739 . . 16,579 . 12,270 . . 8,468 . . 7,538 . . . 8,331 . . 8,992 Lamar . . . . . 18,317 . . 15,912 . . 13,038 . . 12,215 . 10,688 . 10,240 . 10,242 . . 10,091 . . 9,745 108A POPULATION COUNTY 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 Lanier . . . . . 10,078 . . . 7,241 . . . 5,531 . . . 5,654 . . 5,031 . . 5,097 . . 5,151 . . . 5,632 . . 5,190 Laurens . . . . 48,434 . . 44,874 . . 39,988 . . 36,990 . 32,738 . 32,313 . 33,123 . . 33,606 . 32,693 Lee . . . . . . . 28,298 . . 24,757 . . 16,250 . . 11,684 . . 7,044 . . 6,204 . . 6,674 . . . 7,837 . . 8,328 Liberty . . . . 63,453 . . 61,610 . . 52,745 . . 37,583 . 17,569 . 14,487 . . 8,444 . . . 8,595 . . 8,153 Lincoln . . . . . 7,996 . . . 8,348 . . . 7,442 . . . 6,716 . . 5,895 . . 5,906 . . 6,462 . . . 7,042 . . 7,847 Long . . . . . . 14,464 . . 10,304 . . . 6,202 . . . 4,524 . . 3,746 . . 3,874 . . 3,598 . . . 4,086 . . 4,180 Lowndes . . 109,233 . . 92,121 . . 75,981 . . 67,972 . 55,112 . 49,270 . 35,211 . . 31,860 . 29,994 Lumpkin . . . 29,966 . . 21,016 . . 14,573 . . 10,762 . . 8,728 . . 7,241 . . 6,574 . . . 6,223 . . 4,927 McDuffie . . 14,740 . . 21,231 . . 20,119 . . 18,546 . 15,276 . 12,627 . 11,443 . . 10,878 . . 9,014 McIntosh . . 28,120 . . 10,847 . . . 8,634 . . . 8,046 . . 7,371 . . 6,364 . . 6,008 . . . 5,292 . . 5,763 Macon . . . . . . 8,742 . . 14,074 . . 13,114 . . 14,003 . 12,933 . 13,170 . 14,213 . . 15,947 . 16,643 Madison . . . 21,875 . . 25,730 . . 21,050 . . 17,747 . 13,517 . 11,246 . 12,238 . . 13,431 . 14,921 Marion . . . . 14,333 . . . 7,144 . . . 5,590 . . . 5,297 . . 5,099 . . 5,477 . . 6,521 . . . 6,954 . . 6,968 Meriwether . 21,992 . . 22,534 . . 22,411 . . 21,229 . 19,461 . 19,756 . 21,055 . . 22,055 . 22,437 Miller . . . . . . 6,125 . . . 6,383 . . . 6,280 . . . 7,038 . . 6,424 . . 6,908 . . 9,023 . . . 9,998 . . 9,076 Milton . . . . . . . . *** . . . . . *** . . . . . *** . . . . . *** . . . . *** . . . . *** . . . . *** . . . . *** . . 6,730 Mitchell . . . 23,498 . . 23,932 . . 20,275 . . 21,114 . 18,956 . 19,652 . 22,528 . . 23,261 . 23,620 Monroe . . . . 26,424 . 21,774* . . 17,113 . . 14,610 . 10,991 . 10,495 . 10,523 . . 10,749 . 11,606 Montgomery . 9,123 . . . 8,270 . . . 7,379 . . . 7,011 . . 6,099 . . 6,284 . . 7,901 . . . 9,668 . 10,020 Morgan . . . . 17,868 . . 15,457 . . 12,883 . . 11,572 . . 9,904 . 10,280 . 11,899 . . 12,713 . 12,488 Murray . . . . 39,628 . . 36,506 . . 26,147 . . 19,685 . 12,986 . 10,447 . 10,676 . . 11,137 . . 9,215 Muscogee . 189,885 . 186,291 . 179,280 . 170,108 167,377 158,623 118,028 . . 75,494 . 57,558 Newton . . . . 99,958 . . 62,001 . . 41,808 . . 34,666 . 26,282 . 20,999 . 20,185 . . 18,576 . 17,290 Oconee . . . . 32,808 . . 26,225 . . 17,618 . . 12,427 . . 7,915 . . 6,304 . . 7,009 . . . 7,576 . . 8,082 Oglethorpe . 14,899 . . 12,635 . . . 9,763 . . . 8,929 . . 7,598 . . 7,926 . . 9,958 . . 12,430 . 12,927 Paulding . . 142,324 . . 81,678 . . 41,611 . . 26,110 . 17,520 . 13,101 . 11,752 . . 12,832 . 12,327 Peach . . . . . 27,695 . . 23,668 . . 21,189 . . 19,151 . 15,990 . 13,846 . 11,705 . . 10,378 . 10,268 Pickens . . . . 29,431 . . 22,983 . . 14,432 . . 11,652 . . 9,620 . . 8,903 . . 8,855 . . . 9,136 . . 9,687 Pierce . . . . . 18,758 . . 15,636 . . 13,328 . . 11,897 . . 9,281 . . 9,678 . 11,112 . . 11,800 . 12,522 Pike . . . . . . . 17,869 . . 13,688 . . 10,224 . . . 8,937 . . 7,316 . . 7,138 . . 8,459 . . 10,375 . 10,853 Polk . . . . . . 41,475 . . 38,127 . . 33,815 . . 32,382 . 29,656 . 28,015 . 30,976 . . 28,467 . 25,141 Pulaski . . . . 12,010 . . . 9,588 . . . 8,108 . . . 8,950 . . 8,066 . . 8,204 . . 8,808 . . . 9,829 . . 9,005 Putnam . . . . 21,218 . . 18,812 . . 14,137 . . 10,295 . . 8,394 . . 7,798 . . 7,731 . . . 8,514 . . 8,367 Quitman . . . . 2,513 . . . 2,598 . . . 2,210 . . . 2,357 . . 2,180 . . 2,432 . . 3,015 . . . 3,435 . . 3,820 Rabun . . . . . 16,276 . . 15,050 . . 11,648 . . 10,466 . . 8,327 . . 7,456 . . 7,424 . . . 7,821 . . 6,331 Randolph . . . 7,719 . . . 7,791 . . . 8,023 . . . 9,599 . . 8,734 . 11,078 . 13,804 . . 16,609 . 17,174 Richmond . 200,549 . 199,775 . 189,719 . 181,629 162,437 135,601 108,876 . . 81,863 . 72,990 Rockdale . . . 85,215 . . 70,111 . . 54,091 . . 36,570 . 18,152 . 10,572 . . 8,464 . . . 7,724 . . 7,247 Schley . . . . . . 5,010 . . . 3,766 . . . 3,590 . . . 3,433 . . 3,097 . . 3,256 . . 4,036 . . . 5,033 . . 5,347 Screven . . . . 14,593 . . 15,374 . . 13,842 . . 14,043 . 12,591 . 14,919 . 18,000 . . 20,353 . 20,503 Seminole . . . . 8,729 . . . 9,369 . . . 9,010 . . . 9,057 . . 7,059 . . 6,802 . . 7,904 . . . 8,492 . . 7,389 Spalding . . . 64,073 . . 58,417 . . 54,457 . . 47,899 . 39,514 . 35,404 . 31,045 . . 28,427 . 23,495 Stephens . . . 26,175 . . 25,435 . . 23,436 . . 21,761 . 20,331 . 18,391 . 16,647 . . 12,972 . 11,740 Stewart . . . . . 6,058 . . . 5,252 . . . 5,654 . . . 5,896 . . 6,511 . . 7,371 . . 9,194 . . 10,603 . 11,114 Sumter . . . . 32,819 . . 33,200 . . 30,232 . . 29,360 . 26,931 . 24,652 . 24,208 . . 24,502 . 26,800 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 109A COUNTY 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 Talbot . . . . . . 6,865 . . . 6,498 . . . 6,524 . . . 6,536 . . 6,625 . . 7,127 . . 7,687 . . . 8,141 . . 8,458 Taliaferro . . . 1,717 . . . 2,077 . . . 1,915 . . . 2,032 . . 2,423 . . 3,370 . . 4,515 . . . 6,278 . . 6,172 Tattnall . . . . 25,520 . . 22,305 . . 17,722 . . 18,134 . 16,557 . 15,837 . 15,939 . . 16,243 . 15,411 Taylor . . . . . . 8,906 . . . 8,815 . . . 7,642 . . . 7,902 . . 7,865 . . 8,311 . . 9,113 . . 10,768 . 10,617 Telfair . . . . . 16,500 . . 11,794 . . 11,000 . . 11,445 . 11,394 . 11,715 . 13,221 . . 15,145 . 14,997 Terrell . . . . . . 9,315 . . 10,970 . . 10,653 . . 12,017 . 11,416 . 12,742 . 14,314 . . 16,675 . 18,290 Thomas . . . . 44,720 . . 42,737 . . 38,943 . . 38,098 . 34,562 . 34,319 . 33,932 . . 31,289 . 32,612 Tift . . . . . . . 40,118 . . 38,407 . . 34,998 . . 32,862 . 27,288 . 23,487 . 22,645 . . 18,599 . 16,068 Toombs . . . . 27,223 . . 26,067 . . 24,072 . . 22,592 . 19,151 . 16,837 . 17,382 . . 16,952 . 17,165 Towns . . . . . 10,471 . . . 9,319 . . . 6,754 . . . 5,638 . . 4,565 . . 4,538 . . 4,803 . . . 4,925 . . 4,346 Treutlen . . . . 6,885 . . . 6,854 . . . 5,994 . . . 6,087 . . 5,647 . . 5,874 . . 6,522 . . . 7,632 . . 7,488 Troup . . . . . 67,044 . . 58,779 . . 55,532 . . 50,003 . 44,466 . 47,189 . 49,841 . . 43,879 . 36,752 Turner . . . . . . 8,930 . . . 9,504 . . . 8,703 . . . 9,510 . . 8,790 . . 8,439 . 10,479 . . 10,846 . 11,196 Twiggs . . . . . 9,023 . . 10,590 . . . 9,806 . . . 9,354 . . 8,222 . . 7,935 . . 8,308 . . . 9,117 . . 8,372 Union . . . . . 21,356 . . 17,289 . . 11,993 . . . 9,390 . . 6,811 . . 6,510 . . 7,318 . . . 7,680 . . 6,340 Upson . . . . . 27,153 . . 27,597 . . 26,300 . . 25,998 . 23,505 . 23,800 . 25,078 . . 25,064 . 19,509 Walker . . . . 68,756 . . 61,053 . . 58,340 . . 56,470 . 50,691 . 45,264 . 38,198 . . 31,024 . 26,206 Walton . . . . 83,768 . . 60,687 . . 38,586 . . 31,211 . 23,404 . 20,481 . 20,230 . . 20,777 . 21,118 Ware . . . . . . 36,312 . . 35,483 . . 35,471 . . 37,180 . 33,525 . 34,219 . 30,289 . . 27,929 . 26,558 Warren . . . . . 5,834 . . . 6,336 . . . 6,078 . . . 6,583 . . 6,669 . . 7,360 . . 8,779 . . 10,236 . 11,181 Washington 21,187 . . 21,176 . . 19,112 . . 18,842 . 17,480 . 18,903 . 21,012 . . 24,230 . 25,030 Wayne . . . . 30,099 . . 26,565 . . 22,356 . . 20,750 . 17,858 . 17,921 . 14,248 . . 13,122 . 12,647 Webster . . . . 2,799 . . . 2,390 . . . 2,263 . . . 2,341 . . 2,362 . . 3,247 . . 4,081 . . . 4,726 . . 5,032 Wheeler . . . . 7,421 . . . 6,179 . . . 4,903 . . . 5,155 . . 4,596 . . 5,342 . . 6,712 . . . 8,536 . . 9,149 White . . . . . 27,144 . . 19,944 . . 13,006 . . 10,120 . . 7,742 . . 6,935 . . 5,951 . . . 6,417 . . 6,056 Whitfield . 102,599 . . 83,525 . . 72,462 . . 65,775 . 55,108 . 42,109 . 34,432 . . 26,105 . 20,808 Wilcox . . . . . 9,255 . . . 8,577 . . . 7,008 . . . 7,682 . . 6,998 . . 7,905 . 10,167 . . 12,755 . 13,439 Wilkes . . . . 10,593 . . 10,687 . . 10,597 . . 10,951 . 10,184 . 10,961 . 12,388 . . 15,084 . 15,944 Wilkinson . . . 9,563 . . 10,220 . . 10,228 . . 10,368 . . 9,393 . . 9,250 . . 9,781 . . 11,025 . 10,844 Worth . . . . . 21,679 . . 21,967 . . 19,744 . . 18,064 . 14,770 . 16,682 . 19,357 . . 21,374 . 21,094 Total . . . . . 9,687,653 8,186,453* . 6,478,149 . 5,462,982 4,589,575 3,943,116 3,444,578 3,123,723 2,908,506 Note: The 2000 population counts set forth herein were subject to correction for undercount or overcount. An asterisk denotes census revision since publication of the 2003 Georgia Laws. *** Denotes county which has been abolished or merged with another county. 110A POPULATION COUNTY POPULATION NUMERICALLY LISTED ACCORDING TO 2010 CENSUS County Population Fulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920,581 Gwinnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805,321 DeKalb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691,893 Cobb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688,078 Chatham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265,128 Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259,424 Cherokee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214,346 Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,922 Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,549 Muscogee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,885 Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179,684 Forsyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,511 Bibb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155,547 Paulding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,324 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,900 Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,403 Coweta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,317 Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,053 Clarke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,714 Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,527 Lowndes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,233 Fayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,567 Whitfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,599 Bartow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,157 Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,958 Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,317 Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,565 Rockdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,215 Walton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,768 Glynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,626 Bulloch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,217 Barrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,367 Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,756 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 111A County Population Troup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,044 Spalding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,073 Catoosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,942 Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,453 Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,485 Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,186 Effingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,250 Camden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,513 Laurens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,434 Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,720 Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,498 Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,720 Habersham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,041 Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,356 Polk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,475 Tift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,118 Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,628 Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,312 Sumter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,819 Oconee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,808 Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,024 Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,233 Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,099 Lumpkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,966 Pickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,431 Haralson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,780 Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,669 Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,298 Gilmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,292 Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,120 Decatur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,842 Peach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,695 Toombs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,223 Upson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,153 White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,144 Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,424 Stephens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,175 112A POPULATION County Population Chattooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,015 Tattnall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,520 Hart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,213 Grady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,011 Fannin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,682 Butts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,655 Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,498 Crisp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,439 Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,316 Emanuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,598 Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,330 Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,084 Meriwether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,992 McDuffie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,875 Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,796 Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,679 Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,356 Putnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,218 Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,187 Elbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,166 Berrien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,286 Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,758 Brantley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,411 Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,395 Lamar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,317 Appling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,236 Pike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,869 Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,868 Ben Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,634 Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,212 Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,930 Dade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,633 Telfair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,500 Rabun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,276 Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,243 Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,994 Jeff Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,068 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 113A County Population Dooly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,918 Oglethorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,899 Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,740 Screven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,593 Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,464 McIntosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,333 Jasper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,900 Bleckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,063 Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,630 Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,171 Pulaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,010 Heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,834 Chattahoochee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,267 Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,096 Early . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,008 Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,000 Candler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,998 Wilkes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,593 Towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,471 Lanier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,078 Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,980 Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,563 Irwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,538 Hancock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,429 Terrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,315 Wilcox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,255 Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,123 Twiggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,023 Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,930 Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,906 Marion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,742 Seminole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,729 Atkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,375 Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,340 Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,996 Randolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,719 Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,421 114A POPULATION County Population Treutlen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,885 Talbot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,865 Clinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,798 Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,694 Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,125 Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,058 Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,834 Schley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,010 Echols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,034 Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,451 Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,183 Glascock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,082 Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,799 Quitman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,513 Taliaferro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,717 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,687,653 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION POPULATION OF GEORGIA CITIES ALPHABETICALLY LISTED ACCORDING TO 2010 CENSUS 115A City Population, 2010 Abbeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,908 Acworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,425 Adairsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,648 Adel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,334 Adrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 Ailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Alamo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,797 Alapaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,434 Aldora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Allenhurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 Allentown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Alma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,466 Alpharetta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,551 Alston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Alto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,172 Ambrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Americus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,041 Andersonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Arabi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 Aragon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,249 Arcade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,786 Argyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Arlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,479 Arnoldsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Ashburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,152 Athens-Clarke County . . . . . . . 115,452 Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420,003 Attapulgus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Auburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,887 Augusta-Richmond County . . . 195,844 Austell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,581 Avalon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 City Population, 2010 Avera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Avondale Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,960 Baconton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915 Bainbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,697 Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,279 Ball Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,433 Barnesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,755 Bartow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Barwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 Baxley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,400 Bellville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Berkeley Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,574 Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 Bethlehem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 Between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Blackshear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,445 Blairsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Blakely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,068 Bloomingdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,713 Blue Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,290 Bluffton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Blythe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 Bogart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,034 Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,315 Bostwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Bowdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,040 Bowersville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 Bowman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862 Braselton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,511 Braswell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Bremen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,227 Brinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 116A POPULATION City Population, 2010 Bronwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Brooklet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,395 Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Broxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,189 Brunswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,383 Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,104 Buckhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Buena Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,173 Buford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,225 Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,972 Byromville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Byron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,512 Cadwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Cairo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,607 Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,650 Camak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Camilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,360 Canon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,958 Carl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Carlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Carnesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,388 Cartersville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,731 Cave Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200 Cecil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Cedartown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,750 Centerville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,148 Centralhatchee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Chamblee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,892 Chatsworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,299 Chattahoochee Hills . . . . . . . . . . . 2,378 Chauncey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Chester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,596 Chickamauga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,101 Clarkesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,733 Clarkston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,554 City Population, 2010 Claxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,746 Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,047 Clermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,410 Climax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Cobbtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,150 Cohutta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661 Colbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 College Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,942 Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992 Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,885 Comer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126 Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,544 Concord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Conyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,195 Coolidge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 Cordele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,147 Cornelia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,160 Covington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,118 Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832 Crawfordville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534 Culloden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Cumming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,430 Cusseta-Chattahoochee County . 11,267 Cuthbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,873 Dacula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,442 Dahlonega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,242 Daisy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,544 Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,128 Damascus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Danielsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 Danville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Darien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,975 Dasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 117A City Population, 2010 Davisboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,010 Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,540 Dawsonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,536 De Soto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Dearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Decatur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,335 Deepstep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Demorest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823 Denton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Dexter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Doerun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Donalsonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,650 Dooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Doraville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,330 Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,589 Douglasville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,961 Du Pont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Dublin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,201 Dudley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,600 Dunwoody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,267 East Dublin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,441 East Ellijay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 East Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,712 Eastman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,962 Eatonton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,480 Edge Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Edison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,531 Elberton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,653 Ellaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,812 Ellenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Ellijay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,619 Emerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,470 Enigma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,278 Ephesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Eton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 City Population, 2010 Euharlee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,136 Fairburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,950 Fairmount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 Fargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Fayetteville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,945 Fitzgerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,053 Flemington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 Flovilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653 Flowery Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,679 Folkston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,502 Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,468 Forsyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,788 Fort Gaines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,107 Fort Oglethorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,263 Fort Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,815 Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 Franklin Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952 Funston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Gainesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,804 Garden City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,778 Garfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Gay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Geneva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Georgetown-Quitman County . . . 2,513 Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 Gillsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Girard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Glennville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,569 Glenwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 Good Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,017 Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Grantville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,041 Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,276 Grayson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,666 Greensboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,359 Greenville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 118A POPULATION City Population, 2010 Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,643 Grovetown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,216 Gum Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Guyton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,684 Hagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996 Hahira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,737 Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016 Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,987 Hapeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,373 Haralson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Harlem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,666 Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 Hartwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,469 Hawkinsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,589 Hazlehurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,226 Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Helena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,883 Hephzibah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,011 Hiawassee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880 Higgston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Hiltonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Hinesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,437 Hiram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,546 Hoboken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Hogansville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,060 Holly Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,189 Homeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 Homer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,141 Homerville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,456 Hoschton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,377 Hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Ideal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 Ila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Iron City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Irwinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 Ivey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981 Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,045 City Population, 2010 Jacksonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Jakin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Jasper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,684 Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,432 Jeffersonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035 Jenkinsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Jesup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,214 Johns Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,728 Jonesboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,724 Junction City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Kennesaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,783 Keysville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Kingsland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,946 Kingston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Kite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 LaFayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,121 LaGrange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,588 Lake City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,612 Lake Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733 Lakeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,366 Lavonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,156 Lawrenceville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,546 Leary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 Leesburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,896 Lenox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873 Leslie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Lexington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Lilburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,596 Lilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Lincolnton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,566 Lithonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,924 Locust Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,402 Loganville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,458 Lone Oak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Lookout Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,602 Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,493 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 119A City Population, 2010 Lovejoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,422 Ludowici . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,703 Lula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,758 Lumber City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,328 Lumpkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145* Luthersville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874 Lyerly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,367 Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,351 Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,979 Manassas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Manchester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,230 Mansfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Marietta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,579 Marshallville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,448 Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Maxeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Maysville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,798 McCaysville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,056 McDonough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,084 McIntyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 McRae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,740 Meansville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035 Menlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 Metter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,130 Midville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Midway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,121 Milan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 Milledgeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,715 Millen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,120 Milner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 Milton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,661 Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Molena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,234 Montezuma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,460 City Population, 2010 Monticello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,657 Montrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Moreland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,861* Morganton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Morrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,445 Morven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 Moultrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,268 Mount Airy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,284 Mount Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,451 Mount Zion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696 Mountain City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,088 Mountain Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 Nahunta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,053 Nashville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,939 Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,314 Newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 Newington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,039 Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 Nicholls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,798 Nicholson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696 Norcross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,116 Norman Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972 North High Shoals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Norwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Nunez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Oakwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,970 Ochlocknee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 Ocilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,414 Oconee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Odum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Offerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 Oglethorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,328 Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Omega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,221 120A POPULATION City Population, 2010 Orchard Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Oxford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,134 Palmetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,488 Parrott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Patterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 Pavo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 Payne City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Peachtree City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,364 Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117 Pelham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,898 Pembroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,196 Pendergrass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,839 Pine Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 Pine Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,304 Pinehurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Pineview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Pitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776 Plainville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Pooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,140 Port Wentworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,359 Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 Porterdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,429 Poulan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851 Powder Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,940 Pulaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Quitman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,850 Ranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Ray City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,090 Rayle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Reidsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,594* Remerton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123 Rentz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Resaca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 City Population, 2010 Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086 Rhine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Riceboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 Richland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,473 Richmond Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,281 Riddleville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Rincon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,836 Ringgold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,580 Riverdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,134 Riverside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Roberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007 Rochelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,174 Rockmart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,199 Rocky Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,303 Roopville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Rossville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,105 Roswell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,346 Royston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,582 Rutledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 Sale City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Sandersville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,912 Sandy Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,853 Santa Claus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Sardis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999 Sasser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,286 Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Screven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766 Senoia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,307 Shady Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Sharon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Sharpsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Shellman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083 Shiloh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Siloam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Sky Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 121A City Population, 2010 Smithville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Smyrna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,271 Snellville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,242 Social Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,262 Soperton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,115 Sparks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,052 Sparta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 Springfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,852 St. Marys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,121 Stapleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 Statesboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,422 Statham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,408 Stillmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Stockbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,636 Stone Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,802 Sugar Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,522 Summertown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Summerville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,534 Sumner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Sunny Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Surrency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Suwanee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,355 Swainsboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,277 Sycamore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Sylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,956 Sylvester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,188 Talbotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970 Talking Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Tallapoosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,170 Tallulah Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Talmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Tarrytown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Taylorsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,228 Tennille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,539 Thomaston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,170 Thomasville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,413 City Population, 2010 Thomson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,778 Thunderbolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,668 Tifton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,350 Tiger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Tignall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Toccoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,491 Toomsboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Trenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,301 Trion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,827 Tunnel Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856 Turin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Twin City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,742 Ty Ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 Tybee Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,990 Tyrone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,879 Unadilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,796 Union City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,456 Union Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617 Uvalda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 Valdosta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,518 Varnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,744 Vernonburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Vidalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,473 Vidette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Vienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,011 Villa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,956 Waco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 Wadley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,061 Waleska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Walnut Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330 Walthourville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,111 Warm Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 Warner Robins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,588 Warrenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,937 Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,134 Watkinsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,832 122A POPULATION City Population, 2010 Waverly Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 Waycross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,649 Waynesboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,766 West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,474 Whigham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 White Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Whitesburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 Willacoochee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,391 Williamson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Winder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,099 Winterville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,122 City Population, 2010 Woodbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,412 Woodbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 Woodland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Woodstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,896 Woodville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Woolsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Wrens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,187 Wrightsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,195 Yatesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Young Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Zebulon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,174 * An asterisk denotes census revision since publication of the 2011 Georgia Laws. GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION POPULATION OF GEORGIA CITIES NUMERICALLY LISTED ACCORDING TO 2010 CENSUS 123A City Population, 2010 Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420,003 Augusta-Richmond County . . . 195,844 Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,885 Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,286 Athens-Clarke County . . . . . . . 115,452 Sandy Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,853 Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,351 Roswell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,346 Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,434 Johns Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,728 Warner Robins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,588 Alpharetta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,551 Marietta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,579 Valdosta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,518 Smyrna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,271 Dunwoody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,267 Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,303 Peachtree City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,364 Gainesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,804 East Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,712 Hinesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,437 Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,128 Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,039 Milton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,661 Douglasville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,961 Kennesaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,783 LaGrange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,588 Lawrenceville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,546 Statesboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,422 Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,600 Stockbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,636 Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,388 Woodstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,896 City Population, 2010 Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,643 Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,958 McDonough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,084 Acworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,425 Cartersville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,731 Union City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,456 Decatur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,335 Pooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,140 Sugar Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,522 Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,468 Thomasville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,413 Snellville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,242 Milledgeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,715 St. Marys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,121 Americus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,041 Tifton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,350 Dublin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,201 Kingsland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,946 Fayetteville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,945 Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,650 Brunswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,383 Suwanee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,355 Conyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,195 Riverdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,134 Waycross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,649 Moultrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,268 Winder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,099 Villa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,956 College Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,942 Powder Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,940 Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,839 Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,234 Covington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,118 124A POPULATION City Population, 2010 Fairburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,950 Bainbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,697 Buford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,225 Lilburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,596 Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,589 Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,544 Cusseta-Chattahoochee County . 11,267 Grovetown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,216 Cordele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,147 Vidalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,473 Loganville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,458 Jesup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,214 Chamblee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,892 Fort Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,815 Cedartown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,750 Cairo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,607 Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,432 Richmond Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,281 Fort Oglethorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,263 Holly Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,189 Thomaston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,170 Norcross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,116 Fitzgerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,053 Rincon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,836 Garden City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,778 Toccoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,491 Doraville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,330 Clarkston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,554 Braselton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,511 Swainsboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,277 Centerville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,148 LaFayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,121 Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,987 Auburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,887 Tyrone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,879 Thomson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,778 Barnesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,755 City Population, 2010 Austell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,581 Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,544 Eatonton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,480 Morrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,445 Lovejoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,422 Hapeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,373 Bremen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,227 Sylvester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,188 Sandersville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,912 Stone Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,802 Waynesboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,766 McRae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,740 Flowery Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,679 Cumming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,430 Locust Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,402 Camilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,360 Port Wentworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,359 Adel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,334 Dahlonega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,242 Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,150 Blakely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,068 Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,045 Eastman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,962 Nashville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,939 Jonesboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,724 Elberton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,653 Adairsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,648 Hawkinsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,589 Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,540 Summerville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,534 Byron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,512 Palmetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,488 Hartwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,469 Dacula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,442 Baxley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,400 Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,367 Chatsworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,299 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 125A City Population, 2010 Social Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,262 Manchester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,230 Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,228 Hazlehurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,226 Rockmart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,199 Cornelia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,160 Ashburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,152 Euharlee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,136 Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,134 Metter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,130 Walthourville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,111 Rossville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,105 Hephzibah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,011 Vienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,011 Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,979 Oakwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,970 Pelham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,898 Cuthbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,873 Quitman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,850 Unadilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,796 Forsyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,788 Jasper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,684 Ringgold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,580 Glennville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,569 Hiram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,546 West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,474 Alma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,466 Montezuma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,460 Blackshear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,445 Ocilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,414 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,410 Lakeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,366 Greensboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,359 Senoia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,307 Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,279 Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,276 Tallapoosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,170 City Population, 2010 Millen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,120 Soperton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,115 Chickamauga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,101 Hogansville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,060 Grantville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,041 Tybee Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,990 Avondale Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,960 Sylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,956 Abbeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,908 Leesburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,896 Helena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,883 Springfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,852 Watkinsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,832 Nicholls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,798 Alamo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,797 Lula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,758 Claxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,746 Hahira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,737 Bloomingdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,713 Thunderbolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,668 Grayson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,666 Harlem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,666 Monticello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,657 Donalsonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,650 Lake City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,612 Reidsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,594* Royston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,582 Dawsonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,536 Georgetown-Quitman County . . . 2,513 Folkston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,502 Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,493 Homerville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,456 Mount Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,451 East Dublin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,441 Statham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,408 Chattahoochee Hills . . . . . . . . . . . 2,378 Trenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,301 126A POPULATION City Population, 2010 Pembroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,196 Wrightsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,195 Wrens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,187 Buena Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,173 Lavonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,156 Oxford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,134 Midway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,121 Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117 Wadley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,061 Sparks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,052 Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,047 Bowdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,040 Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,017 Davisboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,010 Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992 Darien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,975 Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,972 Warrenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,937 Lithonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,924 Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,861* Trion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,827 Demorest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823 Ellaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,812 Maysville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,798 Arcade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,786 Varnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,744 Twin City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,742 Clarkesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,733 Ludowici . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,703 Mount Zion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696 Nicholson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696 Guyton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,684 Ellijay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,619 Union Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617 Lookout Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,602 Chester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,596 Berkeley Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,574 City Population, 2010 Lincolnton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,566 Tennille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,539 Edison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,531 Arlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,479 Richland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,473 Emerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,470 Marshallville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,448 Ball Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,433 Porterdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,429 Woodbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,412 Sparta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 Brooklet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,395 Willacoochee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,391 Hoschton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,377 Walnut Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330 Lumber City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,328 Oglethorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,328 Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,315 Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,314 Pine Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,304 Blue Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,290 Mount Airy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,284 Enigma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,278 Aragon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,249 Omega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,221 Cave Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200 Broxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,189 Rochelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,174 Zebulon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,174 Alto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,172 Lumpkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145* Homer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,141 Comer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126 Remerton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123 Winterville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,122 Fort Gaines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,107 Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,104 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 127A City Population, 2010 Ray City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,090 Mountain City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,088 Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086 Shellman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083 McCaysville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,056 Nahunta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,053 Jeffersonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035 Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035 Bogart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,034 Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016 Roberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007 Sardis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999 Hagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996 Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 Ivey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981 Norman Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972 Talbotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970 Woodbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 Franklin Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952 Baconton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915 Dasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912 Eton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 Homeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 Young Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 Hiawassee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880 Greenville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 Clermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875 Luthersville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874 Lenox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873 Bowman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862 Tunnel Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856 Poulan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851 Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832 Riceboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 Canon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Rutledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776 City Population, 2010 Doerun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Screven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766 Glenwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 Flemington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 Waverly Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 Lake Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733 Patterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 Pine Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 Ty Ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 Blythe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 Fairmount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 Sycamore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Milan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 Newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 Allenhurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 Ochlocknee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 Alapaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 Adrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 Cohutta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661 Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 Flovilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653 Blairsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 North High Shoals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 McIntyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 Waleska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 Kingston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Pavo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 Leary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 Milner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 Bethlehem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 Uvalda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 Colbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 Irwinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 Whitesburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 128A POPULATION City Population, 2010 Arabi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 Carnesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Dexter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Smithville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Dudley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 Morven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 Danielsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 Dearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Mountain Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 Byromville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 East Ellijay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Tignall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Resaca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Lyerly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Crawfordville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534 Stillmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Cadwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Hoboken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Coolidge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Pineview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Waco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Odum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Ideal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Menlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 Toomsboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Whigham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 Bowersville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 Pinehurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Attapulgus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Funston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Shiloh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 City Population, 2010 Offerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 Stapleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 Ailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Ephesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Sumner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Warm Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Pendergrass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 Mansfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Leslie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Centralhatchee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Tiger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Woodland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Moreland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Rhine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Barwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Ambrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Sale City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Braswell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Concord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Jenkinsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Molena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Bostwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Arnoldsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Yatesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Williamson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Cobbtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Chauncey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Hiltonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Sharpsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Ila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Keysville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Higgston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Fargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 129A City Population, 2010 Woodville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Pitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Plainville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Iron City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Morganton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Rentz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Bartow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Cecil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 White Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Siloam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Ellenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Climax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Sasser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Good Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Newington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Turin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Sky Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Midville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Pulaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Gum Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Carlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Andersonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Carl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Damascus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Oconee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Denton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Shady Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Avera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Kite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Norwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Danville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Gillsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Lexington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Bronwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 City Population, 2010 Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Maxeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Payne City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Roopville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Brinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Montrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Avalon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Lilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Argyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Taylorsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Orchard Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Garfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Surrency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Rayle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 De Soto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Meansville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Talmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Junction City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Culloden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Buckhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Allentown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Tallulah Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Haralson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Santa Claus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Summertown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Alston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Parrott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Woolsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Girard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Jakin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Dooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Nunez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Rocky Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 130A POPULATION City Population, 2010 Jacksonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Sharon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Camak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Sunny Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Deepstep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Ranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Daisy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Bellville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Vernonburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Du Pont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Vidette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 City Population, 2010 Geneva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Aldora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Bluffton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Riddleville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Manassas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Lone Oak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Gay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Tarrytown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Talking Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Riverside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Edge Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 * An asterisk denotes census revision since publication of the 2011 Georgia Laws. GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 131A POPULATION OF JUDICIAL CIRCUITS Numerically Listed According to the United States Decennial Census of 2010 Atlanta Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920,581 County of Fulton Gwinnett Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805,321 County of Gwinnett Stone Mountain Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691,893 County of DeKalb Cobb Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688,078 County of Cobb Augusta Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347,918 Counties of Burke, Columbia, and Richmond Coweta Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338,714 Counties of Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, and Troup Eastern Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265,128 County of Chatham Clayton Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259,424 County of Clayton Chattahoochee Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257,689 Counties of Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, and Taylor Southern Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219,728 Counties of Brooks, Colquitt, Echols, Lowndes, and Thomas Griffin Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215,662 Counties of Fayette, Pike, Spalding, and Upson 132A POPULATION Blue Ridge Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214,346 County of Cherokee Flint Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,922 County of Henry Northeastern Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,014 Counties of Dawson and Hall Macon Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195,872 Counties of Bibb, Crawford, and Peach Brunswick Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,542 Counties of Appling, Camden, Glynn, Jeff Davis, and Wayne Alcovy Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183,726 Counties of Newton and Walton Bell-Forsyth Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,511 County of Forsyth Lookout Mountain Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,346 Counties of Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, and Walker Ocmulgee Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162,361 Counties of Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Putnam, and Wilkinson Atlantic Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159,003 Counties of Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, and Tattnall Cherokee Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155,343 Counties of Bartow and Gordon Western Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,522 Counties of Clarke and Oconee GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 133A Piedmont Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148,247 Counties of Banks, Barrow, and Jackson Ogeechee Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,400 Counties of Bulloch, Effingham, Jenkins, and Screven Paulding Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,324 County of Paulding Conasauga Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,227 Counties of Murray and Whitfield Houston Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,900 County of Houston Waycross Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,104 Counties of Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware Douglas Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,403 County of Douglas Northern Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,482 Counties of Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison, and Oglethorpe Middle Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,936 Counties of Candler, Emanuel, Jefferson, Toombs, and Washington Rome Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,317 County of Floyd Dougherty Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,565 County of Dougherty Southwestern Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,724 Counties of Lee, Macon, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, and Webster 134A POPULATION Enotah Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,937 Counties of Lumpkin, Towns, Union, and White South Georgia Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,496 Counties of Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Grady, and Mitchell Mountain Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,492 Counties of Habersham, Rabun, and Stephens Rockdale Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,215 County of Rockdale Appalachian Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,405 Counties of Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens Tifton Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,265 Counties of Irwin, Tift, Turner, and Worth Oconee Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,913 Counties of Bleckley, Dodge, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, and Wheeler Dublin Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,322 Counties of Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, and Twiggs Tallapoosa Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,255 Counties of Haralson and Polk Towaliga Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,396 Counties of Butts, Lamar, and Monroe Cordele Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,246 Counties of Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly, and Wilcox Alapaha Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,749 Counties of Atkinson, Berrien, Clinch, Cook, and Lanier GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 135A Toombs Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,097 Counties of Glascock, Lincoln, McDuffie, Taliaferro, Warren, and Wilkes Pataula Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,592 Counties of Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, and Terrell 136A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY GEORGIA STATE SENATE COUNTY DISTRICT Appling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Atkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Barrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Bartow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 & 52 Ben Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Berrien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Bibb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 & 26 Bleckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Brantley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bulloch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Butts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Camden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Candler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 & 30 Catoosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 & 54 Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Chatham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 & 2 Chattahoochee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Chattooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Cherokee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 & 27 Clarke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 & 44 Clinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Cobb . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 21, 32, 33, & 37 Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 COUNTY DISTRICT Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 & 8 Coweta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 & 18 Crisp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Dade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Decatur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 DeKalb . . . . . 5, 10, 40, 41, 42, 43, & 55 Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Dooly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 & 35 Early . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Echols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Effingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Elbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 & 47 Emanuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 & 23 Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Fannin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Fayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 & 34 Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Forsyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 & 51 Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Fulton . . . . . 32, 35, 36, 38, 39, 48, & 56 Gilmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Glascock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Glynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 & 54 Grady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Gwinnett . . . . . 5, 9, 40, 41, 45, 48, & 55 Habersham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Hancock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Haralson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 137A Hart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 17, & 44 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20, & 26 Irwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 & 49 Jasper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Jeff Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 & 25 Lamar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Lanier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Laurens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 & 19 Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Lowndes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Lumpkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 & 47 Marion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 McDuffie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 McIntosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Meriwether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 & 23 Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 & 18 Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Muscogee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 & 29 Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Oconee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Oglethorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Paulding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 & 31 Peach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Pickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Pike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Polk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Pulaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Putnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Quitman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Rabun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Randolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 & 23 Rockdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 43 Schley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Screven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Seminole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Spalding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 & 17 Stephens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Sumter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Talbot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Taliaferro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Tattnall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 & 19 Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Telfair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Terrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 & 11 Tift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Toombs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Treutlen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Troup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 & 29 Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Twiggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Upson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Walton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 47 Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 & 25 Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 138A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 & 51 Whitfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Wilcox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 & 20 Wilkes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 & 26 Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA SENATE BY DISTRICTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER WITH ADDRESSES FOR THE 2012 REGULAR SESSION District Senator Address 1 . . . . . . . Earl "Buddy" Carter . . . . . . . . . . 406 Purple Finch Dr., Pooler 31322 2 . . . . . . . Lester G. Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . 1501 Abercorn Street, Savannah 31401 3 . . . . . . . William T. Ligon, Jr. . . . . . . . . . 158 Scranton Connector, Brunswick 31525 4 . . . . . . . Jack Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 486, Reidsville 30453 5 . . . . . . . Curt Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6320 Glenbrook Drive, Tucker 30084 6 . . . . . . . Doug Stoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1781, Smyrna 30081 7 . . . . . . . Greg Goggans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300 Hampton Road, Douglas 31533 8 . . . . . . . Tim Golden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Beacon Hill, Valdosta 31602 9 . . . . . . . Don Balfour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2312 Waterscape Trail, Snellville 30078 10 . . . . . . Emanuel D. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 370244, Decatur 30037 11 . . . . . . John Bulloch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3554 Bulloch Road, Ochlocknee 31773 12 . . . . . . Freddie Powell Sims . . . . . . . . . . 5377 Goose Hollow Road, Dawson 31742 13 . . . . . . John Crosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 891, Tifton 31793 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 14 . . . . . . George Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 928, Americus 31709 139A 15 . . . . . . Ed Harbison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1292, Columbus 31902 16 . . . . . . Ronnie Chance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Regal Oak, Tyrone 30290 17 . . . . . . Rick Jeffares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Lester Mill Rd., Ste. 200-E, Locust Grove 30248 18 . . . . . . Cecil Staton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 26427, Macon 31221 19 . . . . . . Tommie Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Williams Avenue, Lyons 30436 20 . . . . . . Ross Tolleson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1356, Perry 31069 21 . . . . . . Chip Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 813, Woodstock 30188 22 . . . . . . Hardie Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 6389, Gracewood 30812 23 . . . . . . Jesse Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 Liberty Street, Waynesboro 30830 24 . . . . . . Bill Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 528, Appling 30802 25 . . . . . . Johnny Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1458, Milledgeville 31059-1458 26 . . . . . . Miriam Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 14056, Macon 31208 27 . . . . . . Jack Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325-A Coverdell Legislative Office Building Atlanta, GA 30334 28 . . . . . . Mike Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 700, Newnan 30264 29 . . . . . . Joshua McKoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2565, Columbus 31902 30 . . . . . . Bill Hamrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 368, Carrollton 30112 31 . . . . . . Bill Heath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2225 Cashtown Road, Bremen 30110-3504 32 . . . . . . Judson H. Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3102 Raines Court, Marietta 30062 33 . . . . . . Steve Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1170 Longwood Drive, Marietta 30008 140A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 34 . . . . . . Valencia Seay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 960008, Riverdale 30274 35 . . . . . . Donzella James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 31125, Atlanta 30331 36 . . . . . . Nan Orrock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1070 Delaware Avenue SE, Atlanta 30316 37 . . . . . . Lindsey Tippins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Midway Road, Marietta 30064 38 . . . . . . Horacena Tate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., NW, Atlanta 30314-3422 39 . . . . . . Vincent D. Fort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 42967, Atlanta 30311 40 . . . . . . Fran Millar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 88096, Atlanta 30356 41 . . . . . . Steve Henson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2643 Sterling Acres Drive, Tucker 30084 42 . . . . . . Jason Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 573, Decatur 30030 43 . . . . . . Ronald B. Ramsey, Sr. . . . . . . . . . 5271 Snapfinger Woods Drive, Decatur 30035 44 . . . . . . Gail Davenport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1074, Jonesboro 30237 45 . . . . . . Renee Unterman . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 508, Buford 30518 46 . . . . . . Bill Cowsert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 512, Athens 30603 47 . . . . . . Frank Ginn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1136, Danielsville 30633 48 . . . . . . David J. Shafer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 880, Duluth 30096 49 . . . . . . Butch Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2420 Brown Bridge Rd., Gainesville 30504 50 . . . . . . John Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2227, Toccoa 30577 51 . . . . . . Steve Gooch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 600, Dahlonega 30533 52 . . . . . . Barry Loudermilk . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 465, Cassville 30123 53 . . . . . . Jeff E. Mullis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 English Avenue, Chickamauga 30707 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 141A 54 . . . . . . Charlie Bethel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1701 Briarcliff Circle, Dalton 30720 55 . . . . . . Gloria S. Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6241 Southland Trace, Stone Mountain 30087 56 . . . . . . John Albers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885 Woodstock Road #215, Ste. 430 Roswell 30075 142A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COUNTY DISTRICT Appling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Atkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Barrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 & 31 Bartow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 14, & 15 Ben Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 & 154 Berrien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 & 176 Bibb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 - 140 Bleckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Brantley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 & 164 Bulloch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 - 158 Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 142, & 157 Butts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 & 126 Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Camden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Candler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 68, & 69 Catoosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 3, & 6 Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Chatham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 - 164 Chattahoochee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Chattooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Cherokee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - 23 Clarke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 - 115 Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 62, 74 - 78 Clinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Cobb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 - 45 Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . 152, 170, & 171 COUNTY DISTRICT Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 -119 Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Coweta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 & 71 Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Crisp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Dade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 & 9 Decatur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 DeKalb . . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 60, & 79 - 94 Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Dooly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 & 147 Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 - 152 Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 64, 67, & 68 Early . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Echols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Effingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 & 159 Elbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Emanuel . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 155, & 156 Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Fannin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Fayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 72 -74, & 77 Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 13, 14, & 16 Forsyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 23, & 24 Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 & 29 Fulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 & 46 - 66 Gilmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Glascock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Glynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167, 179, & 180 Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 & 12 Grady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 & 173 Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Gwinnett . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 88, & 95 -107 Habersham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 - 27 & 31 Hancock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 143A Haralson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 18 Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 & 130 Hart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 & 70 Henry . . . . . . 73, 78, 90, 91, 109, & 110 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 & 145 - 147 Irwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 & 31 Jasper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Jeff Davis . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 168, & 169 Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 143, & 156 Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 & 140 Lamar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 - 127 & 136 Lanier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Laurens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 & 152 Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 - 166 Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Lowndes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 - 176 Lumpkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 & 27 Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 & 30 Marion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 McDuffie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 McIntosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Meriwether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 & 136 Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 & 113 Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 & 6 Muscogee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 - 133 Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 110, & 112 Oconee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Oglethorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 & 116 Paulding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 19 Peach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 & 136 Pickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Pike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Polk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Pulaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 & 147 Putnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 124, & 141 Quitman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Rabun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Randolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 - 123 Rockdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 - 95 Schley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Screven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Seminole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Spalding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 & 126 Stephens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Sumter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Talbot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130, 134, & 135 Taliaferro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Tattnall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Telfair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Terrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 & 174 Tift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 & 154 Toombs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Treutlen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Troup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 128, & 129 Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Twiggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Upson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 & 136 Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 & 2 144A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Walton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 & 111 Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167, 168, & 178 Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 & 155 White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 10, & 27 Whitfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, & 6 Wilcox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Wilkes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 & 117 Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 & 152 MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY DISTRICTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER WITH ADDRESSES FOR THE 2012 REGULAR SESSION District Representative Address 1 . . . . . . . Jay Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 645, LaFayette 30728 2 . . . . . . . Martin Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 7, Rossville 30741 3 . . . . . . . Tom Weldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1459, Ringgold 30736 4 . . . . . . . Roger Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Huntington Road, Dalton 30720 5 . . . . . . . John D. Meadows . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Victory Court, Calhoun 30701 6 . . . . . . . Tom Dickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5043 Village Drive, Cohutta 30710 7 . . . . . . . David Ralston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1196, Blue Ridge 30513 8 . . . . . . . Stephen Allison . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Blue Ridge Street, Blairsville 30512 9 . . . . . . . Amos Amerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 North Chestatee St., Dahlonega 30533 10 . . . . . . Terry Rogers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403 New Liberty Rd., Clarkesville 30523 11 . . . . . . Barbara Massey Reece . . . . . . . . 693 Massey Road, Menlo 30731 12 . . . . . . Rick Jasperse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Apple Valley Farm Lane, Jasper 30143 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 145A 13 . . . . . . Katie Dempsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Highland Avenue, Rome 30161 14 . . . . . . Christian Coomer . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Clair Cove, Cartersville 30120 15 . . . . . . Paul Battles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Rd., #2 SW, Cartersville 30120 16 . . . . . . Rick Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box C, Cedartown 30125 17 . . . . . . Howard R. Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . 716 Graham Road, Dallas 30132 18 . . . . . . Kevin Cooke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Mill Pond Crossing, Carrollton 30116 19 . . . . . . Paulette Rakestraw-Braddock . . PO Box 580, Powder Springs 30127 20 . . . . . . Charlice H. Byrd . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 906, Woodstock 30188 21 . . . . . . Calvin Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Mountain Brook Drive, Canton 30115 22 . . . . . . Sean Jerguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 23 . . . . . . Mark Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Colony Park Drive, Suite 400, Cumming 30040 24 . . . . . . Mike Dudgeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10075 Normandy Lane, Suwannee 30024 25 . . . . . . Emory Dunahoo, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . 4720 Walnut Lane, Gainesville 30507 26 . . . . . . Carl Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 639, Gainesville 30503 27 . . . . . . Doug Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 907908, Gainesville 30501 28 . . . . . . Michael Harden . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1189, Toccoa 30577 29 . . . . . . Alan Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 248, Hartwell 30643 30 . . . . . . Tom McCall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2835 Washington Hwy., Elberton 30635 31 . . . . . . Tommy Benton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Martin Street, Jefferson 30549 32 . . . . . . Judy Manning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 Davis Carnes Lane, NW, Marietta 30064 146A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 33 . . . . . . David Wilkerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909 Tranquil Drive, Austell 30106 34 . . . . . . Rich Golick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2372 Simpson Farm Way, Smyrna 30080 35 . . . . . . Ed Setzler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1555 Boxwood Trace, Acworth 30102 36 . . . . . . Earl Ehrhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5500 Wright Road, Powder Springs 30127 37 . . . . . . Terry Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1440 Bailey Farm Dr., SW, Marietta 30064 38 . . . . . . Sam Teasley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 670051, Marietta 30066 39 . . . . . . Alisha Thomas Morgan . . . . . . . 6570 Brandemere Way, Austell 30168 40 . . . . . . Stacey Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2523, Smyrna 30081 41 . . . . . . Sharon Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1234 Powers Ferry Commons, Ste. 104, Marietta 30067 42 . . . . . . Don Parsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3167 Sycamore Lane, Marietta 30066 43 . . . . . . John Carson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3605 Sandy Plains Rd., Ste. 240-123, Marietta 30066 44 . . . . . . Sheila Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 45 . . . . . . Matt Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 681746, Marietta 30068 46 . . . . . . Jan Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12850 Highway 9, Suite 600-356, Alpharetta 30004 47 . . . . . . Chuck Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11770 Haynes Bridge Road, Ste. 205-544 Alpharetta 30004 48 . . . . . . Harry Geisinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 River View Trail, Roswell 30075 49 . . . . . . Wendell Willard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 River Gate Drive, Sandy Springs 30350 50 . . . . . . Lynn Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10605 Wren Ridge Road, Johns Creek, 30022 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 147A 51 . . . . . . Tom Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4151 Blue Iris Hollow, Norcross 30092 52 . . . . . . Joe Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 River Vista Drive, Unite #203, Atlanta 30339 53 . . . . . . Elly Dobbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 724505, Atlanta 31139 54 . . . . . . Edward Lindsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1150 Angelo Court, Atlanta 30319 55 . . . . . . Rashad Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 11078, Atlanta 30310 56 . . . . . . Kathy Ashe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Westminster Drive, NE, Atlanta 30309 57 . . . . . . Pat Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 East Pelham Road, Atlanta 30324 58 . . . . . . Simone Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 Marcus Street, Atlanta 30316 59 . . . . . . Margaret Kaiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Hill Street, NE, Atlanta 30312 60 . . . . . . Keisha Waites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P.O. Box 3249, Atlanta, GA 30302 61 . . . . . . Ralph Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 11372, Atlanta 30310 62 . . . . . . Joe Heckstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2713 Briarwood Blvd., East Point 30344 63 . . . . . . Tyrone Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Atlanta 30334 64 . . . . . . Roger Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Stone Arbor Court, Atlanta 30331 65 . . . . . . Sharon Beasley-Teague . . . . . . . PO Box 488, Red Oak 30272 66 . . . . . . Virgil Fludd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 670, Tyrone 30290 67 . . . . . . Bill Hembree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4159 Pool Road, Winston 30187 68 . . . . . . Dustin Hightower . . . . . . . . . . . . 3443 Hog Liver Road, Carrollton, GA 30117 69 . . . . . . Randy Nix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 East Yorktown Drive, LaGrange 30240 70 . . . . . . Lynn Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eight Evergreen Drive, Newnan 30263 148A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 71 . . . . . . Billy Horne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 French Village Blvd., Sharpsburg 30277 72 . . . . . . Matt Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Terrane Ridge, Peachtree City 30269 73 . . . . . . John Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 Birdie Road, Griffin 30223 74 . . . . . . Roberta Abdul-Salaam . . . . . . . . PO Box 960941, Riverdale 30296 75 . . . . . . Yasmin Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7393 Tara Road, Jonesboro 30236 76 . . . . . . Sandra G. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3489 Oak Leaf Court, Rex 30273 77 . . . . . . Darryl Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Herring Way, Riverdale 30274 78 . . . . . . Glenn Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1529, Jonesboro 30237 79 . . . . . . Tom Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4926 Four Oaks Court, Dunwoody 30360 80 . . . . . . Mike Jacobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3823 Granger Drive, Atlanta 30341 81 . . . . . . Elena Parent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 81502, Chamblee 30366-1502 82 . . . . . . Scott Holcomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306 Briarcliff Commons, Atlanta 30345 83 . . . . . . Mary Margaret Oliver . . . . . . . . . 150 East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Ste. 230 Decatur, 30030 84 . . . . . . Stacey Abrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1912 Hosea Williams Drive, Unit 6 Atlanta, 30317 85 . . . . . . Stephanie Stuckey Benfield . . . . 940 Artwood Road, NE, Atlanta 30307 86 . . . . . . Karla Drenner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 348, Avondale Estates 30002 87 . . . . . . Michele D. Henson . . . . . . . . . . . 4140 Creek Stone Court, Stone Mountain 30083 88 . . . . . . Billy Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 88, Stone Mountain 30086 89 . . . . . . Earnest Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 436, Avondale Estates 30002 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 149A 90 . . . . . . Howard Mosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2101 Sugar Creek Falls Drive, Atlanta 30316 91 . . . . . . Rahn Mayo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 360549, Decatur 30036 92 . . . . . . Pam Stephenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4153 C Flat Shoals Parkway, Ste. 324 Decatur 30034 93 . . . . . . Dee Dawkins-Haigler . . . . . . . . . 6050 Kingston Wood Way, Lithonia 30038 94 . . . . . . Dar'shun N. Kendrick . . . . . . . . . PO Box 630, Lithonia 30058 95 . . . . . . Pam Dickerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1016, Conyers 30013 96 . . . . . . Pedro Marin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4370 Satellite Blvd., Apt. 1101, Duluth 30096 97 . . . . . . Brooks P. Coleman. . . . . . . . . . . 3919 Hillside Drive, Duluth 30096 98 . . . . . . Josh Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 303, Buford 30515 99 . . . . . . Hugh Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Omaha Drive, Norcross 30093 100 . . . . . Brian W. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . 906 Huntington Way, Lilburn 30047 101 . . . . . Buzz Brockway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 491355, Lawrenceville 30049 102 . . . . . B. J. Pak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1034 Morgan Garner Drive, Lilburn 30047 103 . . . . . David Casas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 283, Lilburn 30048 104 . . . . . Valerie Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Regal Drive, Lawrenceville 30046 105 . . . . . Donna Sheldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 893, Dacula 30019 106 . . . . . Brett Harrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1135, Snellville 30078-1135 107 . . . . . Tom Kirby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1416, Loganville, GA 30052 108 . . . . . Terry Lamar England . . . . . . . . . 1060 Old Hog Mountain Road, Auburn 30011 109 . . . . . Steve Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109 River Green Court, McDonough 30252 150A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 110 . . . . . Andrew J. Welch III . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2871, McDonough 30253 111 . . . . . Bruce Williamson . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 430, Monroe 30655 112 . . . . . Doug Holt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Stagg Trace, Social Circle 30025 113 . . . . . Chuck Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1365, Watkinsville 30677 114 . . . . . Keith Heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 5068, Athens 30604-5068 115 . . . . . Doug McKillip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 University Drive, Athens 30605 116 . . . . . Mickey Channell . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 839, Greensboro 30642 117 . . . . . Lee Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Louisville Road, Grovetown 30813 118 . . . . . Ben Harbin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4571-A Cox Road, Evans 30809 119 . . . . . Barbara Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Retreat Road, Augusta 30909 120 . . . . . Quincy Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3238 Peach Orchard Road, Augusta 30906 121 . . . . . Henry L. Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . 2047B Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Augusta 30901 122 . . . . . Earnest Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Greene Street, Augusta 30901-1616 123 . . . . . Gloria Frazier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2717 Willis Foreman Road, Hephzibah 30815 124 . . . . . Sistie Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 58, Sparta 31087 125 . . . . . Susan Holmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 151, Monticello 31064 126 . . . . . David Knight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 Brook Circle, Griffin 30224 127 . . . . . Billy Maddox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Whitfield Walk, Zebulon 30295 128 . . . . . Carl Von Epps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1368, LaGrange 30241 129 . . . . . Kip Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 551, Columbus 31902 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 151A 130 . . . . . Debbie Buckner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 Fielder's Mill Road, Junction City 31812 131 . . . . . Richard H. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2122, Columbus 31902-2122 132 . . . . . Calvin Smyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 181, Columbus 31902-0120 133 . . . . . Carolyn Fleming Hugley . . . . . . PO Box 6342, Columbus 31917-6342 134 . . . . . Mike Cheokas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 824, Americus 31709 135 . . . . . Lynmore James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Walnut Street, Montezuma 31063 136 . . . . . Robert Dickey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3440 Old Hwy. 341 N, PO Box 10 Musella 30710 137 . . . . . Allen Peake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Colony Court, Macon 31210 138 . . . . . Nikki T. Randall . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 121, Macon 31202 139 . . . . . James Beverly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 121, Macon 31208 140 . . . . . Bubber Epps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4511 Old Gordon Rd., Dry Branch 31020 141 . . . . . E. Culver "Rusty" Kidd . . . . . . . 102 S. Wayne Street, Milledgeville 31061 142 . . . . . Mack Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733 Evelyn Street, Sandersville 31082 143 . . . . . Matt Hatchett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Canterbury Road, Dublin 31021 144 . . . . . Jimmy Pruett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1871 Antioch Church Road, Eastman 31023 145 . . . . . Willie Lee Talton . . . . . . . . . . . . 1126 South Davis Drive, Warner Robins 31088 146 . . . . . Larry O'Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Willingham Drive, Bonaire 31005 147 . . . . . Buddy Harden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Lakeshore Way, Cordele 31015 148 . . . . . Bob Hanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9610 Plains Highway, Parrott 39877 149 . . . . . Gerald Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5805 US Hwy 82 W, Cuthbert 39840 152A MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 150 . . . . . Winfred Dukes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920 Highland Avenue, Albany 31701 151 . . . . . Carol H. Fullerton . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 Fifth Avenue, Albany 31701 152 . . . . . Ed Rynders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Martindale Drive, Albany 31721 153 . . . . . Tony McBrayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1901, Tifton 31793 154 . . . . . Jay Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 Brushy Creek Road, Ocilla 31774 155 . . . . . Greg Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1749, Vidalia 30475 156 . . . . . Butch Parrish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 West Main Street, Swainsboro 30401 157 . . . . . Jon G. Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5829 Clyo-Kildare Road, Newington 30446 158 . . . . . Jan Tankersley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 187, Brooklet 30415 159 . . . . . Ann Purcell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Willowpeg Way, Ricon 31326 160 . . . . . Bob Bryant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 7436, Garden City 31408 161 . . . . . Mickey Stephens . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 5485, Savannah 31414 162 . . . . . J. Craig Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Oglethorpe Professional Court, Unit 4 Savannah 31406 163 . . . . . Ben Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1326 Eisenhower Drive, #2, Savannah 31406 164 . . . . . Ron Stephens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Cove Drive, Savannah 31419 165 . . . . . Al Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9041 E. Oglethorpe Hwy., Midway 31320 166 . . . . . Delvis Dutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 928, Glennville 30427 167 . . . . . Roger Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1126 Great Oaks Lane, Darien 31305 168 . . . . . Tommy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Campground Church Road, Nicholls 31554 169 . . . . . Chuck Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9699 W. Baker Hwy., Ambrose 31512 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 153A 170 . . . . . Penny Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8395 Highway 129, Nashville 31639 171 . . . . . Jay Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 188, Camilla 31730 172 . . . . . Gene Maddox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2228 Hwy. 93, South, Cairo 39828 173 . . . . . Darlene E. Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Town Court, Thomasville 31792 174 . . . . . Ellis Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5900 Jumping Gully Road, Valdosta 31601 175 . . . . . Amy Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 4930, Valdosta 31604-4930 176 . . . . . Jason Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Valdosta Road, Lakeland 31635 177 . . . . . J. Mark Hatfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1604 Moss Creek Road, Waycross 31501 178 . . . . . Chad Nimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3401 Twin Lake Road, PO Box 312 Blackshear 31516 179 . . . . . Alex Atwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1515 Newcastle Street, Brunswick 31520 180 . . . . . Jason Spencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Yachtsmen Court, Woodbine 31569 154A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS STATUS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS SINCE 1953 Georgia Laws Referendums Results Not Final Proposed Not Known Held Result 1953 (Jan./Feb.) . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 11 1953 (Nov./Dec.) . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 16 1955 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 15 1956 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 34 1957 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 23 1958 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 41 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 33 1960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 39 1961 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 26 1962 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 35 1963 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 33 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 30 1964 Ex. Sess. . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 7 1965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 20 1966 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 23 1967 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 37 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 44 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 42 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 39 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 38 1971 Ex. Sess. . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 3 1972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 62 1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 18 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 23 1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 31 1975 Ex. Sess. . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 1 1976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 24 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 13 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 24 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 5 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 18 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 8 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 36 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 16 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 36 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 21 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 58 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 155A Georgia Laws Referendums Results Not Final Proposed Not Known Held Result 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 42 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 61 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 15 1989 Ex. Sess. . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 1 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 63 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 26 1991 Ex. Sess. . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 4 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 57 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 18 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 50 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 29 1995 Ex. Sess. . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 2 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 29 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 26 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 53 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 32 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 48 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 33 2001 Ex. Sess . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 3 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 61 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 16 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 52 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 24 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 76 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 16 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 48 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 9 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 36 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 24 2011 Ex. Sess . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2155 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . . 159 . . . . . . . . 1938 156A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS REFERENDUM ELECTION RESULTS Georgia Laws 1953, January-February Session: County Carroll Chatham DeKalb Franklin Gilmer Gilmer Page No. SUBJECT 3012 Town of Mt. Zion charter 2538 Homestead exemption; school taxes 3249 Board of commissioners; creation 3030 County commissioner and board of finance 3103 City of Ellijay; corporate limits 588 City of Ellijay Date of Election 3/21/53 Not held 5/13/53 11/2/54 6/1/53 6/1/53 Result For: 55 Agn: 30 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 4445 8483 1152 565 69 151 69 151 Gwinnett Irwin Mitchell 3187 City of Lawrenceville; city manager 6/27/53 For: 55 Agn: 61 2495 Tax commissioner; creation of 11/2/54 For: 568 office Agn: 694 2577 City of Camilla; treasurer Not held Murray Murray Murray 2458 Town of Spring Place; alley closing 2340 City of Chatsworth 2444 Tax commissioner; compensation 5/19/53 4/21/53 For: 36 Agn: 48 Results not known For: 553 Agn: 261 Troup 2276 City of West Point; corporate limits 4/1/53 For: 250 Agn: 112 Whitfield 2128 City Court of Dalton 3/26/53 For: 210 Agn: 2613 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 157A Georgia Laws 1953, November-December Session: County Burke Page No. 2049 SUBJECT Board of commissioners; county employees' pension fund Date of Election 9/8/54 Result For: 1833 Agn: 648 Cherokee Clayton Clayton 2668 Certain county officers; compensation 2855 City of Forest Park 2029 City of Jonesboro; corporate limits 11/2/54 12/9/53 For: 913 Agn: 674 Results not known For: 64 Agn: 229 Clayton Coweta Crisp Decatur 2064 City of Lake Tara; charter repeal 2040 City of Newnan; corporate limits 2407 City of Cordele; corporate limits 2197 City of West Bainbridge; incorporation 2/6/54 10/5/54 1/11/54 Results not known For: 1406 Agn: 603 City vote: For: 202 Agn: 132 County vote: For: 23 Agn: 252 For: 200 Agn: 527 DeKalb 2578 City of Decatur; tax rate 10/21/54 For: 466 Agn: 827 Early Elbert 2282 City of Blakely; corporate limits 2987 City of Elberton 4/19/54 For: 45 Agn: 82 3/23/54 For: 958 Agn: 248 Forsyth 2674 County indebtedness Results not known 158A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1953, November-December Session: County Greene Page No. SUBJECT 2455 County commissioner Habersham McDuffie 2745 City of Clarkesville; new charter 2584 City of Thomson Miller 2814 City Court of Miller County Richmond Richmond Sumter 2610 City of Augusta; corporate limits 2476 City of Augusta; corporate limits 2972 City of Americus; tax rate Troup 2858 City of West Point; corporate limits Twiggs 2570 County commissioner Date of Election 3/23/54 Result For: 1637 Agn: 1807 2/16/54 3/12/54 For: 154 Agn: 164 For: 253 Agn: 290 Results not known 11/17/54 1/12/54 Results not known For: 259 Agn: 189 For: 382 Agn: 431 1/27/54 City vote: For: 140 Agn: 6 Outside city vote: For: 65 Agn: 53 11/2/54 For: 161 Agn: 626 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 159A Georgia Laws 1955: County Baldwin Page No. SUBJECT 2830 Board of commissioners Date of Election 4/20/55 Result For: 1079 Agn: 716 Clarke Clayton Clayton and Fulton 3057 City of Athens/Clarke County; school systems 2781 City of Morrow 5/4/55 4/16/55 2884 City of College Park; corporate 5/14/55 limits For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 1124 564 75 30 46 13 DeKalb 2806 Form of government 5/18/55 (1) Single Com. For: 750 Multiple Com. For: 5013 Elbert Fulton Gwinnett Hall Hall Houston 2117 City Court of Elberton 2650 City of Hapeville 3163 City of Lawrenceville; corporate limits 3038 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2627 Certain county officers; compensation 2093 City of Warner Robins 3/7/56 3/19/55 11/28/55 11/28/55 4/5/55 (2) Co. Exec. For: 2728 Co. Manager For: 2733 For: 4471 Agn: 522 Results not known For: 25 Agn: 89 For: 2163 Agn: 775 For: 2144 Agn: 826 For: 234 Agn: 547 160A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1955: County Jackson Page No. SUBJECT 2853 City of Commerce Date of Election Not held Result Laurens 2620 City of Dublin; water, light, and 5/10/55 For: 582 gas commission Agn: 1327 Lumpkin Rockdale Tift Wayne 2892 County commissioner 4/13/55 For: 337 Agn: 109 2428 Certain county officers; compensation 4/16/55 For: 610 Agn: 877 2344 City of Tifton; commissioners 4/27/55 For: 764 Agn: 270 2858 City of Jesup 4/27/55 For: 383 Agn: 206 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 161A Georgia Laws 1956: County Baldwin Baldwin (1 of 2) Baldwin (1 of 2) Baldwin Banks Barrow Carroll Carroll Chattooga Clayton (1 of 2) Clayton (1 of 2) Clayton Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result 2725 Board of commissioners; districts; elections 4/3/56 For: 1394 Agn: 1385 2865 City of Milledgeville; corporate 7/18/56 For: 107 limits Agn: 58 2865 City of Milledgeville; corporate 10/15/56 For: 463 limits Agn: 243 3003 City of Milledgeville; corporate 7/18/56 For: 12 limits Agn: 51 2056 Sheriff; compensation 3/14/56 For: 1054 Agn: 1378 3100 City of Winder; corporate limits 5/4/56 For: 13 Agn: 103 2797 City Court of Carrollton 11/6/56 For: 1305 Agn: 2344 2877 City of Whitesburg; police court Results not known 2899 County commissioner 9/12/56 For: 2142 Agn: 1167 2040 City of Forest Park Results not known 2040 City of Forest Park Results not known 2518 City of Mountain View; incorporation 3/24/56 For: 341 Agn: 44 Clayton and Fulton Colquitt 2744 2399 City of College Park; corporate limits Certain county officers; compensation 4/28/56 2/28/56 For: Agn: For: Agn: 28 22 3864 2411 162A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1956: County Page No. SUBJECT Colquitt 2403 Tax commissioner; creation of office Colquitt 2830 City of Moultrie DeKalb 2932 City Court of Decatur DeKalb (1 of 2) DeKalb (1 of 2) Fayette Glascock 3237 Multiple member commission form of government 3237 Chairman and board of commissioners 2022 Tax commissioner; creation of office 3507 Sheriff; compensation Date of Election Result 2/28/56 For: 3939 Agn: 2540 10/1/56 * 5/16/56 For: 12520 Agn: 5846 5/16/56 For: 18393 Agn: 2001 5/16/56 For: (a) 4743 For: (b) 15300 2/25/56 For: 292 Agn: 37 3/14/56 For: 498 Agn: 227 *City Vote: West Moultrie Area: For: 1986 Colonial Heights Area: For: 2002 Crestwood Gardens Area: For: 2005 East Moultrie Area: For: 2004 Tifton Highway Area: For: 1989 Sylvester Drive Area: For: 1976 Agn: 169 Agn: 159 Agn: 167 Agn: 165 Agn: 173 Agn: 175 Area Vote: Area 1-West Moultrie Area: For: 99 Agn: 57 Area 2-Colonial Heights Area: For: 145 Agn: 83 Area 3-Crestwood Gardens Area: For: 27 Agn: 87 Area 4-East Moultrie Area: For: 41 Agn: 147 Area 5-Tifton Highway Area: For: 29 Agn: 107 Area 6-Sylvester Drive Area: For: 78 Agn: 144 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 163A Georgia Laws 1956: County Gwinnett Page No. SUBJECT 2502 Tax commissioner; county treasurer Hall 3166 City of Lula; charter Houston Jackson Laurens Miller Murray Muscogee 2510 City of Warner Robins 2887 City Court of Jefferson 3267 City of Dublin; elections 2799 Voting machines 3476 City of Chatsworth; corporate limits 2386 City of Columbus; corporate limits Newton Richmond 2507 City of Covington; corporate limits 2406 City of Augusta; land conveyance Date of Election Result 11/6/56 For: 3383 Agn: 1641 3/27/56 Belton vote: For: 64 Agn: 2 Lula vote: For: 35 Agn: 3 5/8/56 For: 215 Agn: 30 9/12/56 For: 972 Agn: 1556 Not held 9/12/56 For: 231 Agn: 580 8/25/56 For: 77 Agn: 109 9/12/56 City vote: For: 6179 Agn: 2356 Outside city vote: For: 516 Agn: 2070 5/1/56 For: 109 Agn: 90 4/18/56 For: 7769 Agn: 3734 164A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1956: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Spalding 2412 City of Griffin; corporate limits 4/17/56 City vote: For: 948 Agn: 595 Affected area: For: 365 Agn: 400 Thomas 3159 Certain county officers; compensation 4/24/56 For: 902 Agn: 939 Thomas 3510 Tax commissioner; creation of 4/24/56 For: 876 office Agn: 957 Troup 2827 City of Hogansville; corporate limits 7/18/56 City vote: For: 216 Agn: 117 Outside city vote: For: 41 Agn: 159 Troup 3078 City of Hogansville; corporate 7/18/56 For: 257 limits Agn: 276 Troup 3423 City of North West Point; incorporation 4/25/56 For: 34 Agn: 111 Walker 2995 Town of Linwood Results not known Whitfield 2093 City of Dalton 3/15/56 For: 985 Agn: 1831 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 165A Georgia Laws 1957: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Bartow 2048 City of Cartersville; school board 3/12/57 For: 1010 Agn: 314 Bulloch 2877 City of Statesboro; corporate limits 7/26/57 Area 1: For: 312 Agn: 14 Area 2: For: 312 Agn: 14 Area 3: For: 313 Agn: 13 Chatham 2003 City of Port Wentworth; charter 3/20/57 For: 422 Agn: 128 Clarke 2033 City of Athens 2/27/57 For: 617 Agn: 2112 Clarke 2036 City of Athens; recorder 2/27/57 For: 714 Agn: 2047 Cobb 3020 City of Acworth; new charter 5/4/57 For: 73 Agn: 181 Coffee 2833 City of Douglas 5/29/57 For: 485 Agn: 99 Colquitt 2205 City of Moultrie; corporate limits 3/11/57 For: 25 Agn: 53 Cook 3253 Board of commissioners; elections; districts 5/8/57 For: 227 Agn: 364 Dougherty 2595 City of Albany 5/20/57 For: 325 Agn: 720 166A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1957: County Douglas Emanuel Gwinnett Hancock Henry Miller Pickens Page No. SUBJECT 2358 City of Douglasville; corporate limits 3317 City of Swainsboro; corporate limits 2669 City of Lawrenceville; corporate limits 2341 City of Sparta; tax rate 2121 Board of commissioners; elections 2194 Board of commissioners 2332 Town of Jasper; corporate limits Date of Election Result 5/3/57 City vote: For: 50 Agn: 53 Affected area: For: 2 Agn: 164 10/14/57 City vote: For: Area 1 and 2 Outside city vote: For: Area 2 Agn: Area 1 3/23/57 For: 27 Agn: 4 Not held 4/6/57 For: 784 Agn: 924 4/2/57 Majority vote for $5.00 per meeting 4/17/57 City vote: For: 78 Agn: 12 Outside city vote: For: 15 Agn: 213 Pickens 2400 Town of Jasper; council 4/17/57 For: 75 Agn: 10 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 167A Georgia Laws 1957: County Polk Page No. SUBJECT 2185 City of Cedartown Pulaski Spalding Twiggs Walker Wilkinson 3353 City of Hawkinsville 2809 City of Griffin 3002 Board of commissioners; elections 2419 Town of Linwood 2383 Town of McIntyre Date of Election 5/8/57 Result For: 656 Agn: 934 4/30/57 For: 115 Agn: 266 4/30/57 For: 552 Agn: 317 5/22/57 For: 156 Agn: 174 4/27/57 For: 71 Agn: 29 5/25/57 For: 49 Agn: 18 168A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1958: County Bacon Baldwin Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result 3378 City of Alma; corporate limits 7/2/58 For: 206 Agn: 197 3302 Board of commissioners; terms; 11/4/58 For: 932 chairman Agn: 717 Barrow 2338 City of Winder; city manager Bartow Bartow Brooks Chatham Chatham 2683 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2866 Certain county officers; compensation 2859 City of Quitman; commissioners 2617 Town of Thunderbolt; recorder's court 3337 City of Savannah Chattahoochee 2554 Sheriff; compensation 6/4/58 9/10/58 9/10/58 5/27/58 1/20/59 5/27/58 11/4/58 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 131 229 35 1254 62 1356 173 74 291 115 4024 2283 55 30 Cherokee Cherokee Clayton 2437 City of Canton; corporate limits 5/7/58 2661 City of Canton; wards 5/7/58 3022 City of Mountain View; charter repeal For: 119 Agn: 483 For: 223 Agn: 37 Results not known Clayton 3397 City of Forest Park Results not known Clayton and Fulton 2309 City of College Park 5/19/58 For: 2 Agn: 0 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 169A Georgia Laws 1958: County Clayton and Fulton Page No. SUBJECT 2363 City of College Park Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton Colquitt 2721 City of College Park 2453 City of College Park 2854 City of College Park 3212 City of East Point 2441 City of Moultrie; corporate limits Date of Election Result 5/14/58 For: 10 Agn: 0 6/3/58 For: 738 Agn: 340 5/19/58 For: 2 Agn: 0 5/14/58 For: 0 Agn: 0 7/16/58 For: 63 Agn: 28 7/14/58 For: 53 (Area 6) Agn: 1 7/21/58 For: 110 (Area 7) Agn: 79 DeKalb Dodge Early 3318 City of Chamblee; corporate limits 2207 Board of commissioners; creation 2829 City of Blakely; corporate limits 7/28/58 (Area 8) 5/10/58 3/18/58 8/12/58 For: 31 Agn: 27 City area vote: For: 41 Agn: 1 Affected area: For: 91 Agn: 41 For: Agn: For: Agn: 571 2997 59 96 170A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1958: County Emanuel Page No. SUBJECT 3143 City of Swainsboro; corporate limits Fannin Franklin Gordon 3353 City of Blue Ridge 2644 City of Carnesville; corporate limits 2131 City of Calhoun Hall 2279 City of Gainesville; commissioners Date of Election Result 10/13/58 Parcel #1-City vote: For: 227 Agn: 15 Outside city: For: 143 Agn: 54 Parcel #2-City vote: For: 229 Agn: 15 Outside city: For: 39 Agn: 40 Parcel #3-City vote: For: 230 Agn: 14 Outside city: For: 24 Agn: 28 5/17/58 For: 162 Agn: 282 4/22/58 For: 33 Agn: 21 3/26/58 City vote: For: 234 Agn: 75 County vote: For: 203 Agn: 256 4/1/58 For: 925 Agn: 169 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 171A Georgia Laws 1958: County Page No. SUBJECT Haralson 2820 City of Bremen; education tax Henry 3127 Certain county officers; compensation Henry 3132 City of Stockbridge; corporate limits Henry 3198 City of Hampton; corporate limits Henry Jasper 3367 City of McDonough; corporate limits 2921 City of Monticello; corporate limits Jeff Davis Lowndes 3288 Board of commissioners; creation 2624 City of Valdosta; city manager Date of Election Not held Result 5/21/58 4/30/58 4/30/58 For: 346 Agn: 206 City vote: For: 61 Agn: 75 Outside city: For: 16 Agn: 116 City vote: For: 92 Agn: 3 Outside city: For: 37 Agn: 9 Results not known 6/3/58 4/19/58 City vote: For: 147 Agn: 107 Outside city: For: 15 Agn: 50 For: 1025 Agn: 901 4/14/58 For: 907 Agn: 243 Newton 2269 City of Covington 7/9/58 For: 151 Agn: 460 172A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1958: County Polk Page No. SUBJECT 2468 Town of Van Wert; charter repeal Date of Election 9/10/58 Result For: 7 Agn: 57 Pulaski Putnam Tift Tift Ware Wilkes White 2826 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2980 City of Eatonton 2696 City of Tifton (two elections held) 2930 City of Tifton 2763 City of Manor 2091 Board of commissioners; election 3224 Board of commissioners; creation 11/4/58 6/11/58 4/30/58 5/7/58 5/17/58 For: 222 Agn: 235 For: 42 Agn: 257 City vote: For: 669 Agn: 43 Outside city: For: 333 Agn: 286 Results not known For: 19 Agn: 100 11/4/58 For: 749 Agn: 98 Not held GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 173A Georgia Laws 1959: County Bartow Page No. SUBJECT 2782 City of Cartersville; corporate limits Date of Election 4/29/59 Result For: 79 Agn: 154 Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow 2793 City of Cartersville; corporate limits 2797 City of Adairsville; corporate limits 2907 City of White (Sec. 2) (two elections held) 2920 City of Kingston; new charter 4/29/59 5/12/59 5/16/59 5/16/59 For: 3 Agn: 21 For: 77 Agn: 120 County elect., Sec. 2: For: 7 Agn: 36 City election: For: 27 Agn: 45 For: 49 Agn: 2 Catoosa Chattooga Cherokee Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton 2161 Board of commissioners; creation 2809 City of Summerville; new charter 2494 Certain county officers; compensation 2499 City of College Park; corporate limits 2508 City of College Park; corporate limits 2516 City of College Park; corporate limits 3/28/59 5/23/59 4/4/59 5/18/59 5/18/59 5/18/59 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 718 2430 160 462 1522 509 14 38 0 0 5 0 Clayton and 2521 City of College Park; corporate 5/18/59 For: 3 Fulton limits Agn: 0 174A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1959: County Cobb and Douglas Cobb and Douglas Page No. SUBJECT 3142 City of Austell-Parcel #2 3142 City of Austell-Parcel #3 Cobb and Douglas Cobb and Douglas Colquitt 3142 City of Austell-Parcel #1 3142 City of Austell-Parcel #4 2396 City of Norman Park; tax rate Dougherty Dougherty Douglas Elbert 2091 Board of commissioners; membership 3064 City of Albany; corporate limits; wards 2871 City of Lithia Springs; incorporation 2627 Board of commissioners Elbert Elbert Emanuel 2621 Tax commissioner; compensation 2624 Certain county officers; compensation 2592 City of Twin City Gwinnett 3161 City of Dacula; new charter Habersham 2178 City of Cornelia Date of Election 8/18/59 8/4/59 Result For: 7 Agn: 8 For: 2 Agn: 11 8/25/59 8/11/59 5/25/59 4/12/60 6/8/59 4/8/59 4/8/59 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 5 49 14 15 50 81 755 417 1413 710 241 569 804 436 4/8/59 4/8/59 For: Agn: For: Agn: 1041 203 1014 228 5/4/59 For: 200 Agn: 162 5/9/59 For: 82 Agn: 45 4/13/59 For: 102 Agn: 91 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 175A Georgia Laws 1959: County Page No. SUBJECT McDuffie 2568 Certain county officers; compensation Meriwether and Talbot 2534 City of Manchester Newton 2780 City of Oxford Polk 2171 City of Cedartown Polk Toombs Turner Union 2732 Certain county officers; compensation 2010 Board of commissioners; creation 2574 Board of commissioners; membership 2053 Board of commissioners; creation Date of Election Result 6/30/59 For: 502 Agn: 75 4/1/59 For: 109 Agn: 30 5/1/59 For: 30 Agn: 36 5/19/59 City vote: For: 387 Agn: 75 County vote: For: 86 Agn: 291 3/16/60 For: 4388 Agn: 1624 4/8/59 For: 1510 Agn: 827 Not held 3/17/59 For: 810 Agn: 1629 176A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1960: County Banks Berrien Bibb Chatham Chattooga Clarke Cobb Coweta Douglas and Cobb Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result 3035 Board of commissioners 9/14/60 For: 1197 Agn: 767 3301 City of Nashville 11/8/60 For: 466 Agn: 418 3223 Macon Bibb County; creation 6/1/60 City vote: For: 4598 Agn: 4288 Outside city vote: For: 1902 Agn: 7368 Payne City vote: For: 37 Agn: 55 2273 Town of Thunderbolt; mayor and aldermen; terms 1/17/61 For: 151 Agn: 283 2715 Town of Trion; corporate limits 5/5/60 For: 53 Agn: 25 2234 City of Athens; mayor and aldermen; terms 4/13/60 For: 276 Agn: 522 2127 City of Smyrna; city manager; mayor Results not known 3020 City of Newnan; city manager; 4/30/60 For: 320 form of government Agn: 146 2118 City of Austell; corporate limits 3/26/60 For: 27 Agn: 38 Dodge 2608 Town of Rhine; mayor and council; terms 4/27/60 For: 146 Agn: 4 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 177A Georgia Laws 1960: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result DeKalb 3158 City of Decatur; commissioners; terms Results not known Emanuel 2360 Board of commissioners; terms 11/8/60 For: 877 Agn: 2080 Evans 2251 City of Claxton; corporate limits 5/5/60 Proposed Area: For: 32 Agn: 62 Within City vote: For: 379 Agn: 107 Franklin 2143 County Commissioner Advisory Board 3/9/60 For: 2296 Agn: 1038 Fulton and 2849 City of College Park; corporate 5/14/60 For: 6 Clayton limits Agn: 0 Fulton and 2854 City of College Park; corporate 5/16/60 For: 21 Clayton limits Agn: 15 Greene 3089 Tax commissioner; compensation 4/28/60 For: 801 Agn: 823 Greene 3093 Certain county officers; compensation 4/28/60 For: 822 Agn: 835 Henry 3297 City of McDonough; corporate 5/18/60 limits Inside City vote: For: 61 Agn: 35 Outside City vote: For: 41 Agn: 83 178A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1960: County Houston Jefferson Page No. SUBJECT 2605 Tax commissioner; compensation 2913 Town of Avera; mayor and council Lamar Liberty 2294 Certain county officers; compensation 2237 Board of commissioners Lowndes McIntosh McIntosh 3125 City of Valdosta; corporate limits 2888 Clerk of the superior court; compensation 2893 Sheriff; compensation McIntosh McIntosh 2899 Tax commissioner; compensation 2904 Ordinary; compensation Mitchell 2301 City of Camilla; corporate limits Morgan Murray 2518 Certain county officers; compensation 3180 City of Spring Place; ad valorem taxes Date of Election 11/8/60 Result For: 4059 Agn: 959 Results not known 5/11/60 3/30/60 4/15/60 For: 131 Agn: 193 For: 1096 Agn: 573 For: 87 Agn: 656 Results not known Results not known Results not known Results not known 4/27/60 3/15/60 Not held City of Camilla For: 45 Agn: 15 Mitchell County For: 8 Agn: 1 For: 1894 Agn: 332 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 179A Georgia Laws 1960: County Page No. SUBJECT Polk 2111 City of Cedartown; corporate limits Pulaski 2991 Clerk of the superior court; compensation Pulaski 2995 Tax collector; compensation Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Rabun Rockdale 2998 Ordinary; compensation 3001 Sheriff; compensation 3009 Tax receiver; compensation 2417 City of Clayton; new charter 2028 City of Conyers; commission form of government Date of Election Result 3/22/60 For: 74 Agn: 50 9/14/60 For: 798 Agn: 962 9/14/60 For: 803 Agn: 952 9/14/60 For: 805 Agn: 949 9/14/60 For: 810 Agn: 953 9/14/60 For: 777 Agn: 952 5/25/60 For: 46 Agn: 160 3/2/60 For: 134 Agn: 283 Stewart Walton Walton Walton Wayne Whitfield 2051 County commissioner and advisory board 2056 Certain county officers; compensation 2063 Board of commissioners; compensation 2067 Tax commissioner; compensation 2202 Board of commissioners; creation 2003 County commissioner; compensation 3/16/60 3/9/60 3/9/60 3/9/60 3/4/60 3/2/60 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 418 297 3092 918 2748 1117 3181 900 458 1672 955 1042 180A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1960: County Page No. SUBJECT Whitfield 2007 Certain county officers; compensation Whitfield 2019 Tax commissioner; creation Date of Election 3/2/60 3/2/50 Result For: Agn: For: Agn: 1272 746 1227 806 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 181A Georgia Laws 1961: County Appling Bartow Bartow Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Chatham Page No. 2197 2782 3382 3469 2441 3118 2969 3072 SUBJECT City of Baxley City of Cartersville; corporate limits City of Cartersville; corporate limits City of Cartersville; corporate limits City of Macon; corporate limits City of Carrollton; mayor and council City of Savannah; corporate limits Civil Service System of Chatham County Date of Election 4/18/61 6/10/61 6/10/61 6/10/61 5/24/61 5/20/61 5/10/61 4/20/61 Result For: 514 Agn: 292 For: 6 Agn: 44 For: 29 Agn: 20 For: 205 Agn: 159 City vote: For: 1560 Agn: 445 Outside city vote: For: 12269 Agn: 9037 For: 267 Agn: 764 City of Savannah: For: 9176 Agn: 1679 Zone No. 1: For: 886 Agn: 759 Zone No. 2: For: 123 Agn: 277 For: 137 Agn: 144 Chattooga 2658 City of Summerville; new charter 5/27/61 For: 338 Agn: 241 182A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1961: County Colquitt Early Page No. SUBJECT 3041 City of Moultrie; tax rate 2245 City of Blakely; corporate limits Early Forsyth 2260 City of Blakely; corporate limits 2252 City of Cumming; corporate limits Gwinnett 2583 City of Norcross; corporate limits Gwinnett 3156 City of Suwanee; new charter Laurens 2598 City of Dublin; city manager Meriwether Meriwether Meriwether 2760 City of Manchester; corporate limits 3058 Board of commissioners; districts 3223 County treasurer; abolition of office Date of Election Not held 6/13/61 Result For: 61 Agn: 56 6/14/61 4/1/61 5/20/61 4/29/61 8/2/61 5/3/61 For: 35 Agn: 56 City vote: For: 108 Agn: 26 Outside city vote: For: 41 Agn: 142 City vote: For: 45 Agn: 25 Outside city vote: For: 21 Agn: 43 For: 56 Agn: 15 For: 1077 Agn: 463 For: 614 Agn: 322 5/31/61 For: 860 Agn: 320 5/31/61 For: 680 Agn: 493 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 183A Georgia Laws 1961: County Meriwether Page No. SUBJECT 3416 Tax commissioner; compensation Meriwether Monroe Murray 3456 Certain county officers; compensation 2994 City of Forsyth; mayor; water lines 3403 City of Spring Place; ad valorem taxes Pike 2704 City of Zebulon; new charter Polk Sumter 2931 City of Rockmart; corporate limits 3251 City of Americus; new charter Troup 2650 City of West Point; mayor and aldermen; elections Date of Election 5/31/61 Result For: 940 Agn: 243 5/31/61 For: 938 Agn: 254 10/4/61 For: 668 Agn: 245 6/24/61 For: 24 Agn: 19 5/6/61 For: 52 Agn: 1 12/2/61 See * 5/9/61 For: 331 Agn: 954 4/26/61 For: 143 Agn: 224 *Result: City of Rockmart Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 For: 669 For: 22 For: 0 For: 0 For: 6 For: 0 Agn: 174 Agn: 36 Agn: 17 Agn: 0 Agn: 69 Agn: 1 184A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1962: County Bryan Chatham Clarke Clarke Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton Columbia Emanuel Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Page No. SUBJECT 2505 City of Richmond Hill; incorporation 2707 Town of Pooler; tax rate 2677 City of Athens; corporate limits; wards 2751 City of Athens; public transportation system 2592 City of College Park; corporate limits 2599 City of College Park; mayor and council; elections 3084 City of College Park; corporate limits 2713 City of Martinez; incorporation 2359 Board of commissioners; districts; elections; terms 2473 City of East Point; corporate limits 2854 City of East Point; corporate limits 2861 City of East Point; corporate limits 3130 City of East Point; corporate limits Date of Election 4/4/62 4/26/62 5/23/62 4/25/62 5/5/62 6/1/62 5/26/62 9/12/62 11/6/62 5/9/62 5/9/62 5/9/62 5/9/62 Result For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 153 119 110 114 643 521 1228 1361 32 37 214 1061 4 160 85 573 450 484 1 3 1 6 6 31 25 22 Gwinnett 2364 Pinball machines 11/6/62 For: 1737 Agn: 638 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 185A Georgia Laws 1962: County Henry Page No. SUBJECT 2403 Town of Locust Grove; corporate limits Date of Election 4/25/62 Result For: 20 Agn: 27 Jackson Jackson Laurens Laurens 2620 City of Jefferson; corporate limits 2624 City of Commerce; corporate limits Not held 12/5/62 2528 Town of Dudley; name changed 3/28/62 to City of Dudley; mayor 3052 County treasurer; abolition of office Not held Inside City: For: 385 Agn: 108 Outside City: For: 58 Agn: 237 For: 29 Agn: 4 Meriwether Meriwether Meriwether 2244 City of Manchester; commissioners 3/28/62 For: 234 Agn: 66 2396 City of Manchester; insurance 3/28/62 For: 251 for employees Agn: 47 2422 City of Manchester; board of commissioners; chairman 3/28/62 For: 224 Agn: 67 Meriwether 2603 City of Manchester; corporate 3/28/62 For: 231 limits Agn: 76 Meriwether Mitchell 2613 City of Manchester; mayor and 3/28/62 For: 227 council; meetings Agn: 57 2158 City of Camilla; corporate limits 4/24/62 For: 15 Agn: 0 Murray 2576 City of Chatsworth; corporate 6/23/62 For: 143 limits Agn: 183 186A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1962: County Muscogee Page No. SUBJECT 2164 Columbus-Muscogee Board of Commissioners; creation Newton Oglethorpe Putnam Putnam Terrell Terrell 3072 City of Covington; city manager 3202 City Court of Lexington; abolition 2440 Certain county officers; compensation 3048 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2537 City of Dawson; corporate limits 3186 City of Dawson Upson 2074 City of Thomaston Warren 2981 Clerk of the superior court to attend the court of ordinary Date of Election Result 4/11/62 Muscogee County: For: 6612 Agn: 9103 City of Columbus: For: 5563 Agn: 6032 4/25/62 For: 550 Agn: 167 11/6/62 For: 392 Agn: 180 11/6/62 For: 626 Agn: 129 11/6/62 For: 548 Agn: 184 7/11/62 #1-Defeated #2-Ratified Results not known 4/3/62 For: 577 Agn: 543 11/6/62 For: 281 Agn: 313 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 187A Georgia Laws 1962: County Washington Page No. SUBJECT 3038 City of Tennille; corporate limits Wayne Wilkinson 3110 Board of commissioners; creation 2847 Town of McIntyre; corporate limits Date of Election Result 5/2/62 In Proposed Area: For: 13 Agn: 44 In City of Tennille: For: 139 Agn: 58 11/6/62 For: 664 Agn: 449 4/7/62 For: 70 Agn: 21 188A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1963: County Baker Baldwin Page No. SUBJECT 2928 Tax collector and tax receiver; compensation 3035 Civil and Criminal Court of Baldwin County Date of Election 4/25/63 5/28/63 Result For: 581 Agn: 343 For: 142 Agn: 346 Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Berrien 2066 Sheriff's deputies and jailers; compensation 4/10/63 2070 Deputy clerk of the superior court; compensation 4/10/63 2074 Clerical help in the office of the 4/10/63 ordinary; compensation 2078 County commissioner; clerical 4/10/63 help; compensation 2082 Deputy tax commissioner; clerical help; compensation 4/10/63 2086 Sheriff; equipment 4/10/63 2627 City of Enigma; new charter 6/4/63 For: 721 Agn: 1170 For: 545 Agn: 1330 For: 666 Agn: 1230 For: 532 Agn: 1343 For: 511 Agn: 1356 For: 714 Agn: 1172 For: 15 Agn: 0 Bleckley Cherokee Clayton 2382 Tax commissioner; creation of 6/5/63 office For: 209 Agn: 436 2016 City of Canton; corporate limits 5/1/63 For: 45 Agn: 29 2723 City of Lovejoy; new charter Not held Clayton Cobb Colquitt 2815 City of Riverdale; mayor and council; wards; city manager 2781 Board of commissioners; creation 2203 City of Moultrie; tax rate Not held 1/8/64 For: 2123 Agn: 4100 Results not known GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 189A Georgia Laws 1963: County DeKalb Page No. SUBJECT 3457 City of North Atlanta; incorporation Dougherty Emanuel 3630 City of Albany; abolition of wards 2583 City of Swainsboro; corporate limits Fulton Glynn Hall Henry 2887 City of East Point; corporate limits 3249 City of Brunswick; mayor; city manager 3552 Board of commissioners; membership 2609 Board of commissioners; elections; terms; compensation Houston 3330 City of Warner Robins Irwin Jackson Meriwether Muscogee 2602 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2575 City of Commerce 2332 City of Warm Springs; tax rate 2731 City of Columbus; form of government Date of Election Result 7/11/63 For (1): 508 For (2): 55 For (3): 842 7/29/63 For: 1034 Agn: 1406 5/13/63 Inside city: For: 243 Agn: 44 Outside city: For: 81 Agn: 41 Not held 10/1/63 9/3/63 5/15/63 5/7/63 5/28/63 Not held Not held 6/5/63 For: 798 Agn: 570 For: 1421 Agn: 1571 For Section 1: 669 For Section 2: 624 For: 1127 Agn: 776 For: 91 Agn: 279 For: 3254 Agn: 1615 190A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1963: County Newton Page No. SUBJECT 3017 Board of commissioners Pulaski Screven 3436 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2835 City of Sylvania; city manager Talbot 2185 Board of commissioners Telfair 2482 City of McRae; new charter Thomas Thomas 3402 City of Boston; clerk and treasurer 3405 City of Boston; marshal Turner 2471 County commissioner Walton 2600 Tax equalization program Ware Wilkes Wilkes 2237 Board of commissioners; creation 2803 Certain county officers; compensation 3447 Tax commissioner; compensation Date of Election Result 5/15/63 For: 333 Agn: 669 6/18/63 For: 354 Agn: 321 6/4/63 For: 160 Agn: 79 5/22/63 For: 239 Agn: 295 5/1/63 For: 130 Agn: 3 5/20/63 For: 45 Agn: 126 5/20/63 For: 52 Agn: 127 4/24/63 For: 249 Agn: 603 7/24/63 For: 1715 Agn: 1838 5/30/63 For: 1727 Agn: 1373 5/28/63 5/28/63 For: Agn: For: Agn: 1304 119 1281 130 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 191A Georgia Laws 1964: County Appling Page No. SUBJECT 2681 Certain county officers; compensation Date of Election 6/17/64 Result For: 2543 Agn: 848 Brooks Chatham Cherokee 2776 City of Quitman; commissioners 2288 Town of Pooler; taxation; bonds 2351 City of Woodstock; corporate limits 4/15/64 Not held Results not known For: 124 Agn: 61 Cherokee Colquitt Cook 2431 2305 2093 City of Canton; corporate limits City of Moultrie; tax rate for schools Board of commissioners; elections 4/8/64 10/20/64 3/4/64 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 174 394 1174 613 2003 1612 Dodge 2954 City of Empire; new charter 6/2/64 For: 55 Agn: 71 Fulton Fulton Gwinnett 2478 City of Union City; repeal of charter 5/8/64 For: 214 Agn: 279 2988 City of Alpharetta; corporate * limits 2733 City of Suwanee; new charter 5/11/64 For: 90 Agn: 4 Hancock 2088 Certain county officers; compensation 4/22/64 For: 251 Agn: 64 192A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1964: County Harris Page No. SUBJECT 2939 Town of Pine Mountain; corporate limits Date of Election 4/29/64 Result Inside: For: 61 Agn: 43 Outside: For: 0 Agn: 7 Hart McDuffie McDuffie McDuffie Meriwether Meriwether Monroe Murray Peach 2028 Board of finance 9/9/64 Question A: 1246 Question B: 873 2095 Board of commissioners 4/1/64 For: 971 Agn: 1720 2104 Tax commissioner; creation of 4/1/64 office 2107 Sheriff and deputies; compensation 4/1/64 2154 Town of Greenville; ad valorem tax rate For: 985 Agn: 1708 For: 982 Agn: 1705 Results not known 2412 City of Woodbury; ad valorem tax 2542 Board of commissioners 2672 County commissioner; compensation 4/22/64 Not held 9/9/64 For: Agn: For: Agn: 110 30 1868 1763 2627 Board of commissioners: Creation of the board Election of the board by the people Selection of the board by the grand jury 4/29/64 (Three questions) For: 509 Agn: 502 For: 692 For: 93 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 193A Georgia Laws 1964: County Pickens Page No. SUBJECT 2066 County commissioner Date of Election 3/4/64 Result For: 1822 Agn: 144 Pickens 2078 City of Jasper 3/21/64 Inside city: For: 43 Agn: 3 Outside city: For: 9 Agn: 0 Thomas Tift Tift Tift Tift Walker 2497 Sheriff; compensation 4/29/64 2208 City of Tifton; water and sewer lines 2361 City of Tifton; commissioners; compensation 2900 Board of commissioners; membership 3069 Board of commissioners; purchases 2014 Ordinary; compensation 4/22/64 4/22/64 5/13/64 5/13/64 2/18/64 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 1685 639 281 216 136 368 1992 1290 2592 738 4695 285 Walker Walker 2018 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2024 Clerk of the superior court; compensation 2/18/64 2/18/64 For: Agn: For: Agn: 4673 251 4655 298 194A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1964: County Walker Page No. SUBJECT 2643 Fire prevention districts Fire district commissioners Ware 2455 Tax commissioner; creation of office Whitfield 2175 Board of commissioners; creation Wilkinson 2314 Tax commissioner; creation of office *(Repealed by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 2342) Date of Election 2/15/65 3/22/65 Result For: 246 Agn: 41 For 3 member board 81 votes for each candidate Not held 3/20/64 11/3/64 For: Agn: For: Agn: 3817 2807 933 863 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 195A Georgia Laws 1964, Extraordinary Session: County Baker Page No. SUBJECT 2096 Sheriff; compensation Barrow 2347 City of Winder; mayor; terms Cobb 2075 Board of commissioners Cobb 2179 City of Elizabeth; new charter Dooly Fulton Troup Troup Worth 2052 City of Byromville; corporate limits 2342 City of Alpharetta; corporate limits 2256 City of Hogansville; tax for school purposes 2350 Small Claims and Committal Court of LaGrange; creation 2116 City of Sylvester; new charter Date of Election Result 7/15/64 For: 464 Agn: 529 9/9/64 For: 507 Agn: 372 7/8/64 For: 7297 Agn: 2791 Results not known Not held 8/22/64 9/2/64 12/2/64 For: 57 Agn: 104 For: 200 Agn: 410 Results not known For: 216 Agn: 32 196A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1965: County Appling Appling Page No. SUBJECT 3142 Certain county officials and employees; compensation 3361 Board of commissioners; annual audit Date of Election 11/8/66 11/8/66 Result For: 589 Agn: 556 For: 733 Agn: 326 Baldwin Baldwin Brooks Chatham 2306 City of Milledgeville; mayor; terms 2316 Board of commissioners; elections 3226 City of Quitman; commissioners 3181 Isle of Hope Water, Fire, Sanitation, and Sewerage District 6/2/65 4/7/65 For: 544 Agn: 462 For: 801 Agn: 1878 Results not known Results not known Crisp Decatur Decatur 2167 City of Cordele; form of government 2819 City of Bainbridge; city manager 3245 Small Claims Court of Decatur County; creation 4/28/65 4/7/65 6/16/65 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 828 1198 1148 688 447 472 Dooly Echols Fulton and Clayton 2582 City of Unadilla; corporate limits 7/20/65 For: 56 Agn: 115 3160 City of Statenville; new charter 7/14/65 For: 72 Agn: 75 3391 City of College Park; corporate 4/30/66 * limits *Sec. 1 Sec. 2 Sec. 3 Sec. 4 For: 3 For: 0 For: 0 For: 0 Agn: 67 Agn: 7 Agn: 12 Agn: 6 Sec. 5 Sec. 6 Sec. 7 For: 8 For: 5 For: 6 Agn: 43 Agn: 12 Agn: 31 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 197A Georgia Laws 1965: County Habersham Page No. SUBJECT 2727 City of Cornelia Houston Jackson Liberty Madison 2650 City Court of Warner Robins; creation 3408 City of Jefferson; corporate limits 3342 Town of Allenhurst; incorporation 3068 Certain county officers; compensation McDuffie Putnam Thomas 2480 Coroner; compensation 2862 Board of commissioners; compensation 2680 Fire protection districts; creation Tift 2541 Ordinary; compensation * Date of Election Result 5/12/65 For: 92 Agn: 123 6/22/65 For: 1847 Agn: 1657 Results not known 5/10/65 For: 51 Agn: 0 6/16/65 Effective date: For 1/1/66: 1384 For 1/1/67: 422 5/12/65 For: 105 Agn: 58 6/16/65 For: 183 Agn: 199 6/16/65 6/16/65 Fire Dist. No. 1 For: 226 Agn: 49 Fire Dist. No. 2 For: 116 Agn: 46 Fire Dist. No. 3 For: 364 Agn: 535 For: 953 Agn: 353 198A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1965: County Page No. SUBJECT Tift 2608 Clerk of the superior court; compensation * Tift 2705 Tax commissioner; compensation * Date of Election 6/16/65 6/16/65 Result For: 952 Agn: 381 For: 943 Agn: 361 *Each of these Acts has an effective date of January 1, 1966. GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 199A Georgia Laws 1966: County Appling Page No. SUBJECT 2754 Board of commissioners; elections Date of Election 11/8/66 Result For: 728 Agn: 479 Atkinson Bartow Bartow 2107 County Court of Atkinson County; abolition 2144 City of Adairsville; mayor and council; compensation 2454 City of Adairsville; corporate limits 11/8/66 4/2/66 4/2/66 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 1004 704 167 48 210 105 Bryan Bulloch Fulton and DeKalb Floyd Habersham Habersham Habersham 2466 City Court of Pembroke; abolition 9/14/66 2316 City of Statesboro; mayor and 11/8/66 council; terms 3337 City of Atlanta; corporate limits 5/11/66 3129 Floyd School District; creation 4/12/66 2404 2625 3102 City of Cornelia; city manager; compensation City of Cornelia; commission; compensation City of Cornelia; eminent domain outside corporate limits 4/27/66 4/27/66 4/27/66 For: 368 Agn: 1148 For: 265 Agn: 183 Sandy Springs: For: 2504 Agn: 5173 Adamsville: For: 198 Agn: 151 For: 1459 Agn: 3759 For: 150 Agn: 115 For: 149 Agn: 114 For: 144 Agn: 118 Habersham 3144 City of Cornelia; mayor and commission; elections 4/27/66 For: 157 Agn: 105 200A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1966: County Hall Page No. 3305 SUBJECT Board of commissioners; membership; districts; elections Date of Election 11/8/66 Result For: 4842 Agn: 4335 Irwin Jackson Jeff Davis 2472 Tax commissioner; creation of 4/27/66 For: 184 office Agn: 387 3025 City of Jefferson; corporate limits Not held 2352 City of Denton; incorporation 4/6/66 For: 162 Agn: 58 Meriwether Meriwether Meriwether 2266 Certain county officers; compensation 11/8/66 2521 Town of Luthersville; corporate 5/7/66 limits 3318 City of Woodbury; mayor and council; elections; compensation 5/11/66 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 1495 2994 40 19 27 6 Meriwether Miller Miller 3403 City of Greenville; corporate limits 2867 City of Colquitt; corporate limits 3372 Small Claims Court of Miller County; creation 5/4/66 For: 24 Agn: 19 Not held 5/4/66 For: 180 Agn: 153 Pike 3170 City of Zebulon; corporate 4/30/66 For: 89 limits Agn: 14 Stephens 2628 Board of commissioners; terms 11/8/66 For: 1443 Agn: 1554 Wayne 3099 City of Jesup; corporate limits 5/25/66 For: 1083 Agn: 603 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 201A Georgia Laws 1967: County Banks Page No. SUBJECT 2538 County board of education Banks and Habersham Barrow 2610 Town of Baldwin; mayor 3326 City of Statham; new charter Ben Hill 2987 City of Fitzgerald; board of education Bulloch 3483 City of Statesboro; corporate limits Bulloch 2997 Town of Brooklet; mayor and council; terms Catoosa 2207 Board of commissioners; creation Catoosa 2225 County board of education; membership; elections Chattahoochee 2530 County board of education; terms Clarke 2929 County board of education; membership Clarke 3215 County school district taxes Cook 2507 County board of education; members; elections Crisp 2691 County board of education; members; elections Date of Election Result 6/28/67 For: 333 Agn: 219 Not held 5/19/67 For: Agn: 6/13/67 For: Agn: 7/28/67 For: Agn: 9/1/67 For: Agn: 4/15/67 For: Agn: 4/15/67 For: Agn: Not held 185 93 179 507 490 111 33 3 1139 3373 1426 2993 6/7/67 For: 663 Agn: 570 Not held 8/16/67 For: 584 Agn: 135 9/14/67 For: 266 Agn: 32 Dooly 2467 City of Vienna; corporate limits 6/20/67 For: 12 Agn: 9 202A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1967: County Dooly Echols Page No. SUBJECT 2922 County board of education 3491 City of Statenville; new charter Date of Election 6/20/67 5/15/67 Result For: 807 Agn: 173 For: 62 Agn: 106 Floyd Gordon Henry Houston 2163 City of Rome; corporate limits 2898 Fire protection services; districts 2595 City of Stockbridge; corporate limits 2606 City of Warner Robins; corporate limits 4/26/67 6/21/67 5/13/67 4/25/67 For: 333 Agn: 794 For: 286 Agn: 111 Inside city: For: 101 Agn: 87 Outside city: For: 43 Agn: 475 For: 2292 Agn: 680 Houston Houston Lowndes McDuffie 3241 County school superintendent; appointment 3244 County board of education; election; membership 2118 Town of Dasher; incorporation 11/7/67 11/7/67 4/11/67 2169 Sheriff; personnel; compensation; vehicles 4/26/67 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 1001 2317 2559 757 59 5 1069 539 Meriwether Murray 2011 City of Greenville; new charter 4/3/67 For: 41 Agn: 0 2458 City of Chatsworth; corporate 5/31/67 For: 154 limits Agn: 19 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 203A Georgia Laws 1967: County Newton Page No. SUBJECT 2405 County board of education Newton Pike Pike Polk Pulaski 2784 Board of commissioners 2448 Tax commissioner; creation of office 3152 County board of education; membership; elections 2718 County board of education; members; terms 3463 Pulaski County/City of Hawkinsville; school systems; merger Randolph 2243 Tax commissioner; compensation Stephens Stewart Thomas 3005 County board of education 3227 Clerk of the superior court; compensation 2115 City of Thomasville; taxation for schools Date of Election 5/3/67 Result For: 1258 Agn: 598 5/3/67 9/6/67 9/6/67 11/5/68 11/7/67 4/26/67 5/2/67 11/5/68 3/28/67 For: 1301 Agn: 540 For: 454 Agn: 52 For: 441 Agn: 65 For: 3306 Agn: 1245 Pulaski County: For: 249 Agn: 482 City of Hawkinsville: For: 466 Agn: 236 Proposition #1: For: 1109 Proposition #2: For: 782 For: 709 Agn: 1016 For: 1097 Agn: 88 For: 841 Agn: 398 204A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1967: County Turner Union Page No. SUBJECT 2694 City of Sycamore; corporate limits 3064 Sheriff; compensation Whitfield 2277 City of Dalton; mayor and council; terms; elections Date of Election Result 5/26/67 For: 162 Agn: 51 6/28/67 For: 235 Agn: 790 4/19/67 For: 516 Agn: 607 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 205A Georgia Laws 1968: County Page No. SUBJECT Atkinson 2882 Board of commissioners; membership; chairman Bacon 3542 Tax commissioner; creation of office Banks & Habersham 2400 Town of Baldwin; mayor; term Berrien 2241 Board of commissioners Bibb 2835 County board of education and orphanage Bleckley 2278 City of Cochran; corporate limits Candler 2446 County board of education; creation of new board Carroll 2256 County school superintendent; appointment Carroll 2841 County board of education; election Charlton 2342 City of Folkston; corporate limits Charlton 2984 City of Homeland; new charter Chatham Chattahoochee 2636 2717 Board of Education of the City of Savannah and Chatham County County board of education; terms Date of Election Result 4/17/68 For: 591 Agn: 216 6/11/68 For: 400 Agn: 321 Results not known Not held 11/5/68 For: 14736 Agn: 7193 6/19/68 For: 351 Agn: 781 5/7/68 For: 296 Agn: 467 4/24/68 For: 250 Agn: 1341 4/24/68 For: 547 Agn: 1087 9/11/68 For: 118 Agn: 145 Results not known 11/5/68 For: 11874 Agn: 11276 7/12/68 For: 4 Agn: 20 Cherokee 3751 County board of education; districts 11/5/68 For: 2042 Agn: 1755 206A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1968: County Page No. SUBJECT Coffee 2177 County board of education; creation of new board Coffee 2181 Board of commissioners; creation Colquitt 2130 City of Moultrie Columbia Decatur Decatur 2708 County board of education; election 2565 County board of education; election 2756 City of Bainbridge; aldermen Douglas Douglas Echols Emanuel Evans 2262 County school superintendent; appointment 3764 County board of education; election; membership 3514 County board of education; election; membership 2487 County board of education; election; membership 3722 City of Daisy; new charter Glynn Gordon Grady 2914 Brunswick-Glynn County Charter Commission; creation 2030 Board of commissioners; creation 2120 County board of education; creation of new board Date of Election 4/24/68 4/24/68 Result For: Agn: For: Agn: 546 1101 508 1100 4/23/68 9/11/68 5/1/68 6/5/68 5/21/68 5/21/68 11/5/68 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 540 715 2048 320 971 1104 292 137 189 1025 498 686 457 38 4/24/68 10/14/69 For: 405 Agn: 633 Results not known For: 2846 Agn: 6761 5/15/68 5/14/68 For: Agn: For: Agn: 723 1212 2249 717 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 207A Georgia Laws 1968: County Gwinnett Page No. SUBJECT 2003 Board of commissioners; creation of new board Henry 3375 Board of commissioners; elections Irwin 2822 Tax commissioner; creation of office Jefferson Jenkins 3421 County board of education; membership 2960 Board of commissioners; membership Jenkins 2965 County board of education; creation of new board Macon Miller Paulding 2663 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2529 County board of education; election 2381 County board of education; election Pierce Rabun 2761 County board of education; election 2272 Board of commissioners; creation of board Sumter 2065 County board of education; election Tift 2023 City of Tifton; commissioners Toombs 3424 County board of education; election Date of Election 4/10/68 Result Part I: 4315 Part II: 1413 5/28/68 5/28/68 11/5/68 6/10/68 6/10/68 5/1/68 5/14/68 7/3/68 11/5/68 4/9/68 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 756 1272 191 547 3029 1420 559 179 448 298 189 261 667 345 233 19 812 1377 1205 1144 5/21/68 For: 626 Agn: 483 4/3/68 For: 408 Agn: 310 5/29/68 For: 65 Agn: 772 208A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1968: County Walker Walker Page No. SUBJECT 2152 City of Lookout Mountain; incorporation 2235 County board of education; election Walton 2974 County board of education Wayne Whitfield 3361 County board of education; elections 3065 City of Varnell; incorporation Wilkes 3462 Town of Rayle; incorporation Date of Election 5/9/68 5/9/68 Result For: Agn: For: Agn: 299 252 1155 887 6/18/68 9/11/68 For: Agn: For: Agn: 1709 265 1140 614 5/23/68 For: 41 Agn: 5 5/17/68 For: 43 Agn: 4 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 209A Georgia Laws 1969: County Bartow Page No. SUBJECT 2929 City of Cartersville; new charter Bibb 3331 Board of elections; creation Butts Camden Candler Charlton 2456 County board of education; creation of new board 3543 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2230 City of Metter; corporate limits 2665 County board of education; election Date of Election 6/19/69 9/17/69 5/22/69 Not held 5/6/69 7/15/69 Result For: 180 Agn: 277 Inside city limits: For: 5892 Agn: 2086 Outside city limits: For: 514 Agn: 295 For: 422 Agn: 566 For: 326 Agn: 86 For: 143 Agn: 287 Chatham Cherokee Clarke 2584 City of Garden City; corporate limits 2829 County board of education and school superintendent 6/17/69 3028 County board of education; creation of new board 7/15/69 Results not known Section 1: For: 1600 Agn: 718 Section 2: For: 624 Agn: 1657 For: 1722 Agn: 1738 Cobb 2475 County board of education; districts 5/14/69 For: 773 Agn: 179 210A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1969: County Colquitt Coweta Page No. SUBJECT 2559 County board of education; creation of new board 2784 City of Newnan; corporate limits Date of Election 6/4/69 7/2/69 Result For: Agn: For: Agn: 1071 1265 113 584 Crisp DeKalb Effingham Fannin 3806 City of Cordele; new charter 2501 City of Doraville; corporate limits 6/18/69 5/24/69 3964 City of Guyton; corporate limits 6/4/69 2637 Tax commissioner; creation of 11/3/70 office For: 299 Agn: 245 Tract No. 1: For: 15 Agn: 130 Tract No. 2: For: 40 Agn: 103 For: 128 Agn: 179 For: 1399 Agn: 1396 Fannin 2641 Board of commissioners; creation 11/3/70 For: 1419 Agn: 1376 Fulton 4098 City of Fairburn; corporate limits 7/28/69 Sec. 1-Vickers Rd. For: 3 Agn: 2 Sec. 2-Bohannon Rd. For: 8 Agn: 1 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 211A Georgia Laws 1969: County Gwinnett Gilmer Page No. SUBJECT 3960 City of Lawrenceville; corporate limits 2606 City of Ellijay; corporate limits Date of Election 5/21/69 6/25/69 Result Inside city limits: For: 289 Agn: 127 Outside city limits: For: 22 Agn: 198 For: 139 Agn: 288 Hall Houston Houston Houston 2346 3647 3920 3927 City of Murrayville; incorporation City of Warner Robins; form of government City of Warner Robins; corporate limits City of Warner Robins; mayor and council; compensation 6/11/69 6/17/69 10/14/69 For: 81 Agn: 104 For: 1512 Agn: 2064 City vote: For: 2134 Agn: 694 County vote: For: 38 Agn: 205 Results not known Jackson Laurens Lincoln 2987 City of Jefferson; corporate limits; wards 7/21/69 For: 88 Agn: 171 2270 City of Dublin; corporate limits 5/28/69 For: 121 Agn: 106 3352 County treasurer; compensation; abolition of office 11/3/70 For: 601 Agn: 742 Muscogee 3356 City of Columbus; corporate limits 6/25/69 For: 15707 Agn: 7761 212A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1969: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Muscogee 3571 Muscogee County Charter Commission; creation 5/27/70 City of Columbus: For: 12379 Agn: 2778 Muscogee County: For: 12508 Agn: 2989 Pickens 3066 County school superintendent; 7/2/69 appointment For: 52 Agn: 885 Putnam 2670 Sheriff; compensation 6/12/69 For: 282 Agn: 409 Putnam 3126 Tax commissioner; compensation Not held Putnam 3130 Ordinary; compensation 6/12/69 For: 372 Agn: 328 Putnam 3594 Clerk of the superior court; compensation 6/12/69 For: 283 Agn: 408 Putnam 3598 Board of commissioners; compensation 6/12/69 For: 218 Agn: 470 Putnam 3900 Coroner; compensation 6/12/69 For: 290 Agn: 403 Pulaski 3915 City of Hawkinsville; corporate limits 10/14/69 City of Hawkinsville: For: 271 Agn: 82 Pulaski County: For: 35 Agn: 162 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 213A Georgia Laws 1969: County Spalding Page No. 3687 SUBJECT Small Claims Court of Spalding County; creation Date of Election 7/29/69 Result For: 795 Agn: 447 Seminole 2590 Small Claims Court of Seminole County; creation 6/4/69 For: 221 Agn: 175 Stewart 2264 County board of education; election 5/14/69 For: 91 Agn: 12 Telfair Thomas 3641 County board of education; membership 3562 Town of Meigs; corporate limits 8/26/69 For: 277 Agn: 437 Not held Tift Toombs 2674 City of Tifton; corporate limits 6/25/69 3241 City of Lyons; corporate limits 6/25/69 City area: For: 645 Agn: 578 Proposed area: For: 433 Agn: 499 For: 3 Agn: 0 Toombs 3244 City of Lyons; corporate limits 6/25/69 For: 2 Agn: 34 Washington Whitfield 2467 City of Sandersville 2529 City of Cohutta; incorporation 5/28/69 Results not known For: 84 Agn: 11 Walker 4014 City of Rossville; new charter 7/5/69 For: 118 Agn: 293 214A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1970: County Baldwin Banks and Jackson Page No. SUBJECT 2951 County board of education; membership 3000 Town of Maysville; mayor and aldermen; terms Date of Election 11/3/70 6/10/70 Result For: Agn: For: Agn: 2525 1630 57 51 Bryan Bulloch Calhoun Camden Carroll Carroll Charlton 3191 City of Richmond Hill 2790 County board of education; creation of new board 2361 Sheriff and personnel; compensation 3278 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2856 City of Temple; corporate limits 3362 Town of Bowdon; corporate limits 3270 County board of education; election 5/26/70 6/10/70 4/23/70 11/3/70 5/20/70 5/19/70 For: 84 Agn: 154 For: 903 Agn: 698 For: 121 Agn: 120 For: 648 Agn: 476 Results not known For: 49 Agn: 114 For: 293 Agn: 307 Charlton Chatham Chatham 3274 Board of commissioners; membership; elections 5/19/70 For: 272 Agn: 328 2018 Town of Thunderbolt; vacancies 4/14/70 For: 306 Agn: 29 2080 City of Savannah Beach, Tybee 4/6/70 Island; new charter For: 339 Agn: 205 Clarke 2985 County school district tax 11/3/70 For: 9185 Agn: 3707 Coffee 2441 County board of education; creation of new board 4/30/70 For: 1469 Agn: 1409 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 215A Georgia Laws 1970: County Colquitt Page No. SUBJECT 2579 Board of commissioners; districts Date of Election 5/19/70 Result For: 1285 Agn: 773 Colquitt Elbert Emanuel 2582 County board of education; districts 2321 County treasurer; office abolished 2150 County school superintendent; appointment 5/19/70 11/3/70 4/7/70 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 1463 595 1589 1228 383 1701 Emanuel 2153 County board of education 4/7/70 Proposal #1: 1389 Proposal #2: 539 Proposal #3: 173 Gordon Habersham Habersham 2657 3091 3094 County board of education; creation of new board City of Cornelia; fire protection outside city City of Cornelia; mayor and commissioners; terms 9/9/70 5/20/70 5/20/70 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 1798 868 166 42 121 88 Houston 2965 County board of education; districts 5/12/70 For: 1682 Agn: 1073 Jackson Jackson 3407 City of Commerce; elections 3414 City of Commerce; board of education Results not known Results not known 216A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1970: County Lanier Liberty Page No. SUBJECT 2709 County board of education; creation of new board 2053 City of Hinesville; corporate limits Date of Election 11/3/70 3/26/70 Result For election: 289 For appointment: 240 For: 520 Agn: 402 Meriwether Mitchell Mitchell Monroe Murray Peach Pulaski Spalding Stephens 3039 City of Woodbury; corporate limits 5/12/70 2239 County board of education; election 6/16/70 2632 County school superintendent; 6/16/70 appointment 3030 County board of education; membership 11/3/70 2365 City of Chatsworth; new charter 5/9/70 2647 County board of education; membership; districts 2880 Fire protection district 6/10/70 5/19/70 2651 City of Griffin; board of commissioners 2643 Board of commissioners; membership; terms; elections 11/3/70 5/5/70 Inside city: For: 83 Agn: 60 Outside city: For: 3 Agn: 32 For: 482 Agn: 156 For: 287 Agn: 350 For: 815 Agn: 503 For: 133 Agn: 260 For: 544 Agn: 198 For: 142 Agn: 140 For: 2117 Agn: 1510 For: 822 Agn: 1743 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 217A Georgia Laws 1970: County Stephens Page No. SUBJECT 2436 County board of education; election of members Date of Election 5/5/70 Result For: 1136 Agn: 1466 Tattnall Thomas 2033 City of Glennville; corporate limits 3369 Board of commissioners 3/24/70 5/26/70 For: Agn: For: Agn: 269 123 920 2460 Troup and Harris 3476 City of West Point; corporate limits 5/27/70 Troup County: For: 11 Agn: 0 Harris County: For: 15 Agn: 0 City of West Point: For: 83 Agn: 3 Walton Wayne Wayne 2292 City of Social Circle; corporate limits 2067 City of Jesup; corporate limits 3251 Wayne County Hospital Authority Not held 11/3/70 Results not known For: 807 Agn: 1113 Washington 3104 County board of education; membership 6/3/70 For: 439 Agn: 537 218A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1971: County Page No. SUBJECT Berrien 3044 County board of education; creation of new board Bibb 3926 County board of education and orphanage; membership Bleckley Brooks Brooks Burke Butts Clarke 3995 City of Cochran; tax levy for schools 2892 County board of education; compensation 3278 City of Quitman; commissioners 3328 City of Waynesboro; new charter 3762 County board of education; members' residency 2042 Consolidation of city and county governments; Athens-Clarke County Charter Commission Clarke Coweta Decatur 2691 County board of education; creation of new board 2003 City of Newnan; Water, Sewerage, and Light Commission 2649 County board of education; membership Date of Election Result 5/19/71 For: 395 Agn: 219 11/2/71* *Ga.L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 2136 supersedes this Act 7/21/71 For: 115 Agn: 289 6/9/71 For: 215 Agn: 526 6/15/71 For: 82 Agn: 259 6/15/71 For: 74 Agn: 16 Not held 5/24/72 Not held County vote: For: 1707 Agn: 2369 City vote: For: 3263 Agn: 2961 5/12/71 For: 335 Agn: 1427 4/29/71 For: 766 Agn: 496 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 219A Georgia Laws 1971: County Decatur Gilmer Page No. SUBJECT 2667 Small Claims Court of Decatur County; creation 3471 County board of education; elections Date of Election Result 4/29/71 For: 713 Agn: 547 6/16/71 For: 107 Agn: 90 Glynn Grady Gwinnett Gwinnett Gwinnett Harris Heard Houston Jones Lamar 3550 City of Brunswick; commissioners 2967 County school superintendent; appointment 3613 City of Duluth; corporate limits 4042 City of Duluth; corporate limits 4047 City of Duluth; corporate limits 2804 City of Shiloh 2029 County commissioner; creation of office 3580 City of Warner Robins; corporate limits 3396 County board of education; creation of new board 2710 County board of education and school superintendent 6/15/71 7/20/71 6/7/71 6/7/71 6/7/71 Not held 5/19/71 2/29/72 5/26/71 5/14/71 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 102 266 625 1049 1 35 1 46 6 73 675 713 694 734 656 543 999 540 220A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1971: County Lee Page No. SUBJECT 3976 City of Leesburg; corporate limits Mitchell Monroe 2017 City of Pelham; board of education 3071 Board of commissioners; compensation Date of Election 7/6/71 4/21/71 11/7/72 Result Present city limits: For: 14 Agn: 72 Proposed city limits: For: 1 Agn: 14 For: 408 Agn: 26 For: 540 Agn: 1319 Monroe Murray Newton Pierce Pierce Pierce Pike Polk 3381 Board of commissioners; terms 2120 County board of education; elections 2881 County board of education; elections 2492 Ordinary; salary 2496 Sheriff; personnel; compensation 2888 Board of commissioners; chairman; compensation 3686 City of Zebulon; councilmen; terms 3708 City of Rockmart; city taxes 11/7/72 Not held 6/16/71 11/7/72 11/7/72 11/7/72 6/19/71 10/2/71 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 572 1324 285 137 768 540 813 477 683 642 52 23 586 254 Polk 3770 City of Aragon; new charter 6/2/71 For: 133 Agn: 85 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 221A Georgia Laws 1971: County Richmond Stephens Page No. SUBJECT 2123 Richmond County/City of Augusta; unified government 3118 County board of education and school superintendent Date of Election 5/25/71 6/22/71 Result Richmond County: For: 5834 Agn: 10779 City of Augusta: For: 6415 Agn: 6481 For: 1403 Agn: 1855 Telfair Tift 3448 Board of commissioners; creation 2722 County board of education; terms 7/20/71 6/9/71 For: 441 Agn: 700 For: 1430 Agn: 404 Tift Turner Wayne 2795 Board of commissioners; chairman 2021 Sheriff; personnel 6/9/71 4/27/71 2678 Sheriff and clerk of the superior 11/7/72 court; compensation For: 1663 Agn: 273 For: 427 Agn: 915 Section 1: For: 1324 Agn: 931 Section 2: For: 1456 Agn: 898 Wayne 2715 County board of education; membership 8/8/72 For: 403 Agn: 1730 222A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1971, Extraordinary Session: County Page No. SUBJECT Bibb 2136 Board of public education and orphanage DeKalb 2154 City of Doraville; new charter Haralson 2200 County board of education; creation of new board Date of Election Result 11/2/71 For: 10399 Agn: 4022 12/1/71 For: 441 Agn: 127 1/12/72 For: 284 Agn: 1043 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 223A Georgia Laws 1972: County Appling Baldwin Baldwin Bibb Brantley Brantley Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result 2615 Small Claims Court of Appling 8/8/72* For: 1309 County; creation Agn: 708 3325 County board of education; election 11/7/72* For: 2708 Agn: 2010 3685 City of Milledgeville; corporate 6/28/72 limits Sec. 1, Area 1 For: 3 Agn: 10 Sec. 2, Area 2 For: 13 Agn: 65 Sec. 3, Area 3 For: 1 Agn: 50 Sec. 4, Area 4 For: 30 Agn: 78 Sec. 5, Area 6 For: 35 Agn: 155 Sec. 6, Area 7 For: 16 Agn: 20 2211 City of Macon-Bibb County Government; consolidation 5/17/72 ** 3141 Board of commissioners 8/8/72* For: 1387 Agn: 921 3144 County officers; salaries 8/8/72* For: 940 Agn: 1377 Brantley 3145 Deputy sheriff; compensation 8/8/72* For: 1262 Agn: 1059 Brantley 3147 Certain county officers; personnel; compensation 8/8/72* For: 1220 Agn: 983 224A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1972: County Brantley Brantley Page No. SUBJECT 3148 Clerk of the superior court; compensation 3710 City of Nahunta Camden 3138 Certain county officers; compensation Camden 3705 Board of commissioners; membership; districts Camden 3714 Tax commissioner; compensation Camden 3717 County board of education; membership Date of Election Result 8/8/72* For: 841 Agn: 1396 12/5/73 Results not known 8/8/72* Demo. For: 701 Agn: 1109 Rep. For: 0 Agn: 1 8/8/72* Demo. For: 679 Agn: 1070 Rep. For: 1 Agn: 0 8/8/72* Demo. For: 654 Agn: 1114 Rep. For: 0 Agn: 1 8/8/72* Demo. For: 683 Agn: 1050 Rep. For: 1 Agn: 0 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 225A Georgia Laws 1972: County Camden Chatham Chatham Chatham Chattooga Decatur Dodge Dodge Douglas Page No. SUBJECT 3770 Small Claims Court of Camden County; creation 3019 Savannah-Chatham County Government; unification 3098 Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education; districts 3116 Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education; districts 2043 State Court of Chattooga County; abolition 3288 Board of commissioners; membership; elections 2329 City of Eastman; city manager; abolition of office 3339 County board of education; membership 3997 County board of education; elections Date of Election 8/8/72* 4/10/73 Not held*** 5/9/72 5/9/72 8/8/72* 5/23/72 4/27/72 8/8/72* 5/16/72 Result Demo. For: 926 Agn: 801 Rep. For: 1 Agn: 0 City of Savannah Chatham County For: 20074 Agn: 7595 For: 8296 Agn: 19097 Demo. For: 2455 Agn: 2274 Rep. For: 2 Agn: 2 For: 668 Agn: 2687 For: 474 Agn: 1117 For: 914 Agn: 858 For: 400 Agn: 620 Elbert 2479 Board of commissioners; chairman 8/8/72* For: 1583 Agn: 3036 226A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1972: County Fayette Page No. SUBJECT 3438 Board of commissioners; terms Fayette Floyd Forsyth 3435 County treasurer; abolition of office 3300 State Court of Floyd County; abolition 2065 Board of commissioners Gwinnett Habersham 4058 County board of education; districts; compensation 2382 City of Demorest; mayor Harris Heard Henry Henry 3468 Board of commissioners; membership 2113 Board of commissioners; districts 2090 State Court of Henry County; creation 2104 Board of commissioners Houston Jeff Davis Laurens Lowndes 2399 County board of education; compensation 2760 County board of education; election 4099 County board of education; vacancies 2696 Ordinary; compensation Date of Election 11/7/72* Result For: 668 Agn: 3138 11/7/72* 11/7/72* 4/19/72 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 1499 2210 6911 4674 551 386 5/17/72 8/8/72* For: 989 Agn: 924 Results not known For: 1410 Agn: 616 5/3/72 4/19/72 4/19/72 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 756 732 570 1943 407 2070 8/8/72* 8/8/72* For: Agn: For: Agn: 2853 6462 829 511 8/8/72* 11/7/72* For: Agn: For: Agn: 3185 1103 3533 1995 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 227A Georgia Laws 1972: County Lowndes Page No. SUBJECT 2701 Tax commissioner; compensation Date of Election 11/7/72* Result For: 3622 Agn: 1885 Lowndes 2706 Clerk of the superior court; compensation 11/7/72* For: 3463 Agn: 2254 McDuffie 2538 County board of education; creation of new board 6/8/72 For: 305 Agn: 61 McIntosh 2849 City of Darien; corporate limits 6/16/72 City of Darien: For: 86 Agn: 62 Dist. No. 271: For: 7 Agn: 73 Total: For: 93 Agn: 135 McIntosh Macon Madison 2852 City of Darien; mayor and council; terms 2322 Board of commissioners; membership 2547 County board of education; election 11/7/72* Not held 4/26/72 11/7/72* For: Agn: For: Agn: 608 882 1060 1785 Madison 2972 County school superintendent; 11/7/72* For: 921 appointment Agn: 2145 Peach Peach Pike 3212 County school superintendent; appointment 3910 City of Fort Valley; utilities commission 3003 County board of education; election 5/17/72 6/14/72 5/16/72 For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 688 2648 440 1351 402 142 228A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1972: County Pulaski Putnam Page No. SUBJECT 3244 Board of commissioners; creation of board 2678 County board of education; elections Date of Election 5/23/72 8/8/72* Result For: Agn: For: Agn: 399 939 1262 831 Putnam Spalding Telfair Thomas Tift Treutlen Treutlen Walker 3833 2418 4102 3343 2908 2340 2345 2647 City of Eatonton; corporate limits Griffin-Spalding County Board of Education; elections County board of education; membership Board of commissioners; creation City of Tifton; elections County board of education; terms Board of commissioners; elections County board of education; elections 6/13/72 5/30/72 6/20/72 5/16/72 5/3/72 5/9/72 5/9/72 11/7/72* For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 118 28 452 121 564 365 1885 3278 247 498 688 233 715 221 6373 2129 Walton Whitfield Wilcox Wilkinson 3006 City of Social Circle; corporate limits 4017 City of Tunnel Hill; new charter 2495 County school superintendent; appointment 3312 County school superintendent; appointment 5/31/72 5/16/72 5/10/72 11/7/72* For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: For: Agn: 51 49 114 159 177 1042 348 901 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 229A Georgia Laws 1972: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Wilkinson 3333 County board of education; creation of new board 11/7/72* For: 654 Agn: 608 * Date of state-wide primary election: 8/8/72. Date of general election: 11/7/72. **Inside Macon City of Macon-Bibb City of Macon-Jones For: 9578 3 9581 Agn: 12101 3 12104 Bibb County City of Macon-Bibb Outside city limits Payne City *** Ga. L. 1973, p. 2268 changed the date of the election. For: 9578 597 2 10177 Agn: 12101 3395 35 15531 230A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1973: County Appling Appling*** Page No. 3569 3677 SUBJECT County board of education; compensation City of Baxley; corporate limits Date of Election 8/13/74* 9/29/73 Result Yes: 791 No: 1033 Yes: 45 No: 588 Brantley Chatham Chatham Clarke Clarke 3631 City of Nahunta 2268 Savannah-Chatham County Government 6/12/73 **** 3693 2356 City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island; corporate limits City of Athens; merit system 6/2/73 5/31/73 2367 City of Athens; public transportation system 5/31/73 Results not known Chatham County: For: 3157 Agn: 6666 City of Savannah: For: 12039 Agn: 4090 Yes: 21 No: 29 For: 1818 Agn: 1591 For: 2430 Agn: 1057 Clarke Clarke Clarke 2387 2467 3374 City of Athens; corporate limits Board of commissioners; creation of new board County board of education; creation of new board 5/31/73 8/14/73 8/13/74* For: 648 Agn: 682 Yes: 1809 No: 1125 Not held Cherokee 3207 County board of education; districts 7/17/73 Yes: 412 No: 52 Cook 2300 Board of commissioners; membership 5/22/73 For: 758 Agn: 735 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 231A Georgia Laws 1973: County Greene Page No. SUBJECT 3853 County board of education; terms Date of Election 8/13/74* Result Not held Habersham 3809 County board of education 11/6/73 For: 1326 Agn: 1465 Lowndes 3837 City of Twin Lakes; new charter 6/20/73 Yes: 37 No: 191 Marion 3827 County school superintendent; 11/5/74 Yes: 184 appointment ** No: 331 Miller 2776 State Court of Miller County 11/5/74 (This 1973 Act was repealed by ** Ga. L. 1974, p. 3171.) See note on left Montgomery 2550 County board of education; membership 6/5/73 Yes: 225 No: 256 Pulaski 2573 County board of education; membership 5/15/73 Yes: 808 No: 191 Stewart 3152 City of Lumpkin; utilities 6/12/73 Yes: 97 No: 173 Sumter 2127 County board of education; 4/24/73 Yes: 322 membership No: 228 * Date of state-wide primary election: August 13, 1974. ** Date of general election: November 5, 1974. *** The results of this election were certified to the Office of the Secretary of State in error and have appeared incorrectly in Ga. L. 1974-1977. An amended return was certified to the Office of the Secretary of State on May 3, 1978, and the corrected results are listed above. **** Ga. L. 1973, p. 2268 changed the date of the election as set out in Ga. L. 1972, p. 3019. 232A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1974: County Banks Bibb Page No. SUBJECT 3798 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2028 City of Macon Board of Water Commissioners; abolition Date of Election 8/13/74* 11/5/74 ** Result Yes: 1628 No: 671 Not held Bibb Brooks Carroll Chatham Chatham Cherokee Cobb 3074 3088 2791 Macon-Bibb County Water and Sewerage Authority Board of commissioners; districts City of Carrollton 5/14/74 11/5/74 ** 6/11/74 2088 2305 2534 3516 City of Savannah; corporate limits City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island; corporate limits Board of commissioners; creation County board of education; districts 4/16/74 4/1/74 11/5/74 ** 11/5/74 ** Yes: 2049 No: 198 Yes: 741 No: 567 Yes: 215 No: 66 Yes: 192 No: 883 Results not known Yes: 2989 No: 1995 Yes: 18039 No: 14541 Fayette Fayette Fayette 2982 City of Fayetteville; corporate limits 3848 County treasurer; abolition of office 3030 Town of Tyrone; corporate limits 11/5/74 ** 11/5/74 ** 5/23/74 Yes: 302 No: 507 Yes: 1928 No: 1616 Yes: 77 No: 29 Fulton 2497 City of East Point; mayor; city 8/13/74* Yes: 3378 manager No: 2852 Heard 2347 Town of Centralhatchee; new 6/8/74 Yes: 9 charter No: 2 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 233A Georgia Laws 1974: County Long Page No. SUBJECT 2878 County board of education; compensation Date of Election 8/13/74* Result Yes: 311 No: 303 Lowndes 2311 Town of Dasher; taxation 6/1/74 Yes: 31 No: 31 Newton 2978 City of Covington; elections 12/4/74 Yes: 368 No: 674 Richmond 2105 1. Consolidation of City of Augusta and Richmond County governments 2. Election of sheriff of Richmond County 3. Election of Board of Public Safety of Richmond County 5/14/74 (Three elections held on same date) City vote: Yes: 4833 No: 2928 County vote: Yes: 5801 No: 7106 Yes: 11431 Yes: 6575 Stephens 2037 Choice of five types of government for the county 4/9/74 Question 1: 122 Question 2: 396*** Question 3: 108 Question 4: 98 Question 5: 248 Troup 2203 City of Hogansville; corporate 6/5/74 limits Inside city: Yes: 57 No: 33 Outside city: Yes: 13 No: 43 234A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1974: County Upson Page No. SUBJECT 2023 County board of education; composition; election Wilkes 3510 County school superintendent; appointment All counties 186 The Common Day of Rest Act (See following pages) * Date of general primary: 8/13/74. ** Date of general election: 11/5/74. *** Effective question is No. 2. Date of Election Result 4/9/74 Yes: 594 No: 111 11/5/74 Yes: 739 ** No: 1274 11/5/74 Yes: 434559 ** No: 363947 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION THE COMMON DAY OF REST ACT OF 1974 Ga. L. 1974, p. 186 General Election 11/5/74 235A COUNTY Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb YES 590 274 300 109 1901 566 1501 1704 578 442 8536 439 189 341 344 1604 545 786 166 367 187 3696 1440 177 14278 153 1322 2424 6525 116 9965 144 25632 NO 692 245 603 253 1989 709 1830 2407 1127 1142 12667 888 303 916 447 2441 797 929 429 430 231 4391 1424 198 12039 116 1281 2830 4853 242 10231 379 21237 COUNTY Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene YES 629 1168 1113 423 2622 338 537 485 515 579 54127 470 314 3887 2958 297 66 627 998 803 231 829 1752 5764 1415 513 56902 674 96 2067 1477 524 962 NO 1493 2701 1687 978 2470 455 1303 317 199 958 40882 1835 684 8146 2815 1084 74 1039 1765 1353 676 729 2153 7222 1576 1502 38497 825 201 2658 1428 1273 1101 236A COUNTY Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS YES 8846 1215 5111 363 1289 908 420 351 2125 4338 285 2166 352 250 405 279 373 826 748 115 1839 410 385 236 149 2069 1043 541 731 167 707 508 1501 83 697 906 206 791 414 10456 NO 10024 1281 3714 503 1616 1322 1408 417 2638 5170 676 2042 493 522 1380 489 990 1147 855 290 3649 837 567 565 254 3382 504 765 883 368 1336 418 1520 210 1688 1058 611 1186 492 12112 COUNTY Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker YES 1832 848 698 1350 874 536 311 652 1973 430 565 85 618 334 7477 1811 117 514 309 2867 698 183 1119 320 70 484 520 359 456 1315 940 975 535 333 2550 334 427 1330 2145 2104 NO 2364 877 684 1643 1339 443 540 713 2009 566 545 142 701 790 11596 2032 171 740 588 3258 1673 329 1925 326 192 960 741 977 1062 2173 1716 1640 247 630 3831 870 696 548 2115 2264 COUNTY Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 237A YES 1397 1363 173 1035 660 99 257 NO 1786 1910 364 2037 1118 127 698 COUNTY White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth TOTAL YES 941 2030 239 439 395 423 434559 NO 562 2274 759 1531 765 1203 363947 FOOTNOTE: The Common Day of Rest Act of 1974 was declared unconstitutional in part by the Supreme Court of Georgia in Rutledge v. Gaylord's, Inc., 233 Ga. 694, decided February 13, 1975. 238A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1975: County Appling Baker Page No. 3678 2659 SUBJECT City of Baxley; corporate limits County treasurer; abolition of office Date of Election 6/26/75 6/17/75 Result Yes: 549 No: 603 Yes: 352 No: 395 Baker Berrien Berrien Bibb Brantley Bryan Charlton Chatham 2662 Tax commissioner; creation of office 2525 County school superintendent; appointment 3388 County school superintendent; appointment 3349 Board of water commissioners 3937 County board of education 3024 Board of commissioners; election of chairman and vice-chairman 4015 County board of education 3962 County board of education 6/17/75 4/15/75 Not held 11/4/75 8/12/75 8/26/75 Yes: 338 No: 392 Yes: 124 No: 1295 Duplicate of Act above Yes: 10601 No: 4955 Proposition No. 1: 402 Proposition No. 2: 713 Proposition No. 3: 240 Yes: 385 No: 115 6/24/75 5/4/76* Yes: 776 No: 206 Yes: 3870 No: 10942 Clarke 2779 City of Athens; government functions 5/21/75 Yes: 858 No: 989 Decatur 4087 Hospital authority 8/10/76 Yes: 2155 ** No: 527 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 239A Georgia Laws 1975: County DeKalb Page No. SUBJECT 2752 County board of education; districts; terms Date of Election 5/4/76* Result Yes: 29643 No: 41355 Dodge Douglas Gordon Greene Hall Harris*** Harris Heard Henry Newton Paulding Spalding 3031 County board of education; election 2506 Board of commissioners; membership 2719 Board of commissioners; creation 4270 County board of education; terms 3574 Board of commissioners; terms 2960 County board of education and school superintendent 4369 City of Shiloh; mayor and council; terms; elections 4433 County commissioner; office created 4133 City of Stockbridge; corporate limits; elections 3577 County board of education and school superintendent 2916 Board of commissioners; creation 2771 Town of Orchard Hill; corporate limits 11/4/75 5/14/75 7/8/75 5/4/76* 8/10/76 ** 7/8/75 7/9/75 7/26/75 9/10/75 8/26/75 5/27/75 Yes: 1206 No: 367 Yes: 642 No: 739 Yes: 1500 No: 972 Yes: 748 No: 926 Yes: 8951 No: 3890 Yes: 511 No: 147 Results not known Yes: 520 No: 469 Yes: 113 No: 128 Yes: 1353 No: 1582 Yes: 1765 No: 949 Inside town: Yes: 17 No: 5 Outside town: Yes: 20 No: 31 240A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1975: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Spalding 4352 Board of commissioners 11/4/75 Yes: 1205 No: 4100 Stephens 4142 City of Toccoa; commissioners 6/12/75 Yes: 209 No: 191 Taylor 3486 County board of education; 6/17/75 Yes: 298 membership; elections; districts No: 127 Union 4490 County commissioner; office created 8/12/75 Yes: 189 No: 1037 Upson 3356 County school superintendent; 6/24/75 Yes: 531 appointment No: 700 Whitfield 4296 City of Tunnel Hill; new charter 6/25/75 Yes: 126 No: 288 Worth 4202 County board of education and 7/15/75 Yes: 235 school superintendent No: 460 Georgia Laws 1975: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Chatham 3128 Alcoholic beverages on sales on 9/17/75 **** premises; time limit * Date of Presidential Preference Primary: 5/4/76. ** Date of general primary: 8/10/76. *** This Act was ruled invalid by the U.S. Department of Justice on August 18, 1975. **** This election is based on a population Act which affected only Chatham County. The results are as follows: Municipality: Yes: No: Municipality: Yes: No: Municipality: Yes: No: Savannah 9658 6595 Garden City 362 466 Savannah Beach 469 168 Unincorporated 4979 3857 Pooler 166 190 Thunderbolt 230 138 Bloomingdale 122 146 Port Wentworth 227 297 Vernonburg 24 20 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 241A Georgia Laws 1975, Extraordinary Session: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Coweta***** 1730 City of Newnan; elections 9/9/75 Yes: 248 No: 57 ***** This Act is based on the population of the municipality and affects only the City of Newnan. 242A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1976: County Bacon Page No. SUBJECT 2713 County board of education and school superintendent Baldwin Baldwin Bartow Bibb 3278 City of Milledgeville 3282 City of Milledgeville-question #1 City of Milledgeville-question #2 4090 City of Euharlee; new charter 3818 Macon-Bibb County consolidated government Bryan Camden Carroll Chattooga Clayton 3288 City of Richmond Hill; corporate limits 2831 Tax commissioner; salary 4479 County board of education and school superintendent 2694 Board of commissioners; creation 3974 City of Mountain View; abolition of charter Date of Election Result 5/4/76* Proposal No. 1: 389 Proposal No. 2: 131 Proposal No. 3: 568 5/4/76* Yes: 772 No: 583 5/4/76* Yes: No: Yes: No: 718 609 289 1045 5/15/76 Yes: 34 No: 8 5/4/76* City vote: Yes: 8149 No: 11522 County vote: Yes: 8825 No: 16209 6/29/76 Yes: 199 No: 8 11/2/76 Not held ** 11/2/76 Yes: ** No: 3105 3868 5/4/76* Yes: No: 970 2297 Not held GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 243A Georgia Laws 1976: County Cobb DeKalb Page No. SUBJECT 3656 City of Powder Springs; abolition of charter 2809 Sunday sales of intoxicating beverages Fayette Glynn Grady Habersham Habersham Long 3398 Board of commissioners; membership 4027 County board of education; districts; election 3162 County board of education; compensation 2798 County board of education; election 2803 County school superintendent; appointment 3536 County board of education*** Long 3321 Small claims court; creation Lumpkin Newton Newton Oconee 3945 County board of education and school superintendent 3402 Board of commissioners; districts 3505 County board of education; membership; districts 3935 County school superintendent; appointment Date of Election Result 9/11/76 Yes: 331 No: 455 5/4/76* Yes: 52761 No: 30442 5/4/76* Yes: No: 5/4/76* Yes: No: 5/4/76* Yes: No: 5/4/76* Yes: No: 5/4/76* Yes: No: 5/4/76* Yes: No: 5/4/76* Yes: No: 5/4/76* Yes: No: 5/4/76* Yes: No: 5/25/76 Yes: No: 1984 1512 3752 4746 444 1259 2244 876 940 1951 490 172 114 527 678 917 2980 1387 3227 1167 11/2/76 Yes: ** No: 1259 1863 244A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1976: County Richmond Page No. SUBJECT 4297 Augusta-Richmond County unified government Proposition One Proposition Two Date of Election 5/4/76* Result Yes: 11027 No: 13417 Question 1: 15801 Question 2: 6005 Question 1: 9404 Question 2: 10302 Ware 2811 County manager 5/4/76* Warren 3660 Board of commissioners 11/2/76 ** * Date of presidential preference primary election (May 4, 1976). ** Date of November 2, 1976, general election. *** This Act was declared unconstitutional by decision of a federal court. Yes: No: Yes: No: 2194 2838 802 352 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 245A Georgia Laws 1977: County Baker Page No. SUBJECT 2603 County board of education; vacancies Bryan Carroll Dawson 3215 County treasurer; abolition of office 4519 City of Temple; corporate limits 3529 County board of education; election Hart Pierce Rockdale 3482 Town of Bowersville; new charter 2924 County board of education and school superintendent 2817 Board of commissioners; creation Schley 2952 Board of commissioners; terms Schley Stephens Stephens Tift 2955 County board of education; terms 3875 County board of education; election 3881 County school superintendent; appointment 3894 City of Tifton; corporate limits Towns 3974 County board of education and school superintendent * Date of November 7, 1978, general election. Date of Election Result 11/7/78* Yes: 151 No: 95 5/24/77 Yes: 116 No: 126 6/15/77 Yes: 225 No: 149 6/14/77 Yes: 369 No: 140 5/9/77 Yes: 30 No: 0 11/7/78* Yes: 307 No: 587 5/17/77 Yes: No: 1618 744 11/7/78* Yes: 160 No: 66 11/7/78* Yes: 167 No: 58 6/28/77 Yes: No: 1375 628 6/28/77 Yes: No: 793 1042 12/19/77 Yes: No: 690 1158 2/2/78 Yes: 1014 No: 1384 246A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1978: County Bryan Butts Page No. SUBJECT 3774 County board of education; election 3368 County board of education Chatham 932 Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages Chatham County (unincorporated area) Garden City Port Wentworth Bloomingdale Pooler Thunderbolt Tybee Island Vernonburg Savannah Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham 4132 City of Garden City; corporate limits; water and sewer facilities 4073 City of Bloomingdale; waterworks 3998 City of Savannah; corporate limits 4466 Municipal Court of Savannah; abolition Date of Election Result 5/2/78 Yes: 739 No: 259 11/7/78* Yes: 886 No: 539 8/8/78** Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 5/22/78 Yes: No: 2022 1863 154 318 89 171 23 50 85 152 142 77 307 171 25 14 6870 4768 663 166 Not held 4/19/78 Yes: No: 8/8/78** Yes: No: 14407 8091 6783 9753 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 247A Georgia Laws 1978: County Page No. SUBJECT Chattooga 3848 County board of education; compensation and expenses Cherokee 3029 Board of commissioners; abolition; commissioner; creation Clarke 4573 Use of school tax in Clarke County Columbia 3359 County board of education; compensation DeKalb 3639 City of Clarkston; mayor and council; terms DeKalb 4104 County board of education; districts Hart 3177 Board of commissioners; creation Macon 4217 Tax commissioner; creation of office McDuffie 3666 County board of education Rabun Rabun Rockdale 3427 County school superintendent; appointment 3430 County board of education; election 3868 City of Conyers; new charter Date of Election Result 11/7/78* Yes: No: 778 1446 4/4/78 Yes: 2449 No: 2308 11/7/78* Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 10/18/78 Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 5/16/78 Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 11/7/78* Yes: No: 7/8/78 Yes: No: 3710 3268 887 1569 95 96 18829 34766 643 1018 737 232 202 131 453 692 861 300 179 167 248A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1978: County Telfair Thomas Thomas Thomas Page No. SUBJECT 3445 County board of education and school superintendent 3746 Tax commissioner; creation of office 3741 Judge of the probate court; compensation 3752 Clerk of the superior court; compensation Date of Election Result 11/7/78* Proposal No. 1: 386 Proposal No. 2: 231 Proposal No. 3: 323 11/7/78* Yes: No: 2679 820 11/7/78* Yes: No: 2683 802 11/7/78* Yes: No: 2674 797 Twiggs 3405 Board of commissioners; recall 8/8/78** Yes: No: Whitfield 3365 City of Varnell; corporate limits (Civil Action File No. 18,462) * Date of general election 1978. ** Date of general primary 1978. Not held 1067 805 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 249A Georgia Laws 1979: County Carroll Page No. SUBJECT 4245 City of Sand Hill; new charter Glynn Montgomery 3467 County board of education; districts 3151 County board of education Stephens Telfair 3047 Board of commissioners; terms 3539 County board of education; districts Date of Election 6/12/79 12/11/79 6/5/79 4/24/79 7/31/79 Result Yes: 102 No: 193 Yes: 2490 No: 977 Question #1: Proposal #1: 320 Proposal #2: 205 Proposal #3: 92 Question #2: Proposal #1: 881 Proposal #2: 860 Proposal #3: 1015 Yes: 921 No: 329 Yes: 858 No: 615 250A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1980: County Baldwin Ben Hill Page No. SUBJECT 3043 Board of commissioners; elections 3954 Tax commissioner; creation of office Catoosa Chatham City of Thunderbolt 4250 3653 County board of education; election Corporate limits of the City of Thunderbolt Thunderbolt: Proposition #1 Proposition #2 Macceo Island: Proposition #1 Proposition #2 Date of Election Result 5/13/80 Yes: No: 714 1194 5/28/80 Yes: 614 No: 398 8/5/80 Yes: 3156 No: 4464 5/27/80 Yes: 152 No: 140 Yes: 109 No: 177 Yes: 58 No: 5 ----------------- Cherokee Coffee Columbia Decatur DeKalb Bonna Bella: Proposition #1 Proposition #2 3275 County board of education; election 1795 County school superintendent; election 3707 Board of commissioners; creation of new board 3272 County board of education; residency requirements 3996 Type of government for DeKalb County; advisory referendum 8/12/80 Not held ----------------- Yes: 62 No: 21 Yes: 814 No: 435 5/7/80 11/4/80 8/5/80 Yes: 1920 No: 1103 Yes: 2267 No: 899 Type 1: 38094 Type 2: 23553 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 251A Georgia Laws 1980: County Douglas Page No. SUBJECT 4120 County board of education; compensation Effingham 3542 County board of education; election; terms Gordon 3720 County board of education; vacancies Henry Irwin 3009 Board of commissioners; creation of new board 3030 Tax commissioner; creation of office Laurens 3016 Board of commissioners; membership; districts Laurens City of Dublin McIntosh Mitchell City of Pelham Oconee 3189 Mayor and council; terms 3112 County board of education; election; districts; compensation 3914 Council; elections 3757 Board of commissioners Richmond Upson Upson 3841 County board of education; elections 3027 County school superintendent; appointment 4127 Fire protection districts; taxation Date of Election Result 11/4/80 Yes: 3424 No: 7389 8/12/80 Yes: 430 No: 92 Not held 3/11/80 Yes: 2252 No: 1500 4/8/80 Yes: 834 No: 119 3/11/80 Yes: 1797 No: 1413 3/11/80 Yes: 324 No: 653 4/29/80 Yes: 642 No: 143 6/3/80 Yes: 254 No: 392 5/21/80 Yes: No: Not held 585 1155 3/11/80 Yes: No: Not held 604 1468 252A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1980: County Whitfield City of Cohutta Page No. SUBJECT 4122 Corporate limits Date of Election 5/17/80 Result Yes: 10 No: 0 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 253A Georgia Laws 1981: County Page No. SUBJECT Baldwin 4072 Disposal sites for hazardous wastes; advisory referendum Chatham City of Tybee Island 4914 Corporate limits Clarke 3065 Athens-Clarke County Charter Commission; creation Coffee DeKalb Dooly Gordon Gordon Miller Richmond 3626 County school superintendent; election 4304 Form of government 4463 County board of education: districts; elections; terms 3269 Board of commissioners; abolition; county commissioner; office created 3586 County school superintendent; election; term 4713 County board of education; elections 3677 County board of education; elections Date of Election Result 8/10/82 Yes: 1652 No: 1465 6/25/81 Corporate limits: Yes: 222 No: 60 Unincorpor- ated area: Yes: 18 No: 102 2/16/82 County: Yes: 2388 No: 2883 City: Yes: 2611 No: 2120 6/2/81 Yes: 1329 No: 1424 8/10/82 Yes: 36070 No: 26939 5/19/81 Yes: 1393 No: 185 8/4/81 Yes: 1319 No: 1664 8/4/81 Yes: 1527 No: 778 8/4/81 Yes: 710 No: 182 11/3/81 Yes: 7352 No: 1526 254A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1982: County Appling Bacon Page No. 4642 4606 SUBJECT Board of commissioners; composition Board of county commissioners in certain counties (9,365-9,385) Date of Election 11/2/82 8/2/82 Result Five member: 1191 Six member: 1000 Yes: 1299 No: 351 Bartow 4589 County board of education; terms 8/10/82 Yes: 1652 No: 1465 Bartow Bartow Bibb 4584 County board of education; compensation 4586 County school superintendent; appointment 4625 County board of education and orphanage; districts 8/10/82 8/10/82 11/2/82 Yes: 1615 No: 1450 Yes: 843 No: 2205 Yes: 15184 No: 5458 Bibb Bryan Bryan 4406 County board of education and orphanage; terms 4270 Board of commissioners; elections; districts; terms; vacancies 4285 County treasurer; abolition of office 11/2/82 11/2/82 8/10/82 Yes: 9455 No: 12176 Yes: 883 No: 429 Yes: 832 No: 709 Chatham 4295 Corporate limits Town of Thunderbolt 6/22/82 Corporate limits: Yes: 126 No: 133 Unincorpor- ated area: Yes: 21 No: 0 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 255A Georgia Laws 1982: County Cherokee Page No. SUBJECT 3602 County board of education; districts Clarke City of Athens 1855 Georgia Alcoholic Beverage Code amended as to certain counties (69,000-75,000) Clayton Cobb Cook DeKalb 4431 County board of education; composition; elections; compensation 1768 Sale of alcoholic beverages in certain counties (200,000-550,000) (295,000-300,000) (350,000-500,000) 3749 County school superintendent; election 4239 DeKalb Community College Douglas Emanuel 4786 County board of education; districts 4049 County board of education; elections; districts Date of Election 5/11/82 Result Yes: 302 No: 200 8/10/82 Clarke County: Yes: 2257 No: 2338 City of Athens: Yes: 2393 No: 2354 8/10/82 Yes: 8665 No: 7584 11/2/82 Yes: 35622 No: 34777 11/2/82 8/10/82 11/2/82 6/1/82 Yes: 1623 No: 1020 Transfer: 43375 Retain: 23587 Yes: 6032 No: 1700 Yes: 1853 No: 411 256A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1982: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Franklin 3753 County board of education and 8/10/82 school superintendent #1 Proposal: 458 #2 Proposal: 1308 #3 Proposal: 573 Gwinnett 3510 County board of education; districts 4/6/82 Yes: 1825 No: 1972 Haralson 4523 County board of education; 8/10/82 Yes: 2133 composition; districts; election No: 230 Jackson 4012 Jackson County School District, Jefferson City School District, and Commerce City School District; merger 11/2/82 Jackson County: Yes: 1991 No: 2438 Inside City of Commerce: Yes: 796 No: 243 Inside City of Jefferson: Yes: 390 No: 78 Lowndes Lumpkin Lumpkin Oconee City of Bogart 3582 Board of commissioners; composition; selection 11/2/82 Yes: 3652 No: 4513 4274 County school superintendent; 6/8/82 Yes: 312 appointment No: 595 4277 County board of education; elections; districts 6/8/82 Yes: 720 No: 191 4869 New charter 12/7/82 Yes: 66 No: 147 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 257A Georgia Laws 1982: County Pierce Page No. SUBJECT 4649 County board of education and school superintendent Pulaski Twiggs Ware City of Waycross Wayne Wheeler Worth 4638 County school superintendent; appointment 3627 County board of education; election 4611 Land conveyance authorized 3789 Board of commissioners; and elections 4717 4126 County board of education; composition; election 3715 Board of commissioners; districts; elections; qualifications Date of Election 11/2/82 11/2/82 Result Proposal No. 1: Question No. 1: 526 Question No. 2: 1124 Proposal No. 2: Question No. 1: 613 Question No. 2: 947 Yes: 698 No: 787 8/10/82 Yes: 1327 No: 533 11/2/82 Yes: 1869 No: 878 11/2/82 Yes: 1320 No: 684 Not held 11/2/82 Yes: 1643 No: 733 258A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1983: County Page No. SUBJECT Atkinson 4115 Board of commissioners; compensation; chairman Bartow and Polk Town of Taylorsville 4161 Corporate limits; elections Bibb 4251 County board of education and orphanage; districts Chatham and City of Savannah 4039 Board of education; districts Chatham 3586 Mayor and council; terms; City of elections Tybee Island Chattooga 4570 State Court of Chattooga County; creation Columbia 4411 County board of education; districts; elections; terms DeKalb 4547 Governing authority; powers and duties; executive assistant DeKalb City of Doraville 3581 Mayor and council; terms Forsyth 3521 County school superintendent; appointment Date of Election Result 3/13/84 Yes: 123 No: 1114 5/11/83 Bartow: Yes: 47 No: 7 Polk: Yes: 15 No: 4 11/8/83 Yes: 5361 No: 1841 5/3/83 Yes: 1367 No: 2815 5/3/83 Yes: 307 No: 60 5/3/83 3/13/84 3/13/84 4/2/83 Yes: 307 No: 60 Yes: 2110 No: 843 Yes: 45505 No: 12832 Yes: 266 No: 89 5/3/83 Yes: 379 No: 966 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 259A Georgia Laws 1983: County Fulton and Coweta City of Palmetto Page No. SUBJECT 4134 Corporate limits Date of Election 5/21/83 Result Yes: 319 No: 35 Madison City of Colbert Murray Newton Seminole Tift County and City of Tifton Union Wilkinson 4181 Municipal court; penalties; homestead exemption; city taxes 5/4/83 Yes: No: 3611 County board of education; creation of new board Not held 3814 Homestead exemptions; county Not held and school district taxes 3994 County board of education; election 6/12/84 Yes: No: 3590 Tifton-Tift County Charter Commission; creation 6/26/84 Yes: No: 4514 County board of education; election 3911 County board of education; creation of new board 5/3/83 Yes: No: 5/3/83 Yes: No: 58 3 1302 1048 2060 3860 147 10 582 198 260A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1984: County Statewide Statewide Statewide Page No. SUBJECT 520 Ad valorem taxation of property; additional exemption 788 Ad valorem taxation of property; exemption of motor vehicles 1253 Ad valorem taxation of property; exemption of nonprofit homes for mentally handicapped Date of Election 11/6/84 11/6/84 Result Yes: 718467 No: 464620 Yes: 900688 No: 345204 11/6/84 Yes: 933343 No: 295707 Berrien Butts Camden Catoosa Cherokee Columbia Coweta and Fulton City of Palmetto Coweta 4823 3588 3848 4321 3580 4609 4390 Board of commissioners; composition; districts; elections; compensation; qualifications County treasurer; abolition of office Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Homestead exemption; county school district taxes County school superintendent; appointment Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Mayor and council; terms 5/15/84 3/13/84 11/6/84 8/14/84 3/13/84 11/6/84 8/14/84 Yes: 211 No: 1008 Yes: 921 No: 791 Yes: 2577 No: 481 Yes: 4833 No: 811 Yes: 1734 No: 4060 Not held Not held 3704 County board of education; composition; election; terms 11/6/84 Yes: 7190 No: 2328 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 261A Georgia Laws 1984: County Crisp Dade Dade Dodge Forsyth Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result 4352 Board of commissioners; 11/6/84 Yes: 1253 composition; districts; elections No: 760 3575 County board of education; election; districts 3/13/84 Yes: 987 No: 367 3564 Board of commissioners; creation 3/13/84 Yes: 629 No: 777 3531 County school superintendent; 3/13/84 Yes: 585 appointment No: 2235 4144 Business and occupational license taxes 11/6/84 Yes: 4290 No: 3484 Fulton Habersham Harris Harris Jones Jones McIntosh 3591 3671 3608 3766 3926 4459 4103 County board of education and school superintendent Board of commissioners; elections; terms; purchases County board of education; districts; terms; qualifications Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Homestead exemption; county taxes County board of education; reconstitution County board of education; terms 3/13/84 8/14/84 3/13/84 8/14/84 8/14/84 8/14/84 5/15/84 Yes: 24258 No: 9628 Yes: 2222 No: 1392 Yes: 1347 No: 707 Yes: 1750 No: 375 Yes: 2476 No: 453 Yes: 2206 No: 583 Yes: 629 No: 239 McIntosh 4106 County school superintendent; 5/15/84 Yes: 221 appointment No: 577 Polk City of Cedartown 4261 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/6/84 Yes: 1170 No: 45 262A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1984: County Putnam Richmond Rockdale City of Conyers Page No. SUBJECT 4657 Homestead exemption; county taxes 5119 County board of education; composition; election; districts 4884 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election Result 8/14/84 Yes: 1249 No: 164 11/6/84 Yes: 26594 No: 9857 5/26/84 Yes: 91 No: 2 Stewart Turner Turner Upson Upson Upson Wayne 3513 Board of commissioners; creation 3/13/84 4862 County board of education; election 5/15/84 4563 Board of commissioners; 5/15/84 composition; election; officers; meetings 4576 County board of education; districts; elections 8/14/84 3729 Board of commissioners; districts; elections 4/17/84 4367 County school superintendent; 11/6/84 appointment 3971 County board of education; composition; districts; elections Yes: 625 No: 820 Yes: 316 No: 171 Yes: 311 No: 175 Yes: 2496 No: 838 Yes: 708 No: 344 Yes: 1903 No: 2650 No election held pursuant to court order Wheeler Wilkes 3601 County board of education; 3/13/84 Yes: 425 composition; elections; terms No: 270 3838 County board of education; creation; districts; elections 8/14/84 Yes: 689 No: 909 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 263A Georgia Laws 1984: County Page No. SUBJECT Wilkinson City of Gordon 3923 Homestead exemption; city taxes Wilkinson 3772 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election 8/14/84 Result Yes: 458 No: 47 8/14/84 Yes: 643 No: 125 264A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1985: County Bacon Baldwin Page No. SUBJECT 4823 County board of education; elections 3835 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Bleckley Brooks City of Quitman 4406 Board of commissioners; created 4635 Board of commissioners; composition; elections Burke Candler Carroll 4481 County board of education; elections 4975 Board of commissioners; membership; elections; chairman 3945 County board of education and school superintendent Clinch Cobb City of Smyrna Dawson 4918 County board of education; elections; districts 4072 Mayor and councilmen; terms 4179 Business and occupational license taxes Date of Election Result 6/25/85 Yes: 206 No: 51 8/12/86 Yes: 1999 No: 493 11/4/86 Yes: 887 No: 1156 Not held Has not been approved by Justice Department 9/3/85 Yes: 754 No: 673 6/11/85 Yes: 279 No: 116 9/10/85 11/4/86 11/5/85 Question 1: Yes: 4076 No: 929 Question 2: Yes: 2977 No: 2019 Yes: 302 No: 128 Yes: 789 No: 511 Not held GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 265A Georgia Laws 1985: County DeKalb City of Decatur Page No. SUBJECT 4140 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 12/4/85 Result Yes: 1123 No: 154 Fayette Fayette Fulton City of Atlanta 3992 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4198 County school superintendent; appointment 4371 Redevelopment powers 6/11/85 11/4/86 Fulton 4513 Homestead exemption; city City of taxes College Park Gwinnett Heard Jeff Davis Lanier Marion 5106 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 5078 County board of education; election 4493 County board of education; elections; districts 3966 County board of education; elections; districts; terms 4573 County board of education; districts; elections 5/13/85 11/4/86 9/24/85 4/8/86 6/25/85 Morgan 4643 County board of education and 8/12/86 school superintendent Yes: 2256 No: 255 Yes: 4725 No: 6759 City failed to publish as required by law. City attorney ruled not to put on ballot. Yes: 1721 No: 143 Yes: 39645 No: 12055 Yes: 580 No: 90 Yes: 208 No: 45 Yes: 252 No: 12 Not precleared by U.S. Justice Department. Yes: 1058 No: 398 266A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1985: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Pierce 4836 Board of commissioners; 11/5/85 Yes: 386 composition; elections; districts No: 169 Pierce Polk Taylor Wilkes 4841 County board of education; elections 11/5/85 Yes: 365 No: 181 4985 County board of education; re-creation 6/11/85 Yes: 365 No: 299 5087 County board of education; elections; districts 5/21/85 Yes: 362 No: 180 4580 Homestead exemption; county Not held and school district taxes GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 267A Georgia Laws 1986: County Page No. SUBJECT Bartow 5361 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Bibb 4736 Redevelopment powers Bibb City of Macon Bibb Bulloch Camden Chatham City of Islands 5038 Redevelopment powers 5620 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 5627 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 5647 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 4872 Incorporation Chatham City of Pooler 5592 Corporate limits Chattooga Cherokee 5138 Board of commissioners; creation 3635 Board of commissioners; creation Date of Election Not held Result 11/4/86 Yes: 3236 No: 2725 11/4/86 Yes: 8120 No: 5815 8/12/86 Yes: No: Not held 2592 5119 8/12/86 8/12/86 6/17/86 11/4/86 5/6/86 Yes: 451 No: 258 Islands area: Yes: 506 No: 744 County area: Yes: 336 No: 1426 Pooler: Yes: 115 No: 19 Proposed Area: Yes: 36 No: 24 Yes: 1991 No: 2220 Yes: 1644 No: 2221 268A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1986: County Clayton Page No. SUBJECT 5019 Homestead exemptions; county taxes Date of Election 8/12/86 Result Yes: 11478 No: 2066 Cobb City of Acworth Cobb Cobb City of Marietta Colquitt Columbia Dawson Decatur DeKalb DeKalb City of Decatur 3752 Mayor and alderman; elections; 5/3/86 Yes: 47 qualifications; terms No: 139 4370 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 5043 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/4/86 11/4/86 Yes: 64538 No: 9311 Yes: 5309 No: 1002 3724 County board of education; 5/13/86 composition; elections; districts 5636 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 8/12/86 4061 Homestead exemptions; county 8/12/86 school district taxes 4096 County board of education and 8/12/86 school superintendent 4107 Governing authority; powers 8/12/86 and duties; applicability of laws 4475 Homestead exemption; city taxes 12/3/86 Yes: 897 No: 180 Yes: 2740 No: 1695 Yes: 724 No: 183 Yes: 1387 No: 1012 Yes: 31123 No: 11156 Yes: 1233 No: 127 Douglas Elbert 5618 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 11/4/86 Yes: 6701 No: 3144 3578 Board of education; re-creation 5/13/86 Yes: 444 No: 208 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 269A Georgia Laws 1986: County Floyd City of Rome Floyd Floyd Forsyth Fulton Fulton Fulton City of Atlanta Gwinnett Hall Page No. SUBJECT 4530 Homestead exemption; independent school district taxes 5057 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 5511 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4347 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4148 Redevelopment powers 4434 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes; local constitutional amendment continued 4834 Redevelopment powers Date of Election 8/12/86 Result Yes: 2651 No: 336 8/12/86 Yes: 4971 No: 770 8/12/86 Yes: 8218 No: 845 11/4/86 Yes: 5191 No: 1005 11/4/86 Yes: 57705 No: 41691 Not held 8/12/86 Yes: 12987 No: 9356 5625 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 3811 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 8/12/86 8/12/86 Yes: 17645 No: 4777 Yes: 5447 No: 2112 Hall City of Gainesville Hall Henry 3815 Homestead exemption; independent school district taxes Not held 5616 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 8/12/86 Yes: No: 5053 Homestead exemptions; county Not held school district taxes 7553 2305 270A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1986: County Page No. SUBJECT Henry 5607 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods Houston 3901 Redevelopment powers Houston City of Centerville 5157 Redevelopment powers Houston 4196 Redevelopment powers City of Perry Houston City of Warner Robins 3923 Redevelopment powers Lanier 3609 Lakeland-Lanier County Charter Commission; creation Laurens Liberty 3821 County board of education; elections; districts 3554 County school superintendent; appointment Liberty Lincoln 3542 Board of education; composition; elections 3661 County board of education; elections; districts; vacancies Marion Marion 5558 Board of commissioners; elections; districts; terms 5023 County board of education; elections Date of Election Result 8/12/86 Yes: 2211 No: 1964 11/4/86 Yes: 6517 No: 4758 11/4/86 Yes: 70 No: 88 Not held 10/7/86 Yes: 2675 No: 1754 9/2/86 Yes: 448 No: 928 11/4/86 Yes: 929 No: 715 11/4/86 Yes: 1332 No: 1045 8/12/86 Yes: 1369 No: 277 8/12/86 Yes: 651 No: 335 9/16/86 Yes: 429 No: 673 9/16/86 Yes: 416 No: 666 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 271A Georgia Laws 1986: County Mitchell City of Pelham Page No. SUBJECT 3648 City board of education; elections; terms; districts; composition Date of Election Not held Result Mitchell Muscogee Oglethorpe Paulding Polk Rabun City of Clayton Screven 3892 County school superintendent; appointment 3927 County board of education; advisory referendum on elections 3568 County board of education; elections; districts 4335 County school superintendent; appointment 5633 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 4778 Homestead exemptions; city taxes 11/4/86 Not precleared by U.S. Justice Department. Yes: 18451 No: 8420 5/13/86 Yes: No: 11/4/86 Yes: No: 8/12/86 Yes: No: 12/20/86 Yes: No: 307 90 1199 4301 1355 1013 453 16 5642 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 8/12/86 Yes: 326 No: 404 Spalding Spalding Sumter City of Americus 4855 Homestead exemptions; county 8/12/86 Yes: and school district taxes No: 5623 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 11/4/86 Yes: No: 3501 Sumter County Public School System; creation; merger of school systems of Sumter County and the City of Americus Not held 1946 428 3757 3693 272A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1986: County Tattnall City of Collins Page No. SUBJECT 4472 Mayor; terms Date of Election 8/12/86 Result Yes: 31 No: 39 Telfair Toombs City of Vidalia Troup Twiggs Upson Washington 4527 County officers; ineligibility to 11/4/86 Yes: hold office; local constitutional No: amendment continued 4862 City school district; powers of 9/2/86 Yes: board of education No: 3515 County board of education and 5/6/86 Yes: school superintendent; Act No: continuing local constitutional amendment repealed 5542 County school superintendent; 11/4/86 Yes: appointment No: 4497 Homestead exemption; county Not held school district taxes 4485 Homestead exemption; county 8/12/86 Yes: taxes No: 1800 577 824 599 193 44 412 1127 1434 373 Washington Whitfield Wilkes Worth Statewide 4489 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 5597 Board of commissioners 8/12/86 11/4/86 4091 3716 878 County board of education; elections; districts; composition County board of education; membership; elections; districts Ad valorem tax exemption of tangible personal property 11/4/86 11/4/86 11/4/86 Yes: 1896 No: 402 Yes: 4315 No: 3573 Yes: 1219 No: 377 Yes: 1499 No: 523 Yes: 592671 No: 249708 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 273A Georgia Laws 1987: County Page No. SUBJECT Appling City of Baxley 5015 Corporate limits Bartow 5325 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Bartow 4912 County school superintendent; appointment Bartow 4915 County board of education; elections; terms Bleckley 4111 County board of education; nonpartisan elections Brooks 5267 County school superintendent; appointment Brooks City of Quitman 5230 Board of commissioners; composition; elections; districts; terms Butts 4919 County board of education and school superintendent Camden 4929 Board of commissioners; elections; districts; terms Camden 4943 County board of education; elections; districts; terms; Act continuing local constitutional amendment repealed Camden 5032 County school superintendent; appointment Chatham 4801 Redevelopment powers Date of Election 7/21/87 Result Yes: 438 No: 822 11/3/87 Yes: 2483 No: 265 11/3/87 Yes: 1086 No: 1617 11/3/87 Yes: 2135 No: 569 11/8/88 Yes: 1025 No: 606 3/8/88 Yes: 709 No: 1542 8/11/87 Yes: 248 No: 71 11/10/87 Yes: No: 3/8/88 Yes: No: 3/8/88 Yes: No: 1682 561 1365 858 1337 932 3/8/88 Yes: 739 No: 1579 6/16/87 Yes: 3341 No: 5356 274A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1987: County Chatham City of Savannah Clarke Page No. SUBJECT 4083 Redevelopment powers 4279 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods Date of Election 6/16/87 Result Yes: 2369 No: 3235 11/3/87 Yes: 7245 No: 1622 Columbia 4270 County board of education; nonpartisan elections 3/8/88 Yes: 7344 No: 1925 Columbia Dougherty 4267 Homestead exemption; county 3/8/88 school district taxes Yes: 8266 No: 1196 3843 County board of education; elections 11/3/87 Yes: 6448 No: 4855 Effingham 4596 County board of education; reconstitution 3/8/88 Yes: 1768 No: 471 Evans Fannin Floyd Fulton 4782 5494 4994 County board of education; composition; elections; compensation County board of education and school superintendent; nonpartisan elections Unified Rome-Floyd County School System; creation; merger of Floyd County School System and City of Rome Independent School System 8/9/88 3/8/88 3/8/88 4132 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/88 taxes Yes: 1277 No: 553 Yes: 1449 No: 1819 City: Yes: 1679 No: 3601 County: Yes: 2410 No: 6380 Yes: 131209 No: 35740 Greene 4973 County school superintendent; 3/8/88 appointment Yes: 787 No: 1544 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 275A Georgia Laws 1987: County Page No. SUBJECT Hall City of Gainesville 4209 Homestead exemption; city school district taxes Houston 4115 Redevelopment powers City of Perry Lamar 3740 County board of education; elections; districts; terms; vacancies Lowndes 4124 County school superintendent; appointment Lumpkin 3586 County school superintendent; appointment Madison City of Colbert 4475 Mayor; term Mitchell 3508 County school superintendent; appointment Muscogee 4753 County board of education; composition; elections; districts; terms; compensation; taxes Oconee 4441 County school superintendent; appointment Peach City of Byron 5394 Redevelopment powers Peach City of Fort Valley 5409 Redevelopment powers Date of Election 12/1/87 Result Yes: 194 No: 28 12/1/87 Yes: 128 No: 124 11/3/87 Yes: 412 No: 203 3/8/88 Yes: 932 No: 2505 6/2/87 Yes: 617 No: 1067 12/2/87 Yes: 19 No: 3 7/28/87 3/8/88 Yes: 710 No: 921 Yes: 9784 No: 18277 3/8/88 Yes: No: Not held 1272 1863 4/6/88 Yes: 847 No: 358 276A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1987: County Peach Pulaski Pulaski Rabun City of Sky Valley Stephens Tift City of Tifton Ware City of Waycross Ware City of Waycross Page No. SUBJECT 5397 Redevelopment powers 4263 County school superintendent; appointment 4241 County board of education; elections 5113 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election Result Not held 3/8/88 Yes: 679 No: 1081 11/8/88 Yes: 960 No: 479 12/1/87 Yes: 84 No: 11 4224 County school superintendent; 9/1/87 appointment; vacancies Yes: 775 No: 2249 4103 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/8/88 Yes: 1847 No: 411 5135 Board of education; elections; 9/22/87 Yes: 255 districts; terms No: 136 5105 Mayor; office created; election; 11/24/87 Yes: 1029 terms; powers No: 345 White 5441 Board of commissioners; re-creation; elections; powers; duties 3/8/88 Yes: 1278 No: 715 Whitfield City of Tunnel Hill 4366 New charter 12/7/87 Yes: 85 No: 33 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 277A Georgia Laws 1988: County Barrow Barrow Bartow Ben Hill and City of Fitzgerald Berrien Butts Catoosa Page No. SUBJECT 3501 County board of education; compensation; elections; districts 3674 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4101 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 3573 Ben Hill County Public School System; creation; merger of county school system with City of Fitzgerald School System 3832 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4729 Board of commissioners; powers; county manager created 4182 Board of commissioners; creation; districts; elections; terms Date of Election 4/12/88 8/9/88 8/9/88 6/21/88 6/21/88 Not held 8/9/88 11/6/90 Result Yes: 637 No: 62 Yes: 4226 No: 549 Yes: 1858 No: 1060 Yes: 517 No: 801 Yes: 822 No: 284 Yes: 1563 No: 955 Yes: 4896 No: 2913 Chatham City of Savannah Cherokee Clarke City of Athens 3706 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/8/88 Yes: 20190 No: 3006 3677 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 3794 Redevelopment powers 11/8/88 11/8/88 Yes: 13575 No: 2501 Not precleared by U. S. Justice Department Clayton 4307 County school superintendent; 11/8/88 Yes: 12314 appointment No: 26995 278A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1988: County Clayton Clayton Clayton Clayton City of Riverdale Cobb Cobb Cobb Page No. SUBJECT 4001 County board of education; number of members 3527 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 3523 Homestead exemptions; county school district taxes 3951 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 11/8/88 3/8/88 11/8/88 10/8/88 Result Yes: 20610 No: 17155 Yes: 14472 No: 8627 Yes: 32925 No: 7153 Yes: 597 No: 35 4479 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 4070 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4286 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 11/8/88 11/8/88 11/8/88 Yes: 102080 No: 21916 Yes: 93785 No: 29194 Yes: 76495 No: 32915 Coffee City of Douglas Columbia Coweta Crawford 4282 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/6/89 Yes: 734 No: 106 4622 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 4714 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4063 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 11/8/88 11/8/88 11/8/88 Yes: 15372 No: 3111 Yes: 10497 No: 2412 Yes: 1092 No: 2412 DeKalb DeKalb 4114 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4160 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 11/8/88 11/8/88 Yes: 122174 No: 27547 Yes: 107585 No: 29336 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 279A Georgia Laws 1988: County DeKalb Page No. SUBJECT 4740 Governing authority; vote of chief executive; department heads under merit system; ordinances Dougherty City of Albany Effingham City of Springfield Floyd Floyd City of Rome 4748 Homestead exemption; city taxes 4091 Corporate limits 4856 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4484 Homestead exemption; city independent school district taxes Fulton Fulton City of Hapeville 4034 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4866 Homestead exemption; city taxes Gilmer Gilmer 4886 Board of commissioners; creation; county manager 4894 County board of education; nonpartisan elections Gilmer 4903 County school superintendent; nonpartisan election Gwinnett City of Dacula 3667 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 11/8/88 Result Yes: 76350 No: 59347 Not held Not held 8/9/88 8/9/88 Yes: 7014 No: 1390 Yes: 4607 No: 698 11/8/88 11/8/88 Yes: 131209 No: 35740 Yes: 1429 No: 146 5/17/88 Yes: No: 8/9/88 Yes: No: 8/9/88 Yes: No: 11/19/88 Yes: No: 1863 1299 1381 369 1336 380 168 34 280A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1988: County Gwinnett Gwinnett Gwinnett Gwinnett Habersham Hart Page No. SUBJECT 4199 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4023 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4627 Coroner's office abolished; medical examiner's office established 4039 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4112 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 3604 Board of commissioners; creation Date of Election Result 11/8/88 Yes: 61404 No: 22771 11/8/88 Yes: 65941 No: 19844 8/9/88 Yes: 17325 No: 5088 11/8/88 Yes: 60907 No: 25291 Not held 4/12/88 4/26/88 (1) 984 (2) 628 (3) 943 Runoff (1) 1439 (2) 1698 Henry Henry 4633 Board of commissioners; chairman as chief executive officer; county administrator abolished Not held 4310 Homestead exemptions; county 11/8/88 Yes: 11413 school district taxes No: 2823 Houston Jeff Davis City of Hazlehurst Lumpkin 4007 County school superintendent; 8/9/88 Yes: appointment No: 4861 Advisory referendum regarding Not held sales of beer and wine 4880 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/88 Yes: school district taxes No: 2681 6432 3009 527 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 281A Georgia Laws 1988: County Monroe Newton Peach City of Byron Peach Pierce Pierce Page No. SUBJECT 3540 Board of commissioners; terms 4045 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes 3656 Redevelopment powers Date of Election 3/8/88 Not held 4/6/88 Result Yes: 1198 No: 778 Yes: 64 No: 59 4598 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 3543 County school superintendent; appointment 4898 County school superintendent; appointment 11/8/88 Not held 5/10/88 Yes: 2532 No: 815 (See Ga. L. 1988, p. 4898) Yes: 394 No: 1072 Pike Richmond Richmond 3824 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4147 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4043 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 11/8/88 11/8/88 11/8/88 Yes: 2037 No: 518 Yes: 33005 No: 7709 Yes: 27047 No: 11602 Richmond Richmond City of Augusta 3971 Board of commissioners as Augusta-Richmond County Commission-Council for both county and city 3987 Reorganized government of city and Richmond County; repeal of city charter 11/8/88 11/8/88 Yes: 25129 No: 19153 Yes: 7180 No: 4789 282A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1988: County Rockdale and City of Conyers Page No. SUBJECT 3899 Conyers-Rockdale County Charter Commission; creation Rockdale Rockdale Sumter Sumter City of Americus 3990 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 3659 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 3702 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods 3550 Sumter County Public School System; creation; merger of Sumter County and City of Americus school systems Upson Upson Upson Walton Walton 3821 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3685 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 3828 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4710 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4720 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Date of Election Result 11/14/89 County: Yes: 3760 No: 2768 City: Yes: 338 No: 668 11/8/88 Yes: 11589 No: 4547 8/9/88 Yes: 5507 No: 1330 8/9/88 Yes: 1596 No: 1134 6/21/88 Sumter County: Yes: 1033 No: 1412 City of Americus: Yes: 1530 No: 592 11/8/88 Yes: 2598 No: 480 11/8/88 Yes: No: Not held 3702 900 8/9/88 8/9/88 Yes: 3876 No: 739 Yes: 3448 No: 1025 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 283A Georgia Laws 1988: County Walton Page No. SUBJECT 4723 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods White White White 4493 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4472 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3515 Board of commissioners; re-creation Date of Election Result 8/9/88 Yes: 3248 No: 1157 8/9/88 Yes: 2634 No: 628 8/9/88 Yes: 2541 No: 661 3/8/88 Yes: 1278 No: 715 284A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1989: County Page No. SUBJECT Bartow City of Cartersville 4746 Homestead exemption; city taxes Chatham City of Port Wentworth 5105 Corporate limits Cherokee Clarke City of Athens Clayton Clayton Cobb Cobb City of Smyrna Cobb City of Smyrna 4295 Board of commissioners; creation of new board 4021 Redevelopment powers 4905 County board of education; elections; composition; districts; county school superintendent; election 4818 Redevelopment powers 4266 Redevelopment powers 3878 Homestead exemption; city taxes 4896 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 11/7/89 Result Yes: 1208 No: 143 9/12/89 11/7/89 11/7/89 Corporate limits: Yes: 292 No: 58 Unincorpor- ated area: Yes: 50 No: 24 Yes: 4697 No: 1676 Yes: 919 No: 725 8/15/89 Yes: 1673 No: 2007 8/15/89 7/17/90 4/4/89 Yes: 1879 No: 1755 Yes: 27511 No: 27847 Yes: 1714 No: 107 4/4/89 Yes: 1641 No: 156 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 285A Georgia Laws 1989: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Dougherty City of Albany 4802 Mayor and commissioners; elections; terms 8/8/89 Yes: 11373 No: 2489 Dougherty City of Albany 4062 Homestead exemption; city taxes 8/8/89 Yes: 12173 No: 1553 Effingham 4024 Homestead exemption; town 11/7/89 Yes: 427 Town of taxes No: 27 Rincon Fannin 3823 New charter City of Blue Ridge 5/27/89 Fannin County: Yes: 4 No: 57 City of Blue Ridge: Yes: 123 No: 96 Fulton City of Atlanta 4229 Homestead exemption; city and 11/6/90 Yes: 44047 city school district taxes No: 7769 Harris City of Shiloh 4084 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held Henry 4829 Board of commissioners; chairman; election Superseded by Ga. L. 1990, p. 5232 Liberty City of Hinesville 4782 Mayor and council; elections; terms; districts Superseded by Ga. L. 1990, p. 4047 286A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1989: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Lowndes 3578 County board of education; membership; districts; elections Repealed by Ga. L. 1990, p. 3529 Spalding Whitfield 3802 Griffin-Spalding County Charter Commission; creation 4901 County board of education; terms; elections 4/9/91 Yes: No: Not held 2957 5549 Georgia Laws 1989 Extraordinary Session: County Page No. SUBJECT Gwinnett City of Berkeley Lake 72 Mayor and councilmembers; elections; terms; mayor's veto powers Date of Election 12/2/89 Result Yes: 201 No: 43 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 287A Georgia Laws 1990: County Appling Appling Ben Hill Ben Hill City of Fitzgerald Berrien Catoosa Catoosa Charlton City of Folkston Chatham Chatham City of Pooler Chatham Page No. SUBJECT 4142 Board of commissioners; terms 4720 County board of education; members; terms 4435 County board of education; elections; terms; districts; vacancies 4146 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election Result 11/6/90 Yes: 1759 No: 908 11/6/90 Yes: 1767 No: 900 8/28/90 Yes: 238 No: 22 11/20/90 Yes: 722 No: 100 4703 Board of commissioners; compensation; composition 4481 Comprehensive land use plan; advisory referendum 4984 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4217 Corporate limits Not held 7/17/90 Yes: No: 11/6/90 Yes: No: Not held 2276 1651 6069 1495 3992 Board of commissioners; chairman; term 4202 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/6/90 11/6/90 Yes: 23981 No: 7149 Yes: 645 No: 64 5146 Homestead exemption; county 11/6/90 Yes: 25777 taxes No: 5162 Chatham City of Savannah 3995 Mayor; terms 11/6/90 Yes: 12513 No: 4729 288A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1990: County Clarke Clarke and City of Athens Clayton Clayton Clayton Clayton City of Riverdale Cobb City of Marietta Crawford DeKalb DeKalb Page No. SUBJECT 4711 County board of education; membership; elections 3560 Unified government; officers; employees; powers; duties Date of Election 11/6/90 8/7/90 Result Yes: 13458 No: 3288 Yes: 11572 No: 8110 4632 County school superintendent; election 4378 Governing authority and board of education; tax millage rates 4635 County board of education; election; terms; districts 5267 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/6/90 Yes: 21629 No: 11275 11/6/90 Yes: 19433 No: 12594 11/6/90 Yes: 16902 No: 15137 10/13/90 Yes: 797 No: 100 4390 Ad valorem tax; public schools Not held 4331 Board of commissioners; compensation 11/6/90 3978 Homestead exemption; county 11/6/90 taxes 5272 DeKalb County School District; 11/6/90 millage rates Yes: 294 No: 1184 Yes: 47225 No: 56619 Yes: 63540 No: 34207 DeKalb 3900 Code of ethics; board of ethics; 11/6/90 Yes: 104297 members; powers; duties No: 12387 Douglas Douglas 3643 Homestead exemption; school 7/17/90 Yes: 7185 district taxes No: 1936 3650 Board of commissioners; membership; elections 7/17/90 Yes: 6428 No: 3293 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 289A Georgia Laws 1990: County Douglas Page No. SUBJECT 3662 Homestead exemption; county taxes Douglas Effingham Fayette 3658 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4035 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4317 County school superintendent; appointment; term Forsyth 4680 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Fulton City of Hapeville 3665 Redevelopment powers Fulton 4238 Homestead exemption; city City of taxes College Park Fulton 4242 Redevelopment powers City of College Park Gordon 3745 Board of commissioners; creation; election Gwinnett City of Buford 4291 Homestead exemption; city taxes Gwinnett Gwinnett City of Norcross 3774 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3941 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election Result 7/17/90 Yes: 6836 No: 2309 7/17/90 Yes: 7422 No: 1813 11/6/90 Yes: 3444 No: 423 11/6/90 Yes: 5949 No: 11075 11/6/90 Yes: 7969 No: 1992 11/6/90 Yes: 825 No: 396 5/7/90 Yes: 540 No: 27 5/7/90 Yes: 481 No: 82 11/6/90 Yes: 1758 No: 3426 11/3/90 Yes: 755 No: 117 11/6/90 6/5/90 Yes: 67424 No: 21536 Yes: 135 No: 7 290A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1990: County Gwinnett City of Lilburn Haralson Harris City of Shiloh Page No. SUBJECT 4469 Homestead exemption; city taxes 3868 Board of commissioners; creation; elections; powers; duties 3840 Homestead exemption; city taxes Henry Henry Henry 5232 Board of commissioners; chairman; election 4474 County school superintendent; appointment 4476 County board of education; members; elections Jefferson Jones 4224 County board of education and school superintendent 3790 Homestead exemption; county taxes Lamar 4022 Magistrate court; chief magistrate; selection Liberty 4045 Enhanced 911 emergency telephone service Liberty City of Hinesville McIntosh 4047 Mayor and council; election; terms 4781 County school superintendent; appointment Date of Election 5/22/90 Result Yes: 401 No: 26 7/17/90 Yes: 1907 No: 2008 11/6/90 Yes: 73 No: 21 11/6/90 Yes: 8376 No: 4952 11/6/90 Yes: 4085 No: 9950 11/6/90 Yes: 9217 No: 4270 7/17/90 Yes: 1927 No: 909 7/17/90 Yes: 1854 No: 390 11/6/90 Yes: 1424 No: 544 11/6/90 Yes: 1754 No: 579 11/6/90 Yes: 815 No: 367 11/6/90 Yes: 832 No: 1046 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 291A Georgia Laws 1990: County Monroe City of Forsyth Monroe Murray Murray Peach Peach Pulaski Page No. SUBJECT 4764 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 11/6/90 Result Yes: 806 No: 149 4547 Board of commissioners; compensation 11/6/90 Yes: No: 3845 Board of commissioners; creation; members; elections; districts 11/6/90 Yes: No: 3668 County board of education; 11/6/90 Yes: powers; duties; elections; terms No: 4589 Board of commissioners; redevelopment powers 7/17/90 Yes: No: 4155 County board of education; election; terms 11/6/90 Yes: No: 4415 County board of education; members; non-partisan elections Not held 901 2856 2065 1509 2240 974 837 615 2686 971 Rockdale Spalding City of Griffin 4654 County board of education; election 4596 Board of commissioners; chairman; powers; duties 11/6/90 Yes: No: Not held 9713 4088 Spalding City of Griffin 3734 Board of commissioners; taxation and finance powers; homestead exemption; city taxes Not held Tattnall City of Reidsville 4918 Mayor; terms of office 11/6/90 Yes: 219 No: 334 292A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1990: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Toombs 4603 County school superintendent; 11/6/90 Yes: 545 appointment No: 1121 Twiggs 3935 Homestead exemptions; county 7/17/90 Yes: 1171 and county school district taxes No: 319 Upson City of Thomaston 3794 Merger of Upson County School System and City of Thomaston Independent School System; board of education; membership 7/17/90 Upson County: Yes: 2269 No: 1227 City of Thomaston: Yes: 1673 No: 1055 Walton 4159 Homestead exemption; city 7/17/90 Yes: 246 City of school district taxes; disabled No: 60 Social Circle residents Walton 4171 Homestead exemption; city City of school district taxes Social Circle 7/17/90 Yes: 248 No: 39 Walton 4351 Homestead exemption; county 7/17/90 Yes: 2639 school district taxes No: 369 Wilkes 4592 County board of education; election; terms 11/6/90 Yes: 1801 No: 442 Wilkinson 3787 Homestead exemption; city City of Ivey taxes 12/6/90 Yes: 175 No: 14 Wilkinson 4925 Homestead exemption; county 7/17/90 Yes: 798 taxes No: 98 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 293A Georgia Laws 1991: County Bartow Ben Hill Ben Hill Chatham City of Savannah Chattooga Cherokee Cherokee Page No. SUBJECT 4478 County school superintendent; appointment 3772 County school superintendent; appointment 3753 Board of commissioners; members; posts; elections; terms 3776 City of Savannah and Chatham County Board of Public Education; members; election; vacancies 4274 Board of commissioners; creation 3627 County board of education; members; vacancies; residency 3855 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Date of Election Result 9/17/91 Yes: 909 No: 1621 9/17/91 Yes: 449 No: 490 3/3/92 Yes: 1268 No: 580 11/3/92 Yes: 35958 No: 10709 3/3/92 Yes: No: Not held 779 3795 11/3/92 Yes: 18240 No: 3269 Cobb City of Acworth Cobb City of Austell Cobb City of Smyrna 3576 Special election for approval of Not held expenditure of proceeds from sale of water and sewer system 4508 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/5/91 Yes: 347 No: 26 4693 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held (See Ga. L. 1992, p. 5725) Columbia 3986 County board of education and 11/5/91 Yes: 4750 school superintendent No: 8360 294A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1991: County Page No. SUBJECT Dade 3893 Board of commissioners; creation Douglas 4297 Douglasville-Douglas County City of Charter Commission; creation Douglasville Franklin 4681 Board of commissioners; creation Fulton 3747 Fulton County School District; homestead exemption Fulton City of Fairburn 3581 Homestead exemption; city taxes Fulton 4422 Wards; election date City of College Park Gwinnett City of Sugar Hill 4675 Homestead exemption; city taxes Harris City of Hamilton 3973 Municipal court; penalties Muscogee Muscogee 4255 City-County government and school taxes; homestead valuation; local constitutional amendments repealed 4259 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes; disabled veterans Date of Election 3/3/92 Not held Result Yes: 1567 No: 1262 3/3/92 11/3/92 6/27/91 Yes: 1883 No: 1671 Yes: 85563 No: 25354 Yes: 252 No: 15 9/17/91 Yes: 301 No: 49 10/26/91 Yes: 527 No: 37 Not held (Repealed by Ga. L. 1991, Ex. Sess., p. 423) 11/5/91 Yes: 5731 No: 24247 11/5/91 Yes: 25203 No: 4579 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 295A Georgia Laws 1991: County Muscogee Newton Oconee Pickens Pickens Page No. SUBJECT 4265 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes 4328 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 3822 County school superintendent; appointment 3851 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4212 Board of commissioners; creation Date of Election 11/5/91 11/3/92 11/5/91 11/3/92 3/3/92 Result Yes: 27198 No: 2640 Yes: 10026 No: 2314 Yes: 795 No: 1286 Yes: 3827 No: 634 Yes: 1377 No: 2081 Pike Pulaski Rabun Spalding City of Griffin 3695 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes 4175 County board of education; restatement of law 4555 County school superintendent; appointment 4604 Board of commissioners; taxation and finance powers; homestead exemption 11/3/92 Yes: No: 7/21/92 Yes: No: Not held 11/5/91 Yes: No: 2665 697 1173 504 1695 235 Troup City of Hogansville 4427 City school taxes; maximum millage rate Not held Washington Whitfield 3759 County board of education; reconstitution; school superintendent 3638 County board of education; terms 3/3/92 Yes: 1463 No: 709 3/3/92 Yes: 3164 No: 750 296A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1991, Extraordinary Session: County Butts Camden City of St. Marys Page No. SUBJECT 473 Solid waste landfill; advisory referendum 460 Homestead exemption; city taxes Elbert 370 Board of commissioners; chairman; county administrator Troup 476 City of Hogansville Ware 445 Ad valorem school taxes County board of education and school superintendent Date of Election 11/5/91 12/3/91 3/3/92 Not held 3/3/92 Result Public: 1748 Private: 878 Yes: 659 No: 87 Yes: 2068 No: 1056 Yes: 2673 No: 573 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 297A Georgia Laws 1992: County Baldwin Page No. SUBJECT 6709 Magistrate court; chief magistrate and magistrates Date of Election 11/3/92 Result Yes: 8494 No: 1080 Bartow Berrien Berrien 6484 5221 6329 Chairperson and board of commissioners; creation County board of education; districts; elections Board of commissioners; composition; districts; elections 7/21/92 7/21/92 Not held Yes: 1993 No: 2802 Yes: 2534 No: 1453 Not precleared by U.S. Justice Department Bryan Bryan Camden City of Kingsland Carroll 4551 County board of education; districts; terms 4592 Board of commissioners; districts; terms; vacancies 5686 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/21/92 Yes: 1853 No: 553 7/2192 Yes: 1514 No: 939 7/21/92 Yes: 211 No: 19 6514 Homestead exemptions; county 11/3/92 Yes: 13278 and school district taxes No: 2669 Carroll City of Carrollton Catoosa Chatham City of Pooler 5906 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/92 Yes: 3270 district taxes No: 746 5981 Catoosa Utility District and Board of Utilities Commissioners; abolition 7019 Corporate limits 11/3/92 Yes: 3354 No: 9649 11/3/92 Yes: 1205 No: 255 Chattooga 6308 City manager; mayor City of Summerville Not held 298A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1992: County Clarke Clayton Cobb City of Powder Springs Cobb City of Smyrna Columbia DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb Page No. SUBJECT 6241 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 6146 Homestead exemption; county taxes 6237 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election Result 7/21/92 Yes: 7898 No: 1112 7/21/92 Yes: 18324 No: 4429 11/3/92 Yes: 2433 No: 536 5725 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/21/92 Yes: 3222 No: 513 6175 Homestead exemptions; county 11/3/92 and school district taxes 6845 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 school district taxes 6624 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 school district taxes 6137 Governing authority; definition; 11/3/92 code of ethics; sanctions 6323 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 taxes 5720 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 school district taxes Yes: 21586 No: 4446 Yes: 112095 No: 48244 Yes: 82790 No: 73413 Yes: 125095 No: 51405 Yes: 129830 No: 53377 Yes: 131414 No: 43365 DeKalb Floyd Floyd 6566 Commission; districts; elections 7/21/92 5383 Homestead exemption; county taxes 5466 Board of commissioners; terms 11/3/92 11/3/92 Yes: 46257 No: 22459 Yes: 14905 No: 9240 Yes: 15052 No: 10621 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 299A Georgia Laws 1992: County Floyd Page No. SUBJECT 5902 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Forsyth Forsyth City of Cumming Forsyth 5052 County board of education; laws restated 6601 Cumming-Forsyth County Charter Commission; creation 6300 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Franklin Fulton Fulton City of Alpharetta Fulton City of Atlanta 4770 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 6563 Homestead exemption; county taxes 6449 Mayor and council; districts; elections; terms 7007 Homestead exemption; city taxes Fulton City of Atlanta 7003 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Fulton 6583 Homestead exemption; county taxes Gwinnett City of Suwannee 6524 Homestead exemption; city taxes Hart 5574 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes Date of Election Result 11/3/92 Yes: 6032 No: 2580 7/21/92 Yes: 6402 No: 1183 11/3/92 Yes: 7566 No: 8408 11/3/92 11/3/92 11/3/92 7/21/92 Yes: 12682 No: 3513 Yes: 3731 No: 867 Yes: 124659 No: 68198 Yes: 640 No: 1656 11/3/92 Yes: 58142 No: 35594 11/3/92 Yes: 66039 No: 32340 11/3/92 11/2/93 Yes: 121003 No: 77010 Yes: 413 No: 71 11/3/92 Yes: 4094 No: 1518 300A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1992: County Heard Jackson Jackson City of Jefferson Jasper Jones Lowndes Madison McIntosh Murray Muscogee Page No. SUBJECT 6107 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 5452 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes 5888 Homestead exemption; city and city school district taxes Date of Election 11/3/92 Not held Not held Result Yes: 2362 No: 480 6508 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 taxes 5389 Homestead exemption; county 7/21/92 taxes 5827 County board of education; 11/3/92 membership; elections; districts 4726 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 and school district taxes 6500 McIntosh County Industrial Development Authority; retention 11/3/92 6246 County school superintendent; 11/3/92 appointment 6629 County board of education; composition; districts; taxes 11/3/92 Yes: 1267 No: 848 Yes: 2749 No: 969 Yes: 5301 No: 3430 Yes: 3734 No: 932 Yes: 1342 No: 1016 Yes: 1771 No: 3962 Yes: 30455 No: 10920 Muscogee Newton Paulding 5365 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes; bonded indebtedness 11/3/92 6587 Motor vehicle registration periods 7/21/92 5788 Board of commissioners; 11/3/92 composition; elections; districts Yes: 24510 No: 12796 Yes: 2556 No: 2241 Yes: 1785 No: 2944 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 301A Georgia Laws 1992: County Polk Page No. SUBJECT 6361 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes Rabun City of Sky Valley Rabun Rockdale 6111 Homestead exemption; city taxes 5472 Homestead exemption; county taxes 5351 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Sumter Telfair Towns Troup 5171 County board of education; reconstitution; districts; terms 6358 County board of education; vacancies 6853 County board of education; appointment 5459 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes Troup City of Hogansville 6218 Ad valorem city school taxes; maximum millage rate Twiggs 6502 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Upson 5823 Thomaston-Upson County School District; homestead exemption Walton 5892 County board of education; districts; terms; elections; compensation Date of Election Result 11/3/92 Yes: 5292 No: 1442 11/3/92 Yes: 85 No: 11 11/3/92 Yes: 3356 No: 503 11/3/92 Yes: 16414 No: 4668 7/21/92 Yes: 738 No: 299 7/21/92 Yes: 2897 No: 312 7/21/92 Yes: 1067 No: 135 Not held 7/21/92 Yes: 184 No: 421 7/21/92 Yes: 1547 No: 289 11/3/92 Yes: 7743 No: 1245 7/21/92 Yes: 1979 No: 3149 302A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1992: County Wilkinson Page No. SUBJECT 6312 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes Date of Election 7/21/92 Result Yes: 775 No: 127 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 303A Georgia Laws 1993: County Bibb Page No. SUBJECT 4866 Board of education; school taxes; budgets; compensation Date of Election 11/2/93 Result Yes: 6321 No: 8815 Bulloch City of Statesboro Butts 4418 Corporate limits 6/15/93 Yes: No: 4470 Advisory referendum on type of 3/15/94 Yes: government No: 1237 371 743 1019 Candler City of Metter Clayton Clayton City of Morrow Cobb 4386 Metter-Candler County Charter 9/20/94 Commission; creation; consolidation of governments 4452 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4446 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/2/93 11/2/93 County: Yes: 224 No: 981 City: Yes: 339 No: 558 Yes: 11260 No: 2369 Yes: 268 No: 19 4441 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/94 Yes: 86411 taxes No: 29500 Gordon Gordon City of Calhoun 4827 Homestead exemption; county 9/21/93 Yes: 3004 school district taxes No: 582 4823 Homestead exemption; city school district taxes 9/21/93 Yes: 1057 No: 191 304A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1993: County Gwinnett City of Duluth Lamar Page No. SUBJECT 4730 Homestead exemptions; city taxes 5117 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Date of Election 11/2/93 11/8/94 Result Each Resident: Yes: 1064 No: 89 Residents 65 or older or disabled: Yes: 1107 No: 60 County taxes: Yes: 2195 No: 592 School district taxes: Referendum not held Schley City of Ellaville 5316 Ellaville-Schley County Charter 11/8/94 Yes: 358 Commission; consolidation of No: 624 governments (amended by Ga. L. 1994, p. 4042) Tift City of Tifton Troup Troup City of LaGrange 4278 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/2/93 Yes: 972 No: 54 5112 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3909 Mayor and council; composition; districts 11/2/93 6/15/93 Yes: 5122 No: 496 Option 1: 522 Option 2: 350 Troup 3941 Mayor and council; elections 6/15/93 Yes: 537 City of No: 328 LaGrange GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 305A Georgia Laws 1993: County Page No. SUBJECT Whitfield City of Dalton 4187 Homestead exemption; city taxes Whitfield City of Dalton 4191 Homestead exemption; Dalton Independent School District taxes Date of Election 11/2/93 Result Yes: 2341 No: 246 Not held 306A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1994: County Statewide Statewide Page No. SUBJECT 400 Ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption for senior citizens 927 Ad valorem taxes; exemption for blueberry plants Date of Election 11/8/94 11/8/94 Result Yes: 1023809 No: 271307 Yes: 592738 No: 683392 Statewide 965 Ad valorem taxes; exemption of 7/19/94 Yes: 330826 headquarters and post homes of No: 191595 veterans organizations Appling Appling 4144 Chief magistrate; nonpartisan nomination and election 11/8/94 Yes: 1933 No: 900 4148 Board of education; nonpartisan 11/8/94 Yes: 1823 nomination and election No: 1021 Appling 4150 Judge of the probate court; nonpartisan nomination and election 11/8/94 Yes: 2002 No: 894 Baldwin 4459 Homestead exemptions; county 7/19/94 and school district taxes County Taxes, Part 1: Yes: 2714 No: 750 School Taxes, Part 2: Yes: 2607 No: 830 Bartow Bartow Bartow 4058 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/94 Yes: 5913 taxes No: 2695 4556 Homestead exemption; school 11/8/94 Yes: 4421 district taxes No: 2031 4900 Homestead exemption; school 11/8/94 Yes: 4772 district taxes; disabled residents No: 1620 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 307A Georgia Laws 1994: County Bartow Page No. SUBJECT 4904 Homestead exemption; school district taxes; senior citizens Date of Election Result 11/8/94 Yes: 4791 No: 1742 Carroll Cherokee Clayton City of Morrow Colquitt Colquitt Columbia Coweta Coweta Crawford Dawson 3835 Motor vehicle registration periods 4701 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4470 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/19/94 Yes: 4709 No: 2124 11/8/94 Yes: 16177 No: 4581 7/19/94 Yes: 209 No: 13 3614 Board of education; membership; elections Not held 3859 Homestead exemptions; county 7/19/94 Yes: 2542 and school district taxes No: 863 4080 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/94 Yes: 13621 and school district taxes No: 3408 3738 Homestead exemption; county taxes; disabled and senior citizens 11/8/94 Yes: 11934 No: 1707 3742 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/94 Yes: 10550 taxes No: 2646 4515 Homestead exemption; school 11/8/94 Yes: 1214 district taxes No: 274 4526 Advisory referendum on county 11/8/94 governing authority Sole commissioner: 699 Bd. of commissioners: 2201 308A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1994: County Decatur DeKalb DeKalb City of Decatur Page No. SUBJECT 4522 Board of commissioners; membership; chairperson; term 3817 Garbage; sanitation districts; local constitutional amendments repealed 4411 Homestead exemption; city taxes Forsyth Fulton City of Alpharetta 4277 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4669 Homestead exemptions; city taxes Fulton City of East Point 5048 Homestead exemption; city taxes; local constitutional amendment repealed Glynn 3920 Homestead exemptions; county taxes Gwinnett 3924 Homestead exemption; county taxes Gwinnett 3783 Homestead exemption; city City of taxes Lawrenceville Date of Election 11/8/94 Result Yes: 2487 No: 713 11/8/94 Yes: 68161 No: 32188 11/8/94 Yes: 4017 No: 649 7/19/94 7/19/94 11/8/94 Yes: 4815 No: 1018 Section 2: Yes: 1350 No: 244 Section 3: Yes: 1347 No: 202 Section 4: Yes: 1351 No: 200 Yes: 3726 No: 823 11/8/94 11/8/94 11/8/94 Yes: 9696 No: 3650 Yes: 68260 No: 19808 Yes: 335 No: 23 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 309A Georgia Laws 1994: County Gwinnett City of Sugar Hill Page No. SUBJECT 4194 Homestead exemption; city taxes Hall 4696 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Harris Houston City of Centerville Houston City of Warner Robins Houston City of Warner Robins Jackson Jackson Liberty 4551 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3849 Homestead exemption; city taxes 3707 Homestead exemption; city taxes; senior citizens 3892 Corporate limits; powers; duties; mayor; mayor pro tempore; city manager 3758 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4381 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3718 Motor vehicle registration periods Date of Election 9/20/94 Result Yes: 617 No: 117 Not held 11/8/94 Yes: 2624 No: 832 11/8/94 Yes: 365 No: 33 9/20/94 Yes: 3540 No: 197 11/7/95 Yes: 1116 No: 3277 7/19/94 Yes: 1356 No: 250 7/19/94 Yes: 2684 No: 330 7/19/94 Yes: 686 No: 237 Newton Peach 3745 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3824 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/8/94 Not held Yes: 3923 No: 4385 See Ga. L. 1995, p. 4181 310A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1994: County Pierce Page No. SUBJECT 4294 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election Not held Result Pulaski 3882 Magistrate court; chief magistrate; nonpartisan elections 11/8/94 Yes: 1381 No: 243 Putnam Rockdale City of Conyers Spalding Spalding Troup Walton 4974 Homestead exemptions; county 7/19/94 and school district taxes 3969 Council; membership; districts; 7/19/94 elections; vacancies; election superintendent 4205 Homestead exemption; 11/8/94 Griffin-Spalding County School District taxes 4428 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/94 taxes 3844 Homestead exemptions; school 11/8/94 district taxes 4924 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/94 taxes Part 1: Yes: 960 No: 581 Part 2: Yes: 901 No: 623 Yes: 539 No: 158 Yes: 6074 No: 1557 Yes: 5795 No: 1645 Yes: 10162 No: 1677 Yes: 5757 No: 1816 Whitfield City of Dalton Whitfield City of Dalton 4251 Homestead exemption; City of 7/19/94 Yes: 1240 Dalton Independent School No: 323 District taxes 4465 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/19/94 Yes: 2341 No: 246 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 311A Georgia Laws 1995: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Statewide 233 Historical fraternal benefit association; ad valorem tax exemption 11/5/96 Yes: 991391 No: 97016 Baldwin 4094 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Not held County taxes, Part 1: Yes: No: School district taxes, Part 2: Yes: No: Bartow 3950 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/95 Yes: 660 City of district taxes No: 83 Cartersville Chatham 4462 New charter City of Tybee Island 11/7/95 Yes: 435 No: 387 Cherokee 4185 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/96 Yes: 23666 district taxes No: 11528 Clayton 3913 Homestead exemption; school 7/9/96 district taxes Yes: 16606 No: 2844 Clayton City of Forest Park 4392 Redevelopment powers Not held Clayton City of Morrow 3909 Homestead exemption; city taxes 6/20/95 Yes: 237 No: 2 312A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1995: County Dawson DeKalb City of Decatur Dodge Forsyth Fulton Fulton City of Roswell Gilmer Gilmer Harris Henry Page No. SUBJECT 3689 Board of commissioners; creation 4208 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election 11/7/95 11/7/95 Result Question No. 1: Yes: 1317 No: 787 Question No. 2: Option 1: 857 Option 2: 973 Yes: 1972 No: 471 3816 Board of education; nonpartisan 3/5/96 primaries and elections 4215 Homestead exemption; county 11/5/96 taxes 4423 Homestead exemption; county 3/5/96 taxes 3603 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/7/95 Yes: 752 No: 186 Yes: 18108 No: 3473 Yes: 39716 No: 9423 Yes: 2384 No: 338 3824 Board of commissioners; creation 3895 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3752 Harris County Streets and Roads Authority; creation 3723 Homestead exemption; county taxes; citizens 65 or older 9/19/95 Yes: No: 9/19/95 Yes: No: Not held Not held 1507 1149 2193 403 Henry 4445 Homestead exemption; county Not held taxes GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 313A Georgia Laws 1995: County Houston City of Warner Robins Lumpkin Lumpkin Peach Putnam Richmond Page No. SUBJECT 4189 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 11/7/95 Result Yes: 4122 No: 366 3839 Board of commissioners; creation 11/7/95 4292 4181 4414 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Homestead exemption; school district taxes Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes 11/7/95 6/20/95 11/5/96 3648 Consolidation with City of 6/20/95 Augusta and City of Hephzibah Question No. 1: Yes: 1014 No: 1085 Question No. 2: Option 1: 937 Option 2: 822 Yes: 1766 No: 291 Yes: 739 No: 130 County taxes, Part 1: Yes: 1835 No: 2275 School district taxes, Part 2: Yes: 1802 No: 2268 Yes: 18027 No: 9006 Richmond City of Augusta 3642 Consolidation with Richmond 6/20/95 Yes: 5683 County and City of Hephzibah; No: 1651 repeal of city charter 314A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1995: County Richmond City of Hephzibah Spalding White Page No. SUBJECT 3645 Consolidation with Richmond County and City of Augusta; repeal of city charter 4429 Griffin-Spalding County Charter and Unification Commission; creation; consolidation of county and municipalities 3964 Board of commissioners; re-creation Whitfield 3927 Board of commissioners; terms Worth Town of Sumner 4331 New charter Date of Election 6/20/95 3/18/97 3/5/96 3/5/96 11/7/95 Result Yes: 146 No: 584 Yes: 3614 No: 5695 Yes: 879 No: 1096 Yes: 4009 No: 975 Yes: 19 No: 2 Georgia Laws 1995 Extraordinary Session: County Page No. SUBJECT Carroll 252 Board of commissioners; organization of county government Forsyth 237 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election 3/5/96 Result Yes: 3798 No: 5261 11/5/96 Yes: 18108 No: 3473 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 315A Georgia Laws 1996: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Statewide 1260 Ad valorem tax exemption for vans and buses used by religious groups 11/5/96 Yes:1,073,394 No: 879,627 Bartow 3851 Board of education; advisory referendum on manner of election of members 11/5/96 Option 1: 5,798 Option 2: 5,348 Catoosa and Walker City of Fort Oglethorpe 3892 New charter 7/9/96 Yes: 378 No: 185 Chatham 3537 Homestead exemption; city City of taxes Tybee Island 11/5/96 Yes: 974 No: 170 Chattooga 3751 Homestead exemption; school Not held district taxes Cherokee City of Woodstock 4407 Advisory referendum on corporate limits of the City of Woodstock 11/5/96 Yes: 15,360 No: 20,596 Colquitt 3737 Homestead exemptions; county 11/5/96 and school district taxes Part 1, county taxes: Yes: 5,214 No: 1,981 Part 2, school district taxes: Yes: 4,934 No: 2,133 316A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1996: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Fayette 4453 Homestead exemptions; county 11/5/96 and school district taxes County and school taxes; senior citizens: Yes: 23,680 No: 6,031 County taxes: Yes: 22,848 No: 6,110 Floyd 3820 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/96 Yes: 11,354 district taxes No: 3,412 Floyd City of Rome 3811 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/96 Yes: 5,685 district taxes No: 1,850 Fulton City of Alpharetta 3501 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/9/96 Yes: 1,710 No: 333 Fulton City of Roswell 3583 Homestead exemption; city taxes 7/9/96 Yes: 5,027 No: 949 Habersham 3554 Advisory referendum on animal 7/9/96 control regulations Yes: 1,876 No: 1,161 Hall 3977 Homestead exemption; school Not held district taxes Irwin 3611 Board of commissioners; elections; terms Not held Lamar 3564 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/96 Yes: 3,125 district taxes No: 793 Lamar City of Barnesville 3546 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 317A Georgia Laws 1996: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Lowndes 3841 Board of tax assessors; election; 11/5/96 local Constitutional amendment repealed Yes: 7,265 No: 10,990 Lumpkin 4044 Advisory referendums on comprehensive land use regulations and animal control 7/9/96 Land use regulations: Yes: 2,088 No: 2,260 Animal control regulations: Yes: 2,838 No: 1,647 Newton 3823 Homestead exemption; county 7/9/96 taxes Yes: 3,760 No: 2,718 Richmond 4422 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/96 Yes: 33,611 district taxes No: 14,278 Stewart Ware Ware 4028 Board of commissioners; creation 4458 State court; solicitor; term; election 4113 State court; solicitor; term 7/9/96 Yes: 694 No: 517 11/5/96 Yes: 4,482 No: 2,739 11/5/96 Yes: 4,482 No: 2,739 318A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1996: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result White 3642 Advisory referendums on comprehensive land use regulations, sale of wine, and animal control regulations 7/9/96 Land use regulations: Yes: 1,908 No: 1,957 Sale of wine: Yes: 1,985 No: 1,941 Animal control regulations: Yes: 2,490 No: 1,453 Whitfield 4010 Homestead exemption; county 11/5/96 Yes: 10,764 taxes No: 5,932 Whitfield 3734 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/96 Yes: 11,029 district taxes No: 1,587 Wilkes 3754 Board of education; nonpartisan 7/9/96 primaries and elections Yes: 1,066 No: 507 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 319A Georgia Laws 1997: County Baldwin Banks Page No. SUBJECT 3808 Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes 4091 Homestead exemption; county taxes; residents 65 or older Date of Election 11/3/98 6/17/97 Result County taxes: Yes: 3363 No: 3905 School district taxes: Yes: 3438 No: 3817 Yes: 548 No: 15 Bibb Chatham Chattooga 3764 Macon-Bibb Board of Health; membership; local Constitutional amendment repealed 3664 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4617 Homestead exemption; school district taxes; residents 70 or older Not held Not held Not held Cherokee 3788 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes: taxes No: 7007 6275 Crisp DeKalb DeKalb City of Chamblee 4123 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3501 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3591 Homestead exemption; city taxes; local Constitutional amendment repealed 11/4/97 3/18/97 11/3/98 Yes: 1412 No: 86 Yes: 49208 No: 20516 Yes: 523 No: 261 Dodge 4417 Board of commissioners; creation 7/21/98 Yes: No: 1628 822 320A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1997: County Dooly Page No. SUBJECT 4063 Homestead exemption; county taxes; residents 62 or older Effingham Elbert Floyd 3883 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3731 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3678 Board of commissioners; terms Fulton City of Norcross Gwinnett Henry Henry Lowndes Mitchell City of Pelham Murray Murray Mayor-council form of government 3728 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 3911 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3915 Homestead exemption; county taxes; residents 65 or older 4127 Board of commissioners; membership; districts; elections; terms; qualifications 3684 Ad valorem taxes; maximum millage rate for educational purposes 3943 Homestead exemption; county taxes; residents 65 or older 3947 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election Result 11/3/98 Yes: No: 1450 255 9/16/97 Yes: No: 2753 256 9/16/97 Yes: No: 1311 196 7/21/98 Yes: No: 7520 1849 7/17/97 Yes: 231 No: 132 Not held 9/16/97 Yes: No: 9/16/97 Yes: No: 9/16/97 Yes: No: 6161 1277 6652 946 2246 4296 Not held 7/21/98 Yes: No: 7/21/98 Yes: No: 1838 221 1516 489 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 321A Georgia Laws 1997: County Paulding City of Dallas Page No. SUBJECT 4205 City of Dallas Parking Authority; abolished; local Constitutional amendment repealed Date of Election 11/3/98 Result Yes: 337 No: 240 Pickens Pickens Pickens Richmond Stephens Stephens Tift City of Tifton 4283 4288 4291 4198 3510 3513 3962 Homestead exemption; school district taxes; residents 62 or older or disabled Homestead exemption; county taxes Homestead exemption; school district taxes Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes Homestead exemption; county taxes Homestead exemption; county taxes; senior citizens Corporate limits (Amended by Ga. L. 1998, p. 3511) 9/16/97 9/16/97 9/16/97 11/3/98 11/24/98 3/18/97 3/18/97 3/17/98 Yes: 737 No: 93 Yes: 716 No: 97 Yes: 710 No: 103 County taxes: Yes: 30309 No: 8173 School district taxes: Yes: 31500 No: 6542 Yes: 2302 No: 735 Yes: 2619 No: 465 Yes: 373 No: 938 322A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1998: County Statewide Statewide Statewide Statewide Statewide Barrow Barrow Barrow City of Auburn Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result 259 Ad valorem tax exemption of motor vehicles of disabled veterans 11/3/98 Yes: 1081810 No: 490735 547 Ad valorem tax exemption of motor vehicles owned by former prisoners of war 11/3/98 Yes: 1027331 No: 544129 550 Ad valorem taxation; 11/3/98 Yes: 1312521 homestead exemptions; absence No: 275070 due to health reasons 1015 Ad valorem tax exemption of property owned by certain religious organizations 11/3/98 Yes: 1036767 No: 544453 1150 Ad valorem tax exemption for certain agricultural products, crops, trees, plants, and livestock 11/3/98 Yes: 984728 No: 567891 3549 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 Yes: district taxes No: 5732 1448 4085 Homestead exemptions; county 11/3/98 taxes Part I: Yes: 4976 No: 2075 Part II: Yes: 5828 No: 1328 3808 Dissolution of city charter; advisory referendum 11/3/98 Yes: 372 No: 781 Bibb 3822 Joint Board of Health for the 11/3/98 Yes: 24894 City of Macon and Bibb No: 7934 County; local constitutional amendment; repeal GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 323A Georgia Laws 1998: County Bryan Page No. 3933 SUBJECT Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election 11/3/98 Result Yes: 2830 No: 835 Carroll 3884 Homestead exemption; school 7/21/98 Yes: district taxes No: 5919 820 Carroll City of Carrollton Catoosa Catoosa Chatham 3881 Homestead exemption; city school district taxes 7/21/98 Yes: No: 1410 290 4054 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/3/98 4051 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 district taxes 3757 Homestead exemption; Chatham County and City of Savannah School District taxes 11/3/98 Yes: 7892 No: 1279 Yes: 7385 No: 1649 Yes: 37341 No: 9886 Chatham 3888 Corporate limits City of Bloomingdale 7/21/98 Yes: 74 No: 37 Chatham City of Garden City Chatham City of Garden City 3865 Corporate limits 3891 Zoning; restaurants serving alcoholic beverages 7/21/98 Yes: No: 11/3/98 Yes: No: 811 170 1098 592 Chatham City of Pooler Chattooga 3988 Mayor and aldermen; terms 11/3/98 Yes: 492 No: 599 4660 Homestead exemption; school 7/21/98 Yes: district taxes No: 2191 387 324A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1998: County Cherokee Page No. SUBJECT 3874 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election 11/24/98 Result Yes: 5258 No: 198 Coweta Crisp Dade 4061 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 Yes: 14567 district taxes No: 2966 3857 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/98 Yes: taxes No: 1747 314 4537 Homestead exemption; county 7/21/98 Yes: 453 taxes No: 59 Dougherty City of Albany Fannin Fayette Town of Tyrone 3835 Mayor and commissioners; terms 7/21/98 Yes: No: 6671 5382 4124 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4534 Type of government; advisory referendum Not held 11/3/98 Mayorcouncil: 565 Councilmanager: 505 Floyd 3905 Homestead exemptions; school 11/3/98 Yes: district taxes No: 9761 3005 Floyd Glynn Gwinnett 4082 Unification of Floyd County 11/3/98 and City of Rome governments; advisory referendum 4247 3951 Homestead exemptions; county taxes Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/3/98 11/3/98 Unification: 8690 Separate governments: 8824 Yes: 10914 No: 3320 Yes: 82837 No: 29020 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 325A Georgia Laws 1998: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Habersham 4652 Board of commissioners; membership; districts; elections; county manager 7/21/98 Three-member board: 1693 Five-member board and county manager: 1735 Hall 4281 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 Yes: 15743 district taxes No: 4363 Henry City of Stockbridge 3993 Corporate limits 7/21/98 Yes: 29 No: 59 Jasper 3829 Homestead exemptions; county 7/21/98 Yes: 740 and school district taxes No: 155 Liberty 4113 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/98 Yes: taxes No: 3626 1069 Liberty 4117 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/98 Yes: taxes No: 3360 1331 Liberty 4120 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 Yes: district taxes No: 3322 1279 Lincoln 3983 Board of education; members; 11/3/98 Yes: nonpartisan primaries and No: elections 1584 468 326A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1998: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Madison 4097 Form of government; advisory referendum 7/21/98 Sole commissioner: 627 Five-member board & county manager: 451 Five-member board & county administrator: 344 Five-member traditional board; chairperson allowed to vote: 343 ------------------------------------Form of government; advisory referendum runoff ---------11/3/98 Five-member traditional board; chairperson allowed to vote to break a tie: 484 -----------------Sole commissioner: 2135 Five-member traditional board; chairperson allowed to vote to break a tie: 2475 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 327A Georgia Laws 1998: County Page No. SUBJECT Oconee 3568 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Oconee 3576 Homestead exemption; county taxes Tift City of Tifton 3511 Corporate limits (Amends Ga. L. 1997, p. 3962) Walker 4557 Homestead exemption; county taxes Walker 4565 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Walker 4561 Homestead exemption; school City of district taxes Chickamauga Ware 4543 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Ware 4546 Homestead exemption; county taxes Ware City of Waycross 4550 Homestead exemption; city taxes White 4521 Land use regulations for unincorporated areas; advisory referendum Whitfield City of Dalton 4104 Homestead exemptions; city taxes; school district taxes * Date of Election Result 11/3/98 Yes: No: 5288 1473 11/3/98 Yes: No: 5524 1337 3/17/98 Yes: 373 No: 938 7/21/98 Yes: No: 7/21/98 Yes: No: 11/3/98 Yes: No: 2975 481 2571 608 510 55 11/3/98 Yes: No: 11/3/98 Yes: No: 11/3/98 Yes: No: 3920 2113 3892 2162 1665 780 11/3/98 Yes: No: 2375 2549 11/3/98 City taxes: Yes: 3533 No: 465 City school taxes: Yes: 3423 No: 563 328A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1999: County Ben Hill Chatham Chatham Chatham City of Bloomingdale Chatham City of Garden City Chatham City of Pooler Chatham City of Port Wentworth Chatham City of Savannah Chatham City of Thunderbolt Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election 4397 Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Charter Commission; creation; charter 4211 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/7/00 4215 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 district taxes 4203 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held 4185 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/7/00 4190 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held 4198 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held 4223 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/7/00 4219 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/7/00 Result Yes: No: Yes: 51477 No: 14115 Yes: 49607 No: 14573 Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 4515 Yes: 1696 No: 408 Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 4506 Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 4520 Yes: 23994 No: 8736 Yes: 622 No: 139 Chatham City of Tybee Island 4194 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not Held Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 4511 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 329A Georgia Laws 1999: County Chatham City of Vernonburg Page No. SUBJECT 4207 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election Result Not held Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 4592 Chattahoochee City of Cusseta Chattooga City of Trion Clayton City of Riverdale DeKalb 4555 3810 4013 4704 Homestead exemption; city taxes Homestead exemption; school district taxes Homestead exemption; city taxes Chief executive; powers; personnel; department heads; DeKalb County Merit System 11/2/99 Yes: No: 11/2/99 Yes: No: 11/2/99 Yes: No: 11/2/99 Yes: No: DeKalb 3702 Homestead exemption; city City of Stone taxes Mountain 11/7/00 Yes: No: Douglas 4413 Douglas County Airport Yes: Authority; site selection No: Fannin Forsyth Fulton City of Alpharetta Gwinnett City of Snellville 4277 Homestead exemption; school 7/18/00 Yes: district taxes No: 4545 Homestead exemptions; county 11/7/00 Yes: taxes No: 4836 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/2/99 Yes: No: 3565 Homestead exemptions; city taxes; local constitutional amendment repealed 11/2/99 Yes: No: 109 6 220 34 506 85 3798 9725 1433 267 3221 598 26972 6355 2677 403 2385 295 330A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 1999: County Habersham City of Cornelia Page No. SUBJECT 3904 Homestead exemptions; city taxes Haralson Henry City of McDonough 4087 4147 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Corporate limits Jackson 3570 Board of commissioners; membership; elections; county manager Lamar Lumpkin Monroe Morgan City of Madison Murray 4051 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3694 Advisory referendum on land use and zoning regulations for unincorporated area 4613 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4469 Homestead exemption; city taxes 3501 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election 11/2/99 3/7/00 11/2/99 Result Part 1: Yes: No: Part 2: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: 310 45 345 39 2455 283 69 31 11/2/99 3/7/00 6/15/99 Question 1: Yes: 2547 No: 662 Question 2: Option 1: 1024 Option 2: 1987 Yes: 1914 No: 237 Yes: 662 No: 745 11/7/00 Yes: No: 11/2/99 Yes: No: 6013 880 215 20 3/16/99 Yes: No: 1682 36 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 331A Georgia Laws 1999: County Murray Page No. SUBJECT 4345 Board of commissioners; county manager; sole commissioner form of government Date of Election 3/7/00 Result Yes: 2054 No: 1683 Muscogee Columbus, Georgia Pulaski 4432 Municipal court; marshal's office abolished; transfer of duties to sheriff 3518 Consolidated Government of Hawkinsville-Pulaski County 3/7/00 Yes: 7693 No: 12356 9/21/99 Pulaski County: Yes: 1043 No: 1392 Hawkinsville: Yes: 552 No: 381 Stephens Ware Whitfield 4717 Homestead exemptions; county 7/18/00 and school district taxes 3814 Unified Government of Waycross-Ware County; creation; charter 3/7/00 4455 Homestead exemption; school 3/7/00 district taxes County taxes: Yes: 1625 No: 1485 School district taxes: Yes: 1542 No: 1519 Ware County: Yes: 2769 No: 3382 Waycross: Yes: No: Yes: 4407 No: 501 332A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2000: County Statewide Statewide Statewide Page No. 470 799 813 SUBJECT Ad valorem tax exemption for tools and trade implements of manual laborers Ad valorem taxation; homestead exemption for unremarried surviving spouses of certain armed forces members killed in action Ad valorem tax exemption for Elks Lodge property Date of Election 11/7/00 11/7/00 11/7/00 Result Yes: 1386345 No: 797456 Yes: 1764163 No: 448154 Yes: 455607 No: 1701255 Statewide Baldwin Baldwin 950 Ad valorem tax exemption for 11/7/00 certain farm equipment 3610 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 district taxes 4624 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/7/00 Yes: 1586374 No: 629714 Yes: 5183 No: 3980 Yes: 5128 No: 4065 Banks 4486 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/7/00 Yes: No: 3802 523 Catoosa Catoosa Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe 3692 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 district taxes 3696 Homestead exemption; county taxes 11/7/00 3931 Homestead exemptions; city 11/7/00 taxes Yes: 13073 No: 2279 Yes: 13530 No: 2100 Yes: 1260 No: 152 Chatham 4515 Homestead exemption; city 11/7/00 Yes: 563 City of taxes No: 123 Bloomingdale GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 333A Georgia Laws 2000: County Page No. SUBJECT Chatham City of Pooler 4506 Homestead exemption; city taxes Chatham City of Port Wentworth 4520 Homestead exemption; city taxes Chatham 4511 Homestead exemption; city City of taxes Tybee Island Chatham City of Vernonburg 4592 Homestead exemption; city taxes Chatham City of Vernonburg 4605 Homestead exemption; city taxes Chattooga 3956 Board of elections and registration; creation Charlton 4588 Homestead exemption; county taxes Clayton 4638 Advisory referendum on bus transportation system Cobb 4502 Homestead exemption; county taxes Cobb City of Acworth 4556 Homestead exemption; city taxes Cobb City of Kennesaw 4560 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 11/7/00 Result Yes: 1387 No: 474 11/7/00 Yes: 748 No: 139 11/7/00 Yes: No: 1486 167 11/7/00 Yes: 87 No: 6 Not held 11/7/00 7/18/00 7/18/00 11/7/00 11/7/00 Yes: 4073 No: 1589 Yes: 975 No: 124 Yes: 8714 No: 7592 Yes: 157379 No: 48004 Yes: 2684 No: 831 11/7/00 Yes: No: 5292 1397 334A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2000: County Columbia DeKalb DeKalb City of Decatur Floyd Page No. SUBJECT 4449 Advisory referendum on form of government 4489 Board of commissioners; county employees' salaries; deductions for charities or dues 4285 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 11/7/00 11/7/00 11/7/00 Result Question No. 1: Yes: 24779 No: 8470 Question No. 2: Option 1: 16963 Option 2: 13902 Yes: 83668 No: 103102 Yes: 5488 No: 1365 4116 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: 13553 district taxes No: 2827 Floyd Floyd Floyd City of Rome 4120 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4262 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4528 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/7/00 Yes: No: Not held 11/7/00 Yes: No: 13390 2818 6766 1477 Forsyth 4268 Homestead exemption; school 7/18/00 Yes: 10227 district taxes No: 2975 Franklin 3501 Board of commissioners; form of government; part-time chairperson; county manager 3/7/00 Yes: 1305 No: 911 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 335A Georgia Laws 2000: County Fulton City of Atlanta Gilmer Glynn Glynn Gwinnett Page No. SUBJECT 4462 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 11/7/00 Result Yes: 84980 No: 21362 3634 Advisory referendum on land use (zoning) ordinance for unincorporated area 4612 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4616 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4620 Homestead exemption; county taxes 7/18/00 11/7/00 11/7/00 7/18/00 Yes: 1820 No: 1648 Yes: 12446 No: 5626 Yes: 12824 No: 5720 Yes: 24806 No: 6078 Gwinnett 4636 Gwinnett Industrial Building Authority; repeal of local constitutional amendment 11/7/00 Yes: 95444 No: 65336 Hall 3759 Homestead exemption; school 7/18/00 Yes: 9619 district taxes No: 2403 Meriwether 4630 Homestead exemptions; county 11/7/00 Yes: taxes; school district taxes No: 3772 1675 Morgan 3601 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/00 Yes: taxes No: 4635 794 Morgan Pierce Pierce Putnam 3605 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: district taxes No: 4597 Homestead exemption; county 7/18/00 Yes: taxes No: 4601 Homestead exemption; school 7/18/00 Yes: district taxes No: 3913 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: district taxes No: 4350 1002 948 558 991 554 2987 2382 336A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2000: County Putnam Rockdale City of Conyers Page No. SUBJECT 3917 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3616 Homestead exemption; city taxes Union 4213 Advisory referendum on form of government Whitfield City of Dalton Whitfield City of Dalton 4472 Homestead exemption; city taxes 4480 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election Result 11/7/00 Yes: No: 2845 2525 11/7/00 Yes: No: 1225 660 7/18/00 7/18/00 Sole commissioner: 2446 Board of commissioners: 1382 Yes: 1805 No: 191 7/18/00 Yes: No: 1755 209 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 337A Georgia Laws 2001: County Page No. SUBJECT Statewide 1092 Homestead exemption from school taxes for persons 62 years old or older Statewide 1218 Ad valorem tax exemption for tangible personal property not exceeding $7,500.00 total Banks 4130 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Bartow 3669 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Bibb 3595 Board of education; school taxes; certification and levy; budget Burke 4518 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Butts 4289 Homestead exemptions; school district taxes; county taxes Carroll Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe Charlton 4285 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4186 Homestead exemption; city taxes 3685 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election 11/5/02 Result Yes: 1511004 No: 387028 11/5/02 Yes: 1353577 No: 521876 11/5/02 Yes: No: 11/5/02 Yes: No: Not held 2852 498 13115 3960 11/5/02 11/5/02 8/20/02 Not held Yes: 3595 No: 1455 Part 1; school district taxes: Yes: 3408 No: 1000 Part 2; county taxes: Yes: 3353 No: 1040 Yes: 6964 No: 1396 6/19/01 Yes: 477 No: 170 338A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2001: County Page No. SUBJECT Cherokee and Fulton City of Mountain Park 3697 Homestead exemption; city taxes Cherokee 3994 Homestead exemption; city City of Canton taxes; seniors disable Cherokee City of Woodstock 3793 Homestead exemption; city taxes Clayton City of Morrow 4508 Homestead exemption; city taxes Cobb 4484 Homestead exemption; city City of Austell taxes Cobb City of Marietta 3582 Homestead exemptions; city taxes Cobb City of Marietta 3586 Homestead exemption; city taxes Cobb City of Powder Springs 4528 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 6/19/01 11/6/01 11/6/01 11/6/01 11/6/01 Not held 11/6/01 11/6/01 Not held Result Yes: No: Yes: 378 No: 16 Yes: 375 No: 20 Yes: 525 No: 66 Yes: 176 No: 27 Yes: 4357 No: 1209 Yes: 3520 No: 1613 Cobb City of Powder Springs Homestead exemption; city 11/6/01 Yes: 241 4540 taxes No: 25 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 339A Georgia Laws 2001: County Cobb City of Smyrna Cobb City of Smyrna Dawson DeKalb City of Decatur DeKalb City of Decatur Douglas Douglas Floyd Floyd City of Rome Forsyth Page No. SUBJECT 4532 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election Not held Result 4552 Homestead exemption; city taxes Not held 4264 Homestead exemptions; county Not held taxes; school district taxes 3642 Homestead exemption; school 11/6/01 Yes: district taxes No: 1731 429 4259 Homestead exemption; city taxes; school district taxes 11/6/01 Yes: 1821 No: 358 3744 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 4544 Homestead exemption; county taxes 3757 Homestead exemptions; school district taxes 4006 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 11/5/02 7/16/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 Yes: 18337 No: 3603 Yes: 10134 No: 1427 Yes: 9679 No: 3028 Yes: 5078 No: 1644 3672 Homestead exemption; county 11/6/01 Yes: 5052 taxes No: 2822 Forsyth 4153 Board of commissioners; elections; terms; districts; chairperson; compensation 11/6/01 Yes: 3936 No: 3997 340A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2001: County Page No. SUBJECT Fulton City of East Point 3513 Redevelopment powers Fulton and DeKalb City of Atlanta 4440 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Gwinnett 4302 Homestead exemption; school district taxes; minimum ownership requirement Hall 3751 Homestead exemptions; school district taxes Hall City of Gainesville 4389 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Henry 3987 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Lumpkin 4272 Board of commissioners; creation Pickens 3516 Board of education; membership; qualifications; vacancies; terms; local constitutional amendment repealed Rockdale City of Conyers 4394 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election 6/19/01 Result Yes: 357 No: 224 11/6/01 Yes: 58926 No: 11447 11/6/01 Yes: 26342 No: 6735 11/6/01 Yes: 7363 No: 1075 11/6/01 Yes: 1518 No: 263 11/6/01 Yes: 7319 No: 871 11/5/02 Yes: 3066 No: 1970 3/20/01 Yes: 1098 No: 283 11/6/01 Yes: 402 No: 68 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 341A Georgia Laws 2001: County Page No. SUBJECT Ware 3740 Homestead exemption; county taxes Wayne 3705 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election Result 11/6/01 Yes: 1352 No: 172 11/5/02 Yes: 4598 No: 1428 Georgia Laws 2001 Extraordinary Sessions: County Page No. SUBJECT Banks 782 Homestead exemption; county taxes Haralson 247 Board of commissioners; creation Houston City of Warner Robins 266 Homestead exemption; city taxes Rockdale 196 Homestead exemption; county taxes Date of Election Result 8/20/02 Yes: No: 11/5/02 Yes: 4327 No: 2491 11/6/01 Yes: 6796 No: 911 11/6/01 Yes: 3722 No: 1743 342A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2002: County Statewide Page No. SUBJECT 868 Ad valorem tax exemption for surviving spouses of military personnel who died as a result of war or armed conflict Date of Election 11/5/02 Result Yes: 1584030 No: 325072 Statewide 994 Ad valorem tax exemption for 11/5/02 Yes: 832900 historic property owned by No: 1024940 nonprofit corporation housing a medical museum or medical society Statewide 1057 Ad valorem tax exemption for certain commercial fishing vessels 11/5/02 Yes: 610092 No: 1243940 Banks and 5582 Homestead exemption; city 8/20/02 Yes: 46 Habersham taxes No: 2 City of Baldwin Barrow 4499 Homestead exemption; county 8/20/02 Yes: 3778 taxes No: 912 Berrien 5775 Board of Commissioners; membership; districts, elections; chairperson date as Yes: provided No: by general law 2540 872 Bleckley 5068 Corporate limits 8/20/02 Yes: 23 No: 138 Brantley 5335 Board of Education; manner of 11/5/02 Yes: 1624 election; advisory referendum No: 1265 Brantley 5064 Board of Commissioners; form 11/5/02 Yes: 1616 of government; advisory No: 1229 referendum GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 343A Georgia Laws 2002: County Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe Page No. SUBJECT 4690 Homestead exemption; city taxes Catoosa 5116 Office of Commissioner; creation; Board of Commissioners abolished Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe 5355 City manager; mayor; powers and duties Chatham 4666 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Chatham City of Garden City 5573 Mayor and council; terms; elections Chatham 5671 Homestead exemption; city City of taxes Tybee Island Clarke 5009 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Clayton City of Lake City 4596 Corporate limits Clayton City of Jonesboro 5845 Homestead exemption; city taxes; referendum Cobb City of Kennesaw 4676 Redevelopment powers Date of Election 11/5/02 Result Yes: 382 No: 41 11/5/02 Yes: 5528 No: 6269 9/17/02 Yes: 317 No: 484 11/5/02 11/5/02 Yes: 40648 No: 12960 Yes: 1033 No: 563 11/5/02 Yes: 1177 No: 186 8/20/02 Yes: 7035 No: 1825 9/17/02 Yes: 9 No: 66 8/20/02 Yes: 64 No: 20 11/5/02 Yes: 3124 No: 2236 344A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2002: County Cobb City of Smyrna Page No. SUBJECT 4687 Redevelopment powers Cobb City of Acworth 5021 Redevelopment powers Cobb 5043 Redevelopment powers Cobb/Douglas 5649 Homestead exemption; city City of taxes Austell Cobb City of Smyrna 5707 Homestead exemption; city taxes Cobb City of Marietta 5772 Redevelopment powers Columbia 4672 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Coweta 3501 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Coweta 4609 Homestead exemption; county taxes Dade 4719 Homestead exemption; county taxes Dade 4733 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election 11/5/02 Result Yes: 7415 No: 2972 11/5/02 Yes: 2008 No: 1207 11/5/02 11/5/02 Yes: 92574 No: 70295 Yes: 665 No: 224 8/20/02 Yes: 3724 No: 587 11/5/02 Yes: 7160 No: 4021 11/5/02 3/19/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 Yes: 21663 No: 5383 Yes: 7434 No: 1327 Yes: 18958 No: 4293 Yes: 1839 No: 861 Yes: 1790 No: 900 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 345A Georgia Laws 2002: County Dade Page No. SUBJECT 5339 Board of Commissioners; form of government; districts; membership; elections DeKalb DeKalb 5529 Homestead exemption; school district taxes 5668 Redevelopment powers Elbert 5061 Form of government; committee to study the form of government for Elbert County; advisory referendum Floyd 5013 Homestead exemption; county taxes Floyd 5017 Homestead exemption; city City of Rome taxes Fulton City of Alpharetta 4703 Homestead exemption; city taxes Fulton 5122 Homestead exemption; county taxes Fulton City of Atlanta 5391 Homestead exemption; city taxes Glynn 4492 Board of Education; reconstitution; nonbinding referendum Date of Election 11/5/02 Result Question 1: Yes: 1996 No: 985 Option 1: 1783 Option 2: 1149 11/5/02 Yes: 98137 No: 51591 11/5/02 Yes: 80955 No: 64367 11/5/02 Yes: 2536 No: 1937 11/5/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 Yes: 11399 No: 7309 Yes: 3907 No: 2492 Yes: 7539 No: 908 8/20/02 8/20/02 Yes: 62458 No: 11595 Yes: 27850 No: 5528 11/5/02 Yes: 12450 No: 3470 346A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2002: County Greene Page No. 5220 SUBJECT Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election Not held Result Griffin-Spalding 3566 Board of education; districts; Earliest elections; qualifications date Question 1: Yes: 2669 No: 706 Question 2: 5 member: 2085 7 member: 1061 Habersham 5864 Homestead exemption; county 11/5/02 Yes: 4408 taxes No: 2745 Henry City of McDonough 5028 Corporate limits 9/17/02 Yes: 46 No: 103 Jackson City of Commerce 4349 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 703 district taxes No: 93 Jackson City of Jefferson 4353 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 283 district taxes No: 30 Jackson 4358 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes 11/5/02 Yes: 5782 No: 940 Jones 5381 Homestead exemption; school 8/20/02 Yes: 2185 district taxes No: 437 Lumpkin 4283 Homestead exemption; county 11/5/02 Yes: 4396 taxes No: 596 Lumpkin 5142 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 4257 district taxes No: 707 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 347A Georgia Laws 2002: County Madison City of Colbert Page No. SUBJECT 4706 Homestead exemption; city taxes Monroe 4465 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes Pike Pike Rabun Rockdale City of Conyers Towns 5732 Homestead exemption; county taxes 5736 Homestead exemption; county taxes 4850 Form of government; advisory referendum 5082 Homestead exemption; city taxes 5079 Form of government; advisory referendum Twiggs 4834 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Walton Walton City of Social Circle Walton White 4683 4679 5858 5868 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Homestead exemption; school district taxes Homestead exemption; county taxes Homestead exemption; county taxes; referendum Wilkinson 4653 Homestead exemption; school district taxes Date of Election Not held Result 11/5/02 Yes: 4932 No: 1447 11/5/02 Yes: 3066 No: 811 11/5/02 Yes: 3264 No: 598 8/20/02 Yes: 1272 No: 885 11/5/02 Yes: 1024 No: 363 8/20/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 11/5/02 Yes: 914 No: 1035 Yes: 1829 No: 770 Yes: 11192 No: 2846 Yes: 546 No: 177 11/5/02 Yes: 9208 No: 4892 11/5/02 Yes: 3330 No: 2149 11/5/02 Yes: 1968 No: 557 348A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2003: County Page No. SUBJECT Statewide 26 State government; state flag Athens-Clarke 3910 Elected public officials; County nonpartisan elections Baker 4150 Contract with Mitchell County consolidating Baker County High School and Mitchell County High School; non-binding referendum Banks 3844 Homestead Exemption; county taxes; senior citizens and disabled citizens Banks Clayton City of Lake City 4707 4272 Board of Commissioners; form of government Homestead Exemption; municipal taxes Date of Election Result 3/2/04 Yes: 577,370 No: 212,020 11/2/04 Yes: 23,118 No: 10,592 11/2/04 Yes: 1088 No: 483 3/2/04 Yes: 1665 No: 241 3/2/04 Yes: 902 No: 1005 6/17/03 Yes: 44 No: 2 Colquitt Dawson DeKalb City of Avondale Estates 4679 Chief magistrate; nonpartisan election 11/2/04 Yes: No: 8473 1989 4431 Homestead Exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: 6879 district taxes; county taxes; No: 891 senior citizens 3825 Redevelopment Powers 11/4/03 Yes: 853 No: 91 Greene 3521 Homestead Exemption; county 3/2/04 taxes; senior citizens Yes: 2161 No: 454 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 349A Georgia Laws 2003: County Page No. SUBJECT Greene 4209 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes; senior citizens Date of Election Result 3/2/04 Yes: 1882 No: 910 Newton City of Covington 4727 Corporate limits 11/4/03 Yes: 22 No: 34 Polk 4309 Board of Education; at-large Not held elections Toombs 3755 Homestead Exemption; county 11/2/04 Yes: taxes; base year No: Toombs 3767 Homestead Exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: district taxes; base year No: Toombs City of Lyons 4448 Homestead Exemption; municipal taxes; base year Not held Toombs 3764 Homestead Exemption; City of Santa municipal taxes; base year Claus Not held Toombs City of Vidalia 3758 Homestead Exemption; school Not held district taxes; base year Toombs City of Vidalia Whitfield 3761 Homestead Exemption; municipal taxes; base year Not held 4538 Homestead Exemption; school 9/16/03 Yes: district taxes; senior citizens No: 6179 1595 3306 927 987 45 350A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2003 Constitutional Amendments: County Page No. SUBJECT Statewide 404 Supreme Court of Georgia; authority; questions of law Date of Election Result 11/2/04 Yes: 2065629 No: 929543 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 351A Georgia Laws 2004: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Statewide 1111 Recognize marriage as union of 11/2/04 Yes: 2,454,912 man and woman No: 768,703 Bibb 4299 Board of education; school 11/2/04 Yes: 30,573 taxes No: 21,736 Brantley 3617 Waste collection and disposal Not held Carroll 3538 Board of education; districts 5 member board: 4634 7 member board: 4957 7/20/04 Yes: No: 7784 2244 Carroll City of Carrollton 3597 Levy of school tax 11/2/04 Yes: No: 3786 2327 Carroll City of Carrollton 4504 School tax levied Not held Chatham 4339 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 year; county taxes; unremarried surviving spouse Yes: 77,328 No: 7214 Chatham 4326 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 Yes: 751 City of year; city taxes; unremarried No: 65 Bloomingdale surviving spouse Chatham 4337 Homestead exemption; base City of Pooler year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 11/2/04 Yes: No: 3051 231 Chatham 4323 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 Yes: 892 City of Port year; city taxes; unremarried No: 62 Wentworth surviving spouse Chatham City of Savannah 4329 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 11/2/04 Yes: 35,449 No: 4976 352A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2004: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Chatham City of Savannah 4334 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 11/2/04 Yes: 74,737 No: 8406 Chatham 4315 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 Yes: 96 City of year; city taxes; unremarried No: 2 Thunderbolt surviving spouse Chatham 4321 Homestead exemption; base City of year; city taxes; unremarried Tybee Island surviving spouse 11/2/04 Yes: No: 1803 88 Chatham 4318 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 Yes: 86 City of year; city taxes; unremarried No: 2 Vernonburg surviving spouse Chattahoochee 4811 Cusseta-Chattahoochee County 6/17/03 Yes: 358 charter and unification; No: 164 consolidation of governments Chattooga City of Garden City 4331 Homestead exemption; base year; city taxes; unremarried surviving spouse 11/2/04 Yes: No: Chattooga City of Lyerly 4302 Homestead exemption; city taxes; senior citizens 11/2/04 Yes: No: Chattooga Town of Trion 4225 Board of education; budget; property; taxation 11/2/04 Yes: No: Cherokee 3615 Redevelopment powers City of Holly Springs 11/2/04 Yes: No: Clay 3603 Homestead exemption; senior 11/2/04 Yes: citizens; school taxes No: 2129 280 134 9 89 267 354 221 885 276 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 353A Georgia Laws 2004: County Page No. SUBJECT Clayton City of Forest Park 3848 Homestead exemption; city taxes Date of Election Result 11/2/04 Yes: No: 2503 1052 Cobb City of Smyrna Columbia Effingham City of Guyton Elbert Fannin Fannin Floyd City of Rome Floyd Floyd Fulton Fulton City of Alpharetta 4175 Homestead exemption; city taxes 11/2/04 Yes: 13,096 No: 4495 3783 Board of education; chairperson; election 3760 Corporate limits 11/2/04 9/21/04 Yes: 41,108 No: 4563 Yes: 36 No: 3 4125 Form of government 11/2/04 Yes: No: 3684 Homestead exemption; base year; school taxes 11/2/04 Yes: No: 4501 Homestead exemption; base year; county taxes 11/2/04 Yes: No: 3611 Homestead exemption; senior 7/20/04 Yes: citizens; school taxes No: 5016 1995 8176 776 7131 1305 2578 1143 3688 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens 3691 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens 3825 Homestead exemption; county taxes; base year 4468 Mayor and council; compensation 7/20/04 Yes: No: Not held 4925 2453 11/2/04 11/2/04 Yes: 230,027 No: 61,119 Yes: 8831 No: 6086 354A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2004: County Page No. SUBJECT Jackson 3619 Board of education; districts; superintendent Date of Election Result 11/2/04 Yes: No: 7265 3473 Glynn Glynn Glynn Glynn Hall Hall City of Gainesville Hancock Henry Henry 3654 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 year; school taxes; unremarried surviving spouse Yes: 23,122 No: 2338 3660 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 year; county taxes; unremarried surviving spouse Yes: 22,565 No: 2262 3663 Homestead exemption; school taxes; repeal of local constitutional amendment Not held 3801 Homestead exemption; school taxes; repeal of local constitutional amendment 11/2/04 Yes: 18,592 No: 5738 4393 Homestead exemption; school taxes; unremarried surviving spouse; senior citizens; disabled persons 11/2/04 Yes: 38,104 No: 3390 4254 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: taxes; unremarried surviving No: spouse 5630 812 4085 Homestead exemption; county Not held taxes 3949 Homestead exemption; county 11/2/04 Yes: 43,639 taxes; base year No: 14,341 4379 Homestead exemption; base year; county taxes Not held GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 355A Georgia Laws 2004: County Page No. SUBJECT Jones 4184 Board of commissioners; chairperson; duties and responsibilities; election; compensation Date of Election Result 7/20/04 Yes: No: 1838 3435 Lakeland-Lanier 4398 Unified government; creation Not held Liberty 3818 Homestead exemption; county 11/2/04 Yes: taxes; base year No: Liberty 3821 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: taxes; base year No: Lumpkin 3978 Homestead exemption; school Not held taxes; 70 years of age or older Murray 4535 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 Yes: year; school taxes No: Murray 4538 Homestead exemption; base 11/2/04 Yes: year; county taxes No: Pickens 3561 Land use intensity district ordinance 7/20/04 Yes: No: Polk City of Rockmart 3657 Homestead exemption; city taxes; senior citizens 11/2/04 Yes: No: Putnam 3965 Homestead exemption; county 11/2/04 Yes: taxes; base year; senior No: citizens Putnam 4208 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: taxes; base year No: Putnam 4211 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: taxes; senior citizens; base No: year 8994 2495 8888 2517 6543 2651 6768 2491 3276 2059 872 107 6495 963 5756 1416 6322 1092 356A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2004: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Putnam 4215 Homestead exemption; county 11/2/04 Yes: taxes; base year No: 5788 1391 Quitman 4181 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: 566 taxes; senior citizens No: 323 Randolph 4024 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: taxes; senior citizens No: Whitfield 3763 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: City of Dalton taxes; senior citizens No: Whitfield 3766 Homestead exemption; city City of Dalton taxes; senior citizens 11/2/04 Yes: No: 2289 389 5342 1138 5218 1202 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 357A Georgia Laws 2005: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Statewide 140 Ad valorem tax; exempt farm 11/7/06 Yes: 1,190,985 under lease purchase agreement No: 770,138 Constitutional 1533 Fishing and hunting tradition; 11/7/06 Yes: 1,626,266 preservation No: 379,024 Baldwin 3564 Homestead exemption; county 6/21/05 Yes: purposes; base year; senior No: citizens 1,888 196 Baldwin 3568 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; base year; senior citizens 6/21/05 Yes: No: 1,793 252 Cherokee City of Canton Cherokee City of Woodstock 3816 Redevelopment powers 3776 Redevelopment powers 11/8/05 Yes: 384 No: 317 11/8/05 Yes: 722 No: 456 Cobb City of Powder Springs Columbia Dade DeKalb City of Stone Mountain 3874 Homestead exemption; senior 11/8/05 Yes: 681 citizens; amount No: 104 3987 Redevelopment powers 3574 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; senior citizens 4106 Homestead exemption; certain residents; amount Not held 9/20/05 Yes: No: 11/8/05 Yes: No: 1,342 473 542 173 358A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2005: County Page No. SUBJECT Fayette City of Peachtree City 3719 Homestead exemption; senior citizens Date of Election Result 11/8/05 Yes: No: 5,942 1,368 Floyd 3937 Redevelopment powers City of Rome Fulton City of Sandy Springs 3515 Creation in Fulton County 6/21/05 6/21/05 Yes: 1,226 No: 1,085 Yes: 14,960 No: 1,001 Gilmer Gilmer Greene Greene Gwinnett City of Buford Gwinnett City of Buford Gwinnett 3951 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/05 Yes: purposes; base year No: 3947 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; base year; senior citizens 11/8/05 Yes: No: 4147 Homestead exemption; county 9/20/05 Yes: purposes; base year No: 4144 Homestead exemption; 9/20/05 Yes: educational purposes; base year No: 3890 Homestead exemption 11/8/05 Yes: No: 1,454 408 1,508 348 2,019 378 1,981 411 692 61 3893 Homestead exemption; senior 11/8/05 Yes: 750 citizens No: 37 4034 Redevelopment powers 11/7/06 Yes: 68,031 No: 71,336 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 359A Georgia Laws 2005: County Page No. SUBJECT Hall City of Gainesville 3770 Redevelopment powers Lumpkin 3502 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; senior citizens Date of Election Result 11/8/05 Yes: 197 No: 73 9/20/05 Yes: No: 1,253 210 McIntosh McIntosh Muscogee Columbus Richmond City of Augusta Rockdale City of Conyers Towns 3601 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/05 purposes; base year 3604 Homestead exemption; 11/8/05 educational purposes; base year 3583 Columbus Industrial and Port 7/18/06 Development Authority; abolish 3552 Redevelopment powers 6/21/05 Yes: 958 No: 120 Yes: 931 No: 141 Yes: 8,235 No: 4,302 Yes: 6,911 No: 10,292 3852 Homestead exemption; amount 11/8/05 Yes: 164 No: 15 4080 Commissioner; create board of 6/21/05 Yes: commissioners No: 706 1,396 360A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2006: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Constitutional 1111 Restrict the use of eminent domain for redevelopment purposes 11/7/06 Yes: 1,622,403 No: 338,876 Constitutional 1112 Motor vehicle license plates and 11/7/06 Yes: 1,339,550 dedicate the revenue for state No: 648,889 purposes Statewide 1104 Homestead exemptions; surviving spouses; peace officer or firefighter; killed in the line of duty 11/7/06 Yes: 1,724,935 No: 300,450 Statewide 1104 Homestead exemption; surviving spouses; continuation of base year value under base year assessed value 11/7/06 Yes: 1,807,681 No: 202,024 Statewide 235 Exemption; veterans organization; historic military aircraft referendum 11/7/06 Yes: 1,404,843 No: 565,523 Statewide 376 Ad valorem tax exemption; senior citizens; homestead exemption 11/7/06 Yes: 1,787,274 No: 228,809 Statewide 376 Ad valorem tax exemption; charitable institutions homestead exemption 11/7/06 Yes: 1,348,961 No: 621,433 Athens-Clarke 3690 Redevelopment powers County 11/7/06 Yes: 11,095 No: 9,344 Banks 4459 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years and older; 11/7/06 Yes: No: 3,236 474 Banks 4456 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older or disabled 11/7/06 Yes: No: 3,261 492 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 361A Georgia Laws 2006: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Banks 4114 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; 62 years or older No: 3,073 605 Banks 4109 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; 65 years or older No: 3,025 678 Banks 4462 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; 62 years or older No: 3,141 552 Barrow 3974 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; 65 years or older No: 9,686 1,484 Bartow 4278 Board of Commissioners; creation 11/7/06 Yes: 8,537 No: 10,136 Bartow 4023 Homestead exemption; city 11/7/06 Yes: 432 City of taxes; 62 years or older No: 51 Adairsville Bartow 4026 Homestead exemption; city 11/7/06 Yes: 417 City of taxes; 65 years or older No: 56 Adairsville Bartow 4029 Homestead exemption; city 11/7/06 Yes: 428 City of taxes; disabled No: 60 Adairsville Bartow 4033 Homestead Exemption; city 11/7/06 Yes: 409 City of taxes No: 66 Adairsville BrunswickGlynn County 3661 Glynn County and City of Brunswick; joint water and sewer commission; 7/18/06 City of Brunswick Yes: 497 No: 369 Glynn Co. Yes: 4,850 No: 1,722 362A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2006: County Bryan Bryan Page No. SUBJECT 3900 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older 3903 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older Bryan Bryan Bryan 4105 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older 4184 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older 4181 Homestead exemption; county taxes; Bryan City of Pembroke Bryan City of Pembroke Bryan City of Richmond Hill Bryan City of Richmond Hill 3897 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older 4192 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older 4189 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older 3905 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older Camden 4651 Homestead exemption; school taxes; base year Camden 4073 Homestead exemption; county taxes; base value Date of Election Result 11/7/06 see page 4105 11/7/06 see page 4184 11/7/06 Yes: No: 5,316 887 11/7/06 Yes: No: 5,440 779 11/7/06 Yes: No: 5,439 766 11/7/06 See page 4192 11/7/06 Yes: 433 No: 90 11/7/06 Yes: No: 1,282 242 11/7/06 See page 4189 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 6,339 1,315 6,646 1,060 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 363A Georgia Laws 2006: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Chatham City of Savannah 4382 Redevelopment powers 11/7/06 Yes: 13,808 No: 9,661 Cherokee 4498 Redevelopment powers 7/18/06 Yes: 6,939 No: 11,070 Cherokee City of Ball Ground 4005 Redevelopment powers Not held Crawford 3954 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older or disabled 11/7/06 Yes: No: 2,232 569 DeKalb 4636 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/06 Yes: 113,999 taxes; base year No: 41,339 DeKalb City of Clarkston 4076 Homestead exemption; city 11/7/06 Yes: 620 taxes; 65 years or older No: 99 Effingham 772 Advisory referenda 7/18/06 Question 1 Yes: 2790 No: 732 Question 2 Yes: 2232 No: 1266 Effingham City of Guyton 4570 Corporate limits 7/18/06 Yes: 1 No: 1 Fulton City of Alpharetta 3688 Homestead exemption 7/18/06 Yes: No: 3,527 353 364A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2006: County Page No. SUBJECT Fulton City of Alpharetta 3724 Redevelopment powers Fulton City of Chattahoochee Hill Country 3821 Incorporation Fulton City of Johns Creek 3503 Incorporation Date of Election Result 7/18/06 Yes: No: 2,473 1,244 6/19/07 Yes: 569 No: 112 7/18/06 Ref. A: Yes: 8,725 No: 1,176 Fulton City of Milton Fulton City of Sandy Springs Fulton City of Sandy Springs Fulton City of Sandy Springs 3554 Incorporation 3959 Homestead exemption; certain senior citizens 3967 Homestead exemption; base year; certain senior citizens 3951 Homestead exemption; base year 7/18/06 7/18/06 7/18/06 7/18/06 Ref. B: Yes: 1,577 No: 770 Yes: 3,876 No: 651 Yes: 8,425 No: 1,026 Yes: 8,136 No: 1,231 Yes: 8,708 No: 737 Fulton 3970 Homestead exemption; certain 7/18/06 Yes: City of senior citizens No: Sandy Springs 7,912 1,307 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 365A Georgia Laws 2006: County Page No. SUBJECT Fulton City of Sandy Springs 4002 Homestead exemption; certain senior citizens Fulton City of Sandy Springs 3999 Homestead exemption; general exemption Fulton City of South Fulton 3856 Incorporation Fulton City of Union City 4043 Redevelopment powers Glascock 4112 Judge of probate court; serve as chief magistrate Gordon 4533 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens Gordon City of Calhoun 4537 Homestead exemption; school taxes; senior citizens Habersham 4210 Homestead exemption; county taxes; base year Habersham 4123 Homestead exemption; school Taxes; 65 years or older or disabled Date of Election Result 7/18/06 Yes: No: 8,197 1,162 7/18/06 Yes: No: 8,328 880 6/19/07 Yes: No: 1,493 8,245 11/7/06 Yes: No: 1,912 864 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 486 328 6,066 847 1,762 304 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 4,966 2,796 6,304 1,795 Habersham 4098 Homestead exemption; county and school taxes; 65 years or older 11/7/06 Yes: No: 5,840 2,209 366A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2006: County Page No. SUBJECT Habersham City of Demorest 4525 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older Date of Election Result 11/7/06 Yes: 143 No: 21 Henry McIntosh McIntosh City of Darien Murray Newton Newton City of Covington Oconee Oconee Oconee 4079 Advisory referenda: expansion of Clayton County/Tara Airport 3944 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older 3924 Homestead exemption; city taxes; base year 7/18/06 Question 1 (oppose): 644 Question 2 (not oppose): 214 11/04/08 Yes: No: 4,521 1,126 11/04/08 Yes: 721 No: 154 3601 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 40 years and older 4553 Redevelopment powers 4503 Redevelopment powers 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 9/19/06 Yes: No: 5,110 703 8032 10,544 60 65 4295 Board of education; terms 4132 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older; base year 4127 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 11/7/06 Yes: No: 8,938 1,162 7,048 2,883 8,653 l,321 Peach 3964 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older or disabled 11/7/06 Yes: No: 4,408 1,149 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 367A Georgia Laws 2006: County Page No. SUBJECT Richmond City of Augusta 4507 Redevelopment powers Date of Election Result 11/7/06 Yes: 25,001 No: 16,298 Stephens Stephens Stephens Stephens Stephens Stephens Stephens Twiggs 4045 Homestead exemption; school taxes; disabled veterans and unremarried surviving spouses 11/7/06 Yes: No: 4405 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/06 Yes: taxes; unremarried surviving No: spouse of service member killed in action 4050 Board of Commissioners; reconstitution 11/7/06 Yes: No: 4273 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older or disabled 11/7/06 Yes: No: 4091 Homestead exemption; county taxes; disabled veterans and unremarried surviving spouses 11/7/06 Yes: No: 4082 Homestead exemption; school taxes; unremarried surviving spouses of service members killed in action 11/7/06 Yes: No: 4100 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older or disabled 11/7/06 Yes: No: 4359 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older 11/7/06 Yes: No: 4,903 1,436 4,997 1,252 5,199 1,097 5,355 966 4,894 1,379 4,969 1,346 5,360 1,021 1,916 494 Walker 3694 Homestead exemption; school taxes 7/18/06 Yes: No: 2,679 381 368A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2006: County Page No. SUBJECT Webster 3694 Preston-Weston-Webster County Charter and unification commission Date of Election Result 02/05/08 Yes: 419 No: 130 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 369A Georgia Laws 2007: County Page No. SUBJECT Statewide 739 Regulation of infrastructure development districts Barrow City of Braselton 4115 Redevelopment powers Date of Election 11/4/08 Result 11/6/07 Yes: 144 No: 37 Bartow City of Cartersville 3681 Redevelopment powers 11/6/07 Yes: 1,160 No: 548 Camden 3503 Redevelopment powers 6/19/07 Yes: 686 No: 3,215 Camden City of St. Mary's 3506 Redevelopment powers 6/19/07 Yes: 467 No: 1,419 Columbia 3511 Redevelopment powers 6/19/07 Yes: 5,444 No: 6,111 DeKalb DeKalb City of Pine Lake 3927 School uniforms 3925 Redevelopment powers 11/4/08 Yes: 172,008 No: 97,421 11/6/07 Yes: 93 No: 6 Dekalb City of Stone Mountain Dougherty City of Albany 3508 Redevelopment powers 3744 Redevelopment powers 6/19/07 Yes: 104 No: 85 11/6/07 Yes: 7,467 No: 3,436 370A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2007: County Page No. SUBJECT Fulton 3781 Repealing constitutional amendment Gwinnett City of Buford Gwinnett City of Duluth Gwinnett City of Lilburn Gwinnett City of Sugar Hill Gwinnett City of Suwanee Hall City of Flowery Branch Hall City of Oakwood Harris 4317 Redevelopment powers 3876 Redevelopment powers 3835 Redevelopment powers 3942 Redevelopment powers 3938 Redevelopment powers 4123 Redevelopment powers 4159 Redevelopment powers 3741 Homestead Exemptions Muscogee City of Columbus 3608 Redevelopment powers Date of Election Result Did not hold in 2007 11/6/07 Yes: 99 No: 13 11/4/08 11/6/07 Yes: 694 No: 241 11/6/07 Yes: 592 No: 258 11/6/07 Yes: 840 No: 522 9/18/07 Yes: 88 No: 5 9/18/07 Yes: 40 No: 7 11/4/08 Yes: 10,739 No: 3,014 11/6/07 Yes: 4,763 No: 5,023 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 371A Georgia Laws 2007: County Page No. SUBJECT Newton 3785 Homestead Exemptions Tift 3515 Redevelopment powers Tift City of Tifton Upson 3518 Redevelopment powers 3525 Redevelopment powers Date of Election Result 2/05/08 Yes: 17,422 No: 2,687 9/18/07 Yes: 471 No: 767 9/18/07 Yes: 206 No: 280 Did not hold in 2007 372A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2008: County Page No. SUBJECT Bacon 3707 Board of Education Baldwin Banks 3781 Homestead Exemption: Education 3622 County Commission Berrien City of Nashville Carroll Carroll City of Carollton Catoosa 3760 City Charter 3764 Homestead Exemption: Education 3751 Homestead Exemption: Education 3746 Homestead Exemption Cherokee 3706 Homestead Exemption Dawson 3871 Homestead Exemption Dawson 3850 Homestead Exemption DeKalb 3897 Consolidation DeKalb 3877 Homestead Exemption Date of Election Result 11/04/08 Yes: No: 3,265 395 11/04/08 Yes: No: 9,569 5,097 11/04/08 Yes: No: 4,073 1,871 11/04/08 Yes: No: 1,063 491 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 27,834 4,924 6,265 1,817 11/04/08 Yes: 20,367 No: 3,295 07/15/08 Yes: 11,312 No: 3,295 11/04/08 Yes: No: 8,480 1,025 11/04/08 Yes: No: 8,201 1,249 07/15/08 Yes: 189,606 No: 87, 646 11/04/08 Yes: 54, 610 No: 12,490 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 373A Georgia Laws 2008: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result DeKalb City of Atlanta 3998 Homestead Exemption: Education 11/04/08 Yes: 10,102 No: 3,650 DeKalb City of Atlanta 3951 Homestead Exemption: Municipality 11/04/08 Yes: No: 9,017 4,422 DeKalb City of Clarkston 3836 Redevelopment Powers 11/04/08 Yes: 1,386 No: 454 DeKalb City of Dunwoody 3536 Incorporation 11/04/08 Yes: No: 8,539 1,973 Effingham 3838 Homestead Exemption: Education 11/04/08 Yes: 13,702 No: 4,477 Effingham 3901 Homestead Exemption: County 11/04/08 Yes: 14,446 No: 3,870 Effingham City of Rincon 3867 Homestead Exemption 11/04/08 Yes: 172 No: 37 Fulton 3945 Homestead Exemption 11/04/08 Yes: 312,747 No: 52,258 Fulton 4010 Homestead Exemption: County 11/04/08 Yes: 253,000 No: 101,769 Fulton City of Atlanta 3998 Homestead Exemption: Education 11/04/08 Yes: 107,178 No: 41,763 Fulton City of Atlanta 3951 Homestead Exemption: Municipality 11/04/08 Yes: 90,715 No: 54,781 374A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2008: County Page No. SUBJECT Fulton City of Union City 4004 Homestead Exemption Gilmer 4001 Homestead Exemption Glynn Gwinnett 3995 Homestead Exemption: Education 3609 Redevelopment Powers Gwinnett City of Dacula 4113 Redevelopment Powers Gwinnett 4024 Redevelopment Powers City of Lawrenceville Hall 4033 Homestead Exemption Hall 4033 Ad Valorem Jackson City of Jefferson Liberty 4353 Homestead Exemption 4030 Homestead Exemption Liberty 4045 Homestead Exemption Lumpkin 4128 Homestead Exemption Date of Election Result 11/04/08 Yes: No: 5,691 751 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 9,046 1,639 25,795 5,395 29,619 21,060 194 70 11/04/08 Yes: No: 1,360 592 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 45,270 4,042 38,951 17,405 626 73 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 12,360 2,530 11,799 2,906 8,659 1,916 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 375A Georgia Laws 2008: County Page No. SUBJECT Lumpkin 4109 Homestead Exemption Lumpkin City of Dahlonega McIntosh 4113 Homestead Exemption 4118 Homestead Exemption Newton 3785 Homestead Exemption Telfair 4157 Term Limit Telfair 4152 At Large Towns 4311 Homestead Exemption Towns Towns City of Hiawassee Ware White 4344 Homestead Exemption: Education 4350 Homestead Exemption: Education 4288 Homestead Exemption: Education 4281 Board of Education White 4205 Board of Commissioners White 4286 Board of Commissioners Date of Election Result 11/04/08 Yes: 8,069 No: 2,415 11/04/08 Yes: 967 No: 286 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 4,521 1,126 32,950 5,789 1,420 2,597 2,487 1,372 3,715 1,363 3,489 1,515 254 70 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 11/04/08 Yes: No: 7,118 3,676 5,295 4,310 5,764 4,287 3,597 6,381 376A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2008: County Page No. SUBJECT White 4173 Homestead Exemption: Education Date of Election Result 11/04/08 Yes: No: 8,524 1,633 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 377A Georgia Laws 2009: County Page No. SUBJECT Brantley 3676 Advisory DeKalb City of Stone Mountain Douglas 4108 City Charter 3506 Redevelopment Powers Douglas City of Douglasville Fulton City of Alpharetta Gwinnett City of Snellville Lowndes 3506 Redevelopment Powers 4001 Homestead Exemption 4071 Redevelopment Powers 3877 Creation of Board Towns 4262 Homestead Exemption Troup City of West Point 4079 Redevelopment Powers Date of Election Result 09/15/09 Present: 435 New: 241 11/03/09 Yes: 343 No: 239 11/03/09 Yes: No: 11/03/09 Yes: No: 2,211 5,367 656 1,147 11/03/09 Yes: 3,226 No: 237 11/03/09 Yes: No: 797 1,019 11/03/09 Yes: No: 11/03/09 Yes: No: 11/03/09 Yes: No: 2,976 1,655 1,806 52 408 94 378A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2010: County Page No. SUBJECT Statewide 1259 Real property; industrial areas; property removal; city annexation; constitutional amendment Date of Election Result 11/02/10 Yes: 1,520,636 No: 873,890 Statewide Statewide Statewide Statewide Bacon Baldwin Brantley 1260 Contract authorization; competition limitation; power restriction; constitutional amendment 11/02/10 Yes: 1,633,066 No: 783,390 1261 Trauma trust fund; creation; passenger vehicle registration charge; constitutional amendment 11/02/10 Yes: 1,207,836 No: 1,342,555 1263 Department of Transportation; multiyear construction agreements; constitutional amendment 11/02/10 Yes: 1,212,863 No: 1,216,780 1264 Governmental energy efficiency; authorize multiyear state obligations; vendors guarantee realization of specified savings to improvements; constitutional amendment 11/02/10 Yes: 1,480,273 No: 954,448 3761 Change in Precincts 3795 Ad Valorem Taxes 3669 Homestead Exemption 11/02/10 Yes: No: 11/02/10 Yes: No: 11/02/10 Yes: No: 1,515 840 8,507 2,492 2,625 604 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 379A Georgia Laws 2010: County Page No. SUBJECT Camden City of Kingsland 3567 Redevelopment Powers Chatham 3640 Charter City of Pooler Clinch 3630 Board of Commissioners Clarke 3739 Homestead Exemption Clarke Clayton Coweta City of Haralson Dawson Dawson Dawson 3796 Homestead Exemption 3565 MARTA partnership 3614 Stagger Terms 3608 Homestead Exemption 3611 Redevelopment Powers 3692 Redevelopment Powers Dawson DeKalb City of Chamblee DeKalb City of Decatur 3695 Homestead Exemption 3686 Annexation 3671 Redevelopment Powers Date of Election Result 11/02/10 Yes: 1,249 No: 1,314 11/02/10 Yes: No: 2,714 1,223 11/02/10 Yes: 664 No: 615 11/02/10 Yes: 15,814 No: 7,815 11/02/10 Yes: 13,731 No: 9,340 11/02/10 Yes: 41, 170 No: 19,959 11/02/10 Yes: 26 No: 10 Not held Not held 11/02/10 Yes: No: 11/02/10 Yes: No: 11/02/10 Yes: No: 2,592 3,770 5,370 1.444 1,672 953 11/02/10 Yes: No: 4,706 2,268 380A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2010: County Page No. SUBJECT DeKalb City of Dunwoody 3763 Homestead Exemption DeKalb 3766 Homestead Exemption Fayette City of Fayetteville 3546 Redevelopment Powers Franklin City of Royston 3652 Homestead Exemption Fulton City of Chattahoochee Hills 3800 Homestead Exemption Fulton City of Roswell 3648 Redevelopment Powers Gwinnett City of Lilburn 3528 Annexation Gwinnett City of Norcross 3698 Charter Gwinnett City of Norcross Hall City of Gainesville 3700 Charter 3997 Homestead Exemption Date of Election Result 11/02/10 Yes: 10,923 No: 2,625 11/02/10 Yes: 148,033 No: 42,815 07/20/10 Yes: 1,041 No: 1,168 11/02/10 Yes: 314 No: 21 11/08/11 Yes: 410 No. 82 11/02/10 Yes: 15,645 No: 9,658 11/02/10 Yes: 9 No: 9 11/02/10 Yes: 191 No: 437 11/02/10 Yes: 164 No: 464 11/02/10 Yes: No: 4,582 665 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 381A Georgia Laws 2010: County Page No. SUBJECT Henry 4068 Redevelopment Powers Newton City of Porterdale Pickens 3938 Homestead Exemption 3704 Change Commissioner Spalding 3888 Homestead Exemption Towns City of Hiawassee Troup City of Hogansville Troup City of LaGrange Troup 3822 Homestead Exemption 3553 Redevelopment Powers 3556 Redevelopment Powers 3558 Redevelopment Powers Date of Election Result 11/02/10 Yes: 24,467 No: 36,779 11/02/10 Yes: 115 No: 5 11/02/10 Yes: No: Opt. 1: Opt. 2: 4,498 4,371 5,169 2,458 07/02/10 Yes: 12,652 No: 3,383 Not held 07/02/10 Yes: 191 No: 83 07/02/10 Yes: No: 2,950 2,513 07/02/10 Yes: 2,950 No: 2,513 382A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2011: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Bartow City of Emerson 3770 Homestead Exemption; 62 11/08/11 Yes: 104 years of age or older and No: 11 limited income Bartow City of Emerson 3774 Homestead Exemption; 65 11/08/11 Yes: 105 years of age or older No: 13 Bartow City of Emerson 3777 Homestead Exemption; $10,000 for residents 11/08/11 Yes: 95 No: 13 Bartow City of Emerson 3780 Homestead Exemption; disabled citizens 11/8/11 Yes: 104 No: 12 Bulloch 3643 Redevelopment Powers 11/08/11 Yes: No: 2,608 2,039 Camden City of Kingsland 4007 Redevelopment Powers 11/08/11 Yes: 521 No: 438 Camden City of St. Marys 3528 Mayor and Council; elections 11/08/11 Yes: 1,761 No: 393 Camden City of St. Marys 3531 Mayor and Council; majority 11/08/11 Yes: vote No: 1,525 648 Chatham 4024 Board of Commissioners; chairperson; term Limits 11/08/11 Yes: 13,712 No: 25,627 DeKalb City of Doraville 3669 Homestead Exemption 11/08/11 Yes: 372 No: 349 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 383A Georgia Laws 2011: County Page No. SUBJECT DeKalb City of Doraville 3786 Redevelopment Powers DeKalb City of Doraville 3904 City manager form of government with part-time mayor DeKalb City of Dunwoody 3768 Redevelopment Powers Fayette City of Fayetteville 3802 Redevelopment Powers Franklin City of Lavonia 3964 Homestead Exemption Gwinnett City of Norcross 4036 Corporate Limits Gwinnett City of Peachtree Corners 3729 Incorporation Newton 3650 Homestead Exemption City of Oxford Towns 3661 Homestead Exemption Towns City of Hiawassee 3631 Homestead Exemption Date of Election Result 11/08/11 Yes: 444 No: 273 11/08/11 Yes: 374 No: 366 11/08/11 Yes: 4,764 No: 4,017 Not Held 11/08/11 Yes: 248 No: 11 11/08/11 Yes: 88 No: 82 11/08/11 Yes: 4,349 No: 3,281 11/08/11 Yes: 86 No: 5 11/08/11 Yes: 944 No: 118 11/08/11 Yes: 67 No: 11 384A RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS Georgia Laws 2011: County Page No. SUBJECT Towns 3666 Homestead Exemption City of Young Harris Whitfield 3932 Redevelopment Powers Whitfield 4100 City-County Consolidation City of Dalton Whitfield 4011 Redevelopment Powers City of Dalton Whitfield City of Tunnel Hill 3708 Redevelopment Powers Whitfield City of Varnell 3930 Redevelopment Powers Date of Election Result 11/08/11 Yes: 93 No: 23 11/08/11 Yes: No: Not Held 1,182 3,246 11/08/11 Yes: No: 11/08/11 Yes: No: 1,513 1,554 47 51 11/08/11 Yes: 64 No: 68 Georgia Laws 2011 Extraordinary Session: County Page No. SUBJECT Banks 293 Redevelopment Powers Barrow 260 County Manager Griffin-Spalding 478 Spalding School District Education Districts Date of Election Result 11/2012 11/08/11 Yes: No: 2,305 1,535 07/31/12 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 385A Nathan Deal GOVERNOR STATE OF GEORGIA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900 May 7, 2012 The Honorable David Ralston Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives 332 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Speaker Ralston: I have vetoed House Bills 181, 456, 911, 975, 1051 and 1117 which passed the General Assembly during the 2012 Regular Session. Article III, Section V, Paragraph XIII of the Georgia Constitution requires that I transmit these bills to you together with the reasons for such vetoes. These bills and corresponding reasons for the vetoes are attached. Sincerely, S/NATHAN DEAL Nathan Deal ND:rg Attachment cc: The Honorable Casey Cagle, Lieutenant Governor The Honorable Brian Kemp, Secretary of State The Honorable Sam Olens, Attorney General Mr. Robert E, Rivers, Jr., Clerk of the House of Representatives Mr. Robert E. Ewing, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Wayne R. Allen, Legislative Counsel 386A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES Nathan Deal GOVERNOR STATE OF GEORGIA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900 May 3, 2012 The Honorable Casey Cagle President of the Senate 240 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 The Honorable Tommie Williams President Pro Tempore 321 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Lieutenant Governor Cagle and Senator Williams: I have vetoed Senate Bills 38 and 470 which passed the General Assembly during the 2012 Regular Session. Article III, Section V, Paragraph XIII of the Georgia Constitution requires that I transmit these bills to you together with the reasons for such vetoes. These bills and corresponding reasons for the vetoes are attached. Sincerely, ND:rg s/NATHAN DEAL Nathan Deal Attachment cc: The Honorable David Ralston, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives The Honorable Brian Kemp, Secretary of State The Honorable Sam Olens, Attorney General Mr. Robert E. Rivers, Jr., Clerk of the House of Representatives Mr. Robert F. Ewing, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Wayne R. Allen, Legislative Counsel GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 387A VETO NUMBER 1 SB 38 - Authority of the State School Superintendent Georgia's K-12 education system has a unique governing structure with a statewide-elected state school superintendent and a governor-appointed state Board of Education composed of representatives from each congressional district. Current law provides a number of checks and balances between the superintendent and the board. Those checks and balances were put in place during a time in our state history when the superintendent was making detrimental decisions for students. Prior to these changes, the state board was powerless to intervene. While HB 706, which also passed this session, restores many of these powers to the state school superintendent, to this day, unlike a typical CEO and board relationship, the state Board of Education does not have the power to remove the superintendent in the event of malfeasance or mismanagement. In light of this, I believe it is important to keep some of the current checks and balances. Therefore, I VETO SB 38. VETO NUMBER 2 SB 470 - Georgia Patient Self Referral Senate Bill 470 attempts to address concerns around Georgia's Patient Self-Referral law, which prohibits health care providers from referring patients for the provision of designated health services to an entity in which the health care provider has an investment interest. The Georgia Patient Self Referral Act of 1993, as well as the Stark Law on the federal level, provides exemptions for rural areas because of the lack of access to adequate healthcare. On close review, this legislation would expand the definition of "rural area" to include "a county in which a military junior college is located, and area which is not an urban area." This expansion would only apply to one county, Baldwin. The Georgia Patient Self Referral Act of 1993 was passed in response to the potential for abuse that is present when physicians are able to self-refer patients. I am vetoing this legislation because I believe SB 470 provides an unfair advantage to one county over other similarly populated counties around the state. I also find that this legislation would open the door for more counties to seek out the "rural" exemption in years to come. Accordingly, I VETO SB 470. VETO NUMBER 3 HB 181 - Changes to the Special Needs Scholarship Georgia's existing Special Needs Scholarship helps all students, regardless of their physical or mental circumstances, achieve academic success. I support the main effort of this bill, which sought to better inform parents and codify the enrollment and payment dates for the 388A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES scholarship, and much of this may still be accomplished via a state Board of Education rule change. However, an amendment that was added to HB 181 would have significantly reduced the scholarship award special needs students receive. This drastic cut would likely reduce the number of students who would be able to take advantage of this scholarship, as the award amount would no longer offset the cost of tuition at a school that would better serve these students' needs. Therefore, I VETO HB 181. VETO NUMBER 4 HB 456 - Legislative Sunset Review Committee This bill establishes a new Legislative Sunset Advisory Committee of 14 members that is authorized to review and evaluate every state entity of the executive branch with the purpose of determining which state agencies and entities should be abolished. Implementing HB 456 is estimated to cost between $3 and $7 million. Growing state government with a new committee and statutory authority to review state agencies and the related expenses is not an effective use of state resources. Currently, the General Assembly reviews and evaluates state agencies using the staff in Senate Budget and Evaluation Office, the House Budget and Research Office, and the Senate and House Appropriations committees. Additionally the Department of Audits Performance Audits Division conducts evaluations of state-funded programs and activities to improve state operations. The programs and agencies investigated by the Performance Audit Division are based on the recommendations of legislators and legislative committees. Final performance audits reports and special examinations are published on the Department of Audits website. I have signed SB 33, a bill requiring that all state programs and agencies be reviewed over the next eight to 10 years using Zero Based Budgeting. The ZBB review process is the most cost-effective and efficient way to accomplish the goal of reviewing agency expenditures, evaluating performance and ensuring that we are focused on delivering essential services. Through the budget and legislative process this session alone we have eliminated councils, committees (SB 407) and one state agency (HB 642). The first year of ZBB reviews resulted in elimination of the State Personnel Administration, agency consolidations and realignments, over $9 million in savings, required no additional staff, was a collaborative process with agencies and the House and Senate budget offices and utilized the existing legislative process and House and Senate Appropriations Committees to make the final determinations on the ZBB recommendations. The FY 2013 ZBB Report is available at www.opb.georgia.gov. The intent and desired outcomes of HB 456 are and will be achieved through SB 33 and ZBB review. No additional overhead is needed because legislative authority, committees, and staff to review state agencies and operations are already established in law and the General Assembly did not include funding to implement this legislation. Therefore, I VETO HB 456. GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 389A VETO NUMBER 5 HB 911 - Putnam County; change compensation for certain officials House Bill 911 contains specific language providing additional compensation for the sheriff of Putnam County and various officials of the Putnam County State Court. I am vetoing this legislation because of the lack of justification provided for such increases in compensation for these officials. Accordingly, I VETO HB 911. VETO NUMBER 6 HB 1051 - Public transit authorities House Bill 1051 was the companion to House Bill 1052, which failed to pass. HB 1051 would have become effective only if HB 1052 were enacted. Since the mechanism to make HB 1051 effective does not exist, and at the request of the author, I VETO HB 1051. VETO NUMBER 7 HB 1117 - Bond Debt Elections and Hospital Authority Deposits The original language of HB 1117 would maintain Fulton County as the only county in the state that is required to hold bond debt elections only on the date of the November general election. An amendment was added to HB 1117 that included an exemption of hospital authorities from OCGA 45-8-12 that requires that any bank or depository holding public funds guarantee the funds with a surety bond, FDIC insurance, or some other form of guarantee or collateral. This exemption would expose public funds to additional investment risk. Hospital Authorities are allowed to participate in the state investment pools which provide the possibility for a higher return on investment but maintain appropriate safeguards against losses. I recommend the author bring back the original legislation for consideration during the next session. This bill puts public funds at additional financial risk. Therefore, I VETO HB 1117. VETO NUMBER 8 HB 975 - Habersham County; relating to homestead exemption for school district ad valorem taxes Both the sponsor of this legislation and the Habersham County Commission requested that I veto this legislation. Accordingly, I VETO HB 975. 390A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES Nathan Deal GOVERNOR STATE OF GEORGIA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900 May 7, 2012 The Honorable Casey Cagle Lieutenant Governor 240 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 The Honorable David Ralston Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives 332 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Gentlemen: Please be advised that I have line-item vetoed the appropriations below and identified language to disregard for the following sections in House Bill 742: Vetoes: Section 51, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 167, line 5169; and Section 51, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 173, line 5225 Non-Binding Information Language to Disregard: Section 17, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 38, line 1175; Section 17, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 39, line 1219; Section 17, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 41, line 1276; Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Human Services, page 84, line 2627; Section 33, pertaining to the Department of Natural Resources, page 104, line 3262; Section 40, pertaining to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, page 126, line 3969; Section 40, pertaining to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, page 130, line 4075; and Section 48, pertaining to the Department of Transportation, page 154, line 4856 GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION The Honorable Casey Cagle The Honorable David Ralston May 7, 2012 Page two The veto messages are attached for each item referenced above. Sincerely, s/NATHAN DEAL Nathan Deal ND:rg Attachment cc: The Honorable Brian Kemp, Secretary of State The Honorable Sam Glens, Attorney General The Honorable Jack Hill, Chairman, Senate Appropriations Committee The Honorable Terry England, Chairman, House Appropriations Committee Mr. Robert F. Ewing, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Robert E. Rivers, Jr., Clerk of the Georgia House of Representatives Mr. Wayne R. Allen, Legislative Counsel 391A 392A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES HB 742--FY 2013 APPROPRIATIONS BILL Intent Language Considered Non-Binding Section 17, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 38, line 1175: The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $50,000 for the Southeastern Firefighters' Burn Foundation, Inc. in the Health Care Access and Improvement program. The purpose of the Health Care Access and Improvement program is to improve health care access and outcomes in rural and underserved areas of Georgia. Some aspects of this initiative are outside the scope of the purpose of the Health Care Access and Improvement program. Therefore, the Department is authorized to operate the program in accordance with the purpose of the program and the general law powers of the Department. Section 17, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 39, line 1219: The General Assembly seeks to instruct the Department to implement a wastage policy to reimburse for cancer treatment single-dose vials administered in a physician's office. The funds provided are insufficient to implement this policy as of the effective date stated. Additionally, limiting the application of the reimbursement policy to cancer drugs may not be operationally feasible. Therefore, the Department is authorized to utilize the funds in accordance with the purpose of the program and the general law powers of the Department. Section 17, pertaining to the Department of Community Health, page 41, line 1276: The General Assembly seeks to instruct the Department to restore the bariatric surgery benefit in the State Health Benefit Plan, effective January 1, 2013. This language limits the Department's ability to effectively manage the State Health Benefit Plan and control expenses. Therefore, the Department is authorized to determine benefits covered under the State Health Benefit Plan pursuant to the direction of the Board of Community Health and in accordance with the purpose of the program and the general law powers of the Department. Section 27, pertaining to the Department of Human Services, page 84, line 2627: The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $50,000 for KidsPeace in the Out-of-Home Care program. This appropriation circumvents the Department's process for reimbursing vendors and creates a variance between vendors providing similar services. Therefore, the Department is authorized to utilize the funds in accordance with the purpose of the program and the general law powers of the Department. Section 33, pertaining to the Department of Natural Resources, page 104, line 3262: The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $150,000 for the Georgia Water Policy Center in southwest Georgia in the Environmental Protection program. Funding for water initiatives should be prioritized in consideration of statewide water needs rather than regionally focused. Therefore, the Department is authorized to utilize these funds for its highest priority needs and in accordance with the purpose of the program and the general law powers of the Department. GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 393A Section 40, pertaining to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, page 126, line 3969: The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $50,000 for industrial storm water solutions for Georgia's poultry industry in the Georgia Tech Research Institute program. The Georgia Tech Research Institute has sufficient funding to undertake this research without an additional appropriation. Therefore, the Department is authorized to undertake this research using agency generated funding in lieu of state appropriations. Section 40, pertaining to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, page 130, line 4075: The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $25,000 for the Southern Legislative Conference's (SLC) Center for Advancement of Leadership Skills (CASL) program at Georgia State University in the Teaching program. The purpose of the Teaching program is to provide for direct student instruction or other initiatives supporting student learning. This initiative is outside the scope of the purpose of the Teaching program. Therefore, the Department is authorized to participate in the Southern Legislative Conference's Center for Advancement of Leadership Skills program using agency generated funding in lieu of state appropriations. Section 48, pertaining to the Department of Transportation, page 154, line 4856: The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $500,000 for airport aid grant funds for Airport Aid projects including Blairsville, Hampton, North Georgia Regional Airports, Americus, Bainbridge, Griffin, Rome, and Valdosta. Grant funding for airport projects should be awarded on a competitive basis that maximizes all available funds and is in accordance with statewide priorities for air transportation. Therefore, the Department is authorized to utilize the funds in accordance with the purpose of the program and the general law powers of the Department. 394A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES HB 742--FY 2013 APPROPRIATIONS BILL Line-Item Vetoes by the Governor Section 51, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 167, line 5169: This language authorizes the appropriation of $256,800 in debt service to finance projects and facilities for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, specifically for the renovation of the Rural Development Center at the University of Georgia Tifton campus, through the issuance of $3,000,000 in 20-year bonds. This project was not requested by the Board of Regents and was not identified as a priority in the Board of Regents capital plan. This project would create additional space in order to expand programming and enrollment at the Tifton campus. Projects impacting future enrollment in the University System should be vetted by the Board of Regents to ensure a strategic approach to enrollment growth at higher education institutions in Georgia. Therefore, I veto this language (page 167, line 5169) in the provisions relative to Section 51 State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $256,800. Section 51, pertaining to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 173, line 5225: This language authorizes the appropriation of $133,476 in debt service to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Transportation, specifically for upgrades and maintenance at the Riceboro Southern Railway bridges and railroad grade crossing signal crossbucks on the Georgia Southwestern Railroad and Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway, through the issuance of $1,470,000 in 20-year bonds. The Department has sufficient funding within existing authorized general obligation debt to provide for additional rail improvement projects. Funding for these rail projects should be considered in conjunction with other state rail needs, and projects should be selected by the Department based on the state's highest priority needs. Therefore, I veto this language (page 173, line 5225) in the provisions relative to Section 51 State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $133,476. GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 395A DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS 270 Washington Street, S.W. Suite 1-156 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400 RUSSELL W. HINTON STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174 May 8, 2012 State Auditor's Report Concurrent Funding of Fiscal Retirement Bills Enacted During the 2012 Legislative Session The Honorable Brian P. Kemp Secretary of State 214 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Mr. Kemp: As required by Section 47-20-50.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the following report is submitted for printing in the annual session laws of the State of Georgia. This report covers all fiscal retirement bills that had actuarial evaluations and were enacted during the 2012 legislative session. The report indicates whether or not provision has been made for the concurrent funding of the bill in accordance with the applicable requirements of Code Section 47-20-50. Any fiscal retirement bill that is enacted by the General Assembly and is approved by the Governor or otherwise becomes law shall become effective on the first day of July immediately following the regular session during which it was enacted, but only if the enacted bill is concurrently funded as provided by Code Section 47-20-50. If an enacted bill, including one approved by the Governor, is not concurrently funded as required, then that bill may not become effective as law and shall be null, void, and of no force and effect and shall stand repealed in its entirety on the first day of July immediately following its enactment. Following the close of each regular legislative session during which fiscal retirement bills may be enacted, the State Auditor is required to determine whether or not provision has been made for concurrent funding of each bill enacted which is not vetoed by the Governor. This determination is based upon the cost of the bill as reported to the General Assembly during the legislative session. This report complies with this requirement. Respectfully, RWH/cs s/RUSSELL W. HINTON Russell W. Hinton State Auditor 396A STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT Report to Honorable Brian P. Kemp, Secretary of State Concurrent Funding of Enacted Fiscal Retirement Bills May 8, 2012 Page 2 of 2 Bill No. Act No. Retirement System(s) Affected by Legislation House Bills HB 183 646 Georgia Legislative Retirement Fund HB 250 649 Georgia Judicial Retirement System HB 337 652 Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia HB 635 661 Macon Water Authority Pension Fund Funding Determination Provision made for concurrent funding Provision made for concurrent funding Provision made for concurrent funding Provision made for concurrent funding Senate Bills SB 246 763 SB 286 729 Public School Employees Retirement System Provision made for concurrent funding Employees' Retirement System Provision made for concurrent funding GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION 397A LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE FOR THE 2012 SESSION David Ralston Speaker of the House of Representatives Casey Cagle President of the Senate Robert E. Rivers, Jr. Clerk of the House of Representatives Robert F. Ewing Secretary of the Senate Jan Jones Speaker Pro Tempore Tommie Williams President Pro Tempore Larry O'Neal House Majority Leader Chip Rogers Senate Majority Leader Stacey Abrams House Minority Leader Steve Henson Senate Minority Leader Terry England Chairman House Appropriations Committee Jack Hill Chairman Senate Appropriations Committee Mickey Channell Chairman House Ways and Means Committee Jack Murphy Chairman Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee Wendell Willard Chairman House Judiciary Committee Bill Hamrick Chairman Senate Judiciary Committee Editorial work for the preparation of Georgia Laws 2012 was carried out by the staff of the Office of Legislative Counsel. This is one of the services which the Legislative Services Committee and the Office of Legislative Counsel perform for the legislative branch of government. Other services include bill drafting, research, statutory and Code revision, 398A LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE AND STAFF rendering of opinions, counseling, legislative reference, interim committee staffing, and preparation of reports. Staff for the Office of Legislative Counsel during the 2012 session included the following individuals: Jeremy Abernathy Editor Joyce Hall Computer Operator Teresa Adkins Computer Operator Betsy Howerton Deputy Legislative Counsel Wayne Allen Legislative Counsel Sharon Hubbard Computer Operator Jeremy Arey Assistant Legislative Counsel Laura Hurd Receptionist David Bundrick Deputy Legislative Counsel Inna Kleyman Drafting Specialist Tracy Cochran Computer Operator H. Jeff Lanier Deputy Legislative Counsel Annette Culpepper Computer Operator Terry Long Deputy Legislative Counsel Diana Daniels Administrative Assistant Deana Mosher Office Manager Jenna Dolde Assistant Legislative Counsel Doris Ragland Computer Operator Amanda Dubose Computer Operator Rick Ruskell Deputy Legislative Counsel Eugie Foster Editor Lawrence Schwartz Senior Editor Vandy Beth Glenn Editor Natasha Spurrier Computer Operator GEORGIA LAWS 2012 SESSION Shawn Marie Story Deputy Legislative Counsel Vallerie Trent Editor Jill Travis Deputy Legislative Counsel Lynn Whitten Deputy Legislative Counsel 399A