ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE
SECOND SESSION OF THE 153RD
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
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2016
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COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE
Volume Three Index and Miscellaneous
COMPILER'S NOTE
General Acts and Resolutions of the 2016 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 2015-2016 and the Appropriations Act for FY 2016-2017 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, 2015, and May 1, 2016, are printed in Volume Two beginning at pages 4245 and 4411, respectively.
There are no numbered pages between page 897, the last page of Volume One, and page 3501, the first page of Volume Two. This allows both volumes to be prepared simultaneously. 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; and the Governor's veto messages 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Annotated which they amend and the tabular index contains a list of Code sections which have been amended, enacted, or repealed.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.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
Acts and Resolutions of General Application .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Supplementary Appropriations Act for FY 2015-2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix General Appropriations Act for FY 2016-2017.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix
VOLUME TWO
Acts and Resolutions of Local Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 County and Consolidated Government Home Rule Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4245 Municipal Home Rule Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4411
VOLUME THREE
Acts by Numbers-Page References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1A Bills and Resolutions-Act Number References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A Index-Tabular.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8A Index-General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36A Population of Georgia Counties-Alphabetically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87A Population of Georgia Counties-Numerically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91A Population of Municipalities-Alphabetically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96A Population of Municipalities-Numerically.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104A Population of Judicial Circuits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112A Georgia Senate Districts, Alphabetically by County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117A Georgia Senators, Numerically by District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119A Georgia House Districts, Alphabetically by County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123A Georgia Representatives, Numerically by District.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125A Status of Referendum Elections.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135A Vetoes by the Governor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374A State Auditor's Report on Funding of Retirement Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394A Historical List of General Assemblies of the State of Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396A Legislative Services Committee and Staff.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397A
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ACTS BY NUMBERS, PAGE REFERENCES
Act No.
Page No.
312. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix
313. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
314. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501
315. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508
316. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509
317. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3512
318. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3515
319. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3518
320. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3521
321. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3523
322. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3532
323. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
324. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3535
325. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
326. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
327. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
328. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3538
329. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3594
330. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
331. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
332. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
333. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
334. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
335. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
336. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
337. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
338. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
339. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
340. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
341. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
342. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
343. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
344. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
345. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
346. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3610
347. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
348. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
349. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
350. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
351. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
352. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
353. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
354. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
355. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Act No.
Page No.
356. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
357. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
358. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
359. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
360. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
361. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
362. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
363. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
364. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
365. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
366. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
367. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
368. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
369. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
370. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
371. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
372. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
373. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
374. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
375. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3624
376. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
377. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
378. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
379. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
380. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
381. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
382. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3627
383. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3630
384. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3634
385. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3636
386. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3640
387. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
388. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3643
389. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3646
390. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3648
391. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3650
392. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
393. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
394. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3654
395. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3656
396. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
397. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3658
398. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
399. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3661
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PAGE REFERENCES
Act No.
Page No.
400. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
401. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3663
402. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
403. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
404. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
405. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
406. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
407. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
408. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
409. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
410. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3677
411. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3681
412. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3683
413. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3685
414. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3687
415. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3690
416. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3692
417. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3694
418. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3696
419. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3699
420. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
421. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3726
422. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
423. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
424. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
425. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
426. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
427. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
428. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3781
429. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
430. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
431. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3783
432. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
433. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
434. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
435. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3785
436. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
437. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
438. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3787
439. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
440. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
441. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
442. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
443. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
444. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
445. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3789
446. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3791
Act No.
Page No.
447. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3795
448. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
449. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
450. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
451. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
452. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
453. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
454. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
455. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3797
456. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
457. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
458. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
459. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
460. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
461. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
462. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3799
463. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
464. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
465. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3801
466. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
467. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
468. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
469. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3803
470. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3805
471. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
472. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
473. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
474. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
475. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
476. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
477. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3808
478. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3809
479. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3838
480. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
481. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3840
482. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3842
483. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3845
484. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
485. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
486. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
487. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3848
488. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
489. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
490. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3850
491. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3854
492. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
493. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
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Page No.
494. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
495. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3856
496. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3859
497. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3888
498. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3891
499. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3893
500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3896
501. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3899
502. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585
503. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3901
504. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3903
505. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3906
506. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3908
507. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3912
508. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3915
509. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3917
510. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3919
511. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3942
512. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3945
513. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3948
514. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3950
515. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3952
516. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3954
517. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix
518. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587
519. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
520. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
521. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
522. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
523. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
524. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
525. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
526. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
527. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
528. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618
529. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
530. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
531. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628
532. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649
533. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652
534. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
535. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698
536. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
537. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896
538. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3956
539. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
540. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3962
Act No.
Page No.
541. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736
542. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3964
543. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3966
544. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3968
545. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3970
546. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3999
547. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
548. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4001
549. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4003
550. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4005
551. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4007
552. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4034
553. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4037
554. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4039
555. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
556. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4042
557. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
558. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4044
559. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4047
560. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4049
561. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4052
562. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4054
563. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4056
564. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4058
565. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4060
566. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4062
567. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4064
568. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752
569. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755
570. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757
571. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
572. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762
573. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
574. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4066
575. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4069
576. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4075
577. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4080
578. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4082
579. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4089
580. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4122
581. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4156
582. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4163
583. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4167
584. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4168
585. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4200
586. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4210
587. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4213
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PAGE REFERENCES
Act No.
Page No.
588. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4215
589. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4217
590. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4219
591. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4222
592. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4224
593. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4226
594. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4228
595. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
596. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
597. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
598. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4231
599. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791
600. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793
601. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795
602. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796
603. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
604. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805
605. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806
606. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
607. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816
Act No.
Page No.
608. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4234
609. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823
610. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
611. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
612. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838
613. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
614. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844
615. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846
616. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
617. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
618. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853
619. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854
620. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855
621. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860
622. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4236
623. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4238
624. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862
625. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
626. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONSACT NUMBER REFERENCES
House Bill Act No.
Page No.
HB 34. . . . . . . . . . 422. . . . . . . . . . . 345
HB 51. . . . . . . . . . 600. . . . . . . . . . . 793
HB 52. . . . . . . . . . 362. . . . . . . . . . . 222
HB 54. . . . . . . . . . 520. . . . . . . . . . . 599
HB 59. . . . . . . . Vetoed
HB 65. . . . . . . . . . 612. . . . . . . . . . . 828
HB 73. . . . . . . . . . 601. . . . . . . . . . . 795
HB 100. . . . . . . . . 614. . . . . . . . . . . 844
HB 166. . . . . . . . . 334. . . . . . . . . . . . 90
HB 172. . . . . . . . . 363. . . . . . . . . . . 223
HB 193. . . . . . . . . 357. . . . . . . . . . . 211
HB 205. . . . . . . . . 408. . . . . . . . . . . 323
HB 216. . . . . . . Vetoed
HB 219. . . . . . . Vetoed
HB 229. . . . . . . . . 333. . . . . . . . . . . . 87
HB 362. . . . . . . . . 392. . . . . . . . . . . 273
HB 364. . . . . . . . . 393. . . . . . . . . . . 277
HB 370. . . . . . . Vetoed
HB 402. . . . . . . . . 356. . . . . . . . . . . 207
HB 408. . . . . . . . . 396. . . . . . . . . . . 279
HB 421. . . . . . . . . 400. . . . . . . . . . . 285
HB 509. . . . . . . . . 342. . . . . . . . . . . 155
House Bill Act No.
Page No.
HB 513. . . . . . . . . 420. . . . . . . . . . . 341
HB 514. . . . . . . . . 421. . . . . . . . . . 3726
HB 547. . . . . . . . . 423. . . . . . . . . . . 349
HB 555. . . . . . . . . 424. . . . . . . . . . . 350
HB 579. . . . . . . . . 425. . . . . . . . . . . 351
HB 605. . . . . . . . . 426. . . . . . . . . . . 353
HB 614. . . . . . . . . 528. . . . . . . . . . . 618
HB 635. . . . . . . . . 427. . . . . . . . . . . 354
HB 641. . . . . . . . . 428. . . . . . . . . . 3781
HB 649. . . . . . . . . 429. . . . . . . . . . . 357
HB 658. . . . . . . . . 598. . . . . . . . . . 4231
HB 659. . . . . . . Vetoed
HB 676. . . . . . . . . 430. . . . . . . . . . . 363
HB 683. . . . . . . . . 431. . . . . . . . . . 3783
HB 690. . . . . . . . . 432. . . . . . . . . . . 365
HB 691. . . . . . . . . 433. . . . . . . . . . . 367
HB 697. . . . . . . . . 434. . . . . . . . . . . 369
HB 725. . . . . . . . . 344. . . . . . . . . . . 160
HB 726. . . . . . . Vetoed
HB 727. . . . . . . . . 330. . . . . . . . . . . . 64
HB 735. . . . . . . . . 435. . . . . . . . . . 3785
HB 736. . . . . . . . . 331. . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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House Bill Act No.
Page No.
HB 737. . . . . . . . . 625. . . . . . . . . . . 864
HB 739. . . . . . . . . 523. . . . . . . . . . . 605
HB 742. . . . . . . . . 313. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
HB 745. . . . . . . . . 436. . . . . . . . . . . 371
HB 747. . . . . . . . . 437. . . . . . . . . . . 374
HB 748. . . . . . . . . 438. . . . . . . . . . 3787
HB 750. . . . . . . . . 312. . . . . . Appendix
HB 751. . . . . . . . . 517. . . . . . Appendix
HB 757. . . . . . . Vetoed
HB 759. . . . . . . . . 439. . . . . . . . . . . 375
HB 763. . . . . . . . . 602. . . . . . . . . . . 796
HB 765. . . . . . . . . 440. . . . . . . . . . . 376
HB 767. . . . . . . . . 326. . . . . . . . . . . . 61
HB 768. . . . . . . . . 519. . . . . . . . . . . 588
HB 769. . . . . . . . . 527. . . . . . . . . . . 617
HB 770. . . . . . . . . 441. . . . . . . . . . . 377
HB 773. . . . . . . . . 442. . . . . . . . . . . 379
HB 775. . . . . . . . . 615. . . . . . . . . . . 846
HB 777. . . . . . . . . 443. . . . . . . . . . . 380
HB 779. . . . . . . Vetoed
HB 782. . . . . . . . . 316. . . . . . . . . . 3509
HB 783. . . . . . . . . 603. . . . . . . . . . . 798
HB 784. . . . . . . . . 444. . . . . . . . . . . 381
HB 786. . . . . . . . . 445. . . . . . . . . . 3789
HB 787. . . . . . . . . 446. . . . . . . . . . 3791
HB 792. . . . . . . . . 616. . . . . . . . . . . 848
HB 794. . . . . . . . . 315. . . . . . . . . . 3508
HB 798. . . . . . . . . 521. . . . . . . . . . . 601
HB 799. . . . . . . . . 447. . . . . . . . . . 3795
HB 800. . . . . . . . . 448. . . . . . . . . . . 384
HB 801. . . . . . . . . 617. . . . . . . . . . . 850
HB 802. . . . . . . . . 604. . . . . . . . . . . 805
HB 804. . . . . . . . . 349. . . . . . . . . . . 183
HB 806. . . . . . . . . 449. . . . . . . . . . . 385
HB 807. . . . . . . . . 318. . . . . . . . . . 3515
HB 808. . . . . . . . . 605. . . . . . . . . . . 806
HB 811. . . . . . . . . 450. . . . . . . . . . . 390
HB 815. . . . . . . . . 451. . . . . . . . . . . 426
HB 818. . . . . . . . . 402. . . . . . . . . . . 287
HB 821. . . . . . . . . 452. . . . . . . . . . . 428
HB 822. . . . . . . . . 453. . . . . . . . . . . 429
HB 831. . . . . . . . . 454. . . . . . . . . . . 430
HB 839. . . . . . . . . 455. . . . . . . . . . 3797
HB 840. . . . . . . . . 456. . . . . . . . . . . 432
HB 844. . . . . . . . . 457. . . . . . . . . . . 434
HB 851. . . . . . . . . 458. . . . . . . . . . . 435
HB 853. . . . . . . . . 459. . . . . . . . . . . 438
House Bill Act No.
Page No.
HB 857. . . . . . . . . 319. . . . . . . . . . 3518
HB 859. . . . . . . Vetoed
HB 862. . . . . . . . . 595. . . . . . . . . . . 770
HB 866. . . . . . . . . 461. . . . . . . . . . . 515
HB 867. . . . . . . . . 462. . . . . . . . . . 3799
HB 869. . . . . . . . . 463. . . . . . . . . . . 516
HB 871. . . . . . . . . 464. . . . . . . . . . . 518
HB 874. . . . . . . . . 606. . . . . . . . . . . 811
HB 879. . . . . . . . . 618. . . . . . . . . . . 853
HB 880. . . . . . . . . 465. . . . . . . . . . 3801
HB 883. . . . . . . . . 607. . . . . . . . . . . 816
HB 884. . . . . . . . . 466. . . . . . . . . . . 519
HB 885. . . . . . . . . 467. . . . . . . . . . . 520
HB 886. . . . . . . . . 468. . . . . . . . . . . 521
HB 887. . . . . . . . . 337. . . . . . . . . . . 134
HB 888. . . . . . . . . 469. . . . . . . . . . 3803
HB 890. . . . . . . . . 470. . . . . . . . . . 3805
HB 895. . . . . . . . . 525. . . . . . . . . . . 613
HB 897. . . . . . . . . 471. . . . . . . . . . . 524
HB 899. . . . . . . . . 472. . . . . . . . . . . 528
HB 900. . . . . . . . . 354. . . . . . . . . . . 202
HB 902. . . . . . . . . 473. . . . . . . . . . . 544
HB 904. . . . . . . . . 474. . . . . . . . . . . 545
HB 905. . . . . . . . . 597. . . . . . . . . . . 775
HB 910. . . . . . . . . 475. . . . . . . . . . . 549
HB 916. . . . . . . Vetoed
HB 920. . . . . . . . . 476. . . . . . . . . . . 550
HB 922. . . . . . . . . 619. . . . . . . . . . . 854
HB 925. . . . . . . . . 477. . . . . . . . . . 3808
HB 926. . . . . . . . . 620. . . . . . . . . . . 855
HB 927. . . . . . . . . 626. . . . . . . . . . . 883
HB 930. . . . . . . . . 478. . . . . . . . . . 3809
HB 932. . . . . . . . . 479. . . . . . . . . . 3838
HB 935. . . . . . . . . 539. . . . . . . . . . . 731
HB 936. . . . . . . . . 480. . . . . . . . . . . 553
HB 937. . . . . . . . . 596. . . . . . . . . . . 772
HB 940. . . . . . . . . 481. . . . . . . . . . 3840
HB 941. . . . . . . . . 350. . . . . . . . . . . 186
HB 943. . . . . . . . . 355. . . . . . . . . . . 205
HB 945. . . . . . . . . 482. . . . . . . . . . 3842
HB 947. . . . . . . . . 483. . . . . . . . . . 3845
HB 949. . . . . . . . . 484. . . . . . . . . . . 558
HB 951. . . . . . . . . 327. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
HB 952. . . . . . . . . 485. . . . . . . . . . . 561
HB 954. . . . . . . . . 486. . . . . . . . . . . 563
HB 955. . . . . . . . . 314. . . . . . . . . . 3501
HB 958. . . . . . . . . 487. . . . . . . . . . 3848
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PAGE REFERENCES
House Bill Act No.
Page No.
HB 959. . . . . . . Vetoed
HB 960. . . . . . . . . 488. . . . . . . . . . . 574
HB 962. . . . . . . . . 409. . . . . . . . . . . 337
HB 965. . . . . . . . . 489. . . . . . . . . . . 580
HB 967. . . . . . . . . 490. . . . . . . . . . 3850
HB 968. . . . . . . . . 491. . . . . . . . . . 3854
HB 976. . . . . . . . . 599. . . . . . . . . . . 791
HB 979. . . . . . . . . 492. . . . . . . . . . . 582
HB 987. . . . . . . . . 493. . . . . . . . . . . 583
HB 991. . . . . . . . . 494. . . . . . . . . . . 584
HB 1003. . . . . . . . 495. . . . . . . . . . 3856
HB 1004. . . . . . . . 351. . . . . . . . . . . 193
HB 1007. . . . . . . . 496. . . . . . . . . . 3859
HB 1008. . . . . . . . 497. . . . . . . . . . 3888
HB 1009. . . . . . . . 498. . . . . . . . . . 3891
HB 1010. . . . . . . . 499. . . . . . . . . . 3893
HB 1011. . . . . . . . 500. . . . . . . . . . 3896
HB 1012. . . . . . . . 501. . . . . . . . . . 3899
HB 1014. . . . . . . . 502. . . . . . . . . . . 585
HB 1018. . . . . . . . 324. . . . . . . . . . 3535
HB 1019. . . . . . . . 503. . . . . . . . . . 3901
HB 1020. . . . . . . . 551. . . . . . . . . . 4007
HB 1021. . . . . . . . 552. . . . . . . . . . 4034
HB 1023. . . . . . . . 553. . . . . . . . . . 4037
HB 1024. . . . . . . . 554. . . . . . . . . . 4039
HB 1025. . . . . . . . 569. . . . . . . . . . . 755
HB 1028. . . . . . . . 359. . . . . . . . . . . 213
HB 1029. . . . . . . . 320. . . . . . . . . . 3521
HB 1030. . . . . . . . 555. . . . . . . . . . . 742
HB 1033. . . . . . . . 556. . . . . . . . . . 4042
HB 1036. . . . . . . . 557. . . . . . . . . . . 744
HB 1037. . . . . . . . 353. . . . . . . . . . . 201
HB 1038. . . . . . . . 558. . . . . . . . . . 4044
HB 1042. . . . . . . . 559. . . . . . . . . . 4047
HB 1043. . . . . . . . 332. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
HB 1044. . . . . . . . 560. . . . . . . . . . 4049
HB 1047. . . . . . . . 561. . . . . . . . . . 4052
HB 1048. . . . . . . . 562. . . . . . . . . . 4054
HB 1049. . . . . . . . 563. . . . . . . . . . 4056
HB 1050. . . . . . . . 564. . . . . . . . . . 4058
HB 1051. . . . . . . . 565. . . . . . . . . . 4060
HB 1053. . . . . . . . 566. . . . . . . . . . 4062
HB 1056. . . . . . . . 567. . . . . . . . . . 4064
HB 1058. . . . . . . . 568. . . . . . . . . . . 752
HB 1060. . . . . . Vetoed
HB 1067. . . . . . . . 540. . . . . . . . . . 3962
HB 1070. . . . . . . . 541. . . . . . . . . . . 736
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Page No.
HB 1072. . . . . . . . 621. . . . . . . . . . . 860
HB 1074. . . . . . . . 542. . . . . . . . . . 3964
HB 1080. . . . . . . . 543. . . . . . . . . . 3966
HB 1081. . . . . . . . 544. . . . . . . . . . 3968
HB 1082. . . . . . . . 545. . . . . . . . . . 3970
HB 1083. . . . . . . . 546. . . . . . . . . . 3999
HB 1085. . . . . . . . 547. . . . . . . . . . . 737
HB 1092. . . . . . . . 548. . . . . . . . . . 4001
HB 1093. . . . . . . . 550. . . . . . . . . . 4005
HB 1097. . . . . . . . 549. . . . . . . . . . 4003
HB 1101. . . . . . . . 504. . . . . . . . . . 3903
HB 1102. . . . . . . . 505. . . . . . . . . . 3906
HB 1104. . . . . . . . 506. . . . . . . . . . 3908
HB 1105. . . . . . . . 507. . . . . . . . . . 3912
HB 1106. . . . . . . . 508. . . . . . . . . . 3915
HB 1108. . . . . . . . 322. . . . . . . . . . 3532
HB 1109. . . . . . . . 509. . . . . . . . . . 3917
HB 1110. . . . . . . . 510. . . . . . . . . . 3919
HB 1111. . . . . . . . 511. . . . . . . . . . 3942
HB 1113. . . . . . . . 512. . . . . . . . . . 3945
HB 1114. . . . . . . . 321. . . . . . . . . . 3523
HB 1115. . . . . . . . 513. . . . . . . . . . 3948
HB 1116. . . . . . . . 514. . . . . . . . . . 3950
HB 1118. . . . . . . . 515. . . . . . . . . . 3952
HB 1119. . . . . . . . 516. . . . . . . . . . 3954
HB 1120. . . . . . . . 574. . . . . . . . . . 4066
HB 1121. . . . . . . . 575. . . . . . . . . . 4069
HB 1122. . . . . . . . 576. . . . . . . . . . 4075
HB 1123. . . . . . . . 577. . . . . . . . . . 4080
HB 1124. . . . . . . . 578. . . . . . . . . . 4082
HB 1125. . . . . . . . 579. . . . . . . . . . 4089
HB 1126. . . . . . . . 580. . . . . . . . . . 4122
HB 1127. . . . . . . . 581. . . . . . . . . . 4156
HB 1128. . . . . . . . 582. . . . . . . . . . 4163
HB 1129. . . . . . . . 329. . . . . . . . . . 3594
HB 1130. . . . . . . . 583. . . . . . . . . . 4167
HB 1133. . . . . . . . 584. . . . . . . . . . 4168
HB 1134. . . . . . . . 585. . . . . . . . . . 4200
HB 1135. . . . . . . . 586. . . . . . . . . . 4210
HB 1136. . . . . . . . 587. . . . . . . . . . 4213
HB 1137. . . . . . . . 622. . . . . . . . . . 4236
HB 1138. . . . . . . . 623. . . . . . . . . . 4238
HB 1139. . . . . . . . 588. . . . . . . . . . 4215
HB 1145. . . . . . . . 589. . . . . . . . . . 4217
HB 1146. . . . . . . . 590. . . . . . . . . . 4219
HB 1147. . . . . . . . 591. . . . . . . . . . 4222
HB 1149. . . . . . . . 592. . . . . . . . . . 4224
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HB 1152. . . . . . . . 593. . . . . . . . . . 4226
HB 1153. . . . . . . . 594. . . . . . . . . . 4228
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HR 1052. . . . . . . . 535. . . . . . . . . . . 698
HR 1113. . . . . . . . 537. . . . . . . . . . . 896
HR 1312. . . . . . . . 536. . . . . . . . . . . 727
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Page No.
SB 18. . . . . . . . . . 610. . . . . . . . . . 824
SB 64. . . . . . . . . . 404. . . . . . . . . . 304
SB 105. . . . . . . . . 608. . . . . . . . . 4234
SB 128. . . . . . . . . 364. . . . . . . . . . 225
SB 137. . . . . . . . . 365. . . . . . . . . . 237
SB 158. . . . . . . . . 407. . . . . . . . . . 319
SB 168. . . . . . . . . 358. . . . . . . . . . 212
SB 184. . . . . . . . . 366. . . . . . . . . . 238
SB 191. . . . . . . . . 367. . . . . . . . . . 239
SB 193. . . . . . . . . 518. . . . . . . . . . 587
SB 199. . . . . . . . . 347. . . . . . . . . . 173
SB 206. . . . . . . . . 368. . . . . . . . . . 240
SB 208. . . . . . . . . 328. . . . . . . . . 3538
SB 225. . . . . . . . . 538. . . . . . . . . 3956
SB 230. . . . . . . . . 403. . . . . . . . . . 296
SB 243. . . . . . . Vetoed
SB 255. . . . . . . . . 325. . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SB 258. . . . . . . . . 345. . . . . . . . . . 166
SB 262. . . . . . . . . 369. . . . . . . . . . 242
SB 263. . . . . . . . . 609. . . . . . . . . . 823
SB 269. . . . . . . . . 370. . . . . . . . . . 244
SB 270. . . . . . . . . 524. . . . . . . . . . 608
SB 271. . . . . . . . . 405. . . . . . . . . . 313
SB 273. . . . . . . . . 406. . . . . . . . . . 318
SB 274. . . . . . . . . 371. . . . . . . . . . 246
SB 275. . . . . . . . . 352. . . . . . . . . . 200
SB 277. . . . . . . . . 526. . . . . . . . . . 616
SB 279. . . . . . . . . 372. . . . . . . . . . 247
SB 283. . . . . . . . . 373. . . . . . . . . . 249
SB 290. . . . . . . . . 374. . . . . . . . . . 255
SB 302. . . . . . . . . 341. . . . . . . . . . 149
SB 304. . . . . . . . . 338. . . . . . . . . . 145
SB 305. . . . . . . . . 570. . . . . . . . . . 757
SB 307. . . . . . . . . 340. . . . . . . . . . 148
SB 308. . . . . . . . . 360. . . . . . . . . . 214
SB 309. . . . . . . . . 522. . . . . . . . . . 604
SB 315. . . . . . . . . 375. . . . . . . . . 3624
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SB 316. . . . . . . . . 376. . . . . . . . . . 256
SB 319. . . . . . . . . 377. . . . . . . . . . 257
SB 320. . . . . . . . . 573. . . . . . . . . . 767
SB 323. . . . . . . . . 323. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SB 327. . . . . . . . . 378. . . . . . . . . . 262
SB 329. . . . . . . Vetoed
SB 331. . . . . . . . . 361. . . . . . . . . . 219
SB 332. . . . . . . . . 379. . . . . . . . . . 263
SB 335. . . . . . . . . 380. . . . . . . . . . 268
SB 336. . . . . . . . . 381. . . . . . . . . . 269
SB 339. . . . . . . . . 382. . . . . . . . . 3627
SB 340. . . . . . . . . 383. . . . . . . . . 3630
SB 341. . . . . . . . . 384. . . . . . . . . 3634
SB 342. . . . . . . . . 385. . . . . . . . . 3636
SB 343. . . . . . . . . 386. . . . . . . . . 3640
SB 346. . . . . . . . . 339. . . . . . . . . . 147
SB 347. . . . . . . . . 611. . . . . . . . . . 825
SB 348. . . . . . . . . 613. . . . . . . . . . 840
SB 350. . . . . . . . . 387. . . . . . . . . . 272
SB 355. . . . . . . Vetoed
SB 356. . . . . . . . . 348. . . . . . . . . . 178
SB 358. . . . . . . . . 388. . . . . . . . . 3643
SB 359. . . . . . . . . 389. . . . . . . . . 3646
SB 360. . . . . . . . . 390. . . . . . . . . 3648
SB 361. . . . . . . . . 391. . . . . . . . . 3650
SB 362. . . . . . . . . 317. . . . . . . . . 3512
SB 364. . . . . . . . . 529. . . . . . . . . . 620
SB 367. . . . . . . . . 460. . . . . . . . . . 443
SB 369. . . . . . . . . 336. . . . . . . . . . 105
SB 377. . . . . . . . . 346. . . . . . . . . 3610
SB 379. . . . . . . . . 571. . . . . . . . . . 758
SB 380. . . . . . . . . 394. . . . . . . . . 3654
SB 383. . . . . . . Vetoed
SB 388. . . . . . . . . 572. . . . . . . . . . 762
SB 390. . . . . . . . . 395. . . . . . . . . 3656
SB 402. . . . . . . . . 343. . . . . . . . . . 157
SB 412. . . . . . . . . 397. . . . . . . . . 3658
SB 416. . . . . . . . . 335. . . . . . . . . . . 91
SB 417. . . . . . . . . 398. . . . . . . . . . 282
SB 419. . . . . . . . . 399. . . . . . . . . 3661
SB 420. . . . . . . . . 624. . . . . . . . . . 862
SB 423. . . . . . . . . 401. . . . . . . . . 3663
SB 425. . . . . . . . . 410. . . . . . . . . 3677
SB 430. . . . . . . . . 411. . . . . . . . . 3681
SB 431. . . . . . . . . 412. . . . . . . . . 3683
SB 432. . . . . . . . . 413. . . . . . . . . 3685
SB 433. . . . . . . . . 414. . . . . . . . . 3687
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SB 434. . . . . . . . . 415. . . . . . . . . 3690
SB 435. . . . . . . . . 416. . . . . . . . . 3692
SB 436. . . . . . . . . 417. . . . . . . . . 3694
SB 438. . . . . . . . . 418. . . . . . . . . 3696
SB 439. . . . . . . . . 419. . . . . . . . . 3699
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Page No.
SR 558. . . . . . . . . 530. . . . . . . . . . . 895
SR 863. . . . . . . . . 531. . . . . . . . . . . 628
SR 892. . . . . . . . . 532. . . . . . . . . . . 649
SR 954. . . . . . . . . 533. . . . . . . . . . . 652
SR 955. . . . . . . . . 534. . . . . . . . . . . 681
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
Fireworks; excise taxes; trauma care, fire services, and local public safety; dedicated funding; constitutional amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
Judicial Qualifications Commission; existing; abolishment; composition, appointment, and governance; create new. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896
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Code Section 1-4-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 2-4-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 Code Section 3-3-2.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 4-8-1.2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Code Section 4-11-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Code Section 4-11-9.2 amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Code Section 4-11-9.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Code Section 4-11-9.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Code Section 4-11-9.6; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Code Section 4-11-9.8; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Code Section 4-13-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Code Section 5-6-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 5-6-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Code Section 5-7-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 6-1-3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 6-2-13; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 779 Code Section 6-5-10; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 7-1-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-11; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-42; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-68; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-77; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-96; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
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Code Section 7-1-97; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-111; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-155; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 7-1-192; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Title 7, Chapter 1, Article 1, Part 13; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-239.5; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-241; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-289; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-290; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-293; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-310; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-353; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-355; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Sections 7-1-370 through 7-1-372; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-436; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-441; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-488; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-530; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Sections 7-1-591 through 7-1-593; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-594; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Sections 7-1-600 through 7-1-605; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-607; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-608; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-611; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-620; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-621; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-623; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-624; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-628; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-628.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-628.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-628.6; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-628.8; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-628.9; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-630; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-650; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-655; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-669; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-670; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-680; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-690; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-709.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 7-1-740; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-747; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-758; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-770; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
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Code Section 7-1-771; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-772; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-775; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-776; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-777; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-778; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Sections 7-1-779 through 7-1-781; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-782; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-783; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-784; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-785; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Sections 7-1-786 through 7-1-793; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-795; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-796; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-797; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Sections 7-1-840 through 7-1-843; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-845; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-911; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-940; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-947; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-958; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-1000; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-1001; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-1002; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-1003.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-1003.6; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Sections 7-1-1004 through 7-1-1004.2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-1005; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-1011; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-1013; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-1-1016; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-2-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-3-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-5-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Sections 7-9-5.1 through 7-9-5.4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 7-9-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Sections 7-9-11.1 through 7-9-11.8; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Code Section 9-6-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 9-6-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 9-11-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 9-11-11.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Code Section 9-12-113; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 10-1-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Code Section 10-1-393.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 10-1-393.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Title 10, Chapter 1, Article 15, Part 7; 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Code Sections 10-1-439 through 10-1-439.4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Code Section 10-1-573; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757 Code Section 10-1-791; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 Code Title 10, Chapter 1, Article 35; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757 Code Sections 10-1-1000 through 10-1-1002; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757 Code Section 10-13-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Code Section 10-13-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Code Sections 10-13A-2 through 10-13A-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Code Sections 10-13A-7 through 10-13A-9; redesignated as Code Sections 10-13A-8 through 10-13A-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Code Section 10-13A-7; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Code Sections 10-13A-8 through 10-13A-10 (formerly Code Sections 10-13A-7 through 10-13A-9); enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Code Section 11-1-202; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 12-2-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Code Section 12-5-30.4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 12-5-204; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 12-7-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 12-8-24.3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Code Section 12-16-9; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Code Section 13-8-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Code Section 14-2-140; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-501; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-801; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-803; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-806; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-821; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-825; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-831; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-840; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-841; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-843; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-859; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Title 14, Chapter 2, Article 8, Part 7; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-870; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-2-1507; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-3-140; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-3-501; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-3-1507; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-8-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-8-46; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-9-101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-9-902.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-11-209; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 14-11-703; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Code Section 15-1-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
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VETOED HB 1060 Code Section 15-10-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Code Section 15-10-53; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Code Section 15-10-62; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 Code Section 15-10-63; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 Code Section 15-11-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 15-11-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Code Section 15-11-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 15-11-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 15-11-64; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Code Section 15-11-70; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 15-11-135; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Code Section 15-11-146; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Code Section 15-11-212; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Code Section 15-11-321; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Code Section 15-11-505; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 15-11-703; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Code Section 15-11-710; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 15-12-70; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Code Section 15-12-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Code Section 15-12-74; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Code Section 15-12-83; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Code Section 15-12-100; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Code Section 15-12-102; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Code Section 15-12-135; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Code Section 15-18-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 15-18-80; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
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Code Section 15-19-52; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Code Section 15-21-100; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 15-21-101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 15-21-172; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Code Section 15-21-179; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Code Title 15, Chapter 25; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Code Sections 15-25-1 through 15-25-3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Code Section 16-3-22.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Section 16-5-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 Code Section 16-5-23.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 Code Section 16-5-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 Code Section 16-5-46; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Code Section 16-6-5.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 16-8-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 16-8-14.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 16-9-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 Code Section 16-9-63; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Code Section 16-10-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Code Section 16-11-37; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Code Section 16-11-37.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Code Section 16-11-69; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 779 Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.1; amended. . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Code Section 16-11-127.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848 Code Section 16-11-127.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 859 Code Section 16-11-129; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 16-11-129; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Code Section 16-11-130; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Code Section 16-11-130; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Code Section 16-11-130.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Code Section 16-11-131; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 16-11-135; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Title 16, Chapter 11, Article 6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 779 Code Sections 16-11-210 through 16-11-213; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 779 Code Section 16-12-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Code Section 16-12-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Code Section 16-12-100.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 16-12-190; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 Code Section 16-12-191; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 16-13-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 Code Section 16-13-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 Code Section 16-13-30.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Code Section 16-13-59; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Code Section 16-13-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Code Section 16-13-63; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Code Section 16-13-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 16-13-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
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Code Section 16-13-79; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 Code Section 16-15-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Code Section 16-15-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Code Section 17-7-32; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 17-7-52; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Code Section 17-7-70.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Code Section 17-9-41; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 17-10-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 17-10-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 17-12-25.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 17-15-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 1; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Sections 18-4-1 through 18-4-8; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 2; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Sections 18-4-20 through 18-4-23; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 3; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Sections 18-4-40 through 18-4-48; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 4; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Sections 18-4-60 through 18-4-66; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 5; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Sections 18-4-80 through 18-4-97; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 6; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Sections 18-4-110 through 18-4-118; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 7; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Sections 18-4-130 through 18-4-135; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Sections 18-4-1 through 18-4-26; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Sections 18-4-40 through 18-4-43; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Sections 18-4-50 through 18-4-55; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Sections 18-4-70 through 18-4-89; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Section 19-3-11; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757 Code Section 19-3-37; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Code Section 19-5-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 19-5-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 19-7-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Code Section 19-7-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Section 19-7-21.1; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-7-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-7-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Code Section 19-7-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-7-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-7-43; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-7-46.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
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Code Section 19-7-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-8-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-8-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-8-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-8-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-8-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-8-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Code Section 19-8-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Code Section 19-8-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-8-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Code Section 19-8-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Code Section 19-8-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736 Code Section 19-9-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Code Section 19-9-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Title 19, Chapter 9, Article 5; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Code Sections 19-9-140 through 19-9-151; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Code Title 19, Chapter 9, Article 5; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Sections 19-9-140 through 19-9-151; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 19-11-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 19-15-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 19-15-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Section 19-15-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Section 20-1-11; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 659 Code Section 20-1A-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-2-49; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 659 Code Section 20-2-63; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959 Code Section 20-2-112; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-2-133; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 20-2-149.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-2-149.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959 Code Section 20-2-149.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 329 Code Section 20-2-157; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850 Code Section 20-2-157; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959 Code Section 20-2-157; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 329 Code Section 20-2-159.5; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853 Code Section 20-2-161.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959 Code Section 20-2-161.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 Code Section 20-2-161.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959 Code Section 20-2-161.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 329 Code Section 20-2-167.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838 Code Section 20-2-167.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844 Code Section 20-2-168; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Code Section 20-2-172; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 659 Code Section 20-2-210; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959 Code Section 20-2-210; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Code Section 20-2-244; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
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Code Section 20-2-281; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959 Code Section 20-2-281; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 355 Code Section 20-2-281; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Code Section 20-2-281.2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 355 Code Section 20-2-283; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 355 Code Section 20-2-316.3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 Code Section 20-2-319.5; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-2-320; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-2-324.2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 Code Section 20-2-324.2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959 Code Section 20-2-326; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959 Code Section 20-2-326; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840 Code Section 20-2-662; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-2-666; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-2-751.4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-2-759; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 20-2-779.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-2-989.7; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Code Section 20-2-1012; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Code Section 20-2-1015; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-2-1017; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Code Section 20-2-1181; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 20-2-1183; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 20-2-1185; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 20-2-2072; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 Code Section 20-2-2073; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 Code Section 20-2-2074; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 Code Section 20-2-2083; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 Code Section 20-2-2084; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 Code Section 20-2-2084.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 20-2-2090; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 20-2-2114; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 20-3-41.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-3-86; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Code Section 20-3-250.4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-3-250.27; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-3-278; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 20-3-316.2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 Code Section 20-3-374; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 Code Section 20-3-519; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 Code Section 20-3-519; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850 Code Section 20-3-519.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 Code Section 20-3-519.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850 Code Section 20-4-21.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Code Section 20-4-37; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959 Code Section 20-4-37; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
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Code Section 20-4-38; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 Code Section 20-14-26.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959 Code Title 20, Chapter 14, Article 2, Part 3A; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 659 Code Sections 20-14-45 through 20-14-49; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 659 Code Section 20-14-91; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 21-2-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 21-2-132; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 21-2-132; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 21-2-171; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 21-2-385; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 21-2-414; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 21-2-528; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 21-5-7.2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 370 Code Section 21-5-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 21-5-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 21-5-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 21-5-70; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 21-5-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 22-2-110; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Title 22, Chapter 3, Article 4, Part 1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Section 22-3-80; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Section 22-3-81; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Sections 22-3-82 through 22-3-87; redesignated as Code Sections 22-3-86 through 22-3-91. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Section 22-3-82; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Section 22-3-83; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Title 22, Chapter 3, Article 4, Part 2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Section 22-3-85; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Sections 22-3-86 through 22-3-91 (formerly Code Sections 22-3-82 through 22-3-87); enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Section 22-3-88; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Title 22, Chapter 3, Article 4A; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Section 22-3-95; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Section 23-3-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 59 Code Section 23-3-45; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 59 Code Section 23-3-46; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 59 Code Section 23-3-125; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 23-4-33; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 24-4-418; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Code Section 24-12-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 Code Section 25-3-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Code Section 25-4-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Code Section 25-4-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Code Section 25-4-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Code Section 25-9-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Code Section 25-9-11.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
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VETOED HB 916 Code Title 26, Chapter 4, Article 11; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Code Sections 26-4-190 through 26-4-195; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Code Section 26-5-21; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Code Section 27-1-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Code Section 27-1-39; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Code Section 27-2-13.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Code Section 27-2-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Code Section 28-1-14.1; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Title 29, Chapter 4, Article 9, Part 2; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Sections 29-4-85 through 29-4-88; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Title 29, Chapter 4, Article 9, Part 3; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Sections 29-4-90 through 29-4-94; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Section 29-4-95; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Title 29, Chapter 5, Article 13, Part 2; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Sections 29-5-125 through 29-5-128; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Title 29, Chapter 5, Article 13, Part 3; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Sections 29-5-130 through 29-5-134; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Section 29-5-135; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Title 29, Chapter 11, Article 1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Sections 29-11-1 through 29-11-6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Title 29, Chapter 11, Article 2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Sections 29-11-10 through 29-11-18; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Title 29, Chapter 11, Article 3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Section 29-11-20; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
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Code Section 29-11-21; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Title 29, Chapter 11, Article 4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Sections 29-11-30 through 29-11-32; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Title 29, Chapter 11, Article 5; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Sections 29-11-40 through 29-11-42; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Code Title 30, Chapter 9; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 Code Sections 30-9-1 through 30-9-16; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 Code Section 31-1-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 31-1-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 Code Section 31-2-14; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Code Title 31, Chapter 2A, Article 1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Code Section 31-2A-12; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Title 31, Chapter 2A, Article 2; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Code Sections 31-2A-30 through 31-2A-41; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Code Section 31-3-2.1; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 Code Section 31-7-3.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 31-7-3.3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 Code Section 31-7-3.4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 Code Section 31-7-21; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Code Section 31-7-190; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Code Sections 31-7-191 through 31-7-193; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Code Section 31-8-9.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Code Section 31-8-154; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Code Section 31-8-156; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Code Title 31, Chapter 8, Article 10; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Code Sections 31-8-300 through 31-8-304; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Code Section 31-10-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 31-10-26; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Code Section 31-11-110; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 Code Sections 31-11-112 through 31-11-116; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 Code Section 31-11-118; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 Code Section 31-12-2.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 31-12-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 31-14-8.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 31-17-4.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 Code Section 31-17-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 Code Section 31-22-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Code Section 31-22-9.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 Code Section 31-22-9.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 Code Section 31-33-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Code Section 31-33-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Code Section 31-45-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 219 Code Section 31-45-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 219 Code Section 31-45-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 219 Code Section 31-50-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 31-51-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
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Code Title 31, Chapter 52; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Code Sections 31-52-1 through 31-52-10; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Code Section 32-6-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Code Section 32-6-75.4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 383 Code Section 32-9-8.1; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 32-9-13; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 32-9-13; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Code Section 32-10-65; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 33-1-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 33-2-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 33-3-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 Code Section 33-4-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 33-4-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 33-6-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 33-9-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Code Section 33-9-40.3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Code Section 33-10-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 33-10-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 Code Section 33-13-32; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 33-13-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 33-13-38; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Title 33, Chapter 20C; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Sections 33-20C-1 through 33-20C-6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Title 33, Chapter 20C; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Code Sections 33-20C-1 through 33-20C-6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Code Section 33-23-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Code Section 33-24-44; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 33-24-59.20; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Code Section 33-25-15; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Code Section 33-29-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 33-32-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Code Section 33-37-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 Code Sections 33-37-50 through 33-37-52; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 Code Section 33-37-54; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 Code Section 33-37-55; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 Code Section 33-37-57; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 Code Sections 33-41-2 through 33-41-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 Code Section 33-41-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 Code Section 33-41-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 Code Section 33-41-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 Code Section 33-41-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 Code Section 33-50-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Code Section 33-56-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 Code Section 34-1-9; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757 Code Section 34-1-9; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Code Section 34-8-130; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
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Code Section 34-8-151; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 Code Section 34-8-155; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 Code Section 34-8-180; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 Code Section 34-8-181; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 Code Section 34-8-185; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 Code Section 34-9-2.4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Code Section 34-9-47; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Code Section 34-9-121; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Code Section 34-9-261; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Code Section 34-9-262; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Code Section 34-9-265; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Code Section 34-9-280; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 216 Code Sections 34-9-380 through 34-9-382; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Code Sections 34-9-384 through 34-9-388; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Code Title 34, Chapter 9, Article 12; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Code Sections 34-9-430 through 34-9-432; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Code Section 35-1-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Code Section 35-1-20; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 Code Section 35-2-15; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Code Section 35-2-56; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Code Section 35-2-101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Code Section 35-2-123; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Code Section 35-3-33; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Sections 35-3-33 through 35-3-34.1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 35-3-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Code Sections 35-3-35 through 35-3-37; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 35-3-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Title 35, Chapter 3, Article 9; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Sections 35-3-200 through 35-3-204; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 35-6A-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 35-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Code Section 36-1-27; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862 Code Section 36-15-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Section 36-15-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Section 36-15-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Section 36-15-13; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Section 36-32-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Code Section 36-32-2.2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Code Section 36-33-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 59 Code Section 36-60-17; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Code Section 36-60-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Code Section 36-61-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 36-61-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 36-80-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Code Section 36-80-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Code Section 36-80-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
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Code Section 37-1-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 37-2-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 37-2-6.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 37-3-44; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Code Section 37-3-83; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Code Section 37-3-147; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Code Section 37-3-150; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 37-4-110; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 37-7-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 37-7-150; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 38-2-280; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 Code Section 38-2-1001; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 38-2-1015; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 38-2-1038; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 38-2-1103; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 38-2-1111; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 38-2-1112.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 38-2-1140; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 38-3-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 38-3-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 38-3-22.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 38-3-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 38-3-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 38-3-57; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Sections 38-3-140 through 38-3-144; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 38-3-151; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Title 38, Chapter 3, Article 11; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Code Sections 38-3-160 through 38-3-171; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Code Section 40-1-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Code Section 40-1-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 40-1-154; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 Code Section 40-1-193.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 Code Section 40-1-195; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 40-2-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 40-2-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 40-2-69; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 Code Section 40-2-69; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Code Section 40-2-85.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Code Section 40-2-86; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Code Section 40-2-86; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 40-5-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 40-5-9; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 40-5-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 Code Section 40-5-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 40-5-22.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 40-5-32; 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Code Section 40-5-39; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 40-5-39; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 Code Section 40-5-53; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Code Sections 40-5-61 through 40-5-63; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 40-5-63; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 40-5-64; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 40-5-64; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 40-5-64.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 40-5-64.2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 40-5-66; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Sections 40-5-67 through 40-5-67.2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 40-5-75; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 40-5-76; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 40-5-76; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 40-5-81; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 Code Section 40-5-83; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 40-5-100; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Code Section 40-5-121; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 40-5-150; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Code Section 40-5-172; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Code Section 40-6-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Code Section 40-6-165; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Code Title 40, Chapter 6, Article 13, Part 1A; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Code Sections 40-6-305 through 40-6-307; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Code Section 40-6-314; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Code Section 40-16-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 42-1-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-2-5.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-2-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Code Section 42-2-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Code Section 42-2-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-2-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-3-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-3-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Sections 42-3-5 through 42-3-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-3-10; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Title 42, Chapter 3, Article 2; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Sections 42-3-30 through 42-3-35; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-3-115; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 42-5-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Code Section 42-8-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-8-34.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-8-35.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-8-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-8-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-8-62; 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enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-8-107; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-8-108; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Sections 42-8-109.2 through 42-8-109.4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-8-110; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 42-8-110.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 42-8-111; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 42-8-111; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-8-112; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Code Section 42-9-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Code Section 42-9-45; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 42-9-90; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Code Section 43-1-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 43-1-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 43-1-34; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 Code Title 43, Chapter 1C; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 Code Sections 43-1C-1 through 43-1C-3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 Code Section 43-10-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 43-10-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 43-10-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 43-10A-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 43-10A-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 43-10A-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Title 43, Chapter 22A; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Code Sections 43-22A-1 through 43-22A-13; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Code Section 43-34-22.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Code Section 43-34-26.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Code Section 43-34-38; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Code Section 43-39-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 43-39-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Code Section 43-40-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 Code Section 43-40-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 Code Section 43-50-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 Code Section 44-2-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Sections 44-2-25 through 44-2-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 44-2-84; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 44-2-103; 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Code Section 44-2-136; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Code Section 44-2-237; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 44-3-74; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 44-7-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Section 44-13-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 45-2-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 Code Section 45-2-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Code Section 45-7-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Code Section 45-8-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Code Sections 45-8-12 through 45-8-13.1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Code Section 45-9-81; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 45-9-102; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 45-10-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 45-11-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Code Section 45-12-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 45-13-70; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 45-16-43; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 45-22-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Title 46, Chapter 3, Article 2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 46-3-70; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 46-5-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 46-5-122; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 47-2-221; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Code Section 47-2-226; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Code Section 47-5-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Code Section 47-5-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Code Section 47-7-61; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Code Section 47-7-124; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Code Section 47-11-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Code Section 47-11-43; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Code Section 47-11-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Code Section 47-20-83; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Code Section 47-23-43; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 243 Code Section 47-23-43.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 243 Code Section 47-23-63; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Code Section 47-23-100; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 243 Code Section 48-1-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Code Section 48-1-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Code Section 48-2-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 Code Section 48-2-35; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 Code Section 48-2-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 48-2-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 Code Section 48-2-44; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 Code Section 48-2-100; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 48-4-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793 Code Section 48-4-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
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amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731 Code Section 48-5-243; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 Code Section 48-5-299; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Code Section 48-5-311; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 48-5-311; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Code Section 48-5-342; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Code Section 48-5-478; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 Code Section 48-5-478; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Code Section 48-5-504.40; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 Code Section 48-5C-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 48-5C-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 Code Section 48-7-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 Code Section 48-7-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805 Code Section 48-7-29.4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 48-7-29.8; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 48-7-29.12; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 48-7-29.20; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Code Section 48-7-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 Code Section 48-7-40.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 Code Section 48-7-40.17; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854 Code Section 48-7-40.31; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 Code Section 48-7-56; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Code Section 48-7-80; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Code Section 48-7-105; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Code Section 48-7-106; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Code Section 48-8-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Code Section 48-8-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 Code Section 48-8-3.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 Code Section 48-8-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 48-8-103; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 48-8-106; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 48-8-109.4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 48-8-109.7; 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VETOED HB 726 Code Section 48-11-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Code Section 48-11-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Code Section 48-11-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Code Section 48-13-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Code Section 48-13-77; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Code Section 48-13-78; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Code Section 48-13-93; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772 Code Section 48-13-131; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Code Section 49-1-8; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Code Section 49-2-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Code Section 49-3-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Code Section 49-4-22; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 49-4-151.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 916 Code Section 49-4-152.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Code Section 49-4-158; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Code Section 49-4A-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 49-4A-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Code Section 49-5-4.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Section 49-5-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 49-5-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Section 49-5-12.3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Section 49-5-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 49-5-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Code Section 49-5-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Code Section 49-5-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 49-5-46; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Code Section 49-5-180; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Sections 49-5-180 through 49-5-186; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Code Sections 49-5-182 through 49-5-186; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Sections 49-6-60 through 49-6-63; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737 Code Section 49-6-86; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 50-1-10; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 916 Code Section 50-3-87; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Code Section 50-5-85; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Code Section 50-5-122; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 50-7-91; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
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Code Title 50, Chapter 7, Article 9; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Code Sections 50-7-110 through 50-7-117; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Code Section 50-13-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 Code Section 50-13-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 Code Section 50-13A-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Code Section 50-13A-19.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 Code Title 50, Chapter 15A; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757 Code Sections 50-15A-1 through 50-15A-5; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757 Code Section 50-16-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Code Section 50-18-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Code Section 50-18-72; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Code Section 50-18-92; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791 Code Section 50-18-96; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 50-18-96; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791 Code Section 50-21-38; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757 Code Title 50, Chapter 21, Article 3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 59 Code Section 50-21-50; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 59 Code Section 50-26-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Code Section 50-27-74; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 Code Section 50-27-78; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 Code Section 50-27-84; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 Code Section 50-27-87; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 Code Section 50-27-102; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 50-27-102; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 Code Section 50-29-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Code Section 50-36-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Code Section 51-1-29.6; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 51-1-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Code Section 51-1-55; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Code Section 51-5-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Code Section 52-2-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 Code Section 52-7-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Code Section 52-7-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Code Section 53-2-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Code Section 53-3-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Code Section 53-12-80; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Bartow County; clerk; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3694 Cobb County; clerk; deputy clerk; executive assistant; executive
secretary; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3899
STATE COURTS
Cobb County; clerk and chief deputy clerk; chief assistant solicitor; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3888
Cobb County; judges; compensation; payments to Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3964
Coweta County; terms of court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4052 DeKalb County; court costs; failure to appear fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3950 Houston County; clerk; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4167 Spalding County; county solicitor; elections; qualifications;
compensation; assistant county solicitors; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4034 Tift County; solicitor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3999 Troup County; judge and solicitor-general; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4217 Wayne County; judge and solicitor; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3661
JUVENILE COURTS
Upson County; probation and intake services; transferred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3803
PROBATE COURTS
Cobb County; judge and clerk; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4042 Echols County; technology fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3845 Macon County; probate judge to serve in magistrate court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508
MAGISTRATE COURTS
Bartow County; chief magistrate; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3690 Chatham County; additional magistrates; appointments; elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4234 DeKalb County; service of process; limitation of sanctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3948 Fayette County; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3966 Macon County; probate judge to serve in magistrate court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508 Pike County; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3854 Thomas County; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3787 Upson County; law library fees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3901
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Atkinson County; members of the board of education; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . 3808 Bartow County; commissioner; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3681 Bartow County; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3685 Bartow County; magistrate court; chief magistrate; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3690 Bartow County; superior court; clerk; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3694 Candler County; ad valorem tax; Candler County Hospital Authority;
nonbinding, advisory referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3535 Carroll County; tax commissioner; board of education; fees;
remittances.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4005 Chatham County; board of education; censuring members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4056 Chatham County; elected county surveyor; abolish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3954 Chatham County; governing authority; censuring members.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4060 Chatham County; magistrate court; additional magistrates;
appointments; elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4234 Chattahoochee County; board of education; reconstitute; local
constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4163 Cherokee County; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3912 Cherokee County; purchasing; revise; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4275 Clayton County; community improvement districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3515 Cobb County; board of commissioners; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3893 Cobb County; Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; members; terms. . . . . . . . . 3856 Cobb County; probate court; judge and clerk; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4042 Cobb County; sheriff; chief deputy; assistant chief deputy;
executive assistant to the sheriff; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3896 Cobb County; state court; clerk and chief deputy clerk; chief
assistant solicitor; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3888 Cobb County; state court; judges; compensation; payments to
Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3964 Cobb County; superior court; clerk; deputy clerk; executive
assistant; executive secretary; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3899 Cobb County; tax commissioner; employee compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3891 Coweta County; state court; terms of court.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4052 Crawford County; Roberta-Crawford County; unified government; create. . . . . . . . 3919 DeKalb County; community improvement districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3956 DeKalb County; community improvement districts; definitions;
revision; assessments; boundaries; board powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4231 DeKalb County; DeKalb County Pension Board; revise;
compliance-related updates; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4399 DeKalb County; land use; audit; purchasing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4219 DeKalb County; magistrate court; service of process; limitation of
sanctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3948 DeKalb County; state court; court costs; failure to appear fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3950 DeKalb County; Stonecrest, City of; incorporate; charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3538 Echols County; probate court; technology fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3845
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Fannin County; officials and employees; appointment; home rule action. . . . . . . . . 4245 Fayette County; board of education; members; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4003 Fayette County; commissioners; districts; definitions; elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 Fayette County; magistrate court; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3966 Forsyth County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; eligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3906 Forsyth County; civil service system; exempted position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3840 Forsyth County; Forsyth County Public Facilities Authority;
definitions; monetary limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3624 Fulton County; library system; board of trustees; appointment; terms. . . . . . . . . . . . 3848 Glynn County; Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer
Commission; commission; immunity; terms; appointment; elections; stipends; budget publication; donations; accounting; customer assistance; rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3523 Grady County; board of education; nonpartisan elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4062 Greene County; board of elections and registration; election supervisor; qualifications; appointment; compensation; duties; employment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3962 Greene County; certain officials; health insurance; costs; qualifications; limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4228 Greene County; officials; benefits; qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3945 Habersham County; airport authority; abolish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4001 Hall County; civil service board; revise; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4248 Hall County; school district; sales and use tax; net proceeds; distribution; alternative method.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509 Hancock County; board of elections and registration; appointments; chairperson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3658 Haralson County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4238 Haralson County; tax collector and tax receiver; office consolidation; tax commissioner; compensation; employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4236 Houston County; Commission on Children and Youth; eliminate; disposition of assets and liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4054 Houston County; state court; clerk; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4167 Irwin County; Ocilla-Irwin County Industrial Development Authority; reconstitute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4082 Jenkins County; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3903 Liberty County; board of education; chairperson and members; expenses.. . . . . . . . 4224 Lowndes County; board of tax assessors; local constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4049 Macon County; probate judge to serve in magistrate court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508 Macon-Bibb County; Macon Fire and Police Department Employees' Retirement System; incorporated into charter; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4370 Macon-Bibb County; Macon Fire and Police Employees Retirement System; board of trustees; membership; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4271 Macon-Bibb County; Macon-Bibb County Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System; early retirement incentive; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . 4262
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Macon-Bibb County; Macon-Bibb County Pension and Retirement Systems, Division A; early retirement incentive; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . 4266
Macon-Bibb County; Macon-Bibb County Pension Plan; incorporated into charter; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4278
Macon-Bibb County; Macon-Bibb County Pensions and Retirement Systems; incorporated into charter; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4342
McDuffie County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3518
Muscogee County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . 3908 Newton County; board of commissioners; reestablish; supersede
existing governing authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3663 Newton County; community improvement districts; create;
administration; board; powers; bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3610 Oglethorpe County; board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4075 Pickens County; airport authority; members; appointments;
qualifications; vacancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4064 Pike County; magistrate court; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3854 Polk County; board of commissioners; vacancies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4047 Rockdale County; redevelopment powers; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3783 Schley County; Schley County Utilities Authority; members; appointment.. . . . . . . 3842 Screven County; hotel-motel tax.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4066 Seminole County; board of commissioners; chairperson and
commissioners; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4226 Spalding County; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3781 Spalding County; state court; county solicitor; elections;
qualifications; compensation; assistant county solicitors; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4034 Stewart County; Stewart County Water and Sewerage Authority; membership appointments;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3785 Tattnall County; members of the board of education; staggered terms. . . . . . . . . . . 3805 Telfair County; public officials; local constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3696 Thomas County; hotel-motel tax.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3838 Thomas County; magistrate court; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3787 Tift County; state court; solicitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3999 Troup County; state court; judge and solicitor-general; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . 4217 Upson County; Juvenile court; probation and intake services; transferred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3803 Upson County; magistrate court; law library fees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3901 Ware County; board of education; members; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4037 Ware County; Waycross and Ware County Development Authority; composition; qualifications; appointment; vacancies; terms; officers; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3532 Washington County; Washington County Hospital Authority; vacancies. . . . . . . . . 3952 Wayne County; state court; judge and solicitor; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3661 White County; board of commissioners; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3654
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Whitfield County; county surveyor; appointment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3521
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Cherokee County; purchasing; revise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4275 DeKalb County; DeKalb County Pension Board; revise;
compliance-related updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4399 Fannin County; officials and employees; appointment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4245 Hall County; civil service board; revise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4248 Macon-Bibb County; Macon Fire and Police Department Employees'
Retirement System; incorporated into charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4370 Macon-Bibb County; Macon Fire and Police Employees Retirement
System; board of trustees; membership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4271 Macon-Bibb County; Macon-Bibb County Fire and Police Employees'
Retirement System; early retirement incentive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4262 Macon-Bibb County; Macon-Bibb County Pension and Retirement
Systems, Division A; early retirement incentive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4266 Macon-Bibb County; Macon-Bibb County Pension Plan; incorporated
into charter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4278 Macon-Bibb County; Macon-Bibb County Pensions and Retirement
Systems; incorporated into charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4342
NAMED CITIES
Acworth, City of; boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3917 Adairsville, City of; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3692 Barwick, City of; new charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3699 Berkeley Lake, City of; ad valorem tax; rate change; manner of
adoption; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4415 Blairsville, City of; new charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3809 Blakely, City of; new charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3970 Brunswick, City of; Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and
Sewer Commission; commission; immunity; terms; appointment; elections; stipends; budget publication; donations; accounting; customer assistance; rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3523 Byron, City of; Byron Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; director; duties and appointment; employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4222 Byron, City of; recorder's court; pro tem judges; appointment; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4423 Cartersville, City of; hotel-motel tax.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3683 Chamblee, City of; election districts; revise; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4417 Covington, City of; mayor and council; oath of office; home rule action. . . . . . . . . 4411 Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; local constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3634 Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . 3627
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Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; educational purposes; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3640
Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3636
Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3630
East Dublin, City of; corporate boundaries.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3797 East Point, City of; McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment
Authority; contracts; absences.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3594 Eatonton, City of; hotel-motel tax.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4044 Emerson, City of; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3687 Fairmount, City of; corporate boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4215 Gainesville, City of; school district; sales and use tax; net
proceeds; distribution; alternative method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509 Graham, City of; new charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4122 Hamilton, City of; residency; duties and removal of mayor;
elimination of city manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4069 Hogansville, City of; new charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4007 Hoschton, City of; mayor and council members; elections.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3795 Jersey, City of; mayor and council members; terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3968 Kennesaw, City of; corporate boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4210 Kennesaw, City of; mayor; powers and duties; removal of officers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3942 Lake Park, City of; mayor and councilmembers; elections; terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4039 Lumpkin, City of; new charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4168 Macon, City of; Macon Water Commissioners Pension Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3850 Manchester, City of; governing authority; vacancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3789 Marietta, City of; Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; members;
terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3856 Ocilla, City of; Ocilla-Irwin County Industrial Development
Authority; reconstitute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4082 Pelham, City of; new charter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3859 Powder Springs, City of; corporate boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4200 Ringgold, City of; compensation; expenses; mayor and mayor pro
tempore; membership of boards, commissions, and authorities; vacancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3677 Roberta, City of; Roberta-Crawford County; unified government; create. . . . . . . . . 3919 Rome, City of; residency qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4213 Savannah, City of; board of education; censuring members.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4056 Savannah, City of; mayor and aldermen; censuring members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4058 South Fulton, City of; incorporate; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3726 St. Marys, City of; mayor and council; elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3801 Stockbridge, City of; appointed officers seeking public office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3646 Stockbridge, City of; city manager; powers and duties; selection; appointment; qualifications; compensation; removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3650 Stockbridge, City of; governing authority; vacancies; elections.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3512
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Stockbridge, City of; mayor and councilmembers; prohibitions on employment by the city. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3648
Stockbridge, City of; mayoral vetoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3656 Stockbridge, City of; oath of office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3643 Stonecrest, City of; incorporate; charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3538 Sugar Hill, City of; municipal property ownership.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3915 Surrency, City of; new charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4089 Thomasville, City of; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3799 Varnell, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; widows and widowers; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3791 Vidalia, City of; City of Vidalia Convention and Visitor's
Bureau Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4156 Warner Robins, City of; hotel-motel tax.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4080 Waycross, City of; Waycross and Ware County Development
Authority; composition; qualifications; appointment; vacancies; terms; officers; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3532
MUNICIPALITIES - HOME RULE AMENDMENTS
Berkeley Lake, City of; ad valorem tax; rate change; manner of adoption.. . . . . . . . 4415 Byron, City of; recorder's court; pro tem judges; appointment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4423 Chamblee, City of; election districts; revise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4417 Covington, City of; mayor and council; oath of office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4411
RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING LAND CONVEYANCES
Conveyance of certain state owned real property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 Nonexclusive easements; county grant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Nonexclusive easements; Department of Transportation request;
Department of Natural Resources agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS
Dedication of several portions of state highway system; honor individuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698
Dedication of several portions of state highway system; honor individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649
Dedication of several portions of state highway system; honor Vietnam veterans; honor individuals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628
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ABORTION
Juveniles without parental notice; statistics reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program;
establishment; administration and duties; grant services; record maintenance and reporting; funding.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
ACWORTH, CITY OF
Boundaries.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3917
AD VALOREM TAX
Combat zone military service; default; penalties and interest; waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 County tax digests approval; Commissioner of Revenue; powers;
Georgia Tax Tribunal; jurisdiction expansion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Exemption; tangible personal property; fulfillment centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731 Homestead exemption; disabled veteran; definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 Motor vehicles; alternative; proceeds distribution; fire
districts; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 Rural hospital organizations; tax credits; contributions;
license plates and revalidation decals; homestead exemption disabled veterans; taxable property; value; ascertainment; appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Watercraft and all-terrain vehicles; sale or resale inventory; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
ADAIRSVILLE, CITY OF
Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3692
ADOPTION
Grandparent intervention rights; great-grandparents and parents' siblings; expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
AGRICULTURE
Agritourism facilities; promotion advertising signs; tree trimming permit; allowance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 383
Farm use vehicles; operation on roads; exceptions, restrictions, and limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Georgia Seed Development Commission; membership revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
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AGRITOURISM
Facilities; promotion advertising signs; tree trimming permit; allowance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 383
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Driving under the influence; vehicle ignition interlock devices; procedures, conditions, fees, and limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Homemade or inflatable raft; personal flotation exemption; operation under the influence of alcohol; vessel exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
AMUSEMENT MACHINES
Sticker removal; prohibition; duplicate sticker fee; noncash redemption; revenue; improper placement; penalties; unfair and deceptive acts; unfair methods; unlawful; dispute service; default judgments.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762
ANIMALS
Animal impoundment; animal cruelty or dog fighting; violation; animal care; owner; return; expense recoupment; magistrate courts; jurisdiction; animal liens foreclosure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Hunting dog; classification; local government; registration, licensing, permitting fee; spayed or neutered; equal registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
APPEAL AND ERROR
Right of free speech or right to petition government for redress of grievances; judgments and rulings; directly appealable; definitions revised; libel and slander; cross-reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
APPROPRIATIONS
General appropriations; Fiscal Year 2016 - 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix Supplemental appropriations; Fiscal Year 2015 - 2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix
ARCHITECTS
Indemnification and duty to defend clauses; void and unenforceable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY
Influenza disease; educational information; residents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
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Members of the board of education; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3808
AUTHORITIES
Georgia Housing and Finance Authority; outstanding bond limit; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
AVIATION
Unmanned aircraft systems; use, regulation, exceptions, punishments, and civil right of action; preemption; Georgia Unmanned Vehicle Systems Commission; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 779
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BANKING AND FINANCE
Federal law compliance; update, modernize, and streamline regulation; building and loan associations; reference deletion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Financial institutions; unauthorized practice of law; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
BARTOW COUNTY
Commissioner; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3681 Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3685 Magistrate court; chief magistrate; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3690 Superior court; clerk; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3694
BARWICK, CITY OF
New charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3699
BERKELEY LAKE, CITY OF
Ad valorem tax; rate change; manner of adoption; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4415
BINGO
Daily permissible prize limitation; removal; weekly permissible prize limitation; preserve; lots; natural person; location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
BLAIRSVILLE, CITY OF
New charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3809
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BLAKELY, CITY OF
New charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3970
BRUNSWICK, CITY OF
Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission; commission; immunity; terms; appointment; elections; stipends; budget publication; donations; accounting; customer assistance; rates.. . . . . . . . 3523
BUFORD, CITY OF
School district; sales and use tax; net proceeds; distribution; alternative method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509
BYRON, CITY OF
Byron Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; director; duties and appointment; employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4222
Recorder's court; pro tem judges; appointment; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4423
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CANDLER COUNTY
Ad valorem tax; Candler County Hospital Authority; nonbinding, advisory referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3535
CARROLL COUNTY
Tax commissioner; board of education; fees; remittances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4005
CARTERSVILLE, CITY OF
Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3683
CHAMBLEE, CITY OF
Election districts; revise; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4417
CHARTER SCHOOLS
Charter school financial management certification; establishment; chief financial officer; simultaneous service; prohibition; governing board members; training requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
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Colleges and career academies; strategic waivers school system; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
CHATHAM COUNTY
Board of education; censuring members.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4056 Elected county surveyor; abolish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3954 Governing authority; censuring members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4060 Magistrate court; additional magistrates; appointments; elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4234
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY
Board of education; reconstitute; local constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4163
CHEROKEE COUNTY
Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3912 Purchasing; revise; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4275
CHILD ABUSE
Child abuse; materials or images; good faith possession; immunity; endangering child; definition; protocol committees; public scorecard; establishment; licensure compliance inspections; coordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
Records; confidentiality; release; immunity .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
CHILD CUSTODY
Child placement; relative or fictive kin; priority placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
CHILDREN
See MINORS
CIGAR AND CIGARETTE TAXES
Excise tax; tobacco products; state tax exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 726
CIGARS AND CIGARETTES
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CIVIL PRACTICE
Right of free speech or right to petition government for redress of grievances; judgments and rulings; directly appealable; definitions revised; libel and slander; cross-reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
CLAYTON COUNTY
Community improvement districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3515
CLAYTON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Additional judge; initial appointment; election; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
CLINICAL LABORATORIES
Nondiagnostic laboratories; state licensure; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
COBB COUNTY
Board of commissioners; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3893 Cobb County Marietta-Water Authority; members; terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3856 Probate court; judge and clerk; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4042 Sheriff; chief deputy; assistant chief deputy; executive assistant
to the sheriff; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3896 State court; clerk and chief deputy clerk; chief assistant
solicitor; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3888 State court; judges; compensation; payments to Trial Judges and
Solicitors Retirement Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3964 Superior court; clerk; deputy clerk; executive assistant;
executive secretary; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3899 Tax commissioner; employee compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3891
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
See EDUCATION
COMMERCE AND TRADE
Firearms; possession and carry; comprehensive revision. . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Georgia Lemon Law; new motor vehicle dealer; arbitration account;
fee collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 Marriage ceremonies and sacraments; no requirement to perform or
attend; religious freedom; faith based organizations; hiring exemption; state sovereign immunity; waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757
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Tobacco manufacturers; master settlement agreement enhancements; cigarette importers and stamping agents; responsibilities; taxes; other laws applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Unsolicited merchandise; free trial; affirmative assent; requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Criminal violations; rules and regulations; feral hogs; definition revision; film industry; wildlife exhibition permits; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Public roads; construction or improvements; environmental effects reports; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Solid waste management; owner or operator; release notification; requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Water emergency response procedures; school safety plans; bioterrorism activity; investigation; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; rename; Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Fireworks; excise taxes; trauma care, fire services, and local public safety; dedicated funding; constitutional amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
Judicial Qualifications Commission; existing; abolishment; composition, appointment, and governance; create new.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896
CONTRACTS
Architects, engineers, and land surveyors; indemnification and duty to defend clauses; void and unenforceable .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine products; sales; real-time tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Low THC oil; definition; dangerous drug; restriction and definition; nonprescription injectable insulin; violation penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS
Dates change; exception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Directors and officers; the Mode Act; consistent reforms; board of
directors; elections; registered agent; service; Secretary of State; process, notice, or demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
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Board of education; code of ethics; discussion restrictions; prohibition; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Constitutional officer; financial transaction cards; illegal use; issuance; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
Counties; proposed budget; authorities; defined; population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 County board of health and wellness; creation by ordinance; repeal .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 County law libraries; financial affairs, books; fee collection;
annual audit requirement; board of trustees; composition; excess funds; usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Police officers; municipality, county, board of education; employment; line of duty disability; retirement; weapon and badge; retention requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 Water liens; real property owner or tenant; information access; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
COURT OF APPEALS
Georgia Appellate Jurisdiction Review Commission; appellate court efficiencies; reform enactment; law assistant selection; improvement; Court of Appeals; procedural flexibility; Supreme Court Justices; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883
COURTS
Abortions; juveniles without parental notice; statistics reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Child placement; relative or fictive kin; priority placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Clayton Judicial Circuit; additional judge; initial appointment;
election; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 County law libraries; financial affairs, books; fee collection;
annual audit requirement; board of trustees; composition; excess funds; usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Financial institutions; unauthorized practice of law; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Firearms; possession and carry; comprehensive revision. . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Georgia Appellate Jurisdiction Review Commission; appellate court efficiencies; reform enactment; law assistant selection; improvement; Court of Appeals; procedural flexibility; Supreme Court Justices; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 Georgia Driver's Education Commission; transfer; law enforcement officers; motor vehicles; off-duty use; licenses and identification cards; expiration and suspension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Judge, judicial officer, grand juror; consanguinity or affinity relationship; disqualification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
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Judges and justices; weapons carry laws and prohibitions; exemption; personal identification cards; issuance; probate court judges; personal identification cards; duties; rules and regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Judicial Qualifications Commission; creates new.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 Judicial Qualifications Commission; existing; abolishment; composition,
appointment, and governance; create new; constitutional amendment. . . . . . . . . . 896 Justice reform; comprehensive .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Legitimation; voluntary acknowledgments; repeal; administrative
legitimation; elimination; judicial legitimation; clarification; paternity; witnesses signature; hospital programs; power of attorney; repeal vital records; voluntary acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . 304 Magistrate courts; jurisdiction; animal liens foreclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Maps, plats, and plans; recordation; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Ordinance violations; service; judgments; judicial review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 Parental rights; termination, legitimation, and adoption proceedings; nonconsensual sexual intercourse; conception; relevance; father inheritance; sworn statement; relevance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Peace officer; deadly force incidents; review procedure; grand jury proceeding; court reporter use; population act features; repeal; peace officer notification and testimony; public officials; professional misconduct; indictment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Street gang terrorism; prosecution and penalties; evidence; terroristic threats and acts; punishment; illegal inmate item possession; penalties and imprisonment .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; courts; communications and cooperation; testimony; another state; jurisdiction; notice of proceedings; registration and recognition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
COVERDELL-MURPHY ACT
Certified stroke centers; levels update; Department of Public Health; additional levels establishment; national certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
COVINGTON, CITY OF
Mayor and council; oath of office; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4411
COWETA COUNTY
State court; terms of court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4052
CRAWFORD COUNTY
Roberta-Crawford County; unified government; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3919
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CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Animal impoundment; animal cruelty or dog fighting; violation; animal care; owner; return; expense recoupment; magistrate courts; jurisdiction; animal liens foreclosure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Assault and battery; hospital emergency department and medical services personnel; increase penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Bingo; daily permissible prize limitation; removal; weekly permissible prize limitation; preserve; lots; natural person; location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Child abuse; materials or images; good faith possession; immunity; endangering child; definition; protocol committees; public scorecard; establishment; licensure compliance inspections; coordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
Constitutional officer; financial transaction cards; illegal use; issuance; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
Criminal violations; rules and regulations; feral hogs; definition revision; film industry; wildlife exhibition permits; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Driving under the influence; vehicle ignition interlock devices; procedures, conditions, fees, and limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine products; sales; real-time tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Family violence battery; household member defined; penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 Firearms and electric shock weapons; possession; postsecondary
education public institution; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848 Firearms; possession and carry; comprehensive revision. . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Fraudulent practices; military services or award;
misrepresentation; penalties; false public alarm; penalty; escaped offender; arrest warrants; State Board of Pardons and Paroles employees; badge and weapons; retention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Judges and justices; weapons carry laws and prohibitions; exemption; personal identification cards; issuance; probate court judges; personal identification cards; duties; rules and regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Low THC oil; definition; dangerous drug; restriction and definition; nonprescription injectable insulin; violation penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 Ordinance violations; service; judgments; judicial review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 Prescription information electronic data base; data base information retention; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Street gang terrorism; prosecution and penalties; evidence; terroristic threats and acts; punishment; illegal inmate item possession; penalties and imprisonment .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Trafficking of persons; labor or sexual servitude; developmental disability; defined; penalties; potential defense; removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
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Unmanned aircraft systems; use, regulation, exceptions, punishments, and civil right of action; preemption; Georgia Unmanned Vehicle Systems Commission; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 779
Weapons carry license holders; postsecondary education public institutions; real property owned or leased; possession authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 859
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Forensic medical examination; Georgia Bureau of Investigation; evidence submission; requirements; procedures; annual reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Justice reform; comprehensive .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Peace officer; deadly force incidents; review procedure; grand
jury proceeding; court reporter use; population act features; repeal; peace officer notification and testimony; public officials; professional misconduct; indictment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
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DEBTOR AND CREDITOR
Garnishment proceedings; modernize, reorganize, and constitutional protections; cross-reference; corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
DECATUR, CITY OF
Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; local constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3634
Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3627 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; educational
purposes; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3640 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3636 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3630
DEKALB COUNTY
Community improvement districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3956 Community improvement districts; definitions; revision;
assessments; boundaries; board powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4231 DeKalb County Pension Board; revise; compliance-related updates;
home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4399 Land use; audit; purchasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4219 Magistrate court; service of process; limitation of sanctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3948 State court; court costs; failure to appear fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3950 Stonecrest, City of; incorporate; charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3538
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Aging services; Department of Human Services; oversight transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737 Certified nurse aide registry; private residence nurse aides;
expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Department of Human Services; kinship caregivers; information
link or portal; kinship care enforcement administrator; creation; military service member dependents; medical assistance and developmental disability services; implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Georgia Palliative Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council; create; state-wide palliative consumer information and education program; establish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; Department of Community Health audits; exception; medical assistance providers; clerical or other errors; recoupment basis; correction period . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 916
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Georgia Film and Television Trail; plan and development; immunities. . . . . . . . . . . 282
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Adopted child's biological parents; record information; department utilization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736
Aging services; Department of Community Health; oversight transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . 737 Child welfare agencies; public scorecard; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 Kinship caregivers; information link or portal; kinship care
enforcement administrator; creation; military service member dependents; medical assistance and developmental disability services; implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Coverdell-Murphy Act; certified stroke centers; additional levels establishment; national certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
DOGS
Hunting dog; classification; local government; registration, licensing, permitting fee; spayed or neutered; equal registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Official state dog; adoptable dog; designate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Adopted child's biological parents; record information; department utilization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736
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Child abuse; materials or images; good faith possession; immunity; endangering child; definition; protocol committees; public scorecard; establishment; licensure compliance inspections; coordination.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
Child custody; permanent parenting plan; final order; incorporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Child placement; relative or fictive kin; priority placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Family violence battery; household member defined; penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 Grandparent intervention rights; great-grandparents and parents'
siblings; expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 HIV and AIDS; testing and prevention; minor treatment consent;
Department of Public Health; requirement elimination; health provider exposure; parent or legal guardian; confidential information; permissive disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 Legitimation; voluntary acknowledgments; repeal; administrative legitimation; elimination; judicial legitimation; clarification; paternity; witnesses signature; hospital programs; power of attorney; repeal vital records; voluntary acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . 304 Marriage ceremonies and sacraments; no requirement to perform or attend; religious freedom; faith based organizations; hiring exemption; state sovereign immunity; waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757 Parental rights; termination, legitimation, and adoption proceedings; nonconsensual sexual intercourse; conception; relevance; father inheritance; sworn statement; relevance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
DRIVER SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Georgia Student Finance Authority; voluntary contributions; postsecondary educational costs; children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency personnel, highway personnel, and prison guards; killed in line of duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
DRIVERS' LICENSES
Driving under the influence; vehicle ignition interlock devices; procedures, conditions, fees, and limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Nonresidents; home state or country; exemptions; driver improvement clinic owner; subsequent conviction; penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
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EAST DUBLIN, CITY OF
Corporate boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3797
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McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority; contracts; absences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3594
EATONTON, CITY OF
Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4044
ECHOLS COUNTY
Probate court; technology fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3845
EDUCATION
Annual teacher, principal, and assistant principal evaluations; revision; student assessments; mastery in reading; mastery in basic math skills; establishment; evaluation; procedural deficiencies; complaints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
Athletic association; religious expression; student athletes clothing; prohibition restrictions; athletic competitions; nonmember schools prohibition; restriction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Charter school financial management certification; establishment; chief financial officer; simultaneous service; prohibition; governing board members; training requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Charter schools; colleges and career academies; strategic waivers school system; establishment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
Federal, state, and locally mandated standardized assessments; punitive testing consequences; end. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 355
Financial reporting requirements; pilot program; temporary waiver; transparency; local school board members; standards; grant application; written notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 659
Firearms and electric shock weapons; possession; postsecondary education public institution; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
Georgia Student Finance Authority; voluntary contributions; postsecondary educational costs; children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency personnel, highway personnel, and prison guards; killed in line of duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
High school diplomas; dual credit coursework; award; postsecondary coursework; HOPE scholarships; rigor requirements. . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 329
HOPE scholarship; optional rigor requirements; computer science coursework; addition; college coursework; weighted scores; Georgia Student Finance Commission; biennial report.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
Justice reform; comprehensive .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
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Local board of education; conflicts of interest; high school diplomas; dual credit coursework; HOPE scholarship; assessments exemption; data sharing; authorization; military personnel students; unique identifiers; nonprofit corporation; authority.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 959
Local boards of education and charter schools; annual operating budget; public meetings, Internet, and availability; requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 838
Public property; amounts due to the state; write offs; automatic repeals extension; nonlapsing revenue; University System of Georgia and Technical College System; automatic repeals extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Sales and use tax; exemption; back-to-school sales holiday.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Savings trust account contribution; income deduction; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805 School bus drivers; cellular telephone use; prohibition; exception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Seal of biliteracy; high school graduates; proficiency; one or
more foreign languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853 Service cancelable loan fund; HOPE eligibility; Georgia National
Guard; ineligibility removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 Special education services; self-contained classrooms; video
monitoring cameras and equipment; placement, requirements, and funding.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 State recommendation process; instructional materials and content; optional; locally approved instructional materials and content; review requirement; public review; school system coordinator; designation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Technical College System of Georgia; military service; training and experience; academic credit; policy maintenance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 Virtual instruction; requirements; automatic repeal .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844 Water emergency response procedures; school safety plans; bioterrorism activity; investigation; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; rename; Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Weapons carry license holders; postsecondary education public institutions; real property owned or leased; possession authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 859 Zell Miller Scholarships; home study and ineligible high school students; standardized college admission test scores; eligibility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
ELDER PERSONS
Aging services; Department of Human Services; oversight transfer; Department of Community Health; community care unit; establishment; agency references. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
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Campaign contribution and personal finances disclosure report; civil penalties and fees; waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 370
Campaign material; definition; advance voting; polling places; activity prohibition; financial disclosure; public officials; conduct; lobbyist disclosure; ineligible persons; district durational residency; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Assault and battery; hospital emergency department and medical services personnel; increase penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
EMERSON, CITY OF
Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3687
EMINENT DOMAIN
Petroleum pipelines construction; commission; creation, membership, powers, and abolishment; application and approval suspension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Community supervision officer; Department of Community Supervision; disability benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Law enforcement officers; creditable service; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
Unemployment Trust Fund; fraud and abuse; prevention.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
ENGINEERS
Indemnification and duty to defend clauses; void and unenforceable. . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Public roads; construction or improvements; environmental effects reports; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Eminent domain; petroleum pipelines construction; commission; creation, membership, powers, and abolishment; application and approval suspension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
ESTATES
Year's support; taxes and tax liens; homestead defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
EVIDENCE
Forensic medical examination; Georgia Bureau of Investigation; evidence submission; requirements; procedures; annual reporting.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
HIV and AIDS; testing and prevention; minor treatment consent; Department of Public Health; requirement elimination; health provider exposure; parent or legal guardian; confidential information; permissive disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752
Street gang terrorism; prosecution and penalties; evidence; terroristic threats and acts; punishment; illegal inmate item possession; penalties and imprisonment .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
EXCISE TAX
Excise tax; rooms, lodging, and accommodations; municipalities; application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Tobacco products; state tax exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 726
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FAIRMOUNT, CITY OF
Corporate boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4215
FANNIN COUNTY
Officials and employees; appointment; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4245
FARMS
See AGRICULTURE
FAYETTE COUNTY
Board of education; members; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4003
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Commissioners; districts; definitions; elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 Magistrate court; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3966
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
See BANKING AND FINANCE
FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY
Blasting and excavating; utility facilities; proximity; notice requirement; local governing authorities; marking or location requirements; ordinance prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Fire departments; certificates of compliance; issuance; fireworks; compliance standards; criminal offenses; penalties; counties and municipal corporations; regulations; licensing standards and procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fireworks; excise tax; dedication; trauma care, fire services, and local public safety purposes; constitutional amendment; contingency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
Judges and justices; weapons carry laws and prohibitions; exemption; personal identification cards; issuance; probate court judges; personal identification cards; duties; rules and regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Possession and carry; comprehensive revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Weapons carry license holders; postsecondary education public
institutions; real property owned or leased; possession authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 859
FIREWORKS
Compliance standards; criminal offenses; penalties; counties and municipal corporations; regulations; licensing standards and procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Excise taxes; dedication; trauma care, fire services, and local public safety purposes; constitutional amendment; contingency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Excise taxes; trauma care, fire services, and local public safety; dedicated funding; constitutional amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS
Avian meat products and facilities; inspection and regulation; enforcement responsibility; obsolete provision; removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
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Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine products; sales; real-time tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Low THC oil; definition; dangerous drug; restriction and definition; nonprescription injectable insulin; violation penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
Mails or common carriers employment; sell, distribute, and deliver prescription drugs; Board of Pharmacy regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Pharmacy licenses; service members; temporary .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855 Prescription drug repository program; establishment and operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Prescription information electronic data base; data base
information retention; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Sales and use tax; exemption; food and food ingredients;
qualified food banks and nonprofit agencies; sunset extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 State Commission on Narcotic Treatment Programs; creation;
membership, duties, and compensation; abolishment; licensure applications; temporary moratorium; exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; Department of Community Health audits; exception; medical assistance providers; clerical or other errors; recoupment basis; correction period . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 916
FORSYTH COUNTY
Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; eligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3906 Civil service system; exempted position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3840 Forsyth County Public Facilities Authority; definitions; monetary
limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3624
FULTON COUNTY
Library system; board of trustees; appointment; terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3848
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GAINESVILLE, CITY OF
School district; sales and use tax; net proceeds; distribution; alternative method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509
GAME AND FISH
Criminal violations; rules and regulations; feral hogs; definition revision; film industry; wildlife exhibition permits; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Hunting dog; classification; local government; registration, licensing, permitting fee; spayed or neutered; equal registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY
General appropriations; Fiscal Year 2016 - 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix Supplemental appropriations; Fiscal Year 2015 - 2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; general reviser bill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (GBI)
Forensic medical examination; evidence submission; requirements; procedures; annual reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Water emergency response procedures; school safety plans; bioterrorism activity; investigation; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; rename; Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
GEORGIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
Justice reform; comprehensive .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
GEORGIA DRIVER'S EDUCATION COMMISSION
Transfer; Governor's Office of Highway Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
GEORGIA FIREARMS INDUSTRY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT
Firearms; possession and carry; comprehensive revision. . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060
GEORGIA FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION FUND
Insurance premiums subject to taxation; fund or board litigation; venue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
GEORGIA LACTATION CONSULTANT PRACTICE ACT
Licensure, application, and qualifications.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
GEORGIA MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES BENEFIT SYSTEM
Municipal corporations; governing bodies; plan enactment; resolution; service credit purchase; employee contributions; eligibility expansion; board of trustees; designation; authority removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
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GEORGIA PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL
Commissioners of juvenile justice and natural resources; voting members; addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
GEORGIA PROFESSIONAL REGULATION REFORM ACT
Licensing boards; executive oversight; state policy; regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
GEORGIA RIGHT TO TRY ACT
Enact; investigational drugs, biological products, and devices; terminally ill patients; eligibility criteria; experimental and nonconventional medical treatments; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
GEORGIA SEED DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
Membership revision.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
GEORGIA STUDENT FINANCE AUTHORITY
Service cancelable loan fund; HOPE eligibility; Georgia National Guard; ineligibility removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860
Voluntary contributions; postsecondary educational costs; children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency personnel, highway personnel, and prison guards; killed in line of duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
GEORGIA STUDENT FINANCE COMMISSION
Biennial report; requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
GEORGIA TAX TRIBUNAL
Automatic transfer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 County tax digests approval; Commissioner of Revenue; powers;
Georgia Tax Tribunal; jurisdiction expansion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
GLYNN COUNTY
Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission; commission; immunity; terms; appointment; elections; stipends; budget publication; donations; accounting; customer assistance; rates.. . . . . . . . 3523
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GRADY COUNTY
Board of education; nonpartisan elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4062
GRAHAM, CITY OF
New charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4122
GREENE COUNTY
Board of elections and registration; election supervisor; qualifications; appointment; compensation; duties; employment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3962
Certain officials; health insurance; costs; qualifications; limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4228 Officials; benefits; qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3945
GUARDIAN AND WARD
Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; courts; communications and cooperation; testimony; another state; jurisdiction; notice of proceedings; registration and recognition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
GUNS
See FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
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HABERSHAM COUNTY
Airport authority; abolish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4001
HALL COUNTY
Civil service board; revise; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4248 School district; sales and use tax; net proceeds; distribution;
alternative method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509
HAMILTON, CITY OF
Residency; duties and removal of mayor; elimination of city manager. . . . . . . . . . . 4069
HANCOCK COUNTY
Board of elections and registration; appointments; chairperson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3658
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ABLE program; tax exempt accounts; individuals with disabilities; establishment; tax treatment; Georgia ABLE Program Corporation; agency definition; exclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
HARALSON COUNTY
Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4238 Tax collector and tax receiver; office consolidation; tax
commissioner; compensation; employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4236
HEALTH
Aging services; Department of Human Services; oversight transfer; Department of Community Health; community care unit; establishment; agency references. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
Certified nurse aide registry; private residence nurse aides; expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
County board of health and wellness; creation by ordinance; repeal .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 Coverdell-Murphy Act; certified stroke centers; levels update;
Department of Public Health; additional levels establishment; national certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 Georgia Palliative Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council; create; state-wide palliative consumer information and education program; establish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 HIV and AIDS; testing and prevention; minor treatment consent; Department of Public Health; requirement elimination; health provider exposure; parent or legal guardian; confidential information; permissive disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 Influenza disease; educational information; assisted living residents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Investigational drugs, biological products, and devices; terminally ill patients; eligibility criteria; experimental and nonconventional medical treatments; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Legitimation; voluntary acknowledgments; repeal; administrative legitimation; elimination; judicial legitimation; clarification; paternity; witnesses signature; hospital programs; power of attorney; repeal vital records; voluntary acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . 304 Nondiagnostic laboratories; state licensure; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Nursing homes and intermediate care homes; passive investors; civil actions restriction; self-insurance trust or liability insurance; operation permit; condition precedent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 Patient health records; psychiatric, psychological, and other mental health; copying and mailing costs; application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
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Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms; department; form modification; notification requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757
Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; establishment; administration and duties; grant services; record maintenance and reporting; funding.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Prescription drug repository program; establishment and operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Rural hospital organizations; tax credits; contributions; license
plates and revalidation decals; homestead exemption disabled veterans; taxable property; value; ascertainment; appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Spectacles; sale and dispensing; restrictions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 Swimming pools; inspection and licensing requirements; privately owned exemptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 219 Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act; enact; regulation; registration systems; credentialing and privileging; effect; civil liability; limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Water emergency response procedures; school safety plans; bioterrorism activity; investigation; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; rename; Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
HEALTH INSURANCE
See INSURANCE
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES
Agritourism facilities; promotion advertising signs; tree trimming permit; allowance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 383
Commercial advertisements; media agency; multiple media display; regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Public roads; construction or improvements; environmental effects reports; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Sales and use tax; City of Atlanta; public transportation; metropolitan area; project selection; referendum; tax collection; counties; limitations; special district mass transportation; tax levy; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
HIV
AIDS; testing and prevention; minor treatment consent; Department of Public Health; requirement elimination; health provider exposure; parent or legal guardian; confidential information; permissive disclosure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752
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New charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4007
HOPE SCHOLARSHIPS
High school diplomas; dual credit coursework; award; postsecondary coursework; HOPE scholarships; rigor requirements. . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 329
Optional rigor requirements; computer science coursework; addition; college coursework; weighted scores; Georgia Student Finance Commission; biennial report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
Service cancelable loan fund; HOPE eligibility; Georgia National Guard; ineligibility removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860
Zell Miller Scholarships; home study and ineligible high school students; standardized college admission test scores; eligibility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
HOSCHTON, CITY OF
Mayor and council members; elections.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3795
HOSPITALS
Assault and battery; hospital emergency department and medical services personnel; increase penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Board certification; advertisement or publication; requirements; vaccine protocol agreements; hospital or health system; exemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Influenza disease; educational information; assisted living residents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Nursing homes and intermediate care homes; passive investors; civil actions restriction; self-insurance trust or liability insurance; operation permit; condition precedent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
Rural hospital organizations; tax credits; contributions; license plates and revalidation decals; homestead exemption disabled veterans; taxable property; value; ascertainment; appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
See GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSTON COUNTY
Commission on Children and Youth; eliminate; disposition of assets and liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4054
State court; clerk; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4167
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Sanctuary; prohibition; agencies; annual immigration compliance reports; submission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
INCOME TAX
Exemption; real property; conservation use donation; sunset extension. . . . . . . . . . . 585 Jobs tax credit; wages requirement; clarify certain terms;
employer tax credit; full-time jobs; qualified parolees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 Tax credit; quality jobs creation; taxpayer definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854
INSURANCE
Agency licensure; requirement; exclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Foreign and alien insurer securities deposit requirement;
eliminate; company action level event; health organizations inclusions; adjusted capital levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 Georgia Captive Insurance Company Act; extensive revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 Health benefit plan; drug approval; metastatic cancer; prior approval requirement; prohibited conditions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Health care provider network; restrictions and requirements; registration; penalties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Insurers; accurate provider directories; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Insurers; rehabilitation and liquidation; reciprocal states and domiciliary liquidators; Commissioner powers; standard valuation law; principal based reserves standards; opt out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 Life insurance; policy terms disclosure; agent termination prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Multiple employer self-insured health plans; premium tax; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Promotional programs and advertisement; value limitation; unfair trade practice; unlawful inducement; exception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Property; fire loss value; ownership restriction; expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Workers' compensation; rate reduction; work based learning opportunities; students age 16 and older. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
INTERMEDIATE CARE HOMES
Nursing homes; passive investors; civil actions restriction; self-insurance trust or liability insurance; operation permit; condition precedent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
Revenue and taxation; federal law; incorporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Ocilla-Irwin County Industrial Development Authority; reconstitute. . . . . . . . . . . . 4082
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JENKINS COUNTY
Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3903
JERSEY, CITY OF
Mayor and council members; terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3968
JUDGES
Judges and justices; weapons carry laws and prohibitions; exemption; personal identification cards; issuance; probate court judges; personal identification cards; duties; rules and regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Municipal courts; appointed judges; removal; procedure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
JUDGES OF THE PROBATE COURTS RETIREMENT FUND OF GEORGIA
Years of mandatory contribution; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
JUDICIAL CIRCUITS
Clayton Judicial Circuit; additional judge; initial appointment; election; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION
Creates new. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 Existing; abolishment; composition, appointment, and
governance; create new; constitutional amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896
JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Full-time and part-time service and calculations; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Judicial Retirement System; rights preservation; irrevocable
election; state bar admission; employment condition; fund transfer; restore option.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 243
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JURIES
Judge, judicial officer, grand juror; consanguinity or affinity relationship; disqualification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS
Child placement; relative or fictive kin; priority placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Justice reform; comprehensive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Legitimation; voluntary acknowledgments; repeal; administrative
legitimation; elimination; judicial legitimation; clarification; paternity; witnesses signature; hospital programs; power of attorney; repeal vital records; voluntary acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . 304
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KENNESAW, CITY OF
Corporate boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4210 Mayor; powers and duties; removal of officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3942
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LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Employment security; Unemployment Trust Fund; fraud and abuse; prevention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Franchisor employee; franchisee or franchisee's employee; status; exception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Marriage ceremonies and sacraments; no requirement to perform or attend; religious freedom; faith based organizations; hiring exemption; state sovereign immunity; waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757
Workers' compensation; administrative law judges; Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct; employer's duties; information requirement; compensation; increase; Self-Insurers Guaranty Trust Fund; purpose, participants, and liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Workers' compensation; occupational disease cancer exception; firefighter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 216
Workers' compensation; rate reduction; work based learning opportunities; students age 16 and older. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
LAKE PARK, CITY OF
Mayor and councilmembers; elections; terms.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4039
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Indemnification and duty to defend clauses; void and unenforceable. . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; creditable service; conditions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Firearms; possession and carry; comprehensive revision. . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Forensic medical examination; Georgia Bureau of Investigation;
evidence submission; requirements; procedures; annual reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Georgia Driver's Education Commission; transfer; law enforcement
officers; motor vehicles; off-duty use; licenses and identification cards; expiration and suspension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; commissioners of juvenile justice and natural resources; voting members; addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Justice reform; comprehensive .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Peace officer; deadly force incidents; review procedure; grand jury proceeding; court reporter use; population act features; repeal; peace officer notification and testimony; public officials; professional misconduct; indictment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Police officers; municipality, county, board of education; employment; line of duty disability; retirement; weapon and badge; retention requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 State records management; body-worn or vehicle law enforcement recording devices; minimum retention periods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791 Water emergency response procedures; school safety plans; bioterrorism activity; investigation; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; rename; Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
LIBERTY COUNTY
Board of education; chairperson and members; expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4224
LICENSE PLATES AND REGISTRATION
Special license plates; women veterans; Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.; Hampton University; Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.; marine habitat conservation; Georgia Pet Foundation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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LIMOUSINES
Limousine carriers; inspections; taxi services; registration; driver's license; nonresidents; home state or country; exemptions; driver improvement clinic owner; subsequent conviction; penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Blasting and excavating; utility facilities; proximity; notice requirement; local governing authorities; marking or location requirements; ordinance prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Board of education; code of ethics; discussion restrictions; prohibition; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Campaign material; definition; advance voting; polling places; activity prohibition; financial disclosure; public officials; conduct; lobbyist disclosure; ineligible persons; district durational residency; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Constitutional officer; financial transaction cards; illegal use; issuance; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
Counties and municipalities; local law; district residency; duration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795
County board of health and wellness; creation by ordinance; repeal .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 County law libraries; financial affairs, books; fee collection;
annual audit requirement; board of trustees; composition; excess funds; usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Fire departments; certificates of compliance; issuance; fireworks; compliance standards; criminal offenses; penalties; counties and municipal corporations; regulations; licensing standards and procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Immigration sanctuary; prohibition; agencies; annual immigration compliance reports; submission.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Municipal courts; appointed judges; removal; procedure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Ordinance violations; service; judgments; judicial review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 Police officers; municipality, county, board of education; employment; line of duty disability; retirement; weapon and badge; retention requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 Public funds; fixed guideway transit; referendum approval; requirement; ballot language; applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862 Solid waste management; owner or operator; release notification; requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Sovereign immunity waiver; state; municipal corporation; certain circumstances.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 59 Water liens; real property owner or tenant; information access; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
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Board of tax assessors; local constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4049
LUMPKIN, CITY OF
New charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4168
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MACON COUNTY
Probate judge to serve in magistrate court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508
MACON, CITY OF
Macon Water Commissioners Pension Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3850
MACON-BIBB COUNTY
Macon Fire and Police Department Employees' Retirement System; incorporated into charter; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4370
Macon Fire and Police Employees Retirement System; board of trustees; membership; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4271
Macon-Bibb County Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System; early retirement incentive; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4262
Macon-Bibb County Pension and Retirement Systems, Division A; early retirement incentive; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4266
Macon-Bibb County Pension Plan; incorporated into charter; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4278
Macon-Bibb County Pensions and Retirement Systems; incorporated into charter; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4342
MAGISTRATE COURTS
Jurisdiction; animal liens foreclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
MANCHESTER, CITY OF
Governing authority; vacancies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3789
MARIETTA, CITY OF
Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; members; terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3856
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MARTA
Public funds; fixed guideway transit; referendum approval; requirement; ballot language; applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862
Sales and use tax; City of Atlanta; public transportation; metropolitan area; project selection; referendum; tax collection; counties; limitations; special district mass transportation; tax levy; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
MCDUFFIE COUNTY
Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3518
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAID
Aging services; Department of Human Services; oversight transfer; Department of Community Health; community care unit; establishment; agency references. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
MENTAL HEALTH
Involuntary hospitalization; rights notification; procedures; person's representatives' names; secure; reasonable standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Patient health records; psychiatric, psychological, and other mental health; copying and mailing costs; application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Professional counseling; psychological testing; authorization prohibition; diagnose; definition; continuing education curriculum; development; board; requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Trafficking of persons; labor or sexual servitude; developmental disability; defined; penalties; potential defense; removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
Ad valorem tax; combat zone military service; default; penalties and interest; waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; disabled veteran; motor vehicle registration and licensing; disabled veteran; definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
Fraudulent practices; military services or award; misrepresentation; penalties; false public alarm; penalty; escaped offender; arrest warrants; State Board of Pardons and Paroles employees; badge and weapons; retention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
License plates and revalidation decals; homestead exemption disabled veterans; taxable property; value; ascertainment; appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
National Guard members; another state; private employers; reemployment requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Pharmacy licenses; service members; temporary .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855
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Professional licensing boards; military spouses and transitioning service members; temporary licenses; rules and regulations adoption requirement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Service cancelable loan fund; HOPE eligibility; Georgia National Guard; ineligibility removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860
Service member dependents; medical assistance and developmental disability services; implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Technical College System of Georgia; military service; training and experience; academic credit; policy maintenance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act; enact; regulation; registration systems; credentialing and privileging; effect; civil liability; limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Water emergency response procedures; school safety plans; bioterrorism activity; investigation; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; rename; Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
MINORS
Abortions; juveniles without parental notice; statistics reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Adopted child's biological parents; record information; department
utilization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736 Child placement; relative or fictive kin; priority placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 HIV and AIDS; testing and prevention; minor treatment consent;
Department of Public Health; requirement elimination; health provider exposure; parent or legal guardian; confidential information; permissive disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 Legitimation; voluntary acknowledgments; repeal; administrative legitimation; elimination; judicial legitimation; clarification; paternity; witnesses signature; hospital programs; power of attorney; repeal vital records; voluntary acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . 304 Parental rights; termination, legitimation, and adoption proceedings; nonconsensual sexual intercourse; conception; relevance; father inheritance; sworn statement; relevance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Workers' compensation; rate reduction; work based learning opportunities; students age 16 and older. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; alternative; proceeds distribution; fire districts; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
Disabled veteran; motor vehicle registration and licensing; definition .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
Driving under the influence; vehicle ignition interlock devices; procedures, conditions, fees, and limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
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Farm use vehicles; operation on roads; exceptions, restrictions, and limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Georgia Driver's Education Commission; transfer; law enforcement officers; motor vehicles; off-duty use; licenses and identification cards; expiration and suspension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Georgia Lemon Law; new motor vehicle dealer; arbitration account; fee collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Justice reform; comprehensive .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 License plates and revalidation decals; homestead exemption
disabled veterans; taxable property; value; ascertainment; appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Limousine carriers; inspections; taxi services; registration;
driver's license; nonresidents; home state or country; exemptions; driver improvement clinic owner; subsequent conviction; penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 Motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; federal regulations; reference date.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Motorcycle handlebars; height restriction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 School bus drivers; cellular telephone use; prohibition; exception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Special license plates; women veterans; Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.; Hampton University; Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.; marine habitat conservation; Georgia Pet Foundation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Stationary utility service vehicles; passing procedure; definitions and penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Water emergency response procedures; school safety plans; bioterrorism activity; investigation; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; rename; Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
Constitutional officer; financial transaction cards; illegal use; issuance; conditions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
MUNICIPALITIES
Board of education; code of ethics; discussion restrictions; prohibition; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Municipal courts; appointed judges; removal; procedure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Police officers; municipality, county, board of education;
employment; line of duty disability; retirement; weapon and badge; retention requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 Water liens; real property owner or tenant; information access; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
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Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3908
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NEWTON COUNTY
Board of commissioners; reestablish; supersede existing governing authority.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3663
Community improvement districts; create; administration; board; powers; bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3610
NURSES
Certified nurse aide registry; private residence nurse aides; expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
NURSING HOMES
Intermediate care homes; passive investors; civil actions restriction; self-insurance trust or liability insurance; operation permit; condition precedent.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
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OCILLA, CITY OF
Ocilla-Irwin County Industrial Development Authority; reconstitute. . . . . . . . . . . . 4082
OGLETHORPE COUNTY
Board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4075
OPEN RECORDS LAW
Economic development project; public disclosure; requirement restriction; intercollegiate sports program records; response deadline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
OPTOMETRISTS
Spectacles; sale and dispensing; restrictions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846
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PARENT AND CHILD
Child custody; permanent parenting plan; final order; incorporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Grandparent intervention rights; great-grandparents and parents'
siblings; expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Legitimation; voluntary acknowledgments; repeal; administrative
legitimation; elimination; judicial legitimation; clarification; paternity; witnesses signature; hospital programs; power of attorney; repeal vital records; voluntary acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . 304
PELHAM, CITY OF
New charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3859
PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Driving under the influence; vehicle ignition interlock devices; procedures, conditions, fees, and limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Fraudulent practices; military services or award; misrepresentation; penalties; false public alarm; penalty; escaped offender; arrest warrants; State Board of Pardons and Paroles employees; badge and weapons; retention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Income tax; jobs tax credit; wages requirement; clarify certain terms; employer tax credit; full-time jobs; qualified parolees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
Justice reform; comprehensive .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Street gang terrorism; prosecution and penalties; evidence;
terroristic threats and acts; punishment; illegal inmate item possession; penalties and imprisonment .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES
Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine products; sales; real-time tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Mails or common carriers employment; sell, distribute, and deliver prescription drugs; Board of Pharmacy regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Pharmacy licenses; service members; temporary .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855 Prescription drug repository program; establishment and operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; Department of Community Health
audits; exception; medical assistance providers; clerical or other errors; recoupment basis; correction period . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 916
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PHYSICIANS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND RESPIRATORY CARE
Board certification; advertisement or publication; requirements; vaccine protocol agreements; hospital or health system; exemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms; department; form modification; notification requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757
Spectacles; sale and dispensing; restrictions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846
PICKENS COUNTY
Airport authority; members; appointments; qualifications; vacancies. . . . . . . . . . . . 4064
PIKE COUNTY
Magistrate court; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3854
POLK COUNTY
Board of commissioners; vacancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4047
POPULATION ACTS
Counties; proposed budget; authorities; defined; population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES FOR PREGNANCY AND PARENTING GRANT PROGRAM
Establishment; administration and duties; grant services; record maintenance and reporting; funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
POWDER SPRINGS, CITY OF
Corporate boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4200
PROBATE COURTS
Judges; weapons carry laws and prohibitions; personal identification cards; duties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
PROBATION
Justice reform; comprehensive .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
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PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
Psychological testing; authorization prohibition; diagnose; definition; continuing education curriculum; development; board; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES
Architects, engineers, and land surveyors; indemnification and duty to defend clauses; void and unenforceable .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Board certification; advertisement or publication; requirements; vaccine protocol agreements; hospital or health system; exemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Certified nurse aide registry; private residence nurse aides; expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Georgia Professional Regulation Reform Act; licensing boards; executive oversight; state policy; regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Investigational drugs, biological products, and devices; terminally ill patients; eligibility criteria; experimental and nonconventional medical treatments; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Justice reform; comprehensive .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Lactation consultant; licensure, application, and qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Nursing homes and intermediate care homes; passive investors;
civil actions restriction; self-insurance trust or liability insurance; operation permit; condition precedent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 Patient health records; psychiatric, psychological, and other mental health; copying and mailing costs; application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Professional counseling; psychological testing; authorization prohibition; diagnose; definition; continuing education curriculum; development; board; requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Professional licensing boards; military spouses and transitioning service members; temporary licenses; rules and regulations adoption requirement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 Real estate brokers and salespersons; compliance review; requirement; unfair trade practices; actions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 Spectacles; sale and dispensing; restrictions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; Department of Community Health audits; exception; medical assistance providers; clerical or other errors; recoupment basis; correction period . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 916 Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act; enact; regulation; registration systems; credentialing and privileging; effect; civil liability; limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Veterinarian-client-patient relationship; scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
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Conservation use property; breach of covenant; exceptions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 Garnishment proceedings; modernize, reorganize, and constitutional
protections; cross-reference; corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Income tax; exemption; real property; conservation use donation;
sunset extension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Maps, plats, and plans; recordation; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
PSYCHOLOGISTS
Professional counseling; psychological testing; authorization prohibition; diagnose; definition; continuing education curriculum; development; board; requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
Department of Human Services; kinship caregivers; information link or portal; kinship care enforcement administrator; creation; military service member dependents; medical assistance and developmental disability services; implementation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Prescription drug repository program; establishment and operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Boards and commissions; members; expense allowance and travel cost; reimbursement; per diem and transportation costs; revision; Georgia Film and Television Trail; Department of Economic Development; plan and development; immunities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Campaign material; definition; advance voting; polling places; activity prohibition; financial disclosure; public officials; conduct; lobbyist disclosure; ineligible persons; district durational residency; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Counties and municipalities; local law; district residency; duration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795
Public funds accounting; depositories multibank pooling; public bodies; acceptance procedures, conditions, and limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Public officials; professional misconduct; indictment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION
Water emergency response procedures; school safety plans; bioterrorism activity; investigation; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; rename; Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION ACT
Athletic association; religious expression; student athletes clothing; prohibition restrictions; athletic competitions; nonmember schools prohibition; restriction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Special education services; self-contained classrooms; video monitoring cameras and equipment; placement, requirements, and funding.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618
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REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS
Compliance review; requirement; unfair trade practices; actions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS
Community supervision officer; Department of Community Supervision; disability benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; law enforcement officers; creditable service; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; insurance premiums subject to taxation; fund or board litigation; venue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Georgia Judicial Retirement System; full-time and part-time service and calculations; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Judges of Probate Courts Retirement Fund; years of mandatory contribution; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Judicial Retirement System; rights preservation; irrevocable election; state bar admission; employment condition; fund transfer; restore option.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 243
Municipal corporations; governing bodies; plan enactment; resolution; service credit purchase; employee contributions; eligibility expansion; board of trustees; designation; authority removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law; commingled funds and collective investment funds; permissible investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
REVENUE AND TAXATION
ABLE program; tax exempt accounts; individuals with disabilities; establishment; tax treatment; Georgia ABLE Program Corporation; agency definition; exclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
Ad valorem tax; combat zone military service; default; penalties and interest; waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
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Ad valorem tax; exemption; tangible personal property; fulfillment centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; disabled veteran; definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 Ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; alternative; proceeds
distribution; fire districts; exemption; sales and use tax; exemption; qualified job training organization; procedures, conditions, and limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 Ad valorem tax; watercraft and all-terrain vehicles; sale or resale inventory; exemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 Conservation use property; breach of covenant; exceptions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 County tax digests approval; Commissioner of Revenue; powers; Georgia Tax Tribunal; jurisdiction expansion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Excise tax; rooms, lodging, and accommodations; municipalities; application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Excise tax; tobacco products; state tax exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 726 Federal law; incorporation; partnerships and corporations; dates change; exception; wage statement and annual and final compensation returns; clarification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fireworks; excise tax; dedication; trauma care, fire services, and local public safety purposes; constitutional amendment; contingency. . . . . . . . . . 272 Georgia Student Finance Authority; voluntary contributions; postsecondary educational costs; children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency personnel, highway personnel, and prison guards; killed in line of duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 Income tax; jobs tax credit; wages requirement; clarify certain terms; employer tax credit; full-time jobs; qualified parolees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 Income tax; tax credit; quality jobs creation; taxpayer definition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854 Property redemption; sold for taxes; amount paid requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793 Rural hospital organizations; tax credits; contributions; license plates and revalidation decals; homestead exemption disabled veterans; taxable property; value; ascertainment; appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Sales and use tax; City of Atlanta; public transportation; metropolitan area; project selection; referendum; tax collection; counties; limitations; special district mass transportation; tax levy; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Sales and use tax; exemption; back-to-school sales holiday; energy efficient products; major sporting events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Sales and use tax; exemption; energy used in agriculture; definition revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 Sales and use tax; exemption; food and food ingredients; qualified food banks and nonprofit agencies; sunset extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 Sales and use tax; exemption; regional significance projects; rental car charges; sunset extension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772 Savings trust account contribution; income deduction; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805
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Tax information; confidentiality; delinquent payments; interest rate adjustment; ad valorem taxes; nonpayment; Georgia Tax Tribunal; automatic transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Tobacco manufacturers; master settlement agreement enhancements; cigarette importers and stamping agents; responsibilities; taxes; other laws applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Water emergency response procedures; school safety plans; bioterrorism activity; investigation; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; rename; Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
REVISER BILLS
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; general reviser bill.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
RINGGOLD, CITY OF
Compensation; expenses; mayor and mayor pro tempore; membership of boards, commissions, and authorities; vacancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3677
ROBERTA, CITY OF
Roberta-Crawford County; unified government; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3919
ROCKDALE COUNTY
Redevelopment powers; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3783
ROME, CITY OF
Residency qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4213
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SALES AND USE TAX
City of Atlanta; public transportation; metropolitan area; project selection; referendum; tax collection; counties; limitations; special district mass transportation; tax levy; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Exemption; back-to-school sales holiday; energy efficient products; major sporting events.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Exemption; energy used in agriculture; definition revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 Exemption; qualified job training organization; procedures,
conditions, and limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
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Exemption; regional significance projects; rental car charges; sunset extension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
SAVANNAH, CITY OF
Board of education; censuring members.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4056 Mayor and aldermen; censuring members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4058
SCHLEY COUNTY
Schley County Utilities Authority; members; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3842
SCHOOL BUSES
Drivers; cellular telephone use; prohibition; exception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
SCHOOLS
See EDUCATION
SCREVEN COUNTY
Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4066
SECRETARY OF STATE
Service of process; agent; process, notice, or demand; copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
SEMINOLE COUNTY
Board of commissioners; chairperson and commissioners; compensation.. . . . . . . . 4226
SEXUAL OFFENSES
Parental rights; termination, legitimation, and adoption proceedings; nonconsensual sexual intercourse; conception; relevance; father inheritance; sworn statement; relevance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
SOCIAL SERVICES
Aging services; Department of Human Services; oversight transfer; Department of Community Health; community care unit; establishment; agency references. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
Child abuse and deprivation records; confidentiality; record release; immunity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
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Child abuse; materials or images; good faith possession; immunity; endangering child; definition; protocol committees; public scorecard; establishment; licensure compliance inspections; coordination.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
County departments of family and children services; board member appointments; retired individuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Department of Human Services; kinship caregivers; information link or portal; kinship care enforcement administrator; creation; military service member dependents; medical assistance and developmental disability services; implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Justice reform; comprehensive .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Prescription drug repository program; establishment and operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; Department of Community Health
audits; exception; medical assistance providers; clerical or other errors; recoupment basis; correction period . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 916
SOUTH FULTON, CITY OF
Incorporate; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3726
SPALDING COUNTY
Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3781 State court; county solicitor; elections; qualifications;
compensation; assistant county solicitors; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4034
ST. MARYS, CITY OF
Mayor and council members; elections.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3801
STATE COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC TREATMENT PROGRAMS
Creation; membership, duties, and compensation; abolishment; licensure applications; temporary moratorium; exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
STATE COMMISSION ON PETROLEUM PIPELINES
Eminent domain; petroleum pipelines construction; commission; creation, membership, powers, and abolishment; application and approval suspension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
STATE FLAG, SEAL, AND OTHER SYMBOLS
Official state dog; adoptable dog; designate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
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ABLE program; tax exempt accounts; individuals with disabilities; establishment; tax treatment; Georgia ABLE Program Corporation; agency definition; exclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
Amusement machines; sticker removal; prohibition; duplicate sticker fee; noncash redemption; revenue; improper placement; penalties; unfair and deceptive acts; unfair methods; unlawful; dispute service; default judgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762
Boards and commissions; members; expense allowance and travel cost; reimbursement; per diem and transportation costs; revision; Georgia Film and Television Trail; Department of Economic Development; plan and development; immunities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Economic development project; public disclosure; requirement restriction; intercollegiate sports program records; response deadline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Georgia Housing and Finance Authority; outstanding bond limit; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; commissioners of juvenile justice and natural resources; voting members; addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Immigration sanctuary; prohibition; agencies; annual immigration compliance reports; submission.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Information technology; project management requirements; business case submission.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Marriage ceremonies and sacraments; no requirement to perform or attend; religious freedom; faith based organizations; hiring exemption; state sovereign immunity; waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 757
Official state dog; adoptable dog; designate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Public funds accounting; depositories multibank pooling; public
bodies; acceptance procedures, conditions, and limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Public property; amounts due to the state; write offs;
automatic repeals extension; nonlapsing revenue; University System of Georgia and Technical College System; automatic repeals extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Purchasing contracts; Israel boycott; prohibition; certification requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Sovereign immunity waiver; state; municipal corporation; certain circumstances.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 59 State records management; body-worn or vehicle law enforcement recording devices; minimum retention periods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791 Tax information; confidentiality; delinquent payments; interest rate adjustment; ad valorem taxes; nonpayment; Georgia Tax Tribunal; automatic transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
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The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; Department of Community Health audits; exception; medical assistance providers; clerical or other errors; recoupment basis; correction period . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 916
STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
Economic development project; public disclosure; requirement restriction; intercollegiate sports program records; response deadline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
STEWART COUNTY
Stewart County Water and Sewerage Authority; membership appointments;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3785
STOCKBRIDGE, CITY OF
Appointed officers seeking public office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3646 City manager; powers and duties; selection; appointment;
qualifications; compensation; removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3650 Governing authority; vacancies; elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3512 Mayor and councilmembers; prohibitions on employment by the city. . . . . . . . . . . . 3648 Mayoral vetoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3656 Oath of office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3643
STONECREST, CITY OF
Incorporate; charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3538
SUGAR HILL, CITY OF
Municipal property ownership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3915
SUPERIOR COURTS
Clayton Judicial Circuit; additional judge; initial appointment; election; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Clerks; electronic payments; acceptance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Maps, plats, and plans; recordation; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
SUPREME COURT
Georgia Appellate Jurisdiction Review Commission; appellate court efficiencies; reform enactment; law assistant selection; improvement; Court of Appeals; procedural flexibility; Supreme Court Justices; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883
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New charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4089
SWIMMING POOLS
Inspection and licensing requirements; privately owned exemptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 219
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TATTNALL COUNTY
Members of the board of education; staggered terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3805
TAXIS
Limousine carriers; inspections; taxi services; registration; driver's license; nonresidents; home state or country; exemptions; driver improvement clinic owner; subsequent conviction; penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
Technical College System of Georgia; military service; training and experience; academic credit; policy maintenance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
TELFAIR COUNTY
Public officials; local constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . 3696
THOMAS COUNTY
Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3838 Magistrate court; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3787
THOMASVILLE, CITY OF
Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3799
TIFT COUNTY
State court; solicitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3999
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TOBACCO AND TOBACCO RELATED PRODUCTS
Excise tax; tobacco products; state tax exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 726 Manufacturers; master settlement agreement enhancements; cigarette
importers and stamping agents; responsibilities; taxes; other laws applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
TORTS
Firearms; possession and carry; comprehensive revision. . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 1060 Right of free speech or right to petition government for redress
of grievances; judgments and rulings; directly appealable; definitions revised; libel and slander; cross-reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Sovereign immunity waiver; state; municipal corporation; certain circumstances.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 59 Water emergency response procedures; school safety plans; bioterrorism activity; investigation; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; rename; Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; establishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
TRANSPORTATION
Public funds; fixed guideway transit; referendum approval; requirement; ballot language; applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862
Sales and use tax; City of Atlanta; public transportation; metropolitan area; project selection; referendum; tax collection; counties; limitations; special district mass transportation; tax levy; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
TROUP COUNTY
State court; judge and solicitor-general; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4217
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UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION ACT
Courts; communications and cooperation; testimony; another state; jurisdiction; notice of proceedings; registration and recognition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
UNIFORM EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS ACT
Enact; regulation; registration systems; credentialing and privileging; effect; civil liability; limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
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UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD
Driving under the influence; vehicle ignition interlock devices; procedures, conditions, fees, and limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Farm use vehicles; operation on roads; exceptions, restrictions, and limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Motorcycle handlebars; height restriction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Stationary utility service vehicles; passing procedure;
definitions and penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
UPSON COUNTY
Juvenile court; probation and intake services; transferred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3803 Magistrate court; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3901
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VARNELL, CITY OF
Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; widows and widowers; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3791
VETERINARIANS AND VETERINARY TECHNICIANS
Veterinarian-client-patient relationship; scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
VIDALIA, CITY OF
City of Vidalia Convention and Visitor's Bureau Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4156
VITAL RECORDS
Legitimation; voluntary acknowledgments; repeal; administrative legitimation; elimination; judicial legitimation; clarification; paternity; witnesses signature; hospital programs; power of attorney; repeal vital records; voluntary acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . 304
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WARE COUNTY
Board of education; members; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4037 Waycross and Ware County Development Authority; composition;
qualifications; appointment; vacancies; terms; officers; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3532
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WARNER ROBINS, CITY OF
Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4080
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Washington County Hospital Authority; vacancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3952
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Owner or operator; release notification; requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
WATERS, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT
Homemade or inflatable raft; personal flotation exemption; operation under the influence of alcohol; vessel exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
WAYCROSS, CITY OF
Waycross and Ware County Development Authority; composition; qualifications; appointment; vacancies; terms; officers; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3532
WAYNE COUNTY
State court; judge and solicitor; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3661
WHITE COUNTY
Board of commissioners; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3654
WHITFIELD COUNTY
County surveyor; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3521
WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
Garnishment proceedings; modernize, reorganize, and constitutional protections; cross-reference; corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Parental rights; termination, legitimation, and adoption proceedings; nonconsensual sexual intercourse; conception; relevance; father inheritance; sworn statement; relevance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Year's support; taxes and tax liens; homestead defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
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Administrative law judges; Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct; employer's duties; information requirement; compensation; increase; Self-Insurers Guaranty Trust Fund; purpose, participants, and liabilities.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Occupational disease cancer exception; firefighter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 216 Rate reduction; work based learning opportunities; students age 16
and older. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
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ZELL MILLER GRANT SCHOLARS
Home study and ineligible high school students; standardized college admission test scores; eligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
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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. . . 265,133. 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
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POPULATION
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. . . 691,897*. . 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. . . . 920,577*. . 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
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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
90A
POPULATION
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. . . . . . 9,687,658. 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.
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COUNTY POPULATION NUMERICALLY LISTED ACCORDING TO 2010 CENSUS
County
Population
Fulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920,577*
Gwinnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805,321
DeKalb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691,897*
Cobb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688,078
Chatham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265,133*
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
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POPULATION
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
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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
94A
POPULATION
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
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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,687,658
* An asterisk denotes census revision since publication of the 2012 Georgia Laws.
96A
POPULATION
POPULATION OF GEORGIA CITIES ALPHABETICALLY LISTED
ACCORDING TO 2010 CENSUS
City
Population, 2010
Abbeville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,908
Acworth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,425
Adairsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,648
Adel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,334
Adrian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Ailey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551*
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419,981*
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
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97A
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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,393*
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
98A
POPULATION
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,525*
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,148*
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,794*
Garfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Gay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Geneva. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Georgetown-Quitman County. . . . 2,513
Gibson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Gillsville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Girard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Glennville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,173*
Glenwood.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747
Good Hope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Gordon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,017
Graham.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Grantville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,041
Gray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,276
Grayson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,666
Greensboro.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,359
Greenville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876
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99A
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
100A
POPULATION
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,332*
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
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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,843*
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,852*
Santa Claus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Sardis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999
Sasser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,275*
Scotland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Screven.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766
Senoia.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,307
Shady Dale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Sharon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Sharpsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Shellman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083
Shiloh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Siloam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Sky Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
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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
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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,757*
Yatesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Young Harris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899
Zebulon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,174
* An asterisk denotes census revision since publication of the 2012 Georgia Laws.
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POPULATION
POPULATION OF GEORGIA CITIES NUMERICALLY LISTED
ACCORDING TO 2010 CENSUS
City
Population, 2010
Atlanta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419,981*
Augusta-Richmond County. . . . 195,844
Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,885
Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,275*
Athens-Clarke County .. . . . . . . 115,452
Sandy Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,852*
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
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105A
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,843*
Garden City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,794*
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
Austell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,581
City
Population, 2010
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
Eastman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,525*
Cumming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,430
Locust Grove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,402
Camilla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,360
Port Wentworth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,359
Adel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,334
Dahlonega. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,242
Glennville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,173*
Cochran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,150
Blakely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,068
Jackson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,045
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
Social Circle.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,262
106A
POPULATION
City
Population, 2010
Manchester.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,230
Temple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,228
Hazlehurst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,226
Rockmart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,199
Cornelia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,160
Ashburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,152
Folkston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,148*
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
Wrightsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,757*
Jasper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,684
Ringgold.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,580
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
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
Louisville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,493
Homerville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,456
East Dublin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,441
Statham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,408
Claxton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,393*
Chattahoochee Hills. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,378
Mount Vernon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,332*
Trenton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,301
Pembroke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,196
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107A
City
Population, 2010
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
Lincolnton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,566
Tennille. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,539
Edison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,531
City
Population, 2010
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
Ray City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,090
Mountain City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,088
Reynolds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086
Shellman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083
108A
POPULATION
City
Population, 2010
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
Doerun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774
Screven.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766
Glenwood.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747
Flemington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743
Waverly Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
City
Population, 2010
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
Arabi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
Collins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
Carnesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
Dexter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Smithville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Dudley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
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Morven.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Danielsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Ailey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551*
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
Offerman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Stapleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Ephesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Sumner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Warm Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Warwick.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
City
Population, 2010
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
Woodville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Pitts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Plainville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Iron City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Morganton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Between. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Rentz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Graham.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
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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
Bishop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Maxeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Payne City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Roopville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Brinson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Montrose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Avalon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Lilly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Argyle.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
City
Population, 2010
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
Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Sharon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Camak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Sunny Side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Deepstep.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ranger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Daisy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Bellville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Vernonburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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Du Pont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Vidette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Geneva. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Aldora. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Bluffton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Riddleville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Manassas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
City
Population, 2010
Lone Oak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Gay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Tarrytown.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Talking Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Riverside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Edge Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
* An asterisk denotes census revision since publication of the 2012 Georgia Laws.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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COUNTY
DISTRICT
Appling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Atkinson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bacon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Baker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Baldwin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Barrow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Bartow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 & 52
Ben Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Berrien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bibb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 25 & 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
Charlton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 & 7
Chatham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 & 2
Chattahoochee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chattooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 & 53
Cherokee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 21 & 56
Clarke.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 & 47
Clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Clayton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 & 44
Clinch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cobb.. . . . . . . . . . 6, 14, 32, 33, 37 & 38
Coffee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Colquitt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 & 24
COUNTY
DISTRICT
Cook.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Coweta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Crawford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Crisp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Dade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Dawson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
De Kalb. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 40 - 44 & 55
Decatur.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Dodge.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Dooly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Dougherty.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 & 35
Early. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Echols.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Effingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Elbert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Emanuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 & 23
Evans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Fannin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 & 34
Floyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Forsyth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 & 51
Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fulton. . . . . . . . 6, 21, 28, 32, 35, 36, 38,
39, 40, 48 & 56
Gilmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Glascock.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Glynn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Gordon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 & 54
Grady. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Greene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Gwinnett.. . . . . 5, 9, 40, 41, 45, 48 & 55
Habersham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Hall.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 & 50
Hancock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Haralson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Harris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Hart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Heard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Henry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 & 17 Houston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20 & 26 Irwin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Jackson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 & 50 Jasper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Jeff Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Jefferson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Jenkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Jones.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 & 26 Lamar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Lanier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Laurens.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Liberty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 & 19 Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Lowndes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Lumpkin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Macon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Marion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 McDuffie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 McIntosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Meriwether.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Miller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Mitchell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 & 12 Monroe.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Montgomery.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Morgan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Murray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Muscogee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 & 29 Newton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 43 Oconee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Oglethorpe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Paulding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 & 31
Peach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Pickens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 & 54 Pierce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Pike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Polk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Pulaski. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Putnam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Quitman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Rabun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Randolph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Richmond.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 & 23 Rockdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 43 Schley.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Screven.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Seminole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Spalding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Stephens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Stewart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Sumter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 & 13 Talbot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Taliaferro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Tattnall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 & 19 Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Telfair.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Terrell.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Thomas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 & 11 Tift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 & 13 Toombs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Towns.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Treutlen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Troup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 & 29 Turner.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Twiggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Upson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Walker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Walton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 & 46 Ware.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Warren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Webster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Wheeler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Whitfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Wilcox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Wilkes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Wilkinson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Worth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA SENATE BY DISTRICTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER
WITH ADDRESSES FOR THE 2016 REGULAR SESSION
District Senator
Address
1. . . . . . . . Ben Watson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1326 Eisenhower Drive #2, Savannah 31406
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. . . . . . . . Hunter Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2451 Cumberland Parkway, Ste. 3439, Atlanta 30339
7. . . . . . . . Tyler Harper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 798, Ocilla 31774
8. . . . . . . . Ellis Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5900 Jumping Gully Road, Valdosta 31601
9. . . . . . . . P. K. Martin IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Pine Forest Drive, Lawrenceville 30046
10. . . . . . . Emanuel D. Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 370244, Decatur 30037
11. . . . . . . Dean Burke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1500 East Shotwell Street, Bainbridge 39819
12. . . . . . . Freddie Powell Sims.. . . . . . . . . . 5377 Goose Hollow Road, Dawson 31742
13. . . . . . . Greg Kirk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 6085, Americus 31709
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14. . . . . . . Bruce Thompson. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Hawks Branch Lane, White 30184-3244
15. . . . . . . Ed Harbison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1292, Columbus 31902
16. . . . . . . Marty Harbin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Ellison Rd., Tyrone 30290
17. . . . . . . Rick Jeffares. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300 Keys Ferry Ct., McDonough 30253
18. . . . . . . John F. Kennedy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Riverside Drive, Macon 31201
19. . . . . . . Tommie Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Williams Avenue, Lyons 30436
20. . . . . . . Ross Tolleson (until 11-1-2015).. . . PO Box 1356, Perry 31069
20. . . . . . . Larry Walker, III.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1110 Washington St., Perry 31069
21. . . . . . . Brandon Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3100 Brierfield Rd., Alpharetta 30004
22. . . . . . . Harold V. Jones, II. . . . . . . . . . . . 437 Walker St., Augusta 30901
23. . . . . . . Jesse Stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 N. Liberty St., Waynesboro 30830
24. . . . . . . Bill Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 528, Appling 30802
25. . . . . . . Burt Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 East Second St., Jackson 30233
26. . . . . . . David Lucas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2594 Saratoga Dr., Macon 31211
27. . . . . . . Michael Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3482 Keith Bridge Rd., Ste. 310 Cumming 30041
28. . . . . . . Mike Crane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 700, Newnan 30264
29. . . . . . . Joshua McKoon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2565, Columbus 31902
30. . . . . . . Mike Dugan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Champion Dr., Carrollton 30116
31. . . . . . . Bill Heath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2225 Cashtown Road, Bremen 30110
32. . . . . . . Judson Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3102 Raines Court, Marietta 30062
33. . . . . . . Michael Rhett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 777, Marietta 30061
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34. . . . . . . Valencia Seay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 960008, Riverdale 30274
35. . . . . . . Donzella James.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 311225, Atlanta 30331
36. . . . . . . Nan Orrock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1070 Delaware Avenue SE, Atlanta 30316
37. . . . . . . Lindsey Tippins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Midway Road, Marietta 30064
38. . . . . . . Horacena Tate.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121-A State Capitol, Atlanta 30334
39. . . . . . . Vincent D. Fort.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121-G State Capitol, Atlanta 30334
40. . . . . . . Fran Millar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 88096, Atlanta 30356
41. . . . . . . Steve Henson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2643 Sterling Acres Drive, Tucker 30084
42. . . . . . . Elena Parent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Springdale Rd. NE, Atlanta 30306
43. . . . . . . Ronald B. Ramsey, Sr.. . . . . . . . . PO Box 715, Lithonia 30058
(until 7-30-2015)
43. . . . . . . JaNice VanNess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2731 Pitlochry St., Conyers 30094
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. . . . . . . Chuck Hufstetler.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Orchard Spring Dr., Rome 30165
53. . . . . . . Jeff E. Mullis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 English Avenue, Chickamauga 30707
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54. . . . . . . Charlie Bethel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1701 Briarcliff Circle, Dalton 30720
55. . . . . . . Gloria S. Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6241 Southland Trace, Stone Mountain 30087
56. . . . . . . John Albers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1076 Canton St., Roswell 30075
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COUNTY
DISTRICT
Appling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 & 178
Atkinson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Bacon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Baker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Baldwin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Barrow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 & 116
Bartow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 15
Ben Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Berrien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Bibb. . . . . . . . 140, 141, 142, 143 & 144
Bleckley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Brantley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Brooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Bryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160, 164 & 166
Bulloch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 158, 159 & 160
Burke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Butts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 & 129
Calhoun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Camden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 & 180
Candler.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Carroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 68 & 69
Catoosa.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 & 3
Charlton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 & 180
Chatham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 - 166
Chattahoochee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Chattooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cherokee. . . . . . . . . 20, 21, 22, 23 & 46
Clarke.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 118 & 119
Clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Clayton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 63 & 74 - 78
Clinch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Cobb.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 - 46 & 61
Coffee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 & 169
Colquitt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 & 172
Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 & 121 - 123
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Cook.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Coweta. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 71, 72 & 132
Crawford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Crisp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Dade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Dawson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 & 9
De Kalb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 - 94
Decatur.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 & 173
Dodge.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Dooly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Dougherty.. . . . . . . . . . . 151, 153 & 154
Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62 & 65 - 68
Early. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Echols.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Effingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 & 161
Elbert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Emanuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Evans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Fannin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Fayette. . . . . . . . . . . 63, 64, 71, 72 & 73
Floyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13 & 14
Forsyth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 24 - 27
Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fulton. . . 22, 25, 40, 45, 47 - 65, 80 & 95
Gilmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Glascock.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Glynn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 & 179
Gordon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 & 11
Grady. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Greene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Gwinnett.. . . . . . . . . . 81, 93 - 108 & 114
Habersham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hall.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 27 - 30, 98, 103
Hancock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Haralson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 & 18
Harris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 134 & 137
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Hart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Heard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Henry. . . 73, 76, 78, 90, 109 - 111 & 130 Houston. . . . . 140, 144, 146, 147 & 148 Irwin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Jackson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 & 117 Jasper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Jeff Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . 149, 156 & 169 Jefferson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 & 128 Jenkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 & 150 Jones.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 & 144 Lamar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 & 131 Lanier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Laurens.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 144, 149 & 150 Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Liberty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 & 168 Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Lowndes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 - 177 Lumpkin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Macon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 & 33 Marion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 McDuffie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 & 128 McIntosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Meriwether.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 & 137 Miller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Mitchell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Monroe.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 & 140 Montgomery.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Morgan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Murray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 & 6 Muscogee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 - 137 Newton.. . . . . . . . . 109, 110, 112 & 113 Oconee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 & 119 Oglethorpe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Paulding. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 19, 66 & 67 Peach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 & 140
Pickens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Pierce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Pike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Polk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Pulaski. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Putnam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 & 145 Quitman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Rabun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Randolph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Richmond.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 - 127 Rockdale. . . . . . . 90, 91, 92, 113 & 114 Schley.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Screven.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Seminole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Spalding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 & 130 Stephens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Stewart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Sumter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 & 152 Talbot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Taliaferro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Tattnall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Telfair.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Terrell.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Thomas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 172, 173 & 175 Tift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 170 & 172 Toombs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Towns.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Treutlen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Troup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 132 & 133 Turner.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Twiggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Upson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Walker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Walton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 & 115 Ware.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 176 & 180 Warren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
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Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 & 178 Webster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Wheeler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 10 & 27 Whitfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 4 & 6
Wilcox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Wilkes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 & 120 Wilkinson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Worth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
BY DISTRICTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER WITH ADDRESSES
FOR THE 2016 REGULAR SESSION
District Representative
Address
1. . . . . . . . John Deffenbaugh.. . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Wayside Lane, Lookout Mountain 30750
2. . . . . . . . Steve Tarvin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 750, Chickamauga 30707
3. . . . . . . . Tom Weldon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1459, Ringgold 30736
4. . . . . . . . Bruce Broadrick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 947, Dalton 30722
5. . . . . . . . John D. Meadows. . . . . . . . . . . . . HM-1 State Capitol, Atlanta 30334
6. . . . . . . . Tom Dickson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5043 Village Drive, Cohutta 30710
7. . . . . . . . David Ralston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 188, Blue Ridge 30513
8. . . . . . . . Stephen Allison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Blue Ridge Street, Blairsville 30512
9. . . . . . . . Kevin Tanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1885, Dawsonville 30534
10. . . . . . . Terry Rogers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403 New Liberty Rd., Clarkesville 30523
11. . . . . . . Rick Jasperse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Apple Valley Farm Lane, Jasper 30143
12. . . . . . . Eddie Lumsden.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 122, Armuchee 30105
13. . . . . . . Katie Dempsey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Highland Avenue, Rome 30161
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14. . . . . . . Christian Coomer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 127-A West Main Street, Cartersville 30120
15. . . . . . . Paul Battles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Rd., #2 SW, Cartersville 30120
16. . . . . . . Trey Kelley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836 N. College Drive, Cedartown 30125
17. . . . . . . Howard Maxwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 Graham Road, Dallas 30132
18. . . . . . . Kevin Cooke.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Natures Pointe Tr., Carrollton 30117-8371
19. . . . . . . Paulette Rakestraw. . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Quail Ridge Rd., Hiram 30141
20. . . . . . . Michael Caldwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Amber Ln., Woodstock 30188
21. . . . . . . Scot Turner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Blue Ridge Terrace, Holly Springs 30114
22. . . . . . . Wes Cantrell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1044 Meadow Brook Dr., Woodstock 30188
23. . . . . . . Mandi L. Ballinger. . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 5123, Canton 30114
24. . . . . . . Sheri Gilligan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4450 Gavira Ct., Cumming 30040
25. . . . . . . Mike Dudgeon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5885 Thoroughbred Way, Johns Creek 30024
26. . . . . . . Geoff Duncan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 3483, Cumming 30028
27. . . . . . . Lee Hawkins.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4710 Jim Hood Road, Gainesville 30506
28. . . . . . . Dan Gasaway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 700, Homer 30547
29. . . . . . . Carl Rogers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 639, Gainesville 30503
30. . . . . . . Emory Dunahoo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4495 Bryant Quarter Rd., Gillsville 30543
31. . . . . . . Tommy Benton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Martin Street, Jefferson 30549
32. . . . . . . Alan Powell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3059 Ridge Road, Hartwell 30643
33. . . . . . . Tom McCall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2835 Washington Highway, Elberton 30635
34. . . . . . . Bert Reeves.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890 Crossfire Ridge, Marietta 30064
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35. . . . . . . Ed Setzler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1555 Boxwood Trace, Acworth 30102
36. . . . . . . Earl Ehrhart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5500 Wright Road, Powder Springs 30127
37. . . . . . . Sam Teasley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 670051, Marietta 30066
38. . . . . . . David Wilkerson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2777 Carrick Ct., Powder Springs 30127
39. . . . . . . Erica Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 564, Austell 30168
40. . . . . . . Rich Golick.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2372 Simpson Farm Way, Smyrna 30080
41. . . . . . . Michael Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2162 Caneridge Dr., Marietta 30064
42. . . . . . . Stacey Evans.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2523, Smyrna 30081
43. . . . . . . Sharon Cooper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1234 Powers Ferry Rd., Ste. 104, Marietta 30067
44. . . . . . . Don Parsons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3167 Sycamore Lane, Marietta 30066
45. . . . . . . Matt Dollar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 681746, Marietta 30068
46. . . . . . . John Carson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3605 Sandy Plains Road, Ste. 240-123, Marietta 30066
47. . . . . . . Jan Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12850 Highway9, Ste. 600-356, Milton 30004
48. . . . . . . Harry Geisinger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 River View Trail, Roswell 30075
49. . . . . . . Betty Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507-F Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg., Atlanta 30334
50. . . . . . . Brad Raffensperger.. . . . . . . . . . . 10335 Balladrum, Johns Creek 30022
51. . . . . . . Wendell Willard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 River Gate Drive, Sandy Springs 30350
52. . . . . . . Joe Wilkinson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 River Vista Drive, Unit #203, Atlanta 30339
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53. . . . . . . Sheila Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411-D Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg., Atlanta 30334
54. . . . . . . Beth Beskin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 Peachtree Battle Ave., Atlanta 30327
55. . . . . . . Marie Metze. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 42626, Atlanta 30311
56. . . . . . . Mable Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511-B Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg., Atlanta 30334
57. . . . . . . Pat Gardner.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 East Pelham Road, Atlanta 30324
58. . . . . . . Park Cannon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renaissance Pkwy. NE, Atlanta 30308
59. . . . . . . Margaret Kaiser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Hill Street, NE, Atlanta 30312
60. . . . . . . Keisha Waites.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 3249, Atlanta 30302
61. . . . . . . Roger Bruce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Stone Arbor Court, Atlanta 30331
62. . . . . . . LaDawn Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 44824, Atlanta 30336
63. . . . . . . Ronnie Mabra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1415 Hwy. 85 N., Ste. 310-304, Fayetteville 30214
64. . . . . . . Virgil Fludd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 670, Tyrone 30290
65. . . . . . . Sharon Beasley-Teague. . . . . . . . PO Box 488, Red Oak 30272
66. . . . . . . Kimberly Alexander. . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 393, Hiram 30141
67. . . . . . . Micah Gravley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Bridge Place, Douglasville 30134
68. . . . . . . Dustin Hightower. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3443 Hog Liver Road, Carrollton 30117
69. . . . . . . Randy Nix.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 991, LaGrange 30241
70. . . . . . . Lynn Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eight Evergreen Drive, Newnan 30263
71. . . . . . . David Stover.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-F Glenda Trace, Newnan 30265
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72. . . . . . . Matt Ramsey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2325, Peachtree City 30269
73. . . . . . . John Yates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 Birdie Road, Griffin 30223
74. . . . . . . Valencia Stovall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 842, Ellenwood 30294
75. . . . . . . Mike Glanton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 216, Jonesboro 30236
76. . . . . . . Sandra G. Scott.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3489 Oak Leaf Court, Rex 30273
77. . . . . . . Darryl Jordan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Herring Way, Riverdale 30274
78. . . . . . . Demetrius Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 131, Stockbridge 30281
79. . . . . . . Tom Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4926 Four Oaks Court, Dunwoody 30360
80. . . . . . . Taylor Bennett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1295 Dresden Dr., #121, Brookhaven 30319
81. . . . . . . Scott Holcomb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306 Briarcliff Commons, Atlanta 30345
82. . . . . . . Mary Margaret Oliver.. . . . . . . . . 150 East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Ste. 230, Decatur 30030
83. . . . . . . Howard Mosby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2101 Sugar Creek Falls Drive, Atlanta 30316
84. . . . . . . Rahn Mayo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511-D Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg., Atlanta 30334
85. . . . . . . Karla Drenner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 348, Avondale Estates 30002
86. . . . . . . Michele Henson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4140 Creek Stone Court, Stone Mountain 30083
87. . . . . . . Coach Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 436, Avondale Estates 30002
88. . . . . . . Billy Mitchell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 88, Stone Mountain 30086
89. . . . . . . Stacey Abrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609-F Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg., Atlanta 30334
90. . . . . . . Pam Stephenson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5526 B-Flat Shoals Parkway, Decatur 30034
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91. . . . . . . Dee Dawkins-Haigler. . . . . . . . . . 6050 Kingston Wood Way, Lithonia 30038
92. . . . . . . Doreen Carter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2186, Lithonia 30058
93. . . . . . . Dar'shun N. Kendrick. . . . . . . . . . PO Box 630, Lithonia 30058
94. . . . . . . Karen Bennett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6909 Springbank Way, Stone Mountain 30087
95. . . . . . . Tom Rice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4151 Blue Iris Hollow, Norcross 30092
96. . . . . . . Pedro Marin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4901 Duncan Wood Dr., Duluth 30096
97. . . . . . . Brooks Coleman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3919 Hillside Drive, Duluth 30096
98. . . . . . . David Clark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 South Hill Street, Buford 30518
99. . . . . . . Hugh Floyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Omaha Drive, Norcross 30093
100. . . . . . Dewey McClain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032 Flagg Way, Lawrenceville 30044
101. . . . . . Valerie Clark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Regal Drive, Lawrenceville 30046
102. . . . . . Buzz Brockway.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 491355, Lawrenceville 30049
103. . . . . . Timothy Barr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612-E Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg., Atlanta 30334
104. . . . . . Chuck Efstration.. . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1656, Dacula 30019
105. . . . . . Joyce Chandler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1371, Grayson 30017
106. . . . . . Brett Harrell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1135, Snellville 30078
107. . . . . . David Casas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 283, Lilburn 30048
108. . . . . . B.J. Pak.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1034 Morgan Garner Drive, SW, Lilburn 30047
109. . . . . . Dale Rutledge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1320 Lakehaven Pkwy., McDonough 30253
110. . . . . . Andrew J. Welch III. . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2871, McDonough 30253
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111. . . . . . Brian Strickland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1895, McDonough 30253
112. . . . . . Dave Belton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1471 Morgan Dr., Buckhead 30625
113. . . . . . Pam Dickerson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1016, Conyers 30013
114. . . . . . Tom Kirby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1416, Loganville 30052
115. . . . . . Bruce Williamson. . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 430, Monroe 30655
116. . . . . . Terry England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 State Capitol, Atlanta 30334
117. . . . . . Regina Quick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 E. Washington Street, Athens 30601
118. . . . . . Spencer Frye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 8101, Athens 30603
119. . . . . . Chuck Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1365, Watkinsville 30677
120. . . . . . Trey Rhodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 West 2nd St., Greensboro 30642
121. . . . . . Barry Fleming.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401-H Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg., Atlanta 30334
122. . . . . . Jodi Lott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 86, Evans 30809
123. . . . . . Barbara Sims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 3126, Augusta 30904
124. . . . . . Wayne Howard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2047B Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Augusta 30901
125. . . . . . Earnest Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Greene Street, Augusta 30901
126. . . . . . Gloria Frazier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2717 Willis Foreman Road, Hephzibah 30815
127. . . . . . Brian Prince. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 14264, Augusta 30919
128. . . . . . Mack Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733 Evelyn Street, Sandersville 31082
129. . . . . . Susan Holmes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 151, Monticello 31064
130. . . . . . David Knight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003 East College Street, Griffin 30224
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131. . . . . . Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . 1993 S. Earls Rd., Thomaston 30286
132. . . . . . Robert Trammell. . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 North Main St., Luthersville 30251
133. . . . . . John David Pezold. . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1595, Fortson 31808
134. . . . . . Richard H. Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2122, Columbus 31902
135. . . . . . Calvin Smyre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 181, Columbus 31902
136. . . . . . Carolyn Hugley.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 6342, Columbus 31917
137. . . . . . Debbie Buckner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 Fielders Mill Road, Junction City 31812
138. . . . . . Mike Cheokas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 824, Americus 31709
139. . . . . . Patty Bentley.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Whitening Road, Butler 31006
140. . . . . . Robert Dickey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 10, Musella 31066
141. . . . . . Allen Peake.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Colony Court, Macon 31210
142. . . . . . Nikki T. Randall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 121, Macon 31202
143. . . . . . James Beverly.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 13451, Macon 31208
144. . . . . . Bubber Epps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4511 Old Gordon Road, Dry Branch 31020
145. . . . . . E. Culver Kidd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 S. Wayne Street, Milledgeville 31061
146. . . . . . Shawn Blackman. . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 729, Bonaire 31005
147. . . . . . Heath Clark.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Tarrasa Dr., Warner Robins 31088
148. . . . . . Buddy Harden.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Lakeshore Way, Cordele 31015
149. . . . . . Jimmy Pruett.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 459, Eastman 31023
150. . . . . . Matt Hatchett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Canterbury Road, Dublin 31021
151. . . . . . Gerald E. Greene. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5805 US Hwy 82, West Cuthbert 39840
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152. . . . . . Ed Rynders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Martindale Drive, Albany 31721
153. . . . . . Darrel Bush Ealum. . . . . . . . . . . . 521 Honeysuckle Dr., Albany 31705
154. . . . . . Winfred J. Dukes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 S. Slappey Blvd., Albany 31701
155. . . . . . Clay Pirkle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 607, Ashburn 31714
156. . . . . . Greg Morris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1021 J. R. Rollins Road, Vidalia 30474
157. . . . . . Bil Werkheiser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 27, Glennville 30427
158. . . . . . Butch Parrish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Victory Drive, Swainsboro 30401
159. . . . . . Jon G. Burns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5829 Clyo-Kildare Road, Newington 30446
160. . . . . . Jan Tankersley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 187, Brooklet 30415
161. . . . . . Bill Hitchens.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2440 Rincon-Stillwell Road, Rincon 31326
162. . . . . . Carl Wayne Gilliard. . . . . . . . . . . 4011 Augusta Road, Garden City 31408
163. . . . . . J. Craig Gordon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Oglethorpe Professional Court Unit 4, Savannah 31406
164. . . . . . Ron Stephens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Cove Drive, Savannah 31419
165. . . . . . Mickey Stephens.. . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 5485, Savannah 31414
166. . . . . . Jesse Petrea.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Loyer Lane, Savannah 31411
167. . . . . . Jeff Jones.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139-358 Altama Connector, Brunswick 31525
168. . . . . . Al Williams.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9041 East Oglethorpe Hwy., Midway 31320
169. . . . . . Dominic LaRiccia.. . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1156, Douglas 31534
170. . . . . . Penny Houston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8395 Highway 129, Nashville 31639
171. . . . . . Jay Powell.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 188, Camilla 31730
172. . . . . . Sam Watson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 3914, Moultrie 31776
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173. . . . . . Darlene Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 6580, Thomasville 31758
174. . . . . . John Corbett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1484 Ga. Hwy. 135 S., Lake Park 31636
175. . . . . . Amy Carter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 4930, Valdosta 31604
176. . . . . . Jason Shaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Valdosta Road, Lakeland 31635
177. . . . . . Dexter Sharper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Sharper Circle, Valdosta 31601
178. . . . . . Chad Nimmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1174, Blackshear 31516
179. . . . . . Alex Atwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Main Street, Suite 201, St. Simons Island 31522
180. . . . . . Jason Spencer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Yachtsman Court, Woodbine 31569
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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
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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 51
2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . 11
2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . . . . . 36
2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 24
2011 Ex. Sess. . . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 1
2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 19
2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 8
2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 24
2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 13
Totals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2228. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.. . . . . . . . . . 163. . . . . . . . 2007
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Georgia Laws 1953, January-February Session:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Carroll
3012 Town of Mt. Zion charter
3/21/53 For: 55 Agn: 30
Chatham
2538 Homestead exemption; school Not held taxes
DeKalb
3249 Board of commissioners; creation
5/13/53 For: 4445 Agn: 8483
Franklin
3030 County commissioner and board of finance
11/2/54 For: 1152 Agn: 565
Gilmer
3103 City of Ellijay; corporate limits 6/1/53
For: 69 Agn: 151
Gilmer
588 City of Ellijay
6/1/53
For: 69 Agn: 151
Gwinnett
3187 City of Lawrenceville; city manager
6/27/53 For: 55 Agn: 61
Irwin
2495 Tax commissioner; creation of 11/2/54 For: 568
office
Agn: 694
Mitchell
2577 City of Camilla; treasurer
Not held
Murray
2458 Town of Spring Place; alley closing
5/19/53 For: 36 Agn: 48
Murray
2340 City of Chatsworth
Results not known
Murray
2444 Tax commissioner; compensation
4/21/53 For: 553 Agn: 261
Troup
2276 City of West Point; corporate 4/1/53 limits
For: 250 Agn: 112
Whitfield
2128 City Court of Dalton
3/26/53 For: 210 Agn: 2613
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Georgia Laws 1953, November-December Session:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Burke
2049 Board of commissioners;
9/8/54
county employees' pension fund
For: 1833 Agn: 648
Cherokee
2668 Certain county officers; compensation
11/2/54 For: 913 Agn: 674
Clayton
2855 City of Forest Park
Results not known
Clayton
2029 City of Jonesboro; corporate limits
12/9/53 For: 64 Agn: 229
Clayton
2064 City of Lake Tara; charter repeal
Results not known
Coweta
2040 City of Newnan; corporate limits
2/6/54
For: 1406 Agn: 603
Crisp
2407 City of Cordele; corporate limits
10/5/54
City vote: For: 202 Agn: 132 County vote: For: 23 Agn: 252
Decatur
2197 City of West Bainbridge; incorporation
1/11/54 For: 200 Agn: 527
DeKalb
2578 City of Decatur; tax rate
10/21/54 For: 466 Agn: 827
Early
2282 City of Blakely; corporate limits
4/19/54 For: 45 Agn: 82
Elbert
2987 City of Elberton
3/23/54 For: 958 Agn: 248
Forsyth
2674 County indebtedness
Results not known
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
139A
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
Result
3/23/54 For: 1637 Agn: 1807
2/16/54 For: 154 Agn: 164
3/12/54 For: 253 Agn: 290
Results not known
Results not known
11/17/54 For: 259 Agn: 189
1/12/54 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
140A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1955:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Baldwin
2830 Board of commissioners
4/20/55 For: 1079 Agn: 716
Clarke
3057 City of Athens/Clarke County; 5/4/55 school systems
For: 1124 Agn: 564
Clayton
2781 City of Morrow
4/16/55 For:
75
Agn: 30
Clayton and 2884 City of College Park; corporate 5/14/55 For:
46
Fulton
limits
Agn: 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
(2) Co. Exec. For: 2728 Co. Manager For: 2733
3/7/56
For: 4471 Agn: 522
Results not known
3/19/55 For:
25
Agn: 89
11/28/55 For: 2163 Agn: 775
11/28/55 For: 2144 Agn: 826
4/5/55
For: 234 Agn: 547
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
141A
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
2892 County commissioner
2428 Certain county officers; compensation
4/13/55 For: 337 Agn: 109
4/16/55 For: 610 Agn: 877
Tift Wayne
2344 City of Tifton; commissioners 4/27/55 For: 764 Agn: 270
2858 City of Jesup
4/27/55 For: 383 Agn: 206
142A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1956:
County
Baldwin
Baldwin (1 of 2) Baldwin (1 of 2) Baldwin
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
Banks Barrow Carroll
2056 Sheriff; compensation
3100 City of Winder; corporate limits
2797 City Court of Carrollton
3/14/56 5/4/56 11/6/56
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
1054 1378
13 103
1305 2344
Carroll
Chattooga
Clayton (1 of 2) Clayton (1 of 2)
2877 City of Whitesburg; police court
2899 County commissioner
2040 City of Forest Park
2040 City of Forest Park
9/12/56
Results not known
For: 2142 Agn: 1167
Results not known
Results not known
Clayton
2518 City of Mountain View; incorporation
3/24/56 For: 341 Agn: 44
Clayton and Fulton
Colquitt
2744 City of College Park; corporate 4/28/56 limits
2399 Certain county officers; compensation
2/28/56
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
28 22
3864 2411
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
143A
Georgia Laws 1956:
County Colquitt Colquitt DeKalb
Page No.
SUBJECT
2403 Tax commissioner; creation of office
2830 City of Moultrie
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
144A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1956:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Gwinnett
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
145A
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
146A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
147A
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
148A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1957:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Polk
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
Result
5/8/57
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
149A
Georgia Laws 1958:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Bacon
3378 City of Alma; corporate limits 7/2/58 For: 206 Agn: 197
Baldwin
3302 Board of commissioners; terms; 11/4/58 For: 932
chairman
Agn: 717
Barrow
2338 City of Winder; city manager
6/4/58 For: 131 Agn: 229
Bartow
2683 Tax commissioner; creation of 9/10/58 For:
35
office
Agn: 1254
Bartow
2866 Certain county officers; compensation
9/10/58 For:
62
Agn: 1356
Brooks
2859 City of Quitman; commissioners
5/27/58 For: 173 Agn: 74
Chatham
2617 Town of Thunderbolt; recorder's court
1/20/59 For: 291 Agn: 115
Chatham
3337 City of Savannah
5/27/58 For: 4024 Agn: 2283
Chattahoochee 2554 Sheriff; compensation
11/4/58 For:
55
Agn: 30
Cherokee
2437 City of Canton; corporate limits 5/7/58 For: 119 Agn: 483
Cherokee
2661 City of Canton; wards
5/7/58 For: 223 Agn: 37
Clayton
3022 City of Mountain View; charter repeal
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
150A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1958:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Clayton and 2363 City of College Park Fulton
Clayton and 2721 City of College Park Fulton
Clayton and 2453 City of College Park Fulton
Clayton and 2854 City of College Park Fulton
Clayton and 3212 City of East Point Fulton
Colquitt
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
For:
31
Agn: 27
City area
vote:
For:
41
Agn:
1
Affected
area:
For:
91
Agn: 41
3/18/58 8/12/58
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
571 2997
59 96
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
151A
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
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
Hall
2279 City of Gainesville;
commissioners
4/1/58
For: 925 Agn: 169
152A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1958:
County Haralson
Page No.
SUBJECT
2820 City of Bremen; education tax
Date of Election
Not held
Result
Henry Henry
Henry
Henry
3127 Certain county officers; compensation
3132 City of Stockbridge; corporate limits
5/21/58 4/30/58
3198 City of Hampton; corporate limits
4/30/58
3367 City of McDonough; corporate limits
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
Jasper Jeff Davis
2921 City of Monticello; corporate limits
3288 Board of commissioners; creation
6/3/58 4/19/58
City vote:
For: 147
Agn: 107
Outside city:
For:
15
Agn: 50
For: 1025 Agn: 901
Lowndes
2624 City of Valdosta; city manager 4/14/58 For: 907 Agn: 243
Newton
2269 City of Covington
7/9/58
For: 151 Agn: 460
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
153A
Georgia Laws 1958:
County Polk
Page No.
SUBJECT
2468 Town of Van Wert; charter repeal
Date of Election
Result
9/10/58 For:
7
Agn: 57
Pulaski Putnam Tift
Tift Ware
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
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
Wilkes White
2091 Board of commissioners; election
3224 Board of commissioners; creation
11/4/58 For: 749 Agn: 98
Not held
154A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1959:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Bartow
2782 City of Cartersville; corporate 4/29/59 For:
79
limits
Agn: 154
Bartow
2793 City of Cartersville; corporate 4/29/59 For:
3
limits
Agn: 21
Bartow
2797 City of Adairsville; corporate 5/12/59 For:
77
limits
Agn: 120
Bartow
2907 City of White (Sec. 2) (two elections held)
5/16/59
County elect.,
Sec. 2:
For:
7
Agn: 36
City election:
For:
27
Agn: 45
Bartow
2920 City of Kingston; new charter 5/16/59 For:
49
Agn:
2
Catoosa
2161 Board of commissioners; creation
3/28/59 For: 718 Agn: 2430
Chattooga
2809 City of Summerville; new charter
5/23/59 For: 160 Agn: 462
Cherokee
2494 Certain county officers; compensation
4/4/59
For: 1522 Agn: 509
Clayton and 2499 City of College Park; corporate 5/18/59 For:
14
Fulton
limits
Agn: 38
Clayton and 2508 City of College Park; corporate 5/18/59 For:
0
Fulton
limits
Agn:
0
Clayton and 2516 City of College Park; corporate 5/18/59 For:
5
Fulton
limits
Agn:
0
Clayton and 2521 City of College Park; corporate 5/18/59 For:
3
Fulton
limits
Agn:
0
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
155A
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
3142 City of Austell-Parcel #1
Cobb and Douglas
Colquitt
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
Result
8/18/59 For:
7
Agn:
8
8/4/59 For:
2
Agn: 11
8/25/59 For:
5
Agn: 49
8/11/59 For:
14
Agn: 15
5/25/59 For:
50
Agn: 81
4/12/60 For: 755 Agn: 417
6/8/59
For: 1413 Agn: 710
4/8/59
For: 241 Agn: 569
4/8/59
For: 804 Agn: 436
4/8/59
For: 1041 Agn: 203
4/8/59
For: 1014 Agn: 228
5/4/59
For: 200 Agn: 162
5/9/59 For:
82
Agn: 45
4/13/59 For: 102 Agn: 91
156A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1959:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
McDuffie
2568 Certain county officers; compensation
Meriwether 2534 City of Manchester and Talbot
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
157A
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
158A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
159A
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
Result
11/8/60 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
160A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
2998 Ordinary; compensation 3001 Sheriff; compensation
Pulaski Rabun Rockdale
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
161A
Georgia Laws 1960:
County Whitfield Whitfield
Page No.
SUBJECT
2007 Certain county officers; compensation
2019 Tax commissioner; creation
Date of Election
Result
3/2/60
For: 1272 Agn: 746
3/2/50
For: 1227 Agn: 806
162A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1961:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Appling
2197 City of Baxley
4/18/61 For: 514 Agn: 292
Bartow
2782 City of Cartersville; corporate 6/10/61 For:
6
limits
Agn: 44
Bartow
3382 City of Cartersville; corporate 6/10/61 For:
29
limits
Agn: 20
Bartow
3469 City of Cartersville; corporate 6/10/61 For: 205
limits
Agn: 159
Bibb
2441 City of Macon; corporate limits 5/24/61 City vote:
For: 1560
Agn: 445
Outside city
vote:
For: 12269
Agn: 9037
Carroll
3118 City of Carrollton; mayor and 5/20/61 For: 267
council
Agn: 764
Chatham
2969 City of Savannah; corporate limits
5/10/61
City of Savannah: For: 9176 Agn: 1679 Zone No. 1: For: 886 Agn: 759 Zone No. 2: For: 123 Agn: 277
Chatham
3072 Civil Service System of Chatham County
4/20/61 For: 137 Agn: 144
Chattooga
2658 City of Summerville; new charter
5/27/61 For: 338 Agn: 241
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
163A
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
Result
Not held
6/13/61 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
164A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
Result
5/31/61 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
165A
Georgia Laws 1962:
County Bryan Chatham
Page No.
SUBJECT
2505 City of Richmond Hill; incorporation
2707 Town of Pooler; tax rate
Date of Election
Result
4/4/62
For: 153 Agn: 119
4/26/62 For: 110 Agn: 114
Clarke
2677 City of Athens; corporate limits; wards
5/23/62 For: 643 Agn: 521
Clarke
Clayton and Fulton Clayton and Fulton
2751 City of Athens; public transportation system
4/25/62
2592 City of College Park; corporate 5/5/62 limits
2599 City of College Park; mayor and council; elections
6/1/62
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
1228 1361
32 37
214 1061
Clayton and 3084 City of College Park; corporate 5/26/62 For:
4
Fulton
limits
Agn: 160
Columbia
2713 City of Martinez; incorporation 9/12/62 For:
85
Agn: 573
Emanuel
2359 Board of commissioners; districts; elections; terms
11/6/62 For: 450 Agn: 484
Fulton
2473 City of East Point; corporate 5/9/62 For:
1
limits
Agn:
3
Fulton Fulton Fulton
2854 City of East Point; corporate 5/9/62 For:
1
limits
Agn:
6
2861 City of East Point; corporate 5/9/62 For:
6
limits
Agn: 31
3130 City of East Point; corporate 5/9/62 For:
25
limits
Agn: 22
Gwinnett
2364 Pinball machines
11/6/62 For: 1737 Agn: 638
166A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1962:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Henry
2403 Town of Locust Grove; corporate limits
4/25/62 For:
20
Agn: 27
Jackson
2620 City of Jefferson; corporate limits
Not held
Jackson
2624 City of Commerce; corporate limits
12/5/62
Inside City:
For: 385
Agn: 108
Outside City:
For:
58
Agn: 237
Laurens
2528 Town of Dudley; name changed 3/28/62 For:
29
to City of Dudley; mayor
Agn:
4
Laurens
3052 County treasurer; abolition of Not held office
Meriwether 2244 City of Manchester; commissioners
3/28/62 For: 234 Agn: 66
Meriwether 2396 City of Manchester; insurance 3/28/62 For: 251
for employees
Agn: 47
Meriwether 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 2613 City of Manchester; mayor and 3/28/62 For: 227
council; meetings
Agn: 57
Mitchell
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
167A
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
168A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1962:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Washington 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
169A
Georgia Laws 1963:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Baker
2928 Tax collector and tax receiver; 4/25/63 For: 581
compensation
Agn: 343
Baldwin
3035 Civil and Criminal Court of Baldwin County
5/28/63 For: 142 Agn: 346
Bartow
2066 Sheriff's deputies and jailers; compensation
4/10/63 For: 721 Agn: 1170
Bartow
2070 Deputy clerk of the superior court; compensation
4/10/63 For: 545 Agn: 1330
Bartow
2074 Clerical help in the office of the 4/10/63 For: 666
ordinary; compensation
Agn: 1230
Bartow
2078 County commissioner; clerical 4/10/63 For: 532
help; compensation
Agn: 1343
Bartow
2082 Deputy tax commissioner; clerical help; compensation
4/10/63 For: 511 Agn: 1356
Bartow
2086 Sheriff; equipment
4/10/63 For: 714 Agn: 1172
Berrien
2627 City of Enigma; new charter
6/4/63 For:
15
Agn:
0
Bleckley
2382 Tax commissioner; creation of 6/5/63 office
For: 209 Agn: 436
Cherokee
2016 City of Canton; corporate limits 5/1/63 For:
45
Agn: 29
Clayton
2723 City of Lovejoy; new charter Not held
Clayton
2815 City of Riverdale; mayor and council; wards; city manager
Not held
Cobb
2781 Board of commissioners; creation
1/8/64
For: 2123 Agn: 4100
Colquitt
2203 City of Moultrie; tax rate
Results not known
170A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1963:
County DeKalb
Page No.
SUBJECT
3457 City of North Atlanta; incorporation
Date of Election
Result
7/11/63
For (1): 508 For (2): 55 For (3): 842
Dougherty Emanuel
Fulton Glynn
3630 City of Albany; abolition of wards
2583 City of Swainsboro; corporate limits
2887 City of East Point; corporate limits
3249 City of Brunswick; mayor; city manager
7/29/63 5/13/63
Not held 10/1/63
For: 1034 Agn: 1406
Inside city:
For: 243
Agn: 44
Outside city:
For:
81
Agn: 41
For: 798 Agn: 570
Hall Henry
Houston
3552 Board of commissioners; membership
2609 Board of commissioners; elections; terms; compensation
9/3/63 5/15/63
3330 City of Warner Robins
5/7/63
For: 1421 Agn: 1571
For Section 1: 669
For Section 2: 624
For: 1127 Agn: 776
Irwin
Jackson Meriwether
2602 Tax commissioner; creation of 5/28/63 For:
91
office
Agn: 279
2575 City of Commerce
Not held
2332 City of Warm Springs; tax rate Not held
Muscogee
2731 City of Columbus; form of government
6/5/63
For: 3254 Agn: 1615
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
171A
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: 1304 Agn: 119
For: 1281 Agn: 130
172A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1964:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Appling
2681 Certain county officers; compensation
6/17/64 For: 2543 Agn: 848
Brooks
2776 City of Quitman; commissioners
Results not known
Chatham
2288 Town of Pooler; taxation; bonds
4/15/64 For: 124 Agn: 61
Cherokee
2351 City of Woodstock; corporate Not held limits
Cherokee
2431 City of Canton; corporate limits 4/8/64
For: 174 Agn: 394
Colquitt
2305 City of Moultrie; tax rate for schools
10/20/64 For: 1174 Agn: 613
Cook
2093 Board of commissioners; elections
3/4/64
For: 2003 Agn: 1612
Dodge
2954 City of Empire; new charter
6/2/64 For:
55
Agn: 71
Fulton
2478 City of Union City; repeal of charter
5/8/64
For: 214 Agn: 279
Fulton
2988 City of Alpharetta; corporate * limits
Gwinnett
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
173A
Georgia Laws 1964:
County Harris
Page No.
SUBJECT
2939 Town of Pine Mountain; corporate limits
Date of Election
Result
4/29/64
Inside:
For:
61
Agn: 43
Outside:
For:
0
Agn:
7
Hart
McDuffie McDuffie McDuffie Meriwether Meriwether Monroe Murray Peach
2028 Board of finance 2095 Board of commissioners
9/9/64 4/1/64
Question A: 1246
Question B: 873
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
2412 City of Woodbury; ad valorem 4/22/64 tax
2542 Board of commissioners
Not held
2672 County commissioner; compensation
9/9/64
For: 985 Agn: 1708 For: 982 Agn: 1705 Results not known For: 110 Agn: 30
For: 1868 Agn: 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
174A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1964:
County Pickens
Page No.
SUBJECT
2066 County commissioner
Date of Election
Result
3/4/64
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 4/22/64 lines
2361 City of Tifton; commissioners; 4/22/64 compensation
2900 Board of commissioners; membership
5/13/64
3069 Board of commissioners; purchases
5/13/64
2014 Ordinary; compensation
2/18/64
For: 1685 Agn: 639
For: 281 Agn: 216
For: 136 Agn: 368
For: 1992 Agn: 1290
For: 2592 Agn: 738
For: 4695 Agn: 285
Walker Walker
2018 Tax commissioner; creation of office
2024 Clerk of the superior court; compensation
2/18/64 2/18/64
For: 4673 Agn: 251
For: 4655 Agn: 298
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
175A
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
Result
2/15/65 3/22/65
For: 246 Agn: 41
For 3 member board 81 votes for each candidate
Not held
3/20/64 11/3/64
For: 3817 Agn: 2807
For: 933 Agn: 863
176A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1964, Extraordinary Session:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Baker
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
177A
Georgia Laws 1965:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Appling
3142 Certain county officials and employees; compensation
11/8/66 For: 589 Agn: 556
Appling
3361 Board of commissioners; annual audit
11/8/66 For: 733 Agn: 326
Baldwin
2306 City of Milledgeville; mayor; terms
6/2/65
For: 544 Agn: 462
Baldwin
2316 Board of commissioners; elections
4/7/65
For: 801 Agn: 1878
Brooks
3226 City of Quitman; commissioners
Results not known
Chatham
3181 Isle of Hope Water, Fire, Sanitation, and Sewerage District
Results not known
Crisp
2167 City of Cordele; form of government
4/28/65 For: 828 Agn: 1198
Decatur
2819 City of Bainbridge; city manager
4/7/65
For: 1148 Agn: 688
Decatur
3245 Small Claims Court of Decatur 6/16/65 For: 447
County; creation
Agn: 472
Dooly
2582 City of Unadilla; corporate limits
7/20/65 For:
56
Agn: 115
Echols
3160 City of Statenville; new charter 7/14/65 For:
72
Agn: 75
Fulton and Clayton
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
178A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1965:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Habersham 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
179A
Georgia Laws 1965:
County Tift Tift
Page No.
SUBJECT
2608 Clerk of the superior court; compensation *
2705 Tax commissioner; compensation *
Date of Election
Result
6/16/65 For: 952 Agn: 381
6/16/65 For: 943 Agn: 361
*Each of these Acts has an effective date of January 1, 1966.
180A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1966:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Appling
2754 Board of commissioners; elections
11/8/66 For: 728 Agn: 479
Atkinson
2107 County Court of Atkinson County; abolition
11/8/66 For: 1004 Agn: 704
Bartow
2144 City of Adairsville; mayor and 4/2/66 council; compensation
For: 167 Agn: 48
Bartow
2454 City of Adairsville; corporate 4/2/66 limits
For: 210 Agn: 105
Bryan
2466 City Court of Pembroke; abolition
9/14/66 For: 368 Agn: 1148
Bulloch
2316 City of Statesboro; mayor and 11/8/66 For: 265
council; terms
Agn: 183
Fulton and DeKalb
3337 City of Atlanta; corporate limits 5/11/66
Sandy Springs: For: 2504 Agn: 5173 Adamsville: For: 198 Agn: 151
Floyd
3129 Floyd School District; creation 4/12/66 For: 1459 Agn: 3759
Habersham
2404 City of Cornelia; city manager; 4/27/66 For: 150
compensation
Agn: 115
Habersham
2625 City of Cornelia; commission; 4/27/66 For: 149
compensation
Agn: 114
Habersham
3102 City of Cornelia; eminent
4/27/66 For: 144
domain outside corporate limits
Agn: 118
Habersham
3144 City of Cornelia; mayor and commission; elections
4/27/66 For: 157 Agn: 105
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
181A
Georgia Laws 1966:
County Hall
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
3305 Board of commissioners;
11/8/66 For: 4842
membership; districts; elections
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
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
3403 City of Greenville; corporate limits
5/4/66
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
1495 2994
40 19
27 6
For:
24
Agn: 19
Miller Miller Pike
2867 City of Colquitt; corporate limits
3372 Small Claims Court of Miller County; creation
3170 City of Zebulon; corporate limits
Not held
5/4/66
For: 180 Agn: 153
4/30/66 For:
89
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
182A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1967:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Banks
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: 185 Agn: 93
6/13/67 For: 179 Agn: 507
7/28/67 For: 490 Agn: 111
9/1/67 For:
33
Agn:
3
4/15/67 For: 1139 Agn: 3373
4/15/67 For: 1426 Agn: 2993
Not held
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
183A
Georgia Laws 1967:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Dooly
2922 County board of education
6/20/67 For: 807 Agn: 173
Echols
3491 City of Statenville; new charter 5/15/67 For:
62
Agn: 106
Floyd
2163 City of Rome; corporate limits 4/26/67 For: 333 Agn: 794
Gordon
2898 Fire protection services; districts
6/21/67 For: 286 Agn: 111
Henry
2595 City of Stockbridge; corporate limits
5/13/67
Inside city:
For: 101
Agn: 87
Outside city:
For:
43
Agn: 475
Houston
2606 City of Warner Robins; corporate limits
4/25/67 For: 2292 Agn: 680
Houston
3241 County school superintendent; 11/7/67 For: 1001
appointment
Agn: 2317
Houston
3244 County board of education; election; membership
11/7/67 For: 2559 Agn: 757
Lowndes
2118 Town of Dasher; incorporation 4/11/67 For:
59
Agn:
5
McDuffie
2169 Sheriff; personnel; compensation; vehicles
4/26/67 For: 1069 Agn: 539
Meriwether 2011 City of Greenville; new charter 4/3/67 For:
41
Agn:
0
Murray
2458 City of Chatsworth; corporate 5/31/67 For: 154
limits
Agn: 19
184A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1967:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Newton
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
Result
5/3/67
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
185A
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
186A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1968:
County Atkinson Bacon Banks & Habersham Berrien Bibb Bleckley Candler Carroll Carroll Charlton Charlton Chatham
Chattahoochee
Page No.
SUBJECT
2882 Board of commissioners; membership; chairman
3542 Tax commissioner; creation of office
2400 Town of Baldwin; mayor; term
2241 Board of commissioners
2835 County board of education and orphanage
2278 City of Cochran; corporate limits
2446 County board of education; creation of new board
2256 County school superintendent; appointment
2841 County board of education; election
2342 City of Folkston; corporate limits
2984 City of Homeland; new charter
2636 Board of Education of the City of Savannah and Chatham County
2717 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
187A
Georgia Laws 1968:
County Coffee Coffee
Page No.
SUBJECT
2177 County board of education; creation of new board
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
Result
4/24/68 For: 546 Agn: 1101
4/24/68 For: 508 Agn: 1100
4/23/68 For: 540 Agn: 715
9/11/68 For: 2048 Agn: 320
5/1/68
For: 971 Agn: 1104
6/5/68
For: 292 Agn: 137
5/21/68 For: 189 Agn: 1025
5/21/68 For: 498 Agn: 686
11/5/68 For: 457 Agn: 38
4/24/68 For: 405 Agn: 633
Results not known
10/14/69 For: 2846 Agn: 6761
5/15/68 For: 723 Agn: 1212
5/14/68 For: 2249 Agn: 717
188A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1968:
County Gwinnett
Page No.
SUBJECT
2003 Board of commissioners; creation of new board
Henry
3375 Board of commissioners; elections
Irwin Jefferson Jenkins Jenkins Macon Miller Paulding
2822 Tax commissioner; creation of office
3421 County board of education; membership
2960 Board of commissioners; membership
2965 County board of education; creation of new board
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
Result
4/10/68 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: 756 Agn: 1272
For: 191 Agn: 547
For: 3029 Agn: 1420
For: 559 Agn: 179
For: 448 Agn: 298
For: 189 Agn: 261
For: 667 Agn: 345
For: 233 Agn: 19
For: 812 Agn: 1377
For: 1205 Agn: 1144
5/21/68 For: 626 Agn: 483
4/3/68
For: 408 Agn: 310
5/29/68 For:
65
Agn: 772
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
189A
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
Result
5/9/68
For: 299 Agn: 252
5/9/68
For: 1155 Agn: 887
6/18/68 9/11/68 5/23/68 5/17/68
For: 1709 Agn: 265
For: 1140 Agn: 614
For:
41
Agn:
5
For:
43
Agn:
4
190A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1969:
County Bartow Bibb
Butts Camden Candler Charlton
Page No.
SUBJECT
2929 City of Cartersville; new charter
3331 Board of elections; creation
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
191A
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
Result
6/4/69
For: 1071 Agn: 1265
7/2/69
For: 113 Agn: 584
Crisp
3806 City of Cordele; new charter
6/18/69 For: 299 Agn: 245
DeKalb
2501 City of Doraville; corporate limits
5/24/69
Tract No. 1:
For:
15
Agn: 130
Tract No. 2:
For:
40
Agn: 103
Effingham Fannin Fannin
3964 City of Guyton; corporate limits 6/4/69
2637 Tax commissioner; creation of office
2641 Board of commissioners; creation
11/3/70 11/3/70
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
128 179
1399 1396
1419 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
192A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1969:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Gwinnett
3960 City of Lawrenceville; corporate limits
5/21/69
Inside city
limits:
For: 289
Agn: 127
Outside city
limits:
For:
22
Agn: 198
Gilmer
2606 City of Ellijay; corporate limits 6/25/69 For: 139 Agn: 288
Hall
2346 City of Murrayville;
incorporation
6/11/69 For:
81
Agn: 104
Houston
3647 City of Warner Robins; form of 6/17/69 For: 1512
government
Agn: 2064
Houston
3920 City of Warner Robins; corporate limits
10/14/69
City vote:
For: 2134
Agn: 694
County vote:
For:
38
Agn: 205
Houston
3927 City of Warner Robins; mayor and council; compensation
Results not known
Jackson
2987 City of Jefferson; corporate limits; wards
7/21/69 For:
88
Agn: 171
Laurens
2270 City of Dublin; corporate limits 5/28/69 For: 121 Agn: 106
Lincoln
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
193A
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
194A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1969:
County Spalding
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
3687 Small Claims Court of Spalding 7/29/69 For: 795
County; creation
Agn: 447
Seminole
2590 Small Claims Court of Seminole County; creation
6/4/69
For: 221 Agn: 175
Stewart Telfair Thomas Tift
2264 County board of education; election
3641 County board of education; membership
3562 Town of Meigs; corporate limits
2674 City of Tifton; corporate limits
5/14/69 8/26/69 Not held 6/25/69
For:
91
Agn: 12
For: 277 Agn: 437
City area: For: 645 Agn: 578 Proposed area: For: 433 Agn: 499
Toombs
3241 City of Lyons; corporate limits 6/25/69 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
195A
Georgia Laws 1970:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Baldwin
2951 County board of education; membership
11/3/70 For: 2525 Agn: 1630
Banks and Jackson
3000 Town of Maysville; mayor and 6/10/70 For:
57
aldermen; terms
Agn: 51
Bryan
3191 City of Richmond Hill
5/26/70 For:
84
Agn: 154
Bulloch
2790 County board of education; creation of new board
6/10/70 For: 903 Agn: 698
Calhoun
2361 Sheriff and personnel; compensation
4/23/70 For: 121 Agn: 120
Camden
3278 Tax commissioner; creation of 11/3/70 For: 648
office
Agn: 476
Carroll
2856 City of Temple; corporate limits
Results not known
Carroll
3362 Town of Bowdon; corporate limits
5/20/70 For:
49
Agn: 114
Charlton
3270 County board of education; election
5/19/70 For: 293 Agn: 307
Charlton
3274 Board of commissioners; membership; elections
5/19/70 For: 272 Agn: 328
Chatham
2018 Town of Thunderbolt; vacancies
4/14/70 For: 306 Agn: 29
Chatham
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
196A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1970:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Colquitt
2579 Board of commissioners; districts
5/19/70 For: 1285 Agn: 773
Colquitt
2582 County board of education; districts
5/19/70 For: 1463 Agn: 595
Elbert
2321 County treasurer; office abolished
11/3/70 For: 1589 Agn: 1228
Emanuel
2150 County school superintendent; 4/7/70 appointment
For: 383 Agn: 1701
Emanuel
2153 County board of education
4/7/70
Proposal #1: 1389
Proposal #2: 539
Proposal #3: 173
Gordon
2657 County board of education; creation of new board
9/9/70
For: 1798 Agn: 868
Habersham
3091 City of Cornelia; fire protection 5/20/70 For: 166
outside city
Agn: 42
Habersham
3094 City of Cornelia; mayor and commissioners; terms
5/20/70 For: 121 Agn: 88
Houston
2965 County board of education; districts
5/12/70 For: 1682 Agn: 1073
Jackson
3407 City of Commerce; elections
Results not known
Jackson
3414 City of Commerce; board of education
Results not known
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
197A
Georgia Laws 1970:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Lanier
2709 County board of education; creation of new board
11/3/70
For election: 289
For appointment:
240
Liberty
2053 City of Hinesville; corporate limits
3/26/70 For: 520 Agn: 402
Meriwether 3039 City of Woodbury; corporate limits
5/12/70
Inside city:
For:
83
Agn: 60
Outside city:
For:
3
Agn: 32
Mitchell
2239 County board of education; election
6/16/70 For: 482 Agn: 156
Mitchell
2632 County school superintendent; 6/16/70 For: 287
appointment
Agn: 350
Monroe
3030 County board of education; membership
11/3/70 For: 815 Agn: 503
Murray
2365 City of Chatsworth; new charter 5/9/70
For: 133 Agn: 260
Peach
2647 County board of education; membership; districts
6/10/70 For: 544 Agn: 198
Pulaski
2880 Fire protection district
5/19/70 For: 142 Agn: 140
Spalding
2651 City of Griffin; board of commissioners
11/3/70 For: 2117 Agn: 1510
Stephens
2643 Board of commissioners; membership; terms; elections
5/5/70
For: 822 Agn: 1743
198A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1970:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Stephens
2436 County board of education; election of members
5/5/70
For: 1136 Agn: 1466
Tattnall
2033 City of Glennville; corporate limits
3/24/70 For: 269 Agn: 123
Thomas
3369 Board of commissioners
5/26/70 For: 920 Agn: 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
2292 City of Social Circle; corporate limits
Results not known
Wayne
2067 City of Jesup; corporate limits Not held
Wayne
3251 Wayne County Hospital Authority
11/3/70 For: 807 Agn: 1113
Washington 3104 County board of education; membership
6/3/70
For: 439 Agn: 537
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
199A
Georgia Laws 1971:
County Berrien Bibb
Bleckley Brooks Brooks Burke Butts Clarke
Clarke Coweta
Page No.
SUBJECT
3044 County board of education; creation of new board
3926 County board of education and orphanage; membership
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
2691 County board of education; creation of new board
2003 City of Newnan; Water, Sewerage, and Light Commission
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
Decatur
2649 County board of education; membership
4/29/71 For: 766 Agn: 496
200A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
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
6/15/71 7/20/71 6/7/71 6/7/71 6/7/71 Not held
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
102 266
625 1049
1 35
1 46
6 73
Heard
2029 County commissioner; creation 5/19/71 For: 675
of office
Agn: 713
Houston Jones Lamar
3580 City of Warner Robins; corporate limits
2/29/72 For: 694 Agn: 734
3396 County board of education; creation of new board
5/26/71 For: 656 Agn: 543
2710 County board of education and 5/14/71 For: 999
school superintendent
Agn: 540
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
201A
Georgia Laws 1971:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Lee
3976 City of Leesburg; corporate
7/6/71 Present city
limits
limits:
For:
14
Agn: 72
Proposed city
limits:
For:
1
Agn: 14
Mitchell
2017 City of Pelham; board of education
4/21/71 For: 408 Agn: 26
Monroe
3071 Board of commissioners; compensation
11/7/72 For: 540 Agn: 1319
Monroe
3381 Board of commissioners; terms 11/7/72 For: 572 Agn: 1324
Murray
2120 County board of education; elections
Not held
Newton
2881 County board of education; elections
6/16/71 For: 285 Agn: 137
Pierce
2492 Ordinary; salary
11/7/72 For: 768 Agn: 540
Pierce
2496 Sheriff; personnel; compensation
11/7/72 For: 813 Agn: 477
Pierce
2888 Board of commissioners; chairman; compensation
11/7/72 For: 683 Agn: 642
Pike
3686 City of Zebulon; councilmen; 6/19/71 For:
52
terms
Agn: 23
Polk
3708 City of Rockmart; city taxes 10/2/71 For: 586
Agn: 254
Polk
3770 City of Aragon; new charter 6/2/71 For: 133
Agn: 85
202A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1971:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Richmond
2123 Richmond County/City of Augusta; unified government
5/25/71
Richmond County: For: 5834 Agn: 10779 City of Augusta: For: 6415 Agn: 6481
Stephens
3118 County board of education and 6/22/71 For: 1403
school superintendent
Agn: 1855
Telfair
3448 Board of commissioners; creation
7/20/71 For: 441 Agn: 700
Tift
2722 County board of education;
6/9/71 For: 1430
terms
Agn: 404
Tift
2795 Board of commissioners;
6/9/71 For: 1663
chairman
Agn: 273
Turner
2021 Sheriff; personnel
4/27/71 For: 427 Agn: 915
Wayne
2678 Sheriff and clerk of the superior 11/7/72 court; compensation
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
203A
Georgia Laws 1971, Extraordinary Session:
County Bibb DeKalb
Page No.
SUBJECT
2136 Board of public education and orphanage
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
204A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
205A
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
206A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1972:
County Camden
Chatham
Chatham Chatham Chattooga
Decatur Dodge Dodge Douglas
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
3770 Small Claims Court of Camden 8/8/72* County; creation
Demo.
For: 926
Agn: 801
Rep.
For:
1
Agn:
0
3019 Savannah-Chatham County Government; unification
4/10/73 Not held***
City of Savannah Chatham County
3098 Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education; districts
5/9/72
For: 20074 Agn: 7595
3116 Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education; districts
5/9/72
For: 8296 Agn: 19097
2043 State Court of Chattooga County; abolition
8/8/72*
Demo.
For: 2455
Agn: 2274
Rep.
For:
2
Agn:
2
3288 Board of commissioners; membership; elections
5/23/72 For: 668 Agn: 2687
2329 City of Eastman; city manager; 4/27/72 For: 474
abolition of office
Agn: 1117
3339 County board of education; membership
8/8/72* For: 914 Agn: 858
3997 County board of education; elections
5/16/72 For: 400 Agn: 620
Elbert
2479 Board of commissioners; chairman
8/8/72* For: 1583 Agn: 3036
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
207A
Georgia Laws 1972:
County Fayette
Page No.
SUBJECT
3438 Board of commissioners; terms
Date of Election
11/7/72*
Result
For: 668 Agn: 3138
Fayette Floyd Forsyth
3435 County treasurer; abolition of office
3300 State Court of Floyd County; abolition
2065 Board of commissioners
11/7/72* 11/7/72* 4/19/72
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
1499 2210
6911 4674
551 386
Gwinnett Habersham
4058 County board of education; districts; compensation
2382 City of Demorest; mayor
Harris
3468 Board of commissioners; membership
5/17/72 8/8/72*
For: 989 Agn: 924
Results not known
For: 1410 Agn: 616
Heard
2113 Board of commissioners; districts
5/3/72
For: 756 Agn: 732
Henry Henry Houston
2090 State Court of Henry County; creation
2104 Board of commissioners
2399 County board of education; compensation
4/19/72 4/19/72 8/8/72*
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
570 1943
407 2070
2853 6462
Jeff Davis
2760 County board of education; election
8/8/72* For: 829 Agn: 511
Laurens Lowndes
4099 County board of education; vacancies
2696 Ordinary; compensation
8/8/72* 11/7/72*
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
3185 1103
3533 1995
208A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1972:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Lowndes
2701 Tax commissioner; compensation
Date of Election
Result
11/7/72* For: 3622 Agn: 1885
Lowndes McDuffie McIntosh
McIntosh Macon Madison Madison
2706 Clerk of the superior court; compensation
11/7/72* For: 3463 Agn: 2254
2538 County board of education; creation of new board
6/8/72
For: 305 Agn: 61
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
2852 City of Darien; mayor and council; terms
11/7/72* Not held
2322 Board of commissioners; membership
4/26/72 For: 608 Agn: 882
2547 County board of education; election
11/7/72* For: 1060 Agn: 1785
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: 688 Agn: 2648
For: 440 Agn: 1351
For: 402 Agn: 142
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
209A
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
Result
5/23/72 For: 399 Agn: 939
8/8/72* For: 1262 Agn: 831
Putnam Spalding
3833 City of Eatonton; corporate limits
6/13/72 For: 118 Agn: 28
2418 Griffin-Spalding County Board 5/30/72 For: 452
of Education; elections
Agn: 121
Telfair Thomas Tift
4102 County board of education; membership
3343 Board of commissioners; creation
2908 City of Tifton; elections
6/20/72 5/16/72 5/3/72
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
564 365
1885 3278
247 498
Treutlen
2340 County board of education; terms
5/9/72
For: 688 Agn: 233
Treutlen Walker
2345 Board of commissioners; elections
2647 County board of education; elections
5/9/72 11/7/72*
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
715 221
6373 2129
Walton
3006 City of Social Circle; corporate 5/31/72 For:
51
limits
Agn: 49
Whitfield Wilcox Wilkinson
4017 City of Tunnel Hill; new charter
2495 County school superintendent; appointment
3312 County school superintendent; appointment
5/16/72 5/10/72 11/7/72*
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:
114 159
177 1042
348 901
210A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1972:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Wilkinson 3333 County board of education;
11/7/72* For: 654
creation of new board
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
211A
Georgia Laws 1973:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Appling
3569 County board of education; compensation
8/13/74* Yes: 791 No: 1033
Appling*** 3677 City of Baxley; corporate limits 9/29/73 Yes: 45 No: 588
Brantley
3631 City of Nahunta
Results not known
Chatham
2268 Savannah-Chatham County Government
6/12/73 ****
Chatham County: For: 3157 Agn: 6666 City of Savannah: For: 12039 Agn: 4090
Chatham
3693 City of Savannah Beach, Tybee 6/2/73 Yes: 21
Island; corporate limits
No:
29
Clarke
2356 City of Athens; merit system
5/31/73 For: 1818 Agn: 1591
Clarke
2367 City of Athens; public transportation system
5/31/73 For: 2430 Agn: 1057
Clarke
2387 City of Athens; corporate limits 5/31/73 For: 648 Agn: 682
Clarke
2467 Board of commissioners; creation of new board
8/14/73 Yes: 1809 No: 1125
Clarke
3374 County board of education; creation of new board
8/13/74* 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
212A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1973:
County Greene
Page No.
SUBJECT
3853 County board of education; terms
Date of Election
Result
8/13/74* 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.
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
213A
Georgia Laws 1974:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Banks
3798 Tax commissioner; creation of 8/13/74* Yes: 1628
office
No: 671
Bibb
2028 City of Macon Board of Water 11/5/74 Not held
Commissioners; abolition
**
Bibb
3074 Macon-Bibb County Water and 5/14/74 Yes: 2049
Sewerage Authority
No: 198
Brooks
3088 Board of commissioners; districts
11/5/74 Yes: 741
**
No: 567
Carroll
2791 City of Carrollton
6/11/74 Yes: 215
No:
66
Chatham
2088 City of Savannah; corporate limits
4/16/74 Yes: 192 No: 883
Chatham
2305 City of Savannah Beach, Tybee 4/1/74 Island; corporate limits
Results not known
Cherokee
2534 Board of commissioners; creation
11/5/74 Yes: 2989
**
No: 1995
Cobb
3516 County board of education; districts
11/5/74 Yes: 18039
**
No: 14541
Fayette
2982 City of Fayetteville; corporate 11/5/74 Yes: 302
limits
**
No: 507
Fayette
3848 County treasurer; abolition of 11/5/74 Yes: 1928
office
**
No: 1616
Fayette
3030 Town of Tyrone; corporate limits
5/23/74 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
214A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1974:
County Long
Page No.
SUBJECT
2878 County board of education; compensation
Date of Election
Result
8/13/74* Yes: 311 No: 303
Lowndes
2311 Town of Dasher; taxation
6/1/74 Yes: 31
No:
31
Newton Richmond
Stephens
2978 City of Covington; elections
12/4/74 Yes: 368 No: 674
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
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
215A
Georgia Laws 1974:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Upson
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
216A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
THE COMMON DAY OF REST ACT OF 1974 Ga. L. 1974, p. 186 General Election 11/5/74
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
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
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
217A
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
218A
COUNTY Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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.
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
219A
Georgia Laws 1975:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Appling
3678 City of Baxley; corporate limits 6/26/75 Yes: 549 No: 603
Baker
2659 County treasurer; abolition of 6/17/75 Yes: 352
office
No: 395
Baker
2662 Tax commissioner; creation of 6/17/75 Yes: 338
office
No: 392
Berrien
2525 County school superintendent; 4/15/75 Yes: 124
appointment
No: 1295
Berrien
3388 County school superintendent; Not held Duplicate of
appointment
Act above
Bibb
3349 Board of water commissioners 11/4/75 Yes: 10601
No: 4955
Brantley
3937 County board of education
8/12/75
Proposition No. 1: 402 Proposition No. 2: 713 Proposition No. 3: 240
Bryan
3024 Board of commissioners; election of chairman and vice-chairman
8/26/75 Yes: 385 No: 115
Charlton
4015 County board of education
6/24/75 Yes: 776 No: 206
Chatham
3962 County board of education
5/4/76* 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
220A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1975:
County DeKalb
Page No.
SUBJECT
2752 County board of education; districts; terms
Date of Election
Result
5/4/76* Yes: 29643 No: 41355
Dodge
3031 County board of education; election
11/4/75 Yes: 1206 No: 367
Douglas Gordon Greene Hall Harris*** Harris Heard
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
5/14/75 7/8/75 5/4/76* 8/10/76 ** 7/8/75
7/9/75
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
Henry Newton Paulding
4133 City of Stockbridge; corporate limits; elections
3577 County board of education and school superintendent
2916 Board of commissioners; creation
7/26/75 9/10/75 8/26/75
Yes: 113 No: 128
Yes: 1353 No: 1582
Yes: 1765 No: 949
Spalding
2771 Town of Orchard Hill; corporate limits
5/27/75
Inside town:
Yes: 17
No:
5
Outside town:
Yes: 20
No:
31
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
221A
Georgia Laws 1975:
County Spalding
Page No.
SUBJECT
4352 Board of commissioners
Date of Election
Result
11/4/75 Yes: 1205 No: 4100
Stephens Taylor Union
4142 City of Toccoa; commissioners 6/12/75
3486 County board of education;
6/17/75
membership; elections; districts
4490 County commissioner; office created
8/12/75
Yes: 209 No: 191
Yes: 298 No: 127
Yes: 189 No: 1037
Upson Whitfield Worth
3356 County school superintendent; 6/24/75 Yes: 531
appointment
No: 700
4296 City of Tunnel Hill; new charter
6/25/75 Yes: 126 No: 288
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
222A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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.
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
223A
Georgia Laws 1976:
County Bacon
Baldwin Baldwin Bartow
Page No.
SUBJECT
2713 County board of education and school superintendent
3278 City of Milledgeville
3282
City of Milledgeville-question #1 City of Milledgeville-question #2
4090 City of Euharlee; new 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
Bibb
3818 Macon-Bibb County
5/4/76* City vote:
consolidated government
Yes: 8149
No: 11522
County vote:
Yes: 8825
No: 16209
Bryan Camden Carroll
3288 City of Richmond Hill; corporate limits
2831 Tax commissioner; salary
4479 County board of education and school superintendent
6/29/76
11/2/76 ** 11/2/76 **
Yes: 199
No:
8
Not held
Yes: 3105 No: 3868
Chattooga
2694 Board of commissioners; creation
5/4/76* Yes: 970 No: 2297
Clayton
3974 City of Mountain View; abolition of charter
Not held
224A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1976:
County Cobb DeKalb
Page No.
SUBJECT
3656 City of Powder Springs; abolition of charter
2809 Sunday sales of intoxicating beverages
Date of Election
Result
9/11/76 Yes: 331
No:
455
5/4/76* Yes: 52761 No: 30442
Fayette Glynn Grady Habersham Habersham Long Long
3398 Board of commissioners; membership
5/4/76* Yes: No:
4027 County board of education; districts; election
5/4/76* Yes: No:
3162 County board of education; compensation
5/4/76* Yes: No:
2798 County board of education; election
5/4/76* Yes: No:
2803 County school superintendent; 5/4/76* Yes:
appointment
No:
3536 County board of education*** 5/4/76* Yes: No:
3321 Small claims court; creation
5/4/76* Yes: No:
1984 1512
3752 4746
444 1259
2244 876
940 1951
490 172
114 527
Lumpkin Newton Newton
3945 County board of education and 5/4/76* Yes:
school superintendent
No:
3402 Board of commissioners; districts
5/4/76* Yes: No:
3505 County board of education; membership; districts
5/25/76 Yes: No:
678 917
2980 1387
3227 1167
Oconee
3935 County school superintendent; 11/2/76 Yes: 1259
appointment
**
No: 1863
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
225A
Georgia Laws 1976:
County Richmond
Page No.
SUBJECT
4297 Augusta-Richmond County unified government Proposition One
Proposition Two
Date of Election
Result
5/4/76*
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
226A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1977:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Baker
2603 County board of education; vacancies
11/7/78* Yes:
151
No:
95
Bryan
3215 County treasurer; abolition of 5/24/77 Yes:
116
office
No:
126
Carroll
4519 City of Temple; corporate limits
6/15/77 Yes:
225
No:
149
Dawson
3529 County board of education; election
6/14/77 Yes:
369
No:
140
Hart
3482 Town of Bowersville; new
5/9/77 Yes:
30
charter
No:
0
Pierce
2924 County board of education and 11/7/78* Yes:
307
school superintendent
No:
587
Rockdale
2817 Board of commissioners; creation
5/17/77 Yes: No:
1618 744
Schley
2952 Board of commissioners; terms 11/7/78* Yes:
160
No:
66
Schley
2955 County board of education; terms
11/7/78* Yes:
167
No:
58
Stephens
3875 County board of education; election
6/28/77 Yes: No:
1375 628
Stephens
3881 County school superintendent; 6/28/77 Yes:
appointment
No:
793 1042
Tift
3894 City of Tifton; corporate limits 12/19/77 Yes:
690
No: 1158
Towns
3974 County board of education and 2/2/78 Yes: 1014
school superintendent
No: 1384
* Date of November 7, 1978, general election.
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
227A
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
228A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
229A
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
230A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1979:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Carroll
4245 City of Sand Hill; new charter 6/12/79 Yes:
102
No:
193
Glynn
3467 County board of education; districts
12/11/79 Yes: No:
2490 977
Montgomery 3151 County board of education
6/5/79
Question #1: Proposal #1:
320 Proposal #2:
205 Proposal #3:
92 Question #2: Proposal #1:
881 Proposal #2:
860 Proposal #3:
1015
Stephens
3047 Board of commissioners; terms 4/24/79 Yes:
921
No:
329
Telfair
3539 County board of education; districts
7/31/79 Yes:
858
No:
615
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
231A
Georgia Laws 1980:
County Baldwin Ben Hill
Page No.
SUBJECT
3043 Board of commissioners; elections
3954 Tax commissioner; creation of office
Catoosa
4250 County board of education; election
Chatham City of Thunderbolt
3653 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
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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 5/7/80 11/4/80 8/5/80
-----------------
Yes:
62
No:
21
Yes: 814
No:
435
Yes: 1920 No: 1103
Yes: 2267
No:
899
Type 1: 38094 Type 2: 23553
232A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1980:
County Douglas Effingham
Page No.
SUBJECT
4120 County board of education; compensation
3542 County board of education; election; terms
Gordon
Henry
Irwin
Laurens
Laurens City of Dublin McIntosh
Mitchell City of Pelham
3720 County board of education; vacancies
3009 Board of commissioners; creation of new board
3030 Tax commissioner; creation of office
3016 Board of commissioners; membership; districts
3189 Mayor and council; terms
3112 County board of education; election; districts; compensation
3914 Council; elections
Oconee
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
233A
Georgia Laws 1980:
County
Whitfield City of Cohutta
Page No.
SUBJECT
4122 Corporate limits
Date of Election
Result
5/17/80 Yes:
10
No:
0
234A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
235A
Georgia Laws 1982:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Appling
4642 Board of commissioners; composition
11/2/82
Five member: 1191
Six member: 1000
Bacon
4606 Board of county commissioners 8/2/82 in certain counties (9,365-9,385)
Yes: 1299
No:
351
Bartow
4589 County board of education; terms
8/10/82 Yes: 1652 No: 1465
Bartow
4584 County board of education; compensation
8/10/82 Yes: 1615 No: 1450
Bartow
4586 County school superintendent; 8/10/82 Yes: 843
appointment
No: 2205
Bibb
4625 County board of education and 11/2/82 Yes: 15184
orphanage; districts
No: 5458
Bibb
4406 County board of education and 11/2/82 Yes: 9455
orphanage; terms
No: 12176
Bryan
4270 Board of commissioners; elections; districts; terms; vacancies
11/2/82 Yes: 883
No:
429
Bryan
4285 County treasurer; abolition of 8/10/82 Yes: 832
office
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
236A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
Result
5/11/82 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
237A
Georgia Laws 1982:
County Franklin
Gwinnett
Page No.
SUBJECT
3753 County board of education and school superintendent
3510 County board of education; districts
Date of Election
Result
8/10/82
#1 Proposal: 458
#2 Proposal: 1308
#3 Proposal: 573
4/6/82
Yes: 1825 No: 1972
Haralson Jackson
4523 County board of education;
8/10/82
composition; districts; election
4012
Jackson County School District, Jefferson City School District, and Commerce City School District; merger
11/2/82
Yes: 2133
No:
230
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
238A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1982:
County Pierce
Pulaski
Page No.
SUBJECT
4649 County board of education and school superintendent
4638 County school superintendent; appointment
Date of Election
Result
11/2/82
Proposal No. 1: Question No. 1: 526 Question No. 2: 1124 Proposal No. 2: Question No. 1: 613 Question No. 2: 947
11/2/82 Yes: 698
No:
787
Twiggs
Ware City of Waycross
3627 County board of education; election
4611 Land conveyance authorized
8/10/82 Yes: 1327
No:
533
11/2/82 Yes: 1869
No:
878
Wayne Wheeler Worth
3789 Board of commissioners; and elections 4717
4126 County board of education; composition; election
3715 Board of commissioners; districts; elections; qualifications
11/2/82 Yes: 1320
No:
684
Not held
11/2/82 Yes: 1643
No:
733
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
239A
Georgia Laws 1983:
County
Atkinson
Bartow and Polk Town of Taylorsville
Page No.
SUBJECT
4115 Board of commissioners; compensation; chairman
4161 Corporate limits; elections
Date of Election
Result
3/13/84 Yes: 123 No: 1114
5/11/83
Bartow:
Yes:
47
No:
7
Polk:
Yes:
15
No:
4
Bibb
4251 County board of education and 11/8/83 Yes: 5361
orphanage; districts
No: 1841
Chatham and 4039 Board of education; districts City of Savannah
5/3/83
Yes: 1367 No: 2815
Chatham
3586 Mayor and council; terms;
City of
elections
Tybee Island
5/3/83 Yes: 307
No:
60
Chattooga
4570 State Court of Chattooga County; creation
5/3/83 Yes: 307
No:
60
Columbia DeKalb
4411 County board of education; districts; elections; terms
4547 Governing authority; powers and duties; executive assistant
3/13/84 3/13/84
Yes: 2110
No:
843
Yes: 45505 No: 12832
DeKalb City of Doraville
3581 Mayor and council; terms
4/2/83 Yes: 266
No:
89
Forsyth
3521 County school superintendent; 5/3/83 Yes: 379
appointment
No:
966
240A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1983:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Fulton and Coweta City of Palmetto
4134 Corporate limits
Date of Election
Result
5/21/83 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
241A
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
Result
11/6/84 Yes: 718467 No: 464620
11/6/84 Yes: 900688 No: 345204
11/6/84 Yes: 933343 No: 295707
Berrien Butts
4823
Board of commissioners; composition; districts; elections; compensation; qualifications
3588 County treasurer; abolition of office
5/15/84 Yes: 211 No: 1008
3/13/84 Yes: 921
No:
791
Camden
Catoosa
Cherokee
Columbia
Coweta and Fulton City of Palmetto Coweta
3848 Homestead exemptions; county 11/6/84 and school district taxes
4321 Homestead exemption; county 8/14/84 school district taxes
3580 County school superintendent; 3/13/84 appointment
4609 Homestead exemption; county 11/6/84 school district taxes
4390 Mayor and council; terms
8/14/84
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
242A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1984:
County Crisp Dade Dade Dodge
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
Forsyth
4144 Business and occupational license taxes
11/6/84 Yes: 4290 No: 3484
Fulton Habersham Harris Harris
3591 County board of education and 3/13/84 school superintendent
3671 Board of commissioners; elections; terms; purchases
8/14/84
3608 County board of education;
3/13/84
districts; terms; qualifications
3766 Homestead exemptions; county 8/14/84 and school district taxes
Yes: 24258 No: 9628
Yes: 2222 No: 1392
Yes: 1347
No:
707
Yes: 1750
No:
375
Jones Jones McIntosh
3926 Homestead exemption; county 8/14/84 Yes: 2476
taxes
No:
453
4459 County board of education; reconstitution
8/14/84 Yes: 2206
No:
583
4103 County board of education; terms
5/15/84 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
243A
Georgia Laws 1984:
County Putnam Richmond
Page No.
SUBJECT
4657 Homestead exemption; county taxes
5119 County board of education; composition; election; districts
Date of Election
Result
8/14/84 Yes: 1249
No:
164
11/6/84 Yes: 26594 No: 9857
Rockdale
4884 Homestead exemption; city
5/26/84 Yes:
91
City of
taxes
No:
2
Conyers
Stewart
3513 Board of commissioners; creation
3/13/84 Yes: 625
No:
820
Turner Turner
Upson Upson
4862 County board of education; election
5/15/84 Yes: 316
No:
171
4563 Board of commissioners;
5/15/84 Yes: 311
composition; election; officers;
No:
175
meetings
4576 County board of education; districts; elections
8/14/84 Yes: 2496
No:
838
3729 Board of commissioners; districts; elections
4/17/84 Yes: 708
No:
344
Upson Wayne
4367 County school superintendent; 11/6/84 appointment
3971 County board of education; composition; districts; elections
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
244A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
Result
8/14/84 Yes: 458
No:
47
8/14/84 Yes: 643
No:
125
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
245A
Georgia Laws 1985:
County Bacon Baldwin
Page No.
SUBJECT
4823 County board of education; elections
3835 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
Date of Election
Result
6/25/85 Yes: 206
No:
51
8/12/86 Yes: 1999
No:
493
Bleckley
4406 Board of commissioners; created
11/4/86 Yes: 887 No: 1156
Brooks City of Quitman
Burke
Candler
Carroll
4635 Board of commissioners; composition; elections
4481 County board of education; elections
4975 Board of commissioners; membership; elections; chairman
3945 County board of education and school superintendent
Not held
9/3/85 6/11/85 9/10/85
Has not been approved by Justice Department
Yes: 754
No:
673
Yes: 279
No:
116
Question 1:
Yes: 4076
No:
929
Question 2:
Yes: 2977
No: 2019
Clinch
4918 County board of education; elections; districts
11/4/86 Yes: 302
No:
128
Cobb City of Smyrna
4072 Mayor and councilmen; terms 11/5/85 Yes: 789
No:
511
Dawson
4179 Business and occupational license taxes
Not held
246A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1985:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
DeKalb City of Decatur
4140 Homestead exemption; city taxes
Date of Election
Result
12/4/85 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
Fulton
4513 Homestead exemption; city
City of
taxes
College Park
6/11/85 11/4/86
5/13/85
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
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
11/4/86 9/24/85 4/8/86 6/25/85
Yes: 39645 No: 12055
Yes: 580
No:
90
Yes: 208
No:
45
Yes: 252
No:
12
Not precleared by U.S. Justice Department.
Morgan
4643 County board of education and 8/12/86 Yes: 1058
school superintendent
No:
398
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
247A
Georgia Laws 1985:
County Pierce
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
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
248A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
249A
Georgia Laws 1986:
County Clayton
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
5019 Homestead exemptions; county 8/12/86 Yes: 11478
taxes
No: 2066
Cobb City of Acworth
Cobb
Cobb City of Marietta
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
Colquitt
3724 County board of education;
5/13/86 Yes: 897
composition; elections; districts
No:
180
Columbia Dawson Decatur
5636 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
8/12/86 Yes: 2740 No: 1695
4061 Homestead exemptions; county 8/12/86 Yes: 724
school district taxes
No:
183
4096 County board of education and 8/12/86 Yes: 1387
school superintendent
No: 1012
DeKalb
DeKalb City of Decatur
4107 Governing authority; powers 8/12/86 and duties; applicability of laws
4475 Homestead exemption; city taxes
12/3/86
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
250A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1986:
County
Floyd City of Rome
Page No.
SUBJECT
4530 Homestead exemption; independent school district taxes
Date of Election
Result
8/12/86 Yes: 2651
No:
336
Floyd Floyd Forsyth
5057 Homestead exemption; county 8/12/86 Yes: 4971
school district taxes
No:
770
5511 Homestead exemption; county 8/12/86 Yes: 8218
taxes
No:
845
4347 Homestead exemption; county 11/4/86 Yes: 5191
school district taxes
No: 1005
Fulton
Fulton
Fulton City of Atlanta Gwinnett
4148 Redevelopment powers
4434
Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes; local constitutional amendment continued
4834 Redevelopment powers
11/4/86 Yes: 57705 No: 41691
Not held
8/12/86 Yes: 12987 No: 9356
5625 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
8/12/86 Yes: 17645 No: 4777
Hall
3811 Homestead exemption; county 8/12/86 Yes: 5447
school district taxes
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
251A
Georgia Laws 1986:
County Henry Houston
Page No.
SUBJECT
5607 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
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
3821 County board of education; elections; districts
Liberty
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
252A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
3892 County school superintendent; appointment
3927 County board of education; advisory referendum on elections
3568 County board of education; elections; districts
11/4/86 5/13/86
Not precleared by U.S. Justice Department.
Yes: 18451 No: 8420
Yes: 307
No:
90
Paulding
Polk
Rabun City of Clayton
4335 County school superintendent; appointment
5633 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
4778 Homestead exemptions; city taxes
11/4/86 Yes: No:
8/12/86 Yes: No:
12/20/86 Yes: No:
1199 4301
1355 1013
453 16
Screven
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
253A
Georgia Laws 1986:
County
Tattnall City of Collins
Page No.
SUBJECT
4472 Mayor; terms
Date of Election
Result
8/12/86 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 County board of education;
11/4/86
elections; districts; composition
3716 County board of education;
11/4/86
membership; elections; districts
878 Ad valorem tax exemption of tangible personal property
11/4/86
Yes: 1896
No:
402
Yes: 4315 No: 3573
Yes: 1219
No:
377
Yes: 1499
No:
523
Yes: 592671 No: 249708
254A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
Result
7/21/87 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
255A
Georgia Laws 1987:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Chatham City of Savannah
4083 Redevelopment powers
6/16/87 Yes: 2369 No: 3235
Clarke
4279 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
11/3/87 Yes: 7245 No: 1622
Columbia
4270 County board of education; nonpartisan elections
3/8/88
Yes: 7344 No: 1925
Columbia
4267 Homestead exemption; county 3/8/88 school district taxes
Yes: 8266 No: 1196
Dougherty
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
4782 County board of education; composition; elections; compensation
8/9/88
Yes: 1277
No:
553
Fannin
5494 County board of education and school superintendent; nonpartisan elections
3/8/88
Yes: 1449 No: 1819
Floyd
4994
Unified Rome-Floyd County School System; creation; merger of Floyd County School System and City of Rome Independent School System
3/8/88
City: Yes: 1679 No: 3601 County: Yes: 2410 No: 6380
Fulton
4132 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/88 Yes: 131209
taxes
No: 35740
Greene
4973 County school superintendent; 3/8/88 appointment
Yes: 787 No: 1544
256A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
Date of Election
Result
12/1/87 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
Peach City of Fort Valley
5409 Redevelopment powers
4/6/88 Yes: 847
No:
358
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
257A
Georgia Laws 1987:
County
Peach Pulaski
Pulaski
Rabun City of Sky Valley Stephens
Tift City of Tifton
Page No.
SUBJECT
5397 Redevelopment powers
4263 County school superintendent; appointment
4241 County board of education; elections
5113 Homestead exemption; city taxes
4224 County school superintendent; appointment; vacancies
4103 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
9/1/87
Yes: 775 No: 2249
11/8/88 Yes: 1847
No:
411
Ware
5135 Board of education; elections; 9/22/87 Yes: 255
City of
districts; terms
No:
136
Waycross
Ware City of Waycross
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
258A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1988:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Barrow
3501 County board of education; compensation; elections; districts
4/12/88 Yes: 637
No:
62
Barrow
3674 Homestead exemption; county 8/9/88 school district taxes
Yes: 4226
No:
549
Bartow
4101 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
8/9/88
Yes: 1858 No: 1060
Ben Hill and 3573 Ben Hill County Public School 6/21/88 Yes: 517
City of
System; creation; merger of
No:
801
Fitzgerald
county school system with City 6/21/88 Yes: 822
of Fitzgerald School System
No:
284
Berrien
3832 Homestead exemption; county Not held school district taxes
Butts
4729 Board of commissioners; powers; county manager created
8/9/88
Yes: 1563
No:
955
Catoosa
4182 Board of commissioners; creation; districts; elections; terms
11/6/90 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
259A
Georgia Laws 1988:
County Clayton Clayton
Page No.
SUBJECT
4001 County board of education; number of members
3527 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
Date of Election
Result
11/8/88 Yes: 20610 No: 17155
3/8/88
Yes: 14472 No: 8627
Clayton
3523 Homestead exemptions; county 11/8/88 Yes: 32925
school district taxes
No: 7153
Clayton City of Riverdale Cobb
Cobb
3951 Homestead exemption; city taxes
10/8/88 Yes: 597
No:
35
4479 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
4070 Homestead exemption; county taxes
11/8/88 11/8/88
Yes: 102080 No: 21916
Yes: 93785 No: 29194
Cobb
4286 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/88 Yes: 76495
school district taxes
No: 32915
Coffee City of Douglas
4282 Homestead exemption; city taxes
7/6/89 Yes: 734
No:
106
Columbia Coweta Crawford
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
260A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
4034 Homestead exemption; county taxes
Fulton City of Hapeville
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
Result
11/8/88 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
261A
Georgia Laws 1988:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Gwinnett
4199 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/88 Yes: 61404
school district taxes
No: 22771
Gwinnett
4023 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/88 Yes: 65941
school district taxes
No: 19844
Gwinnett
4627 Coroner's office abolished; medical examiner's office established
8/9/88
Yes: 17325 No: 5088
Gwinnett
4039 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/88 Yes: 60907
taxes
No: 25291
Habersham
4112 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
Not held
Hart
3604 Board of commissioners;
4/12/88 (1)
984
creation
(2)
628
(3)
943
4/26/88 Runoff
(1) 1439
(2) 1698
Henry
4633
Board of commissioners; chairman as chief executive officer; county administrator abolished
Not held
Henry
4310 Homestead exemptions; county 11/8/88 Yes: 11413
school district taxes
No: 2823
Houston
4007 County school superintendent; 8/9/88 appointment
Yes: 2681 No: 6432
Jeff Davis City of Hazlehurst
4861 Advisory referendum regarding Not held sales of beer and wine
Lumpkin
4880 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/88 Yes: 3009
school district taxes
No:
527
262A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1988:
County
Monroe
Newton
Peach City of Byron Peach
Pierce
Pierce
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
3540 Board of commissioners; terms 3/8/88
Yes: 1198
No:
778
4045 Homestead exemptions; county Not held and school district taxes
3656 Redevelopment powers
4/6/88 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
263A
Georgia Laws 1988:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Rockdale and 3899 Conyers-Rockdale County
City of
Charter Commission; creation
Conyers
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
264A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1988:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Walton
4723 Staggered motor vehicle registration periods
White
4493 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
White
4472 Homestead exemption; county taxes
White
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
265A
Georgia Laws 1989:
County
Bartow City of Cartersville
Chatham City of Port Wentworth
Page No.
SUBJECT
4746 Homestead exemption; city taxes
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
Result
11/7/89 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
266A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
267A
Georgia Laws 1989:
County Lowndes
Page No.
SUBJECT
3578 County board of education; membership; districts; elections
Date of Election
Result
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
Gwinnett City of Berkeley Lake
Page No.
SUBJECT
72 Mayor and councilmembers; elections; terms; mayor's veto powers
Date of Election
Result
12/2/89 Yes: 201
No:
43
268A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1990:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Appling
4142 Board of commissioners; terms 11/6/90 Yes: 1759
No:
908
Appling
4720 County board of education; members; terms
11/6/90 Yes: 1767
No:
900
Ben Hill
4435 County board of education; elections; terms; districts; vacancies
8/28/90 Yes: 238
No:
22
Ben Hill City of Fitzgerald
4146 Homestead exemption; city taxes
11/20/90 Yes: 722
No:
100
Berrien
4703 Board of commissioners; compensation; composition
Not held
Catoosa
4481 Comprehensive land use plan; 7/17/90 Yes: 2276
advisory referendum
No: 1651
Catoosa
4984 Homestead exemption; county 11/6/90 Yes: 6069
school district taxes
No: 1495
Charlton City of Folkston
4217 Corporate limits
Not held
Chatham
3992 Board of commissioners; chairman; term
11/6/90 Yes: 23981 No: 7149
Chatham City of Pooler
4202 Homestead exemption; city taxes
11/6/90 Yes: 645
No:
64
Chatham
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
269A
Georgia Laws 1990:
County
Clarke
Clarke and City of Athens Clayton
Page No.
SUBJECT
4711 County board of education; membership; elections
3560 Unified government; officers; employees; powers; duties
Date of Election
Result
11/6/90 Yes: 13458 No: 3288
8/7/90
Yes: 11572 No: 8110
4632 County school superintendent; 11/6/90 Yes: 21629
election
No: 11275
Clayton
Clayton
Clayton City of Riverdale
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: 19433 No: 12594
11/6/90 Yes: 16902 No: 15137
10/13/90 Yes: 797
No:
100
Cobb City of Marietta Crawford
DeKalb
DeKalb
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
3643 Homestead exemption; school 7/17/90 Yes: 7185
district taxes
No: 1936
Douglas
3650 Board of commissioners; membership; elections
7/17/90 Yes: 6428 No: 3293
270A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1990:
County Douglas Douglas Effingham Fayette
Page No.
SUBJECT
3662 Homestead exemption; county taxes
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
Gwinnett
Gwinnett City of Norcross
4291 Homestead exemption; city taxes
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
271A
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
Date of Election
Result
5/22/90 Yes: 401
No:
26
7/17/90 Yes: 1907 No: 2008
11/6/90 Yes:
73
No:
21
Henry Henry Henry Jefferson
5232 Board of commissioners; chairman; election
11/6/90 Yes: 8376 No: 4952
4474 County school superintendent; 11/6/90 Yes: 4085
appointment
No: 9950
4476 County board of education; members; elections
11/6/90 Yes: 9217 No: 4270
4224 County board of education and 7/17/90 Yes: 1927
school superintendent
No:
909
Jones
3790 Homestead exemption; county 7/17/90 Yes: 1854
taxes
No:
390
Lamar
4022 Magistrate court; chief magistrate; selection
11/6/90 Yes: 1424
No:
544
Liberty
4045 Enhanced 911 emergency telephone service
11/6/90 Yes: 1754
No:
579
Liberty City of Hinesville
McIntosh
4047 Mayor and council; election; 11/6/90 Yes: 815
terms
No:
367
4781 County school superintendent; 11/6/90 Yes: 832
appointment
No: 1046
272A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1990:
County
Monroe City of Forsyth
Page No.
SUBJECT
4764 Homestead exemption; city taxes
Date of Election
Result
11/6/90 Yes: 806
No:
149
Monroe Murray Murray
4547 Board of commissioners; compensation
11/6/90 Yes: 901 No: 2856
3845 Board of commissioners; creation; members; elections; districts
11/6/90 Yes: 2065 No: 1509
3668 County board of education;
11/6/90 Yes: 2240
powers; duties; elections; terms
No:
974
Peach Peach Pulaski
4589 Board of commissioners; redevelopment powers
4155 County board of education; election; terms
4415 County board of education; members; non-partisan elections
7/17/90 Yes: No:
11/6/90 Yes: No:
Not held
837 615
2686 971
Rockdale
4654 County board of education; election
11/6/90 Yes: 9713 No: 4088
Spalding City of Griffin
4596 Board of commissioners; chairman; powers; duties
Not held
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
273A
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
274A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1991:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Bartow
4478 County school superintendent; 9/17/91 Yes: 909
appointment
No: 1621
Ben Hill
3772 County school superintendent; 9/17/91 Yes: 449
appointment
No:
490
Ben Hill
3753 Board of commissioners; members; posts; elections; terms
3/3/92
Yes: 1268
No:
580
Chatham City of Savannah
3776
City of Savannah and Chatham County Board of Public Education; members; election; vacancies
11/3/92
Yes: 35958 No: 10709
Chattooga
4274 Board of commissioners; creation
3/3/92
Yes: 779 No: 3795
Cherokee
3627 County board of education;
Not held
members; vacancies; residency
Cherokee
3855 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 Yes: 18240
school district taxes
No: 3269
Cobb City of Acworth
3576 Special election for approval of Not held expenditure of proceeds from sale of water and sewer system
Cobb City of Austell
4508 Homestead exemption; city taxes
11/5/91 Yes: 347
No:
26
Cobb City of Smyrna
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
275A
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
Date of Election
Result
3/3/92
Yes: 1567 No: 1262
Not held
3/3/92 11/3/92 6/27/91
Yes: 1883 No: 1671
Yes: 85563 No: 25354
Yes: 252
No:
15
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
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)
Muscogee
4255
City-County government and school taxes; homestead valuation; local constitutional amendments repealed
11/5/91 Yes: 5731 No: 24247
Muscogee
4259 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes; disabled veterans
11/5/91
Yes: 25203 No: 4579
276A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1991:
County Muscogee Newton Oconee Pickens Pickens
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
4265 Homestead exemptions; county 11/5/91 Yes: 27198
and school district taxes
No: 2640
4328 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 Yes: 10026
and school district taxes
No: 2314
3822 County school superintendent; 11/5/91 Yes: 795
appointment
No: 1286
3851 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 Yes: 3827
school district taxes
No:
634
4212 Board of commissioners; creation
3/3/92
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
277A
Georgia Laws 1991, Extraordinary Session:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Butts
473 Solid waste landfill; advisory referendum
11/5/91 Public: 1748 Private: 878
Camden City of St. Marys
460 Homestead exemption; city taxes
12/3/91 Yes: 659
No:
87
Elbert
370 Board of commissioners;
3/3/92
chairman; county administrator
Yes: 2068 No: 1056
Troup
476
City of
Hogansville
Ad valorem school taxes
Not held
Ware
445 County board of education and 3/3/92 school superintendent
Yes: 2673
No:
573
278A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1992:
County Baldwin Bartow Berrien Berrien
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
6709 Magistrate court; chief magistrate and magistrates
11/3/92 Yes: 8494 No: 1080
6484 Chairperson and board of commissioners; creation
7/21/92 Yes: 1993 No: 2802
5221 County board of education; districts; elections
7/21/92 Yes: 2534 No: 1453
6329 Board of commissioners;
Not held Not precleared
composition; districts; elections
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
279A
Georgia Laws 1992:
County Clarke Clayton
Page No.
SUBJECT
6241 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes
6146 Homestead exemption; county taxes
Date of Election
Result
7/21/92 Yes: 7898 No: 1112
7/21/92 Yes: 18324 No: 4429
Cobb City of Powder Springs
6237 Homestead exemption; city taxes
11/3/92 Yes: 2433
No:
536
Cobb City of Smyrna Columbia
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
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
280A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1992:
County
Floyd
Forsyth
Forsyth City of Cumming Forsyth
Page No.
SUBJECT
5902 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
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
Hart
6524 Homestead exemption; city taxes
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
281A
Georgia Laws 1992:
County Heard Jackson
Page No.
SUBJECT
6107 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes
5452 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes
Date of Election
Result
11/3/92 Yes: 2362
No:
480
Not held
Jackson City of Jefferson
5888 Homestead exemption; city and Not held city school district taxes
Jasper Jones Lowndes
6508 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/92 Yes: 1267
taxes
No:
848
5389 Homestead exemption; county 7/21/92 Yes: 2749
taxes
No:
969
5827 County board of education;
11/3/92 Yes: 5301
membership; elections; districts
No: 3430
Madison McIntosh
Murray Muscogee
4726 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes
6500 McIntosh County Industrial Development Authority; retention
6246 County school superintendent; appointment
6629 County board of education; composition; districts; taxes
11/3/92 11/3/92
11/3/92 11/3/92
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
282A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1992:
County
Polk
Rabun City of Sky Valley Rabun
Rockdale
Page No.
SUBJECT
6361 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes
6111 Homestead exemption; city taxes
5472 Homestead exemption; county taxes
5351 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
Sumter Telfair Towns
5171 County board of education; reconstitution; districts; terms
6358 County board of education; vacancies
6853 County board of education; appointment
Troup
5459 Homestead exemption; county and school district taxes
Troup City of Hogansville
6218 Ad valorem city school taxes; maximum millage rate
Twiggs Upson
6502 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
283A
Georgia Laws 1992:
County Wilkinson
Page No.
SUBJECT
6312 Homestead exemption; county school district taxes
Date of Election
Result
7/21/92 Yes: 775
No:
127
284A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1993:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Bibb
4866 Board of education; school
11/2/93 Yes: 6321
taxes; budgets; compensation
No: 8815
Bulloch City of Statesboro
4418 Corporate limits
6/15/93 Yes: 1237
No:
371
Butts
4470 Advisory referendum on type of 3/15/94 Yes: 743
government
No: 1019
Candler City of Metter
4386 Metter-Candler County Charter 9/20/94 Commission; creation; consolidation of governments
County:
Yes: 224
No:
981
City:
Yes: 339
No:
558
Clayton
4452 Homestead exemption; county 11/2/93 Yes: 11260
taxes
No: 2369
Clayton City of Morrow
4446 Homestead exemption; city taxes
11/2/93 Yes: 268
No:
19
Cobb
4441 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/94 Yes: 86411
taxes
No: 29500
Gordon
4827 Homestead exemption; county 9/21/93 Yes: 3004
school district taxes
No:
582
Gordon City of Calhoun
4823 Homestead exemption; city school district taxes
9/21/93 Yes: 1057
No:
191
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
285A
Georgia Laws 1993:
County Gwinnett City of Duluth
Lamar
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
4730 Homestead exemptions; city taxes
11/2/93
Each
Resident:
Yes: 1064
No:
89
Residents 65
or older or
disabled:
Yes: 1107
No:
60
5117 Homestead exemptions; county 11/8/94 and school district taxes
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
286A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
Result
11/2/93 Yes: 2341
No:
246
Not held
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
287A
Georgia Laws 1994:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Statewide
400 Ad valorem taxes; homestead 11/8/94 Yes: 1023809
exemption for senior citizens
No: 271307
Statewide
927 Ad valorem taxes; exemption 11/8/94 Yes: 592738
for blueberry plants
No: 683392
Statewide
965 Ad valorem taxes; exemption of 7/19/94 Yes: 330826
headquarters and post homes of
No: 191595
veterans organizations
Appling
4144 Chief magistrate; nonpartisan 11/8/94 Yes: 1933
nomination and election
No:
900
Appling
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
4058 Homestead exemption; county 11/8/94 Yes: 5913
taxes
No: 2695
Bartow
4556 Homestead exemption; school 11/8/94 Yes: 4421
district taxes
No: 2031
Bartow
4900 Homestead exemption; school 11/8/94 Yes: 4772
district taxes; disabled residents
No: 1620
288A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1994:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Bartow
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
289A
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 Gwinnett
3920 Homestead exemptions; county taxes
3924 Homestead exemption; county taxes
Gwinnett
3783 Homestead exemption; city
City of
taxes
Lawrenceville
Date of Election
Result
11/8/94 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
290A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
Result
9/20/94 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
291A
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
292A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
293A
Georgia Laws 1995:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Dawson
3689 Board of commissioners; creation
11/7/95
Question
No. 1:
Yes: 1317
No:
787
Question
No. 2:
Option 1: 857
Option 2: 973
DeKalb City of Decatur
4208 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/95 Yes: 1972
district taxes
No:
471
Dodge
3816 Board of education; nonpartisan 3/5/96 Yes: 752
primaries and elections
No:
186
Forsyth
4215 Homestead exemption; county 11/5/96 Yes: 18108
taxes
No: 3473
Fulton
4423 Homestead exemption; county 3/5/96 taxes
Yes: 39716 No: 9423
Fulton City of Roswell
3603 Homestead exemption; city taxes
11/7/95 Yes: 2384
No:
338
Gilmer
3824 Board of commissioners; creation
9/19/95 Yes: 1507 No: 1149
Gilmer
3895 Homestead exemption; school 9/19/95 Yes: 2193
district taxes
No:
403
Harris
3752 Harris County Streets and Roads Authority; creation
Not held
Henry
3723 Homestead exemption; county Not held taxes; citizens 65 or older
Henry
4445 Homestead exemption; county Not held taxes
294A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
Result
11/7/95 Yes: 4122
No:
366
3839 Board of commissioners; creation
11/7/95
4292 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/95 district taxes
4181 Homestead exemption; school 6/20/95 district taxes
4414 Homestead exemptions; county 11/5/96 and school district taxes
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
295A
Georgia Laws 1995:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Richmond 3645 Consolidation with Richmond 6/20/95 Yes: 146
City of
County and City of Augusta;
No:
584
Hephzibah
repeal of city charter
Spalding
4429
Griffin-Spalding County Charter and Unification Commission; creation; consolidation of county and municipalities
3/18/97 Yes: 3614 No: 5695
White
3964 Board of commissioners; re-creation
3/5/96
Yes: 879 No: 1096
Whitfield
3927 Board of commissioners; terms 3/5/96
Yes: 4009
No:
975
Worth Town of Sumner
4331 New charter
11/7/95 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
Result
3/5/96
Yes: 3798 No: 5261
11/5/96 Yes: 18108 No: 3473
296A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
297A
Georgia Laws 1996:
County Fayette
Floyd Floyd City of Rome Fulton City of Alpharetta
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
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
3820 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/96 Yes: 11,354
district taxes
No: 3,412
3811 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/96 Yes: 5,685
district taxes
No: 1,850
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 Hall Irwin
3554 Advisory referendum on animal 7/9/96 Yes:
control regulations
No:
3977 Homestead exemption; school Not held district taxes
3611 Board of commissioners; elections; terms
Not held
1,876 1,161
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
298A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
299A
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
300A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1997:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Baldwin
3808 Homestead exemptions; county 11/3/98 and school district taxes
County taxes: Yes: 3363 No: 3905 School district taxes: Yes: 3438 No: 3817
Banks
4091 Homestead exemption; county 6/17/97 Yes: 548
taxes; residents 65 or older
No:
15
Bibb
3764 Macon-Bibb Board of Health; Not held
membership; local
Constitutional amendment
repealed
Chatham
3664 Homestead exemption; school Not held district taxes
Chattooga
4617 Homestead exemption; school district taxes; residents 70 or older
Not held
Cherokee
3788 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes: 7007
taxes
No: 6275
Crisp
4123 Homestead exemption; school 11/4/97 Yes: 1412
district taxes
No:
86
DeKalb
3501 Homestead exemption; county 3/18/97 Yes: 49208
taxes
No: 20516
DeKalb City of Chamblee
3591 Homestead exemption; city taxes; local Constitutional amendment repealed
11/3/98 Yes: 523
No:
261
Dodge
4417 Board of commissioners; creation
7/21/98 Yes: 1628
No:
822
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
301A
Georgia Laws 1997:
County Dooly
Page No.
SUBJECT
4063 Homestead exemption; county taxes; residents 62 or older
Date of Election
Result
11/3/98 Yes: 1450
No:
255
Effingham Elbert Floyd
3883 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes:
taxes
No:
3731 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes:
taxes
No:
3678 Board of commissioners; terms 7/21/98 Yes: No:
2753 256
1311 196
7520 1849
Fulton City of Norcross Gwinnett
Henry
Henry
Lowndes
Mitchell City of Pelham Murray
Mayor-council form of government
7/17/97 Yes: 231
No:
132
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
Not held
9/16/97 Yes: No:
9/16/97 Yes: No:
9/16/97 Yes: No:
Not held
7/21/98 Yes: No:
6161 1277 6652
946 2246 4296
1838 221
Murray
3947 Homestead exemption; county 7/21/98 Yes: 1516
taxes
No:
489
302A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
Result
11/3/98 Yes: 337
No:
240
Pickens
4283 Homestead exemption; school 9/16/97 Yes: 737
district taxes; residents 62 or
No:
93
older or disabled
Pickens
4288 Homestead exemption; county 9/16/97 Yes: 716
taxes
No:
97
Pickens Richmond
Stephens Stephens
4291 Homestead exemption; school 9/16/97 Yes: 710
district taxes
No:
103
4198
Homestead exemptions; county and school district taxes
11/3/98 11/24/98
County taxes: Yes: 30309 No: 8173 School district taxes: Yes: 31500 No: 6542
3510 Homestead exemption; county 3/18/97 Yes: 2302
taxes
No:
735
3513 Homestead exemption; county 3/18/97 Yes: 2619
taxes; senior citizens
No:
465
Tift City of Tifton
3962 Corporate limits (Amended by 3/17/98 Yes: 373
Ga. L. 1998, p. 3511)
No:
938
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
303A
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: 5732
district taxes
No: 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
304A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1998:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Bryan
3933 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 Yes: 2830
district taxes
No:
835
Carroll
3884 Homestead exemption; school 7/21/98 Yes: 5919
district taxes
No:
820
Carroll City of Carrollton
3881 Homestead exemption; city school district taxes
7/21/98 Yes: No:
1410 290
Catoosa
4054 Homestead exemption; county taxes
11/3/98 Yes: 7892 No: 1279
Catoosa
4051 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 Yes: 7385
district taxes
No: 1649
Chatham
3757 Homestead exemption;
11/3/98 Yes: 37341
Chatham County and City of
No: 9886
Savannah School District
taxes
Chatham
3888 Corporate limits
City of
Bloomingdale
7/21/98 Yes:
74
No:
37
Chatham City of Garden City
3865 Corporate limits
7/21/98 Yes: 811
No:
170
Chatham City of Garden City
3891 Zoning; restaurants serving alcoholic beverages
11/3/98 Yes: 1098
No:
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: 2191
district taxes
No:
387
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
305A
Georgia Laws 1998:
County Cherokee
Page No.
SUBJECT
3874 Homestead exemption; county taxes
Date of Election
Result
11/24/98 Yes: 5258
No:
198
Coweta Crisp Dade
4061 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
3857 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4537 Homestead exemption; county taxes
11/3/98 11/3/98 7/21/98
Yes: 14567 No: 2966
Yes: 1747
No:
314
Yes: 453
No:
59
Dougherty City of Albany Fannin
Fayette Town of Tyrone
Floyd
3835 Mayor and commissioners; terms
7/21/98 Yes: 6671 No: 5382
4124 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
4534 Type of government; advisory referendum
3905 Homestead exemptions; school district taxes
Not held 11/3/98
11/3/98
Mayorcouncil: 565 Councilmanager: 505
Yes: 9761 No: 3005
Floyd
4082 Unification of Floyd County 11/3/98 and City of Rome governments; advisory referendum
Unification: 8690
Separate governments:
8824
Glynn Gwinnett
4247 Homestead exemptions; county 11/3/98 taxes
3951 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 district taxes
Yes: 10914 No: 3320
Yes: 82837 No: 29020
306A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
3993 Corporate limits
City of
Stockbridge
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: 3626
taxes
No: 1069
Liberty
4117 Homestead exemption; county 11/3/98 Yes: 3360
taxes
No: 1331
Liberty
4120 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/98 Yes: 3322
district taxes
No: 1279
Lincoln
3983 Board of education; members; 11/3/98 Yes:
nonpartisan primaries and
No:
elections
1584 468
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
307A
Georgia Laws 1998:
County Madison
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
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
308A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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: 5288 No: 1473
11/3/98 Yes: 5524 No: 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: 2375 No: 2549
11/3/98
City taxes:
Yes: 3533
No:
465
City school
taxes:
Yes: 3423
No:
563
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
309A
Georgia Laws 1999:
County Ben Hill
Chatham Chatham
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
4397 Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County
Yes:
Charter Commission;
No:
creation; charter
4211 Homestead exemption; county taxes
11/7/00 Yes: 51477 No: 14115
4215 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: 49607
district taxes
No: 14573
Chatham City of Bloomingdale
Chatham City of Garden City
Chatham City of Pooler
Chatham City of Port Wentworth
4203 Homestead exemption; city taxes
4185 Homestead exemption; city taxes
4190 Homestead exemption; city taxes
4198 Homestead exemption; city taxes
Not held 11/7/00
Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 4515
Yes: 1696
No:
408
Not held Not held
Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 4506
Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 4520
Chatham City of Savannah
Chatham City of Thunderbolt
4223 Homestead exemption; city taxes
4219 Homestead exemption; city taxes
11/7/00 Yes: 23994 No: 8736
11/7/00 Yes: 622
No:
139
Chatham City of Tybee Island
4194 Homestead exemption; city taxes
Not Held Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 4511
310A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1999:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Chatham City of Vernonburg
4207 Homestead exemption; city taxes
Date of Election
Result
Not held Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 4592
Chattahoochee 4555 Homestead exemption; city
City of
taxes
Cusseta
Chattooga
3810 Homestead exemption; school
City of Trion
district taxes
Clayton City of Riverdale
4013 Homestead exemption; city taxes
DeKalb
4704 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
Douglas
4413 Douglas County Airport Authority; site selection
11/7/00 Yes: No:
Yes: No:
Fannin
Forsyth
Fulton City of Alpharetta
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:
Gwinnett City of Snellville
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
311A
Georgia Laws 1999:
County
Habersham City of Cornelia
Page No.
SUBJECT
3904 Homestead exemptions; city taxes
Haralson
4087 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
Henry
4147 Corporate limits
City of
McDonough
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
Result
11/2/99 Part 1:
Yes: 310
No: 45
Part 2:
Yes: 345
No:
39
3/7/00
Yes: 2455
No:
283
11/2/99 Yes:
69
No:
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: 1682
No:
36
312A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 1999:
County Murray
Page No.
SUBJECT
4345
Board of commissioners; county manager; sole commissioner form of government
Date of Election
Result
3/7/00
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
4717 Homestead exemptions; county 7/18/00 and school district taxes
County taxes: Yes: 1625 No: 1485
School district taxes:
Yes: 1542 No: 1519
Ware
3814 Unified Government of Waycross-Ware County; creation; charter
3/7/00
Ware County: Yes: 2769 No: 3382
Waycross: Yes: No:
Whitfield
4455 Homestead exemption; school 3/7/00 district taxes
Yes: 4407
No:
501
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
313A
Georgia Laws 2000:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Statewide
470 Ad valorem tax exemption for 11/7/00 Yes: 1386345
tools and trade implements of
No: 797456
manual laborers
Statewide
799 Ad valorem taxation; homestead exemption for unremarried surviving spouses of certain armed forces members killed in action
11/7/00 Yes: 1764163 No: 448154
Statewide
813 Ad valorem tax exemption for 11/7/00 Yes: 455607
Elks Lodge property
No: 1701255
Statewide
950 Ad valorem tax exemption for 11/7/00 Yes: 1586374
certain farm equipment
No: 629714
Baldwin
3610 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: 5183
district taxes
No: 3980
Baldwin
4624 Homestead exemption; county taxes
11/7/00 Yes: 5128 No: 4065
Banks
4486 Homestead exemption; county taxes
11/7/00 Yes: 3802
No:
523
Catoosa
3692 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: 13073
district taxes
No: 2279
Catoosa
3696 Homestead exemption; county taxes
11/7/00 Yes: 13530 No: 2100
Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe
3931 Homestead exemptions; city 11/7/00 Yes: 1260
taxes
No:
152
Chatham
4515 Homestead exemption; city 11/7/00 Yes: 563
City of
taxes
No:
123
Bloomingdale
314A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2000:
County
Chatham City of Pooler
Page No.
SUBJECT
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
4592 Homestead exemption; city
City of
taxes
Vernonburg
Chatham
4605 Homestead exemption; city
City of
taxes
Vernonburg
Chattooga Charlton Clayton
3956 Board of elections and registration; creation
4588 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4638 Advisory referendum on bus transportation system
Cobb
4502 Homestead exemption; county taxes
Cobb City of Acworth
Cobb City of Kennesaw
4556 Homestead exemption; city taxes
4560 Homestead exemption; city taxes
Date of Election
Result
11/7/00 Yes: 1387
No:
474
11/7/00 Yes: 748
No:
139
11/7/00 Yes: 1486
No:
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: 5292 No: 1397
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
315A
Georgia Laws 2000:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Columbia
4449 Advisory referendum on form of government
11/7/00
Question No. 1:
Yes: 24779 No: 8470 Question No. 2: Option 1:
16963 Option 2:
13902
DeKalb
4489 Board of commissioners;
11/7/00
county employees' salaries;
deductions for charities or dues
Yes: 83668 No: 103102
DeKalb City of Decatur
4285 Homestead exemption; city taxes
11/7/00 Yes: 5488 No: 1365
Floyd
4116 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: 13553
district taxes
No: 2827
Floyd
4120 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: 13390
district taxes
No: 2818
Floyd
4262 Homestead exemption; county Not held taxes
Floyd City of Rome
4528 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: 6766
district taxes
No: 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
316A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2000:
County
Fulton City of Atlanta
Page No.
SUBJECT
4462 Homestead exemption; city taxes
Date of Election
Result
11/7/00 Yes: 84980 No: 21362
Gilmer Glynn Glynn
3634 Advisory referendum on land use (zoning) ordinance for unincorporated area
4612 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4616 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
7/18/00 11/7/00 11/7/00
Yes: 1820 No: 1648
Yes: 12446 No: 5626 Yes: 12824 No: 5720
Gwinnett
4620 Homestead exemption; county 7/18/00 Yes: 24806
taxes
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: 3772
taxes; school district taxes
No: 1675
Morgan
3601 Homestead exemption; county 11/7/00 Yes: 4635
taxes
No:
794
Morgan Pierce Pierce
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:
4350 1002
948 558
991 554
Putnam
3913 Homestead exemption; school 11/7/00 Yes: 2987
district taxes
No: 2382
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
317A
Georgia Laws 2000:
County
Putnam
Rockdale City of Conyers Union
Page No.
SUBJECT
3917 Homestead exemption; county taxes
3616 Homestead exemption; city taxes
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: 2845 No: 2525
11/7/00 Yes: 1225
No:
660
7/18/00 7/18/00
Sole commissioner:
2446 Board of commissioners:
1382
Yes: 1805
No:
191
7/18/00 Yes: 1755
No:
209
318A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2001:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Statewide
1092 Homestead exemption from school taxes for persons 62 years old or older
11/5/02 Yes: 1511004 No: 387028
Statewide
1218 Ad valorem tax exemption for tangible personal property not exceeding $7,500.00 total
11/5/02
Yes: 1353577 No: 521876
Banks
4130 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 2852
district taxes
No:
498
Bartow
3669 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 13115
district taxes
No: 3960
Bibb
3595 Board of education; school
Not held
taxes; certification and levy;
budget
Burke
4518 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 3595
district taxes
No: 1455
Butts
4289 Homestead exemptions; school 11/5/02 district taxes; county taxes
Part 1; school district taxes: Yes: 3408 No: 1000 Part 2; county taxes: Yes: 3353 No: 1040
Carroll
4285 Homestead exemption; county 8/20/02 Yes: 6964
taxes
No: 1396
Catoosa City of Fort Oglethorpe
4186 Homestead exemption; city taxes
Not held
Charlton
3685 Homestead exemption; school 6/19/01 Yes: 477
district taxes
No:
170
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
319A
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
320A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2001:
County
Cobb City of Smyrna
Page No.
SUBJECT
4532 Homestead exemption; city taxes
Date of Election
Not held
Result
Cobb City of Smyrna
Dawson
DeKalb City of Decatur
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
DeKalb City of Decatur
4259 Homestead exemption; city taxes; school district taxes
11/6/01 Yes: 1821
No:
358
Douglas Douglas Floyd
3744 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
4544 Homestead exemption; county taxes
3757 Homestead exemptions; school district taxes
11/5/02 7/16/02 11/5/02
Yes: 18337 No: 3603
Yes: 10134 No: 1427
Yes: 9679 No: 3028
Floyd City of Rome
4006 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 5078
district taxes
No: 1644
Forsyth
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
321A
Georgia Laws 2001:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Fulton City of East Point
3513 Redevelopment powers
6/19/01 Yes: 357
No:
224
Fulton and DeKalb City of Atlanta
4440 Homestead exemption; school 11/6/01 Yes: 58926
district taxes
No: 11447
Gwinnett
4302 Homestead exemption; school district taxes; minimum ownership requirement
11/6/01
Yes: 26342 No: 6735
Hall
3751 Homestead exemptions; school 11/6/01 Yes: 7363
district taxes
No: 1075
Hall
4389 Homestead exemption; school 11/6/01 Yes: 1518
City of
district taxes
No:
263
Gainesville
Henry
3987 Homestead exemption; school 11/6/01 Yes: 7319
district taxes
No:
871
Lumpkin
4272 Board of commissioners; creation
11/5/02 Yes: 3066 No: 1970
Pickens
3516
Board of education; membership; qualifications; vacancies; terms; local constitutional amendment repealed
3/20/01 Yes: 1098
No:
283
Rockdale City of Conyers
4394 Homestead exemption; city taxes
11/6/01 Yes: 402
No:
68
322A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
Haralson
Houston City of Warner Robins
782 Homestead exemption; county taxes
247 Board of commissioners; creation
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
323A
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
Result
11/5/02 Yes: 1584030 No: 325072
Statewide
994 Ad valorem tax exemption for 11/5/02 historic property owned by nonprofit corporation housing a medical museum or medical society
Yes: 832900 No: 1024940
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
324A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
325A
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
Result
11/5/02 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
326A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2002:
County Dade
Page No.
SUBJECT
5339 Board of Commissioners; form of government; districts; membership; elections
Date of Election
11/5/02
Result
Question 1:
Yes: 1996
No:
985
Option 1:
1783
Option 2:
1149
DeKalb
5529 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 98137
district taxes
No: 51591
DeKalb
5668 Redevelopment powers
11/5/02 Yes: 80955 No: 64367
Elbert
5061 Form of government;
11/5/02 Yes: 2536
committee to study the form of
No: 1937
government for Elbert County;
advisory referendum
Floyd
5013 Homestead exemption; county 11/5/02 Yes: 11399
taxes
No: 7309
Floyd
5017 Homestead exemption; city
City of Rome
taxes
11/5/02 Yes: 3907 No: 2492
Fulton City of Alpharetta
4703 Homestead exemption; city taxes
11/5/02 Yes: 7539
No:
908
Fulton
5122 Homestead exemption; county 8/20/02 Yes: 62458
taxes
No: 11595
Fulton City of Atlanta
5391 Homestead exemption; city taxes
8/20/02 Yes: 27850 No: 5528
Glynn
4492 Board of Education; reconstitution; nonbinding referendum
11/5/02 Yes: 12450 No: 3470
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
327A
Georgia Laws 2002:
County Greene
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
5220 Homestead exemption; school Not held district taxes
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
328A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2002:
County
Madison City of Colbert
Page No.
SUBJECT
4706 Homestead exemption; city taxes
Monroe
Pike
Pike
Rabun
Rockdale City of Conyers
4465 Homestead Exemption; school district taxes
5732 Homestead exemption; county taxes
5736 Homestead exemption; county taxes
4850 Form of government; advisory referendum
5082 Homestead exemption; city taxes
Towns
5079 Form of government; advisory referendum
Twiggs
4834 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
Walton
4683 Homestead exemption; school district taxes
Walton
4679 Homestead exemption; school
City of
district taxes
Social Circle
Walton
5858 Homestead exemption; county taxes
White
5868 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
329A
Georgia Laws 2003:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Statewide
26 State government; state flag
3/2/04
Yes: 577,370 No: 212,020
Athens-Clarke 3910 Elected public officials;
County
nonpartisan elections
11/2/04 Yes: 23,118 No: 10,592
Baker
4150 Contract with Mitchell County 11/2/04 Yes: 1,088
consolidating Baker County
No:
483
High School and Mitchell
County High School;
non-binding referendum
Banks
3844 Homestead Exemption; county 3/2/04 taxes; senior citizens and disabled citizens
Yes: 1,665
No:
241
Banks
4707 Board of Commissioners; form 3/2/04 of government
Yes: 902 No: 1,005
Clayton
4272 Homestead Exemption;
City of Lake
municipal taxes
City
6/17/03 Yes:
44
No:
2
Colquitt
Dawson
DeKalb City of Avondale Estates
4679 Chief magistrate; nonpartisan 11/2/04 Yes: 8,473
election
No: 1,989
4431 Homestead Exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes: 6,879
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: 2,161
No:
454
330A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
6179 1595
3306 927
Toombs City of Vidalia
Toombs City of Vidalia
Whitfield
3758 Homestead Exemption; school Not held district taxes; base year
3761 Homestead Exemption; municipal taxes; base year
Not held
4538 Homestead Exemption; school 9/16/03 Yes: 987
district taxes; senior citizens
No:
45
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
331A
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: 2,065,629 No: 929,543
332A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
333A
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
334A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
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
7/20/04 Yes: No:
Not held
4925 2453
11/2/04 Yes: 230,027 No: 61,119
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
335A
Georgia Laws 2004:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Fulton City of Alpharetta
4468 Mayor and council; compensation
Jackson
3619 Board of education; districts; superintendent
Date of Election
Result
11/2/04 Yes: No:
8831 6086
11/2/04 Yes: No:
7265 3473
Glynn
Glynn
Glynn
Glynn
Hall
Hall City of Gainesville Hancock 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
336A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2004:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Henry
4379 Homestead exemption; base year; county taxes
Date of Election
Not held
Result
Jones
4184
Board of commissioners; chairperson; duties and responsibilities; election; compensation
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:
8994 2495 8888 2517
6543 2651 6768 2491 3276 2059 872
107
6495 963
5756 1416
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
337A
Georgia Laws 2004:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Putnam
4211 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes:
taxes; senior citizens; base
No:
year
6322 1092
Putnam Quitman
4215 Homestead exemption; county 11/2/04 Yes:
taxes; base year
No:
4181 Homestead exemption; school 11/2/04 Yes:
taxes; senior citizens
No:
5788 1391
566 323
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
338A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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: 1,793
No:
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
3874 Homestead exemption; senior 11/8/05 Yes:
681
citizens; amount
No:
104
3987 Redevelopment powers
Not held
Dade
DeKalb City of Stone Mountain
3574 Homestead exemption; educational purposes; senior citizens
9/20/05 Yes: No:
4106 Homestead exemption; certain 11/8/05 Yes:
residents; amount
No:
1,342 473
542 173
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
339A
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: 5,942 No: 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
340A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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: 1,253
No:
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:
706
commissioners
No: 1,396
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
341A
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
342A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
343A
Georgia Laws 2006:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Bryan
3900 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older
Bryan
3903 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older
Bryan
4105 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older
Bryan
4184 Homestead exemption; county taxes; 65 years or older
Bryan
4181 Homestead exemption; county taxes;
Bryan City of Pembroke
3897 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older
Bryan City of Pembroke
4192 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older
Bryan City of Richmond Hill
4189 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older
Bryan City of Richmond Hill
3905 Homestead exemption; city taxes; 65 years or older
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
Camden Camden
4651 Homestead exemption; school taxes; base year
4073 Homestead exemption; county taxes; base value
11/7/06 Yes: No:
11/7/06 Yes: No:
6,339 1,315
6,646 1,060
344A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
345A
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
Ref. B:
Yes: 1,577
No:
770
Fulton City of Milton
3554 Incorporation
7/18/06 Yes: No:
3,876 651
Fulton
3959 Homestead exemption; certain 7/18/06 Yes:
City of
senior citizens
No:
Sandy Springs
8,425 1,026
Fulton
3967 Homestead exemption; base
City of
year; certain senior citizens
Sandy Springs
7/18/06 Yes: No:
8,136 1,231
Fulton
3951 Homestead exemption; base
City of
year
Sandy Springs
7/18/06 Yes: No:
8,708 737
Fulton
3970 Homestead exemption; certain 7/18/06 Yes:
City of
senior citizens
No:
Sandy Springs
7,912 1,307
346A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2006:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Fulton
4002 Homestead exemption;
City of
certain senior citizens
Sandy Springs
Fulton
3999 Homestead exemption;
City of
general exemption
Sandy Springs
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
347A
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
7/18/06
Question 1 (oppose): 644 Question 2 (not oppose): 214
3944 Homestead exemption; school taxes; 65 years or older
11/04/08 Yes: No:
4,521 1,126
3924 Homestead exemption; city taxes; base year
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
348A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
349A
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
350A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
3927 School uniforms
DeKalb City of Pine Lake
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
351A
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
352A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
353A
Georgia Laws 2008:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Bacon
3707 Board of Education
Baldwin Banks
3781 Homestead Exemption: Education
3623 County Commission
Berrien City of Nashville
Carroll
Carroll City of Carollton
Catoosa
3760 City Charter
3754 Homestead Exemption: Education
3751 Homestead Exemption: Education
3746 Homestead Exemption
Cherokee
3706 Homestead Exemption
Cherokee City of Holly Springs
Cherokee City of Woodstock
Dawson
3709 Homestead Exemption 3713 Homestead Exemption 3871 Homestead Exemption
Dawson
3850 Homestead Exemption
Date of Election
Result
11/04/08 Yes: 3,265
No:
395
11/04/08 Yes: 9,569 No: 5,097
11/04/08 Yes: 4,073 No: 1,871
11/04/08 Yes: 1,063
No:
491
11/04/08 Yes: No:
11/04/08 Yes: No:
27,834 4,924
6,265 1,817
11/04/08 Yes: No:
07/15/08 Yes: No:
07/15/08 Yes: No:
20,367 3,295
11,312 3,295
342 114
07/15/08 Yes:
989
No:
389
11/04/08 Yes: No:
11/04/08 Yes: No:
8,480 1,025
8,201 1,249
354A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2008:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
DeKalb
3897 Consolidation
07/15/08 Yes: 189,606 No: 87, 646
DeKalb
3877 Homestead Exemption
11/04/08 Yes: 54, 610 No: 12,490
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: 9,017 No: 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: 8,539 No: 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
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
355A
Georgia Laws 2008:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Fulton City of Atlanta
3998 Homestead Exemption: Education
Fulton City of Atlanta
3951 Homestead Exemption: Municipality
Date of Election
Result
11/04/08 Yes: 107,178 No: 41,763
11/04/08 Yes: 90,715 No: 54,781
Fulton City of Union City
Gilmer
4004 Homestead Exemption 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
4353 Homestead Exemption
11/04/08 Yes: 5,691
No:
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: 1,360
No:
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
356A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2008:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Liberty
4030 Homestead Exemption
Liberty
4045 Homestead Exemption
Lumpkin
4128 Homestead Exemption
Date of Election
Result
11/04/08 Yes: 12,360 No: 2,530
11/04/08 Yes: 11,799 No: 2,906
11/04/08 Yes: 8,659 No: 1,916
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
4344 Homestead Exemption: Education
4350 Homestead Exemption: Education
4288 Homestead Exemption: Education
11/04/08 Yes: No:
11/04/08 Yes: No:
8,069 2,415
967 286
11/04/08 Yes: 4,521 No: 1,126
11/04/08 Yes: 32,950 No: 5,789
11/04/08 Yes: 1,420 No: 2,597
11/04/08 Yes: 2,487 No: 1,372
11/04/08 Yes: 3,715 No: 1,363
11/04/08 Yes: 3,489 No: 1,515
11/04/08 Yes:
254
No:
70
11/04/08 Yes: 7,118 No: 3,676
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
357A
Georgia Laws 2008:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
White
4281 Board of Education
White
4205 Board of Commissioners
White
4286 Board of Commissioners
Date of Election
Result
11/04/08 Yes: 5,295 No: 4,310
11/04/08 Yes: 5,764 No: 4,287
11/04/08 Yes: 3,597 No: 6,381
White
4173 Homestead Exemption: Education
11/04/08 Yes: 8,524 No: 1,633
358A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2009:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Brantley
3676 Advisory
09/15/09 Present: 435 New: 241
Chatham
3815 Mayor and council; staggered 11/02/10 Yes:
747
City of
terms
No:
660
Tybee Island
Dade
3728 Board of Commissioners; manner of election
11/02/10 Yes: 2,398 No: 1,049
DeKalb City of Stone Mountain
4108 City Charter
11/03/09 Yes:
343
No:
239
Douglas
3506 Redevelopment Powers
11/03/09 Yes: 2,211 No: 5,367
Douglas City of Douglasville
3510 Redevelopment Powers
11/03/09 Yes:
656
No: 1,147
Fulton City of Alpharetta
4001 Homestead Exemption
11/03/09 Yes: 3,226
No:
237
Gwinnett City of Snellville
4071 Redevelopment Powers
11/03/09 Yes:
797
No: 1,019
Lowndes
3877 Creation of Board
11/03/09 Yes: 2,976 No: 1,655
Towns
4262 Homestead Exemption
11/03/09 Yes: 1,806
No:
52
Troup City of West Point
4079 Redevelopment Powers
11/03/09 Yes:
408
No:
94
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
359A
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
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
Bacon Baldwin Brantley
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
360A
RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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
3796 Homestead Exemption
Clayton
3565 MARTA partnership
Coweta City of Haralson
Dawson
Dawson
Dawson
3614 Stagger Terms
3608 Homestead Exemption 3611 Redevelopment Powers 3692 Redevelopment Powers
Dawson
3695 Homestead Exemption
DeKalb City of Chamblee
DeKalb City of Decatur
3686 Annexation 3671 Redevelopment Powers
Date of Election
Result
11/02/10 Yes: 1,249 No: 1,314
11/02/10 Yes: 2,714 No: 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: 4,706 No: 2,268
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
361A
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
3538 Annexation
Gwinnett City of Norcross
3698 Charter
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
Gwinnett City of Norcross
Hall City of Gainesville
3700 Charter 3997 Homestead Exemption
11/02/10 Yes:
164
No:
464
11/02/10 Yes: 4,582
No:
665
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RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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: 2,950 No: 2,513
07/02/10 Yes: 2,950 No: 2,513
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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: 2,608 No: 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: 1,525
vote
No:
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
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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
11/06/12 Yes: 3,674 No: 1,618
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
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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
3/06/12 Yes: 1,223 No: 1,278
11/08/11 Yes: 2,305 No: 1,535
3/06/12 Yes: 5,925 No: 2,573
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Georgia Laws 2012:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Statewide
1363
State entities; multiyear rental agreement procedures, conditions, and limitations amendment; constitutional amendment
11/06/12
Yes: 2,266,980 No: 1,287,761
Statewide
1364
Charter schools; authority of General Assembly to establish state-wide education policy; constitutional amendment
11/06/12
Yes: 2,178,183 No: 1,540,198
Bibb
5595 Consolidation of Macon,
7/31/12 Yes: 19,211
Payne City, and Bibb County
No: 14,557
Brantley
5067 Homestead Exemption;
11/06/12 Yes: 4,408
school taxes; senior citizens
No: 1,263
Calhoun
3789 Board of Education; repeal local Constitutional amendment
Not Held
ChathamGarden City
4931 Homestead Exemption
11/06/12 Yes: 1,721
No:
851
Cherokee
5406 Homestead Exemption; county taxes; HOST
11/06/12 Yes: 40,362 No: 46,846
Columbia
5155 Board of Commissioners; term limits
11/06/12 Yes: 47,486 No: 7,834
Coweta-
5159 Mayor and Aldermen; terms 7/31/12 Yes:
49
Moreland
of office; manner of election
No:
25
DeKalb
5391 Advisory referendum on telecommunications towers on school property
7/31/12 Yes: 45,739 No: 75,173
DeKalbChamblee
4532 Annexation
11/06/12 Yes: 1,092 No: 1,127
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Georgia Laws 2012:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
DeKalb City of Brookhaven
5527 Incorporation
Glynn
5287 Brunswick-Glenn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission; membership
HenryMcDonough
5479 Powers of mayor and city administrator
Date of Election
Result
7/31/12 Yes: 5,943 No: 4,929
7/31/12
Q1 Yes: 10,204 No: 3,346
Q2 Yes: 8,573 No: 4,497
11/06/12 Yes: 3,291 No: 4,460
Jeff Davis
Pike Polk Polk Polk Polk
5388 Advisory referendum on
7/31/12
probate judge serving as chief
magistrate
Rep Yes: 1,215 No: 1,404
Dem Yes: 449 No: 580
5071 Homestead Exemption;
11/06/12 Yes: 5,877
school taxes; senior citizens
No: 1,855
5033 Homestead Exemption; county taxes; base year
11/06/12 Yes: 7,301 No: 5,009
5036 Homestead Exemption;
11/06/12 Yes: 10,586
county taxes; senior citizens
No: 2,060
5039 Homestead Exemption;
7/31/12 Yes: 5,483
school taxes; senior citizens
No: 1,034
5043 Homestead Exemption; school taxes; base year
7/31/12 Yes: 3,546 No: 2,755
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RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2013:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
DeKalbChamblee
4320 Annexation
11/5/13 Yes:
642
No:
408
FultonFairburn
3705 Redevelopment powers
11/5/13 Yes:
430
No:
457
GwinnettPeachtree Corner
4278 Redevelopment powers
11/5/13 Yes: 1,669
No:
897
Lamar
3702 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/13 Yes: 1,150
taxes; senior citizens
No:
135
LibertyHinesville
3910 Annexation
11/5/13 Yes:
6
No:
104
MuscogeeColumbus
3670 Redevelopment powers
Not Held
Pulaski-
3750 Consolidated government
11/5/13 Yes:
279
Hawkinsville
No:
260
TelfairScotland
4183 Nonbinding referendum on 11/5/13 Yes:
29
terms of mayor and council
No:
24
Tift - Tifton
3967 Homestead exemption, city taxes, senior citizens
11/5/13
Tifton
Homestead
Yes:
724
No:
92
White
3533 Homestead exemption, school Not Held taxes, senior citizens
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Georgia Laws 2014:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Date of Election
Result
Statewide
679 Ad valorem tax; owned property; Board of Regents, University System of Georgia; third-party operation; exemption; referendum
11/04/14 Yes: 1,839,537 No: 657,367
Statewide
887 Reckless driving; additional 11/04/14 Yes: 1,735,432
penalties or fees; allocation to
No: 749,490
the Brain and Spinal Injury
Trust Fund; constitutional
amendment
Statewide
888 Income tax rate increase; prohibition; constitutional amendment
11/04/14 Yes: 1,855,380 No: 655,917
Bartow
3658 Redevelopment Powers
11/04/14 Yes: 8,354 No: 6,933
Barrow City of Bethlehem
4001 Redevelopment Powers
11/04/14 Yes:
51
No:
19
Barrow City of Statham
3998 Redevelopment Powers
11/04/14 Yes:
75
No:
33
Barrow City of Winder
3996 Redevelopment Powers
11/04/14 Yes:
996
No:
598
Bulloch City of Statesboro
3577 Redevelopment Powers
11/04/14 Yes: 1,465
No:
660
Camden City of St. Marys
3508 Redevelopment Powers
11/04/14 Yes:
899
No:
885
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Georgia Laws 2014:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Chatham Town of Thunderbolt
4206 Homestead exemption; city taxes; senior citizens
DeKalb City of Brookhaven
4159 Redevelopment Powers
Date of Election
Result
11/04/14 Yes:
607
No:
64
11/04/14 Yes: 5,057 No: 7,607
DeKalb City of Clarkston
4113 Corporate Limits
11/04/14 Part One:
Yes:
5
No:
9
DeKalb City of Doraville
Fulton City of Fairburn
Morgan City of Rutledge
Putnam City of Eatonton
Putnam City of Eatonton
Putnam City of Eatonton
4313 Corporate Limits
Part One:
Yes:
35
No:
35
11/04/14 Yes:
201
No:
340
3855 Redevelopment Powers
11/04/14 Yes: 2,092 No: 1,040
3660 Homestead exemption; city taxes; senior citizens
4039 Homestead exemption; city 11/04/14 Yes:
426
taxes
No:
56
4042 Homestead exemption; city 11/04/14 Yes:
406
taxes; base year; senior
No:
63
citizens
4045 Homestead exemption; city 11/04/14 Yes:
394
taxes; base year
No:
79
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Georgia Laws 2014:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Telfair
4073 Repeal term limits
Whitfield
4003 Redevelopment powers
Date of Election
Result
11/04/14 Yes: 1,246 No: 1,471
11/04/14 Yes: 6,320 No: 8,569
Whitfield City of Cohutta
4087 Redevelopment powers
Whitfield
4066 Redevelopment powers
City of Dalton
Whitfield City of Tunnel Hill
4091 Redevelopment powers
11/04/14 Yes:
100
No:
57
11/04/14 Yes: No:
11/04/14 Yes: No:
2,519 1,654
107 84
Whitfield City of Varnell
4089 Redevelopment powers
11/04/14 Yes:
237
No:
160
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RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Georgia Laws 2015:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Baldwin
3582 Consolidation of Milledgeville-Baldwin County
Date of Election
Result
11/3/15 Yes: 2,374 No: 5,170
Barrow
3852 Homestead exemption; school 11/3/15 Yes: 1,197
taxes
No:
132
Camden
3855 Mayor and council; majority 11/3/15 Yes:
888
City of
vote
No:
405
Kingsland
Camden
3857 Mayor and council; manner of 11/3/15 Yes:
964
City of
election
No:
315
Kingsland
Chatham City of Tybee Island
DeKalb
3807 Advisory referendum on pool 3811 Board of ethics
11/3/15 11/3/15
Yes:
505
No:
810
Yes: 40,973 No: 3,665
DeKalb
4057 Homestead exemption; county taxes
2016
DeKalb City of Clarkston
4187 Corporate boundaries
DeKalb City of LaVista Hills
3943 Incorporation
DeKalb
3897 Incorporation
City of Tucker
11/3/15 Yes:
0
No:
13
11/3/15 Yes: 6,797 No: 6,936
11/3/15 Yes: 3,940 No: 1,389
Fayette
3895 Redevelopment power
City of
Peachtree City
11/3/15 Yes:
715
No: 1,349
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Georgia Laws 2015:
County
Page No.
SUBJECT
Glynn City of Brunswick
3892 Redevelopment powers
Morgan City of Rutledge
3683 Homestead exemption
Newton City of Porterdale
3745 Redevelopment powers
Date of Election
Result
11/3/15 Yes:
704
No:
378
11/3/15 Yes:
67
No:
7
11/3/15 Yes:
30
No:
7
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GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES
Nathan Deal
GOVERNOR
STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900
March 28, 2016
The Honorable David Ralston Speaker of the Georgia House
of Representatives 332 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Dear Speaker Ralston:
I have vetoed House Bill 757 which passed the General Assembly during the 2016 Regular Session.
Article III, Section V, Paragraph XIII of the Georgia Constitution requires that I transmit this bill to you together with the reason for such veto. HB 757 and corresponding reason for the veto is attached.
Sincerely,
ND:rt
S/NATHAN DEAL Nathan Deal
Attachment
cc: The Honorable Casey Cagle, Lieutenant Governor The Honorable Brian Kemp, Secretary of State The Honorable Sam Olens, Attorney General Mr. Bill Reilly, Clerk of the House of Representatives Mr. David A. Cook, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Wayne R. Allen, Legislative Counsel
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GENERAL LEGISLATION - VETO MESSAGES
VETO NUMBER 1
The decision surrounding H.B. 757 has generated more intense feelings than most legislation, perhaps because it has highlighted the concerns of many in our religious communities regarding the actions of federal courts, especially the United States Supreme Court in its 5-4 opinion last summer which legalized same sex marriage. (Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584, 192 L. Ed. 2d 609 (2015)).
H.B. 757 enumerates certain actions that religious leaders, faith based organizations and people of faith shall not be required to take or perform. These include solemnizing a marriage, attending such marriages, hiring church personnel or renting church property when such acts would be contrary to their sincerely held religious beliefs. While most people would agree that government should not force such actions, there has not been a single instance of such taking place in Georgia. If there has been any case of this type in our state it has not been called to my attention. The examples being cited by the proponents of this bill have occurred in other states that have very different laws than Georgia.
One example that is used is the photographer in New Mexico who refused to photograph a same sex marriage (Elane Photography, LLC v. Willock, 2013-NMSC-040, 309 P.3d 53). That state has a Religious Freedom Restoration Act, but it was not applicable. It was the New Mexico Human Rights Act that determined the results in that case. Georgia does not have a Human Rights Act.
The second case that is cited is that of the bakery in Colorado that refused to bake a wedding cake for a same sex couple. There the court ruling was based on Colorado's Public Accommodation Act which prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation (Craig v. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc., 2015 COA 115). Georgia does not have a Public Accommodation Act.
Therefore, as I have examined the protections this bill seeks to provide to religious organizations and people of faith I can find no examples that any of the things this bill seeks to protect us against have ever occurred in Georgia. It is also apparent that the cases being cited from other states occurred because those states had passed statutes that specifically protected their citizens from adverse actions based on their sexual orientation. Georgia has no such statutes.
H.B. 757 appeared in several forms during the recent session of the Georgia General Assembly. I had no objection to the "Pastor Protection Act'' that was passed by the House of Representatives. The other versions of the bill, however, contained language that could give rise to state sanctioned
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discrimination. I did have problems with that and made my concerns known as did many other individuals and organizations, including some within the faith based community.
I appreciate the efforts of the General Assembly to address these concerns and my actions today in no way disparage their motivations on those who support this bill, their efforts to purge this bill of any possibility that it will allow or encourage discrimination illustrates how difficult it is to legislate on something that is best left to the broad protections of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
That may be why our Founding Fathers did not attempt to list in detail the circumstances that religious liberty embraced. Instead, they adopted what the late Supreme Court Justice Antoni Scalia referred to as "negative protection.'' That is, rather than telling government what it can do regarding religion, they told government what it could not do, namely, "establish a religion or interfere with the free exercise thereof." (Employment Div., Dep't of Human Res. of Oregon v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, 110 S. Ct. 1595, 108 L. Ed. 2d 876 (1990)). They had previously proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence that Man's Creator had endowed all men "with certain unalienable rights,'' including "Liberty'' which embraces religious liberty. They made it clear that those liberties were given by God and not by man's government. Therefore, it was unnecessary to enumerate in statute or constitution what those liberties included.
In light of our history, I find it ironic that today some in the religious community feel it necessary to ask government to confer upon them certain rights and protections. If indeed our religious liberty is conferred by God and not by manmade government, we should need the "hands off" admonition of the First Amendment to our Constitution. When legislative bodies attempt to do otherwise, the inclusions and omissions in their statutes can lead to discrimination, even though it may be unintentional. That is too great a risk to take.
Some of those in the religious community who support this bill have resorted to insults that question my moral convictions and my character. Some within the business community who oppose this bill have resorted to threats of withdrawing jobs from our state.
I do not respond well to insults or threats. The people of Georgia deserve a leader who will make sound judgments based on solid reasons that are not inflamed by emotion. That is what I intend to do.
As I stated before I do not think we have to discriminate against anyone to protect the faith based community in Georgia of which I and my family are and have been a part of for all of our lives.
Our actions on H.B. 757 are not just about protecting the faith based community or providing a business friendly climate for job growth in Georgia.
This is about the character of our State and the character of its people.
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Georgia is a welcoming State filled with warm, friendly and loving people. Our cities and countryside are populated with people who worship God in a myriad of ways and in very diverse settings.
Our people work side by side without regard to the color of our skin, or the religion we adhere to. We are working to make life better for our families and our communities.
That is the character of Georgia.
I intend to do my part to keep it that way.
For that reason, I hereby veto H.B. 757.
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Nathan Deal
GOVERNOR
STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900
May 3, 2016
The Honorable David Ralston Speaker of the Georgia House
of Representatives 332 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Dear Speaker Ralston:
I have vetoed House Bill 59, 216, 370, 659, 726, 779, 859, 916, 959, and 1060 which passed the General Assembly during the 2016 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 reason for the vetoes are attached.
Sincerely,
ND:rt
S/NATHAN DEAL Nathan Deal
Attachment
cc: The Honorable Casey Cagle, Lieutenant Governor The Honorable Brian Kemp, Secretary of State The Honorable Sam Olens, Attorney General Mr. Bill Reilly, Clerk of the House of Representatives Mr. David A. Cook, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Wayne R. Allen, Legislative Counsel
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Nathan Deal
GOVERNOR
STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900
May 3, 2016
The Honorable Casey Cagle President of the Senate 240 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334
The Honorable David Shafer President Pro Tempore 321 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Dear Lieutenant Governor Cagle and Senator Shafer:
I have vetoed Senate Bills 243, 329, 355, and 383 which passed the General Assembly during the 2016 Regular Session.
Article III, Section V, Paragraph XIII of the Georgia Constitution requires that I transmit these bills to you together with the reason for such vetoes. These bills and corresponding reasons for the vetoes are attached.
Sincerely,
ND:rt
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. David A. Cook, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Bill Reilly, Clerk of the House of Representatives Mr. Wayne R. Allen, Legislative Counsel
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2016 SESSION OF THE GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
GENERAL LEGISLATION - VETO MESSAGES
VETO NUMBER 1
HB 757 House Bill 757 was vetoed on March 28, 2016. Please refer to the veto letter and message issued on that date.
VETO NUMBER 2
HB 59
House Bill 59 creates a blanket waiver of sovereign immunity, with limited
exceptions, as to claims seeking a declaratory judgment or injunctive relief against the state
and local governments. This sweeping waiver of sovereign immunity would allow
unprecedented judicial intervention into daily management decisions entrusted to the
executive branch of government. While the concept of sovereign immunity is relatively
simple on its face, it is complex in application and it is likely that HB 59 would have
unforeseen ramifications that would impede government operations. While the purported
purpose of HB 59 was to legislatively address a recent judicial decision, the waiver of
sovereign immunity contained therein is not sufficiently limited. As I have not been
persuaded of the need for this comprehensive waiver of sovereign immunity, I VETO HB
59.
VETO NUMBER 3
HB 216 House Bill 216 expands the eligibility for workers' compensation benefits to firefighters diagnosed with cancer, allowing such benefits for any firefighter in Georgia if a medical expert can prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the cancer was caused from exposure to any risk factor while performing work related duties. Firefighters play an integral role in keeping Georgians safe, their unselfish everyday sacrifice does not go unnoticed by this office and they will continue to have my support. However, while the authors' intent of this bill is respected, I am concerned that codifying an exception for one occupation at this relatively low standard of proof with no time limitation on diagnosis or restriction on eligible types of cancer is a broad solution for a problem not yet abundantly demonstrated in Georgia. The Association County Commissioners of Georgia have also expressed concern that the shift in this burden of proof may potentially lead to tremendous uncertainty in projecting the future financial liability for workers' compensation. Similarly, the Georgia Municipal Association is concerned that HB 216 makes no distinction between paid and volunteer firefighters. Paid employees are automatically granted workers' compensation coverage, while cities and counties must affirmatively vote to include volunteer firefighters in their coverage. Finally, since I took office, I am unaware of any firefighter that has filed a workers' compensation claim for a cancer diagnosis. Signing this
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bill into law has the potential to exhaust our State Board of Workers' Compensation and our state judicial system with litigation at the expense of our cities and counties. For these reasons, I VETO HB 216.
VETO NUMBER 4
HB 219 House Bill 219 would allow pools located at country clubs, subdivisions, condominiums and townhome associations, which are for 75 persons or less, to opt out of state inspections and regulations. These are pools frequented by children and families who will no longer swim with the security that the pool and grounds have been inspected by a certified public health professional for compliance with health and safety standards to the same level they are currently being evaluated today. Just as Georgians enjoy the protections provided by public health inspections of restaurants where they eat, they expect an equivalent safeguard with respect to the pools where they swim. This bill would add language to the code that further complicates an already complex law, which has the possibility of resulting in increased rates of injury and disease outbreak in patrons of the affected pools. Therefore, in the interest of providing the necessary safety that Georgians deserve, I VETO HB 219.
VETO NUMBER 5
HB 370 House Bill 37o would waive all fines, fees, and penalties in association with the failure to file, filing late, or filing incomplete campaign contribution disclosure reports and personal financial disclosure statements by locally elected officials and candidates from January 1, 2010 - January 10, 2014. This retroactive measure amounts to amnesty for individuals who failed to follow correct procedure for the filing of these documents. Moreover, it places an undue burden on the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission for the distribution of notice, promulgation of forms, and collection of new documents for those local officials or candidates to refile if they had previously failed to file, filed late, or filed incomplete documents during the 2010- 2014 timeframe. Finally, it has the potential to allow for a refund of fines, fees, and penalties that have already been paid by violators. For these reasons, I VETO HB 370.
VETO NUMBER 6
HB 659 House Bill 659 at its core requires greater public transparency of financial information on both the local system and individual school levels. By doing so, parents, students, teachers, and members of the community will become more knowledgeable and engaged in the strategic planning process and daily operation of our state's schools. Because of this, I will include the fiscal transparency measures of House Bill 659 in my 2017 legislative agenda, in addition to the recommendations from the Education Reform Commission.
However, language in House Bill 659 also authorizes the Georgia Department of Education to conduct a pilot program wherein local school systems may spend and report federal,
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state, and local funds in a consolidated manner. I strongly believe that the majority of decisions should remain in the hands of those closest to our state's students, and I have made it a priority to promote this type of flexibility. But with increased flexibility, must come increased transparency. While I support the consolidated spending of funds, which is currently allowed by law, I cannot support legislation that would allow districts to not disclose how such funds are spent. For these reasons, I VETO HB 659.
VETO NUMBER 7
HB 726 House Bill 726 would have a significant impact to the taxable base for cigars, loose tobacco and smokeless tobacco. Given its impact on the upcoming budget and the limited public benefit this legislation would provide, I VETO HB 726.
VETO NUMBER 8
HB 779 House Bill 779 involves the use of unmanned aircraft technology or "drones" which raises a unique concern requiring careful research. I am appreciative of the author of HB 779, the House study committee, and the Georgia Technology Research Institute for their tireless work on this matter and for realizing the impact this aircraft has on the future of our state. I also understand the importance of continuing to study the use of drones and encourage our universities and technical colleges to offer classes and instruction on this new scientific technology and I encourage state agencies to utilize drone technology where it can provide cost savings and improve safety for Georgiansall while following proper FAA regulations. However, I believe that Georgia should first allow the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to complete their efforts in creating federal rules and regulations for the use of drones. Signing this bill prior to the release of the FAA guidelines would create a layer of state regulation that may be vitiated by future FAA action and would also grow state government by creating a wholly new quasi-legislative body to produce future rules and regulations. Such layers of potentially inconsistent rules could create a climate contrary to what the business community, the science and technology community, and legislative leaders sought to create by drafting this legislation. In addition, I would urge local governments to refrain from enacting ordinances that would regulate drone activity until the FAA has acted as well. In the interim, I plan by executive order, to establish a commission to propose state-level guidelines until the new FAA regulations are released. For these reasons, I VETO HB 779.
VETO NUMBER 9
HB 859 House Bill 859 seeks to amend O.C.G.A. 16-11-127.1, which relates to the carrying of weapons within school safety zones. It would add an exception to the prohibition of carrying or possessing a weapon in such school zones, to "any licensed holder when he or she is in any building or on real property owned or leased to any public technical school, vocational school, college or university or other public institution of postsecondary education," except for "buildings or property used for athletic sporting events or student housing, including, but not limited to fraternity and sorority houses..."
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Some supporters of HB 859 contend that this legislation is justified under the provisions of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution which provides in part that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Identical words are contained in Article I, Section, I, Paragraph VIII of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. It would be incorrect to conclude, however, that certain restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms are unconstitutional.
In the 2oo8 case of District of Columbia v. Heller, United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, writing the opinion of the Court, reviews the history of the Second Amendment and sets forth the most complete explanation of the Amendment ever embodied in a Supreme Court opinion. While the subject matter of HB 859 was not before the Court in the Heller case, the opinion clearly establishes that "Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited. From Blackstone through the 19th century cases, commentators and courts routinely explained that the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose." Justice Scalia further states that "nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on...laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings..."
Georgia, like most jurisdictions, has set forth statutory provisions defining what constitutes those "sensitive places" and has imposed specific rules relating to the presence of weapons in those places. Indeed, the Georgia Code section which HB 859 seeks to amend is called the "Georgia Firearms and Weapons Act."
Since the right to keep and bear arms in sensitive places such as those enumerated in HB 859 is not guaranteed by the Second Amendment nor the Georgia Constitution, the inquiry should then focus on whether or not those places deserve to continue to be shielded from weapons as they are and have been for generations in our state.
Perhaps the most enlightening evidence of the historical significance of prohibiting weapons on a college campus is found in the minutes of October 4, 1824, Board of Visitors of the newly created University of Virginia. Present for that meeting were Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, along with four other members.
In that meeting of the Board of Visitors, detailed rules were set forth for the operation of the University which would open several months later. Under the rules relating to the conduct of students, it provided that "No student shall, within the precincts of the University, introduce, keep or use any spirituous or venomous liquors, keep or use weapons or arms of any kind..."
The approval of these specific prohibitions relating to "campus carry" by the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the principal author of the United States Constitution should not only dispel any vestige of Constitutional privilege but should illustrate that having college campuses free of weapons has great historical precedent.
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That college campuses should be a "gun free zone" is a concept that has deep roots in Georgia as well. In the 2014 session of the Georgia General Assembly, HB 60 was passed and I signed it into law. That bill greatly expanded the areas where licensed gun owners could take their weapons. At that time, campus carry was considered but not adopted.
While there have been alarming incidents of criminal conduct on college campuses in which students have been victimized during the past two years, do those acts justify such a radical departure from the classification of colleges as "sensitive areas" where weapons are not allowed? The presumed justification is the need for students to provide their own self protection against such criminal conduct. However, since students who are under 21 years of age would be ineligible to avail themselves of such protection under the terms of HB 859, it is safe to assume that a significant portion of the student body would be unarmed.
As for the buildings and places referred to in this legislation, I will simply call "colleges." In order to carry a weapon onto a college, there is no requirement that the armed individual actually be a student, only that they possess a license to carry a weapon. Since most, if not all, of our colleges are open campuses, this bill will allow any licensed gun owner to bring a concealed weapon onto the campus and neither police nor other law enforcement personnel will be allowed to even ask the individual to produce evidence of his license.
If the intent of HB 859 is to increase safety of students on college campuses, it is highly questionable that such would be the result. However, I understand the concerns of the authors of this legislation and the parents and students who want it to become law. They apparently believe that the colleges are not providing adequate security on their campuses and that civilian police are not doing so on the sidewalks, streets and parking lots students use as they go to and come from classes.
I have today issued an Executive Order directed to the Commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia and the Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, requesting that they submit a report to me, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House by August 1, 2016, as to the security measures that each college within their respective systems has in place. I hereby call on the leaders of the municipalities and counties in which these colleges are located, along with their law enforcement agencies to review and improve, if necessary, their security measures in areas surrounding these colleges. Since each of these municipalities and counties receive significant revenue by virtue of the location of these colleges in their jurisdictions, I believe it is appropriate that they be afforded extra protections.
Since much of the motivation for HB 859 is the commission of crimes involving the use of firearms on college campuses, I suggest to the General Assembly that it consider making the unauthorized possession and/or use of a firearm on a college campus an act that carries an increased penalty or an enhanced sentence for the underlying crime.
From the early days of our nation and state, colleges have been treated as sanctuaries of learning where firearms have not been allowed. To depart from such time honored
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protections should require overwhelming justification. I do not find that such justification exists. Therefore, I VETO HB 859.
VETO NUMBER 10
HB 916 I support efforts to focus Medicaid provider audits on incorrect payment amounts, fraud, and abuse rather than identifying routine clerical errors. This bill, however, would modify the reimbursement policies of every department, agency, board, commission, or authority of state government. This is unnecessary and may interfere with the efficient processing of payments and sound fiscal management practices. For these reasons, I VETO HB 916.
VETO NUMBER 11
HB 959 House Bill 959 is a comprehensive piece of legislation that, in its original form, sought to eliminate duplicative testing requirements for dually enrolled, AP, and IB students, encourage inter-agency cooperation, and clean-up other portions of Title 20, which I support. However, during the legislative process, language was added to the bill that mirrored the language found in Senate Bill 329, which I have vetoed for the reasons stated in my message for that bill. As research has demonstrated time and again, high school students with rigorous course loads are more likely to succeed in college, and considering the rich tradition of the HOPE Scholarship as a merit-based program, I VETO HB 959.
VETO NUMBER 12
HB 1060 House Bill 1060 is a bill that relates to the carrying and possession of firearms and other matters pertaining to firearms in general. It was presented as a housekeeping bill to clarify certain provisions that were contained in HB 60 that passed the General Assembly in 2014 and which became law upon my signature. While I do not have serious concerns about most of the bill, I do have serious concerns about the change of policy contained in Section 4 relating to the carrying of a weapon or long gun into a place of worship.
Prior to the effective date of the provisions contained in HB 6o of 2014, carrying a weapon or long gun into a place of worship was a criminal act. HB 60 added a proviso that said it would remain a criminal act "unless the governing body or authority of the place of worship permits the carrying of weapons or long guns by license holders..."
At the time HB 6o was being considered, I made it clear that I would not approve the bill if it required every house of worship to post a sign saying that weapons were not permitted. I was assured by the supporters of HB 60 that such would not be required and that only those houses of worship that affirmatively permitted weapons by the actions of its governing body or authority would be affected. In other words, unless a house of worship posted information indicating its permission to allow weapons inside, it would retain its status as an "unauthorized location" for weapons.
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Section 4 of HB 106o breaches the compromise contained in HB 60. If it were to become law, a house of worship would no longer be considered an unauthorized location for weapons, and any license holder could carry a weapon or long gun into a place of worship without penalty unless they refused to leave "upon personal notification by such place of worship that he or she is carrying a weapon or long gun in a place of worship which does not permit the carrying of a weapon or long gun." This provision also completely reverses the process so that now it will be the places of worship that do not want weapons on their premises that must affirmatively establish such a policy, rather than the other way around.
Section 4 of HB 1060 is an encroachment on the peace and tranquility of those who attend houses of worship because they can no longer have the time-honored assurance that they are in a protected place that is free of weapons and long guns. In fact, quite the opposite would be true. Even the posting of a sign saying "No Weapons Allowed" would do no good. Therefore, only when the carrier of the weapon or long gun is personally notified that he or she is violating the policies of the place of worship will any action be taken. Surely religious leaders and their congregants would be shocked to know that weapons and long guns can be freely and legally brought into their houses of worship and that they can do nothing about it until they personally notify the armed individual that such is not permitted by the governing body of the place of worship.
This provision calls into question basic precepts about the Rule of Law. It would negate the age old principals that "everyone is presumed to know the law" and that "ignorance of the law is no excuse." If that same approach were used in other settings, the speeding motorist could contend that he should not be guilty of speeding, although signs were posted on the roadway advising him of the limits, because no one personally notified him of those limits.
This section of HB 106o should be especially objectionable to licensed weapon holders, since it is they who would be protected for not knowing that a place of worship did not permit weapons. It is the reputation of such licensed weapon holders as law abiding citizens who respect and adhere to the rules of society that convinced many to accept the expansive provisions of HB 60 in 2014. With this one section of HB 1060, that reputation will be severely damaged. Surely, such a respected group of citizens who go through the processes of background checks, fingerprinting and other requirements to obtain a license to carry a weapon do not want or need to be tapped on the shoulder in a place or worship and reminded that their pistol or long gun is not allowed. Those who pride themselves on being law abiding citizens do not need ignorance of the law to be an excuse for their actions.
For these reasons, I VETO HB 1060.
VETO NUMBER 13
SB 243 Senate Bill 243 would permit full-time attorney positions in the Office of Legislative Counsel to become a member of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System (GJRS). Attorneys in this office affected by this legislation currently have access to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, which serves nearly all other state employees.
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GJRS membership, on the other hand, is generally limited to elected or appointed judicial officials, such as Superior Court Judges, District Attorneys, State Court Judges, SolicitorsGeneral of the State Courts and Juvenile Court Judges. Though I support the legislation's goal of improving the recruitment and retention of qualified staff, the issue is not unique to the Office of Legislative Counsel. For these reasons, I VETO SB 243.
VETO NUMBER 14
SB 329 Senate Bill 329 adjusts the established coursework rigor requirements of the HOPE Scholarship, and allows the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to identify strategic workforce needs for the purpose of updating technical college certificate program requirements.
Since its establishment in 1993, the HOPE Scholarship program has provided Georgia's highest achieving students the means to receive a postsecondary credential, regardless of their family's financial situation. Through HOPE, the state recognizes and rewards students based on individual merit, and merit alone. Shortly after taking office, I was given the choice between reform and the bankruptcy of the HOPE program. It was clear to me then, as it is still clear to me now, the direction our revered HOPE program should take. Not only did these reforms we put in place in 2011 place our Lottery, HOPE, and Pre-K programs back on a solid financial footing, but we also were able to reaffirm our commitment to our college completion, access and achievement goals. Research has demonstrated time and again that high school students with rigorous course loads are more likely to succeed in college. The academic rigor requirements put in place, which required our Georgia high school students to take advanced math, science, Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate/Dual Enrollment courses and foreign language courses, will be phased in with full implementation of four credits in each category in 2017.
What concerns me about Senate Bill 329, which would allow students who achieve their high school diploma by obtaining a technical college diploma or two technical college certificates to become eligible for the HOPE Scholarship, is that these students will likely not meet the rigor requirements put into place by our reform efforts. By not requiring such students to satisfy the same coursework rigor requirements as students on other pathways to high school graduation, we could unintentionally increase the likelihood that a group of students are unprepared for degree-level coursework, and are therefore more likely to lose the HOPE or Zell Miller Scholarship in the future.
Under current law, students eligible for the HOPE or Zell Miller Grant, including those targeted by Senate Bill 329 who achieve a high school diploma by obtaining a technical college diploma or two technical college certificates, may become eligible for the HOPE Scholarship by completing 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours with a 3.o GPA at their postsecondary institution. This means that we are not blocking any student from achieving their highest academic potential in current law, rather, we are ensuring that each student finds success in whichever pathway they choose to follow. For these reasons, I VETO SB 329.
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VETO NUMBER 15
SB 355 Senate Bill 355 allows federal, state and locally-mandated assessments to be optional for certain students. At present, local school districts have the flexibility to determine opt-out procedures for its students who cannot take the assessments in addition to those who choose not to take such assessments. As there is no need for state-level intervention in addition to the regulations already set in place on a local level, I VETO SB 355.
VETO NUMBER 16
SB 383 Senate Bill 383 would allow for an agritourism facility to receive a GDOT permit that would treat an on-premises advertising sign similar to a permitted outdoor advertising sign (e.g. a billboard). However, an on-premises sign at an agritourism facility would be exempt from a five year waiting period required for new permitted outdoor advertisements. With this legislation, an agritourism facility could have a viewing zone on GDOT right-of-way clear cut so that their sign would be viewable to passing motorists. It is concerning that this legislation is so narrowly focused on the needs of one specific industry. Moreover, I do not believe it is in the public interest to clear cut right of way for the benefit of a specific industry when property owners of those facilities could make alternative advertising decisions. For these reasons, I VETO SB 383.
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Nathan Deal
GOVERNOR
STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900
May 3, 2016
The Honorable Casey Cagle President of the Senate 240 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334
The Honorable David Ralston Speaker of the Georgia House
of Representatives 321 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 751:
Vetoes:
Section 51, pertaining to the Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 141, line 4328; and
Non-Binding Information Language to Disregard: Section 23, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development,
page 51, line 1630; Section 25, pertaining to the Employees' Retirement System, page 61,
line 1948; Section 25, pertaining to the Employees' Retirement System, page 61,
line 1949; Section 31, pertaining to the Department of Juvenile Justice, page
82, line 2648; Section 41, pertaining to the University System of Georgia Board of
Regents, page 107, line 3471; Section 50, pertaining to the Georgia General Obligation Debt
Sinking Fund, page 137, line 4282; Section 50, pertaining to the Georgia General Obligation Debt
Sinking Fund, page 137, line 4288; and Section 50, pertaining to the Georgia General Obligation Debt
Sinking Fund, page 139, line 4309.
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The Honorable Casey Cagle The Honorable David Ralston May 3, 2016 Page two
The messages for each item referenced are attached.
Sincerely,
ND:rb
s/NATHAN DEAL Nathan Deal
Attachment
cc: The Honorable Brian Kemp, Secretary of State The Honorable Sam Olens, Attorney General The Honorable Jack Hill, Chairman, Senate Appropriations Committee The Honorable Terry England, Chairman, House Appropriations Committee Mr. David A. Cook, Secretary of the Senate Mr. Bill Reilly, Clerk of the House of Representatives Mr. Wayne R. Allen, Legislative Counsel
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HB 751FY 2017 APPROPRIATIONS BILL
LINE-ITEM VETOES BY THE GOVERNOR
Section 50, pertaining to the Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 141, Line 4328: This language authorizes the appropriation of $138,840 in debt service to finance projects and facilities for the Department of Community Affairs, specifically for the construction of a seawall on Hutchinson Island in Savannah, through the issuance of $600,000 in five year taxable bonds. Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph I (c) requires that general obligation debt may only be issued to "acquire, construct, develop, extend, enlarge, or improve land, waters, property, highways, buildings, structures, equipment, or facilities of the state." In this instance, the state does not have ownership of the land identified for the seawall, and thus is prohibited from using general obligation debt to finance this project. Therefore, I veto this language (page 141, line 4328) in the provisions relative to Section 50 State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund and the state general funds of $138,840.
INTENT LANGUAGE CONSIDERED NON-BINDING
Section 23, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 51, line 1630: The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $100,000 for the National Infantry Museum by only reducing funding by $400,000. Program funding should be used to promote tourism in accordance with the highest priorities of the state. Therefore, the Department is authorized to utilize the remaining $1oo,ooo in accordance with the purpose of the program and the general law powers of the Department.
Section 23, pertaining to the Department of Economic Development, page 51, line 1633: The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $1oo,ooo for the Georgia Historical Society. Program funding should be used to promote tourism in accordance with the highest priorities of the state. 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 25, pertaining to the Employees' Retirement System, page 61, line 1948: The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $455,000 to provide retirement benefits to appellate court judges upon reaching the age of 60. Legislation providing authorization for this benefit did not pass during the 2016 legislative session. 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.
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Section 25, pertaining to the Employees' Retirement System, page 61, line 1949: The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $50,000 to provide for an increase in the employer's share for the Judicial Retirement System. 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 41, pertaining to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, page 107, line 3471: The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $25,000 for the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia to assist in the operations of the DeKalb County Charter Review Commission in the Teaching program. Local legislation creating the review commission did not pass during the 2016 legislative session. 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 50, pertaining to the Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 137, line 4282: The General Assembly seeks to instruct the Department of Community Supervision to "begin moving towards a ten year replacement cycle" in the conference report that reduced the bond amounts. This language is inconsistent with the state's purchase and use of motor vehicle policy under O.C.G.A. Section 45-12-73. The policy creates a framework for agencies to utilize to ensure the safety and insurability of the state's motor vehicles. The policy further outlines the framework for agencies to determine the replacement schedule of motor vehicles, depending upon their use and type of vehicle. The effect of changing the framework to a 10 year cycle of replacement potentially impacts the safety and operations of the vehicles, particularly those whose recommended replacement is based primarily on mileage. Therefore, the department is authorized to continue to plan on replacement cycles consistent with the state policy and to utilize the bond appropriations for the number of vehicles available for the amount of funds appropriated.
Section 50, pertaining to the Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 137, line, 4288: The General Assembly seeks to instruct the Department of Corrections to "begin moving towards a ten year replacement cycle" in the conference report that reduced the bond amounts. This language is inconsistent with the state's purchase and use of motor vehicle policy under O.C.G.A. Section 45-12-73. The policy creates a framework for agencies to utilize to ensure the safety and insurability of the state's motor vehicles. The policy further outlines the framework for agencies to determine the replacement schedule of motor vehicles, depending upon their use and type of vehicle. The effect of changing the framework to a 10 year cycle of replacement potentially impacts the safety and operations of the vehicles, particularly those whose recommended replacement is based primarily on mileage. Therefore, the department is authorized to continue to plan on replacement cycles consistent with the state policy and to utilize the bond appropriations for the number of vehicles available for the amount of funds appropriated.
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Section 50, pertaining to the Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund, page 139, line 4309: The General Assembly seeks to instruct the Department of Juvenile Justice to "begin moving towards a ten year replacement cycle" in the conference report that reduced the bond amounts. This language is inconsistent with the state's purchase and use of motor vehicle policy under O.C.G.A. Section 45-12-73. The policy creates a framework for agencies to utilize to ensure the safety and insurability of the state's motor vehicles. The policy further outlines the framework for agencies to determine the replacement schedule of motor vehicles, depending upon their use and type of vehicle. The effect of changing the framework to a 10 year cycle of replacement potentially impacts the safety and operations of the vehicles, particularly those whose recommended replacement is based primarily on mileage. Therefore, the department is authorized to continue to plan on replacement cycles consistent with the state policy and to utilize the bond appropriations for the number of vehicles available for the amount of funds appropriated.
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STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT
GREG S. GRIFFIN
STATE AUDITOR (404) 656-2174
DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS
270 Washington Street, S.W. Suite 1-156 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400
May 9, 2016
State Auditor's Report Concurrent Funding of Fiscal Retirement Bills
Enacted During the 2016 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. As noted in the schedule on the following page, provisions have been made to concurrently fund all four of fiscal retirement bills signed into law by Governor.
Respectfully,
GSG/cs
s/GREG S. GRIFFIN Greg S. Griffin State Auditor
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Bill No. Act No.
Retirement System(s) Affected by Legislation
Funding Determination
House Bills
HB 421
400 Employees' Retirement System of Georgia Provision made for concurrent funding
HB 605
426 Georgia Judicial Retirement System
Provision made for concurrent funding
HB 635
427 Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund Provision made for concurrent funding
HB 690
432 Employees' Retirement System of Georgia Provision made for concurrent funding
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HISTORICAL LIST OF GENERAL ASSEMBLIES
HISTORICAL LIST OF GENERAL ASSEMBLIES OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
1st
1777
41st
1817
81st 1871-72
121st 1951-52
2nd
1778
42nd
1818
82nd 1873-74
122nd 1953-54
3rd
1779
43rd
1819
83rd 1875-76
123rd 1955-56
4th
1780
44th
1820
84th 1877-78
124th 1957-58
5th
1781
45th
1821
85th 1879-80
125th 1959-60
6th
1782
46th
1822
86th 1881-82
126th 1961-62
7th
1783
47th
1823
87th 1883-84
127th 1963-64
8th
1784
48th
1824
88th 1885-86
128th 1965-66
9th
1785
49th
1825
89th 1887-88
129th 1967-68
10th
1786
50th
1826
90th 1889-90
130th 1969-70
11th
1787
51st
1827
91st 1891-92
131st 1971-72
12th
1788
52nd
1828
92nd 1893-94
132nd 1973-74
13th
1789
53rd
1829
93rd 1895-96
133rd 1975-76
14th
1790
54th
1830
94th 1897-98
134th 1977-78
15th
1791
55th
1831
95th 1899-1900
135th 1979-80
16th
1792
56th
1832
96th 1901-02
136th 1981-82
17th
1793
57th
1833
97th 1903-04
137th 1983-84
18th
1794
58th
1834
98th 1905-06
138th 1985-86
19th
1795
59th
1835
99th 1907-08
139th 1987-88
20th
1796
60th
1836
100th 1909-10
140th 1989-90
21st
1797
61st
1837
101st 1911-12
141st 1991-92
22nd
1798
62nd
1838
102nd 1913-14
142nd 1993-94
23rd
1799
63rd
1839
103rd 1915-16
143rd 1995-96
24th
1800
64th
1840
104th 1917-18
144th 1997-98
25th
1801
65th
1841
105th 1919-20
145th 1999-2000
26th
1802
66th
1842
106th 1921-22
146th 2001-02
27th
1803
67th 1843-44
107th 1923-24
147th 2003-04
28th
1804
68th 1845-46
108th 1925-26
148th 2005-06
29th
1805
69th 1847-48
109th 1927-28
149th 2007-08
30th
1806
70th 1849-50
110th 1929-30
150th 2009-10
31st
1807
71st 1851-52
111th 1931-32
151st 2011-12
32nd
1808
72nd 1853-54
112th 1933-34
152nd 2013-14
33rd
1809
73rd 1855-56
113th 1935-36
153rd 2015-16
34th
1810
74th 1857-58
114th 1937-38
35th
1811
75th 1859-60
115th 1939-40
36th
1812
76th 1861-62
116th 1941-42
37th
1813
77th 1863-64
117th 1943-44
38th
1814
78th 1865-66
118th 1945-46
39th
1815
79th 1867-68
119th 1947-48
40th
1816
80th 1869-70
120th 1949-50
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LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE FOR THE 2016 SESSION
David Ralston Speaker of the House of Representatives
Casey Cagle President of the Senate
Terry England Chairman House Appropriations Committee
Jack Hill Chairman Senate Appropriations Committee
Wendell Willard Chairman House Judiciary Committee
Josh McKoon Chairman Senate Judiciary Committee
Jay Powell Chairman House Ways and Means Committee
Burt Jones Chairman Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee
Jan Jones House Speaker Pro Tempore
David Shafer Senate President Pro Tempore
Jon Burns House Majority Leader
Bill Cowsert Senate Majority Leader
Stacey Abrams House Minority Leader
Steve Henson Senate Minority Leader
William L. Reilly Clerk of the House of Representatives
David A. Cook Secretary of the Senate
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LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE AND STAFF
Editorial work for the preparation of Georgia Laws 2014 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, rendering of opinions, counseling, legislative reference, interim committee staffing, and preparation of reports. Staff for the Office of Legislative Counsel during the 2014 session included the following individuals:
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wayne R. Allen, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 1992
STAFF Deputy Legislative Counsel Elizabeth P. Howerton, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 1994 H. Jeff Lanier, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 1978 Richard C. Ruskell, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 1979 Shawn Marie Story, J.D., Mercer Univ., 1993 Jill A. Travis, J.D., Mercer Univ., 1986 G. Lynn Whitten, J.D., Univ. of Ala., 1980
Assistant Legislative Counsel Jeremy C. Arey, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 2010 Jennifer S. Dolde, J.D., Ga. State Univ., 2005 Julius B. Tolbert, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 2003 Blake A. Travis, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 2011
Administrative Support Jennifer Burgess, Administrative Assistant
Diana Daniels, Executive Assistant
GEORGIA LAWS 2016 SESSION
Editors Arianne Berens Michelle Law
Laura Lee Kim McGrath Vallerie Trent, Supervising Editor
Document Specialists Teresa Adkins Tracy Cochran Sarah Cox
Annette Culpepper Joyce Hall
Doris Ragland Natasha Spurrier
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