ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE
FIRST SESSION OF THE 154TH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
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2017
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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 2017 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 2016-2017 and the Appropriations Act for FY 2017-2018 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 May 1, 2016, and May 1, 2017, are printed in Volume Two beginning at pages 4015 and 4087, respectively. The order of the Superior Court of Colquitt County accepting the surrender of the municipal charter of the Town of Riverside is printed in Volume Two beginning on page 4195.
There are no numbered pages between page 858, 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Annotated which they amend and the tabular index contains a list of Code sections which have been amended, enacted, or repealed.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.

GEORGIA LAWS 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
Acts and Resolutions of General Application .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Supplementary Appropriations Act for FY 2016-2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix General Appropriations Act for FY 2017-2018.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix
VOLUME TWO
Acts and Resolutions of Local Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 County and Consolidated Government Home Rule Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4015 Municipal Home Rule Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4087 Court Order Accepting Surrender of Charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4195
VOLUME THREE
Acts by Numbers-Page References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1A Bills and Resolutions-Act Number References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A Index-Tabular.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7A Index-General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34A Population of Georgia Counties-Alphabetically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89A Population of Georgia Counties-Numerically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93A Population of Cities-Alphabetically.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98A Population of Cities-Numerically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106A Population of Judicial Circuits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114A Georgia Senate Districts, Alphabetically by County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119A Georgia Senators, Numerically by District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121A Georgia House Districts, Alphabetically by County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125A Georgia Representatives, Numerically by District.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127A Status of Referendum Elections.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137A Governor's Proclamations and Vetoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379A Historical List of General Assemblies of the State of Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386A Legislative Services Committee and Staff.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387A

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ACTS BY NUMBERS, PAGE REFERENCES

Act No.

Page No.

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3503

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3506

4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix

6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509

7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3513

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3516

10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3526

12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3528

14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3530

15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3532

22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix

38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Act No.

Page No.

45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

53. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3534

54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3538

61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3542

62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3544

63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3546

64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3549

67. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3551

70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3556

71. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3569

74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3572

75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3575

76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3578

77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3580

78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3582

79. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3585

80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3599

81. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3606

82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3608

83. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3610

84. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3612

85. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3615

86. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3617

87. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3620

88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3622

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Act No.

Page No.

89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3635

90. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3639

91. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3644

92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3649

93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3651

94. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3654

95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3656

96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3658

97. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3671

98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3673

99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3675

100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3677

101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3680

102. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3691

103. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3694

104. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3698

105. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

106. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3701

107. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3703

108. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3706

109. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3708

110. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3710

111. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3716

112. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3718

113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3723

114. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3729

115. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3736

116. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3738

117. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3740

118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3742

119. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3744

120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3747

121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3750

122. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3752

123. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3766

124. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3776

125. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3778

126. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3785

127. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3787

128. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3789

129. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3792

130. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3794

131. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3803

132. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3818

133. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3825

134. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3837

135. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3848

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136. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3850

137. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3852

138. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3855

139. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3859

140. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

141. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

142. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

143. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3862

144. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3866

145. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3870

146. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3872

147. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3879

148. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3883

149. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3885

150. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3887

151. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3893

152. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3895

153. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3897

154. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3900

155. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3904

156. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3928

157. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3930

158. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3933

159. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3948

160. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3950

161. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3952

162. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3954

163. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3967

164. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3969

165. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3974

166. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3987

167. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

168. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

169. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

170. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

171. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

172. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

173. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

174. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

175. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

176. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

177. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

178. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

179. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

180. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

181. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

182. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

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183. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

184. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

185. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

186. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

187. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

188. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

189. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

190. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

191. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

192. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

193. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

194. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

195. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

196. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

197. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

198. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

199. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

201. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

202. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

203. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

204. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

205. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

206. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

207. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

208. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

209. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

210. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

211. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3990

212. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

213. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3992

214. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

215. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3995

216. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

217. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

218. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

219. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

220. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

221. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

222. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

223. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

224. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

225. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

226. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

227. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

228. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

229. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Act No.

Page No.

230. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

231. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617

232. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618

233. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619

234. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

235. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

236. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625

237. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627

238. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628

239. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629

240. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

241. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

242. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646

243. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

244. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

245. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

246. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

247. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

248. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693

249. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696

250. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

251. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

252. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

253. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

254. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

255. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

256. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720

257. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

258. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4002

259. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

260. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4006

261. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

262. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742

263. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

264. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753

265. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754

266. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4008

267. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757

268. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758

269. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

270. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

271. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764

272. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769

273. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770

274. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772

275. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774

276. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4010

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PAGE REFERENCES

Act No.

Page No.

277. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820

278. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857

Act No.

Page No.

279. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825

280. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONSACT NUMBER REFERENCES

House Bill Act No.

Page No.

HB 1. . . . . . . . . . . 172. . . . . . . . . . . 348

HB 5. . . . . . . . . . . . 38. . . . . . . . . . . 122

HB 14. . . . . . . . . . . 39. . . . . . . . . . . 124

HB 31. . . . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 3501

HB 37. . . . . . . . . . . 28. . . . . . . . . . . . 92

HB 39. . . . . . . . . . . 40. . . . . . . . . . . 125

HB 41. . . . . . . . . . . 41. . . . . . . . . . . 127

HB 42. . . . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

HB 43. . . . . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . Appendix

HB 44. . . . . . . . . . . 37. . . . . . Appendix

HB 49. . . . . . . . . . . 42. . . . . . . . . . . 129

HB 50. . . . . . . . . . . 43. . . . . . . . . . . 134

HB 58. . . . . . . . . . . 44. . . . . . . . . . . 141

HB 73. . . . . . . . . . 205. . . . . . . . . . . 526

HB 74. . . . . . . . . . . 45. . . . . . . . . . . 142

HB 75. . . . . . . . . . 169. . . . . . . . . . . 344

HB 76. . . . . . . . . . 193. . . . . . . . . . . 484

HB 83. . . . . . . . . . . 46. . . . . . . . . . . 143

HB 86. . . . . . . . . . 168. . . . . . . . . . . 343

HB 87. . . . . . . . . . . 47. . . . . . . . . . . 145

HB 88. . . . . . . . . . . 48. . . . . . . . . . . 152

HB 92. . . . . . . . . . 247. . . . . . . . . . . 692

HB 117. . . . . . . . . . 49. . . . . . . . . . . 154

HB 125. . . . . . . . . . 50. . . . . . . . . . . 155

HB 126. . . . . . . . . . 51. . . . . . . . . . . 157

HB 127. . . . . . . . . . 52. . . . . . . . . . . 164

HB 130. . . . . . . . . . 53. . . . . . . . . . 3534

HB 131. . . . . . Vetoed

HB 132. . . . . . Vetoed

HB 134. . . . . . . . . . 54. . . . . . . . . . . 179

HB 136. . . . . . . . . . 55. . . . . . . . . . . 184

HB 138. . . . . . . . . . 56. . . . . . . . . . . 191

HB 139. . . . . . . . . . 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 93

HB 143. . . . . . . . . . 57. . . . . . . . . . . 193

HB 146. . . . . . . . . 142. . . . . . . . . . . 336

HB 153. . . . . . . . . . 58. . . . . . . . . . . 212

HB 154. . . . . . . . . 177. . . . . . . . . . . 401

HB 155. . . . . . . . . 223. . . . . . . . . . . 574

HB 157. . . . . . . . . . 59. . . . . . . . . . . 214

House Bill Act No.

Page No.

HB 165. . . . . . . . . 180. . . . . . . . . . 415

HB 168. . . . . . . . . . 60. . . . . . . . . 3538

HB 169. . . . . . . . . . 61. . . . . . . . . 3542

HB 171. . . . . . . . . . 62. . . . . . . . . 3544

HB 172. . . . . . . . . . 63. . . . . . . . . 3546

HB 174. . . . . . Vetoed

HB 176. . . . . . . . . . 64. . . . . . . . . . 215

HB 183. . . . . . . . . . 65. . . . . . . . . . 216

HB 187. . . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . . . . 3506

HB 191. . . . . . . . . . 66. . . . . . . . . 3549

HB 192. . . . . . . . . 248. . . . . . . . . . 693

HB 196. . . . . . . . . . 25. . . . . . . . . . . 55

HB 197. . . . . . . . . . 67. . . . . . . . . . 218

HB 198. . . . . . . . . . 30. . . . . . . . . . . 97

HB 199. . . . . . . . . . 26. . . . . . . . . . . 59

HB 202. . . . . . . . . 225. . . . . . . . . . 579

HB 206. . . . . . . . . . 68. . . . . . . . . . 219

HB 208. . . . . . . . . . 22. . . . . . . . . . . 27

HB 210. . . . . . . . . 210. . . . . . . . . . 547

HB 219. . . . . . . . . . 69. . . . . . . . . 3551

HB 221. . . . . . . . . 186. . . . . . . . . . 435

HB 224. . . . . . . . . . 31. . . . . . . . . . . 99

HB 231. . . . . . . . . . 17. . . . . . . . . . . 14

HB 237. . . . . . . . . . 32. . . . . . . . . . 100

HB 238. . . . . . . . . . 16. . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HB 241. . . . . . . . . 190. . . . . . . . . . 479

HB 243. . . . . . . . . 221. . . . . . . . . . 570

HB 245. . . . . . . . . 184. . . . . . . . . . 431

HB 247. . . . . . . . . 220. . . . . . . . . . 568

HB 249. . . . . . . . . 141. . . . . . . . . . 319

HB 250. . . . . . . . . 191. . . . . . . . . . 481

HB 251. . . . . . . . . 181. . . . . . . . . . 416

HB 254. . . . . . . . . 108. . . . . . . . . 3706

HB 255. . . . . . . . . . 80. . . . . . . . . 3599

HB 260. . . . . . . . . 249. . . . . . . . . . 696

HB 261. . . . . . . . . 219. . . . . . . . . . 566

HB 262. . . . . . . . . 251. . . . . . . . . . 713

HB 264. . . . . . . . . . 18. . . . . . . . . . . 20

HB 265. . . . . . . . . . 23. . . . . . . . . . . 46

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House Bill Act No.

Page No.

HB 268. . . . . . . . . 250. . . . . . . . . . 697

HB 272. . . . . . . . . . . 6. . . . . . . . . 3509

HB 276. . . . . . . . . 195. . . . . . . . . . 494

HB 279. . . . . . . . . 222. . . . . . . . . . 571

HB 280. . . . . . . . . 167. . . . . . . . . . 341

HB 282. . . . . . . . . . 81. . . . . . . . . 3606

HB 283. . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . 4

HB 284. . . . . . . . . . 82. . . . . . . . . 3608

HB 290. . . . . . . . . 192. . . . . . . . . . 482

HB 292. . . . . . . . . 217. . . . . . . . . . 555

HB 294. . . . . . . . . . 83. . . . . . . . . 3610

HB 295. . . . . . . . . . 13. . . . . . . . . 3528

HB 296. . . . . . . . . . 84. . . . . . . . . 3612

HB 303. . . . . . . . . 252. . . . . . . . . . 713

HB 306. . . . . . . . . . 85. . . . . . . . . 3615

HB 312. . . . . . . . . 253. . . . . . . . . . 716

HB 319. . . . . . . . . 216. . . . . . . . . . 553

HB 320. . . . . . . . . 254. . . . . . . . . . 717

HB 322. . . . . . . . . 255. . . . . . . . . . 719

HB 323. . . . . . . . . 275. . . . . . . . . . 774

HB 328. . . . . . . . . 256. . . . . . . . . . 720

HB 337. . . . . . . . . 257. . . . . . . . . . 723

HB 338. . . . . . . . . . 27. . . . . . . . . . . 75

HB 340. . . . . . . . . 197. . . . . . . . . . 499

HB 341. . . . . . . . . 194. . . . . . . . . . 489

HB 342. . . . . . . . . . 24. . . . . . . . . . . 52

HB 343. . . . . . . . . 189. . . . . . . . . . 471

HB 348. . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . 3526

HB 349. . . . . . . . . 107. . . . . . . . . 3703

HB 355. . . . . . . . . . 86. . . . . . . . . 3617

HB 356. . . . . . . . . . 87. . . . . . . . . 3620

HB 359. . . . . . Vetoed

HB 361. . . . . . . . . 258. . . . . . . . . 4002

HB 369. . . . . . . . . . 88. . . . . . . . . 3622

HB 370. . . . . . . . . 188. . . . . . . . . . 470

HB 375. . . . . . . . . 259. . . . . . . . . . 738

HB 377. . . . . . . . . . 89. . . . . . . . . 3635

HB 378. . . . . . . . . . 90. . . . . . . . . 3639

HB 380. . . . . . . . . . 91. . . . . . . . . 3644

HB 383. . . . . . . . . . 92. . . . . . . . . 3649

HB 384. . . . . . . . . . 93. . . . . . . . . 3651

HB 385. . . . . . . . . 260. . . . . . . . . 4006

HB 391. . . . . . . . . 202. . . . . . . . . . 522

HB 393. . . . . . . . . . 94. . . . . . . . . 3654

HB 394. . . . . . . . . . 95. . . . . . . . . 3656

HB 395. . . . . . . . . . 96. . . . . . . . . 3658

HB 404. . . . . . . . . . 97. . . . . . . . . 3671

House Bill Act No.

Page No.

HB 405. . . . . . . . . 261. . . . . . . . . . 740

HB 406. . . . . . . . . . 15. . . . . . . . . . . . 8

HB 407. . . . . . . . . . 98. . . . . . . . . 3673

HB 412. . . . . . . . . 262. . . . . . . . . . 742

HB 413. . . . . . . . . 263. . . . . . . . . . 744

HB 420. . . . . . . . . . 99. . . . . . . . . 3675

HB 424. . . . . . . . . 100. . . . . . . . . 3677

HB 425. . . . . . Vetoed

HB 427. . . . . . . . . 176. . . . . . . . . . 397

HB 428. . . . . . . . . 264. . . . . . . . . . 753

HB 430. . . . . . . . . . 33. . . . . . . . . . 105

HB 434. . . . . . . . . 265. . . . . . . . . . 754

HB 435. . . . . . . . . 101. . . . . . . . . 3680

HB 437. . . . . . . . . . 34. . . . . . . . . . 111

HB 439. . . . . . Vetoed

HB 440. . . . . . Vetoed

HB 443. . . . . . . . . 102. . . . . . . . . 3691

HB 444. . . . . . . . . 103. . . . . . . . . 3694

HB 445. . . . . . . . . 104. . . . . . . . . 3698

HB 449. . . . . . . . . . . 8. . . . . . . . . 3513

HB 452. . . . . . . . . 208. . . . . . . . . . 536

HB 453. . . . . . . . . 212. . . . . . . . . . 548

HB 457. . . . . . . . . 266. . . . . . . . . 4008

HB 460. . . . . . . . . 109. . . . . . . . . 3708

HB 461. . . . . . . . . 110. . . . . . . . . 3710

HB 463. . . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . 6

HB 469. . . . . . . . . 201. . . . . . . . . . 515

HB 470. . . . . . . . . 185. . . . . . . . . . 432

HB 472. . . . . . . . . 267. . . . . . . . . . 757

HB 476. . . . . . . . . 111. . . . . . . . . 3716

HB 477. . . . . . . . . 112. . . . . . . . . 3718

HB 480. . . . . . . . . . 70. . . . . . . . . 3556

HB 481. . . . . . . . . 268. . . . . . . . . . 758

HB 485. . . . . . . . . 277. . . . . . . . . . 820

HB 486. . . . . . . . . 218. . . . . . . . . . 564

HB 503. . . . . . . . . 113. . . . . . . . . 3723

HB 504. . . . . . . . . 114. . . . . . . . . 3729

HB 506. . . . . . . . . 215. . . . . . . . . 3995

HB 510. . . . . . . . . 269. . . . . . . . . . 759

HB 511. . . . . . . . . 115. . . . . . . . . 3736

HB 514. . . . . . . . . 116. . . . . . . . . 3738

HB 532. . . . . . . . . 117. . . . . . . . . 3740

HB 534. . . . . . . . . 118. . . . . . . . . 3742

HB 537. . . . . . . . . 119. . . . . . . . . 3744

HB 539. . . . . . . . . 120. . . . . . . . . 3747

HB 540. . . . . . . . . 121. . . . . . . . . 3750

HB 544. . . . . . . . . 122. . . . . . . . . 3752

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PAGE REFERENCES

House Bill Act No.

Page No.

HB 546. . . . . . . . . 123. . . . . . . . . . 3766

HB 547. . . . . . . . . 124. . . . . . . . . . 3776

HB 548. . . . . . . . . 125. . . . . . . . . . 3778

HB 551. . . . . . . . . 126. . . . . . . . . . 3785

HB 553. . . . . . . . . 127. . . . . . . . . . 3787

HB 555. . . . . . . . . 128. . . . . . . . . . 3789

HB 556. . . . . . . . . 129. . . . . . . . . . 3792

HB 559. . . . . . . . . 130. . . . . . . . . . 3794

HB 560. . . . . . . . . 131. . . . . . . . . . 3803

HB 561. . . . . . . . . 132. . . . . . . . . . 3818

HB 562. . . . . . . . . 133. . . . . . . . . . 3825

HB 563. . . . . . . . . 134. . . . . . . . . . 3837

HB 564. . . . . . . . . 135. . . . . . . . . . 3848

HB 566. . . . . . . . . 136. . . . . . . . . . 3850

HB 567. . . . . . . . . 137. . . . . . . . . . 3852

HB 568. . . . . . . . . 139. . . . . . . . . . 3859

HB 569. . . . . . . . . 138. . . . . . . . . . 3855

HB 570. . . . . . . . . 143. . . . . . . . . . 3862

HB 572. . . . . . . . . 144. . . . . . . . . . 3866

HB 573. . . . . . . . . . 21. . . . . . . . . . 3532

HB 574. . . . . . . . . 145. . . . . . . . . . 3870

HB 575. . . . . . . . . 213. . . . . . . . . . 3992

HB 576. . . . . . . . . 146. . . . . . . . . . 3872

HB 577. . . . . . . . . 147. . . . . . . . . . 3879

HB 580. . . . . . . . . 148. . . . . . . . . . 3883

HB 581. . . . . . . . . 149. . . . . . . . . . 3885

HB 582. . . . . . . . . 150. . . . . . . . . . 3887

HB 585. . . . . . . . . 151. . . . . . . . . . 3893

HB 587. . . . . . . . . 152. . . . . . . . . . 3895

HB 589. . . . . . . . . 153. . . . . . . . . . 3897

HB 590. . . . . . . . . 154. . . . . . . . . . 3900

HB 591. . . . . . . . . 211. . . . . . . . . . 3990

HB 594. . . . . . . . . 155. . . . . . . . . . 3904

HB 595. . . . . . . . . . 14. . . . . . . . . . 3530

HB 596. . . . . . . . . 156. . . . . . . . . . 3928

HB 597. . . . . . . . . 106. . . . . . . . . . 3701

HB 598. . . . . . . . . 157. . . . . . . . . . 3930

HB 601. . . . . . . . . 158. . . . . . . . . . 3933

HB 603. . . . . . . . . 159. . . . . . . . . . 3948

HB 608. . . . . . . . . 160. . . . . . . . . . 3950

HB 609. . . . . . . . . 161. . . . . . . . . . 3952

HB 611. . . . . . . . . 162. . . . . . . . . . 3954

HB 612. . . . . . . . . 163. . . . . . . . . . 3967

HB 614. . . . . . . . . 164. . . . . . . . . . 3969

HB 615. . . . . . . . . 165. . . . . . . . . . 3974

HB 621. . . . . . . . . 166. . . . . . . . . . 3987

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HR 25. . . . . . . . . . 280. . . . . . . . . . . 839

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SB 13. . . . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . 3503

SB 14. . . . . . . . . . 179. . . . . . . . . . 411

SB 15. . . . . . . . . . 199. . . . . . . . . . 509

SB 16. . . . . . . . . . 229. . . . . . . . . . 611

SB 18. . . . . . . . . . . 20. . . . . . . . . . . 24

SB 41. . . . . . . . . . 230. . . . . . . . . . 614

SB 46. . . . . . . . . . 173. . . . . . . . . . 352

SB 47. . . . . . . . . . 207. . . . . . . . . . 535

SB 52. . . . . . . . . . 231. . . . . . . . . . 617

SB 69. . . . . . . . . . 232. . . . . . . . . . 618

SB 70. . . . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . . . 1

SB 78. . . . . . . . . . 233. . . . . . . . . . 619

SB 85. . . . . . . . . . 178. . . . . . . . . . 406

SB 87. . . . . . . . . . 234. . . . . . . . . . 620

SB 88. . . . . . . . . . 140. . . . . . . . . . 307

SB 95. . . . . . . . . . 235. . . . . . . . . . 622

SB 96. . . . . . . . . . 236. . . . . . . . . . 625

SB 102. . . . . . . . . 105. . . . . . . . . . 302

SB 103. . . . . . . . . 196. . . . . . . . . . 497

SB 104. . . . . . . . . 182. . . . . . . . . . 417

SB 106. . . . . . . . . 237. . . . . . . . . . 627

SB 108. . . . . . . . . 183. . . . . . . . . . 430

SB 109. . . . . . . . . 175. . . . . . . . . . 364

SB 117. . . . . . . . . 187. . . . . . . . . . 467

SB 121. . . . . . . . . . 19. . . . . . . . . . . 22

SB 124. . . . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . 3516

SB 125. . . . . . Vetoed

SB 126. . . . . . . . . 238. . . . . . . . . . 628

SB 128. . . . . . . . . 239. . . . . . . . . . 629

SB 132. . . . . . . . . 240. . . . . . . . . . 632

SB 133. . . . . . . . . 241. . . . . . . . . . 637

SB 137. . . . . . . . . 242. . . . . . . . . . 646

SB 141. . . . . . . . . 224. . . . . . . . . . 578

SB 143. . . . . . . . . . 73. . . . . . . . . 3569

SB 147. . . . . . . . . 209. . . . . . . . . . 543

SB 149. . . . . . . . . 243. . . . . . . . . . 673

SB 153. . . . . . . . . 244. . . . . . . . . . 680

SB 156. . . . . . . . . 206. . . . . . . . . . 530

SB 160. . . . . . . . . 198. . . . . . . . . . 500

SB 168. . . . . . . . . 170. . . . . . . . . . 345

SB 169. . . . . . . . . 245. . . . . . . . . . 681

SB 173. . . . . . . . . 246. . . . . . . . . . 682

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SB 174. . . . . . . . . 226. . . . . . . . . . 585

SB 175. . . . . . . . . 227. . . . . . . . . . 604

SB 176. . . . . . . . . 228. . . . . . . . . . 608

SB 180. . . . . . . . . 200. . . . . . . . . . 511

SB 183. . . . . . . . . 270. . . . . . . . . . 760

SB 186. . . . . . . . . . 35. . . . . . . . . . 113

SB 193. . . . . . . . . 271. . . . . . . . . . 764

SB 200. . . . . . . . . 272. . . . . . . . . . 769

SB 201. . . . . . . . . 203. . . . . . . . . . 524

SB 205. . . . . . . . . . 74. . . . . . . . . 3572

SB 206. . . . . . . . . 174. . . . . . . . . . 361

SB 211. . . . . . . . . . 36. . . . . . . . . . 119

SB 219. . . . . . . . . 214. . . . . . . . . . 549

SB 222. . . . . . Vetoed

SB 226. . . . . . . . . 273. . . . . . . . . . 770

SB 242. . . . . . . . . 274. . . . . . . . . . 772

Senate Bill. . Act No.. . . . . . Page No. SB 250. . . . . . . . . 171. . . . . . . . . . 347 SB 258. . . . . . . . . 204. . . . . . . . . . 525 SB 265. . . . . . . . . . 75. . . . . . . . . 3575 SB 267. . . . . . . . . . 76. . . . . . . . . 3578 SB 271. . . . . . . . . . 77. . . . . . . . . 3580 SB 281. . . . . . . . . . 78. . . . . . . . . 3582 SB 284. . . . . . . . . 276. . . . . . . . . 4010 SB 292. . . . . . . . . . 79. . . . . . . . . 3585

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SR 95. . . . . . . . . . 278. . . . . . . . . . 857

SR 204. . . . . . . . . 279. . . . . . . . . . 825

SR 228. . . . . . . . . . 71. . . . . . . . . . 221

SR 229. . . . . . . . . . 72. . . . . . . . . . 250

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
South Fulton, City of; Corporate boundaries; constitutional amendment; repeal contingency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 131
Fulton County Industrial District; creation; governing authority; tax levy; educational purposes; independent school system; constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 132
Sales and use tax for educational purposes; counties with independent school district; distribution of proceeds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857
OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED
Code Section 2-8-14; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 2-8-124; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 2-8-133; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 2-21-4; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 Code Section 3-3-21; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759 Code Section 3-4-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Code Section 3-4-24; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Code Section 3-4-24.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Code Section 3-4-24.2; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 Code Section 3-4-24.2; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Code Title 3, Chapter 4, Article 3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 Code Sections 3-4-40 through 3-4-42; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 Code Sections 3-4-45 through 3-4-49; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 Code Sections 3-4-50 and 3-4-51; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 Code Section 3-4-61; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

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Code Section 3-4-180; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Code Section 3-5-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Code Section 3-5-24.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Code Section 3-5-36; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Code Section 3-5-38; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Code Section 3-5-81; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Code Section 3-6-21.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 Code Sections 4-6-1 through 4-6-5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Code Section 4-6-10; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Code Section 4-6-12; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Code Section 4-6-42; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Code Section 4-6-43; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Code Section 4-6-44; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Code Section 4-6-49; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Code Section 4-6-49.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Code Section 4-6-52; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Code Title 4, Chapter 12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Code Sections 4-12-1 through 4-12-5; amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Code Sections 4-12-6 and 4-12-7; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Code Section 6-1-4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 Code Section 7-1-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-11; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-36; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-66; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-72; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-91; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-239.5; repealed... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-239.6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-241; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-285; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-294; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Sections 7-1-316 through 7-1-318; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-351; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-355; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-394; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-419; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-485; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-490; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693 Code Section 7-1-594; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-603; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-607; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-621; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-628.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-630; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Sections 7-1-650 and 7-1-651; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-657; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

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Code Sections 7-1-667 and 7-1-668; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-687; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-707; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-758; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-779; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-797; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-911; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-958; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-1002; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-1-1003.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-1007; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-1-1009; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 7-2-11; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 7-4-12.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 9-3-29; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Code Section 9-9-32; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 9-11-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Code Section 9-11-4.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 9-11-58; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Code Section 9-11-133; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Code Section 9-14-53; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 Code Section 10-1-5; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-234; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-250; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-260; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-264; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-370; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-393.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-393.10; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 10-1-393.15; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Code Section 10-1-398; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Title 10, Chapter 1, Article 15, Part 7; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Code Sections 10-1-439 through 10-1-439.4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Code Section 10-1-593; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-622; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-641; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Code Section 10-1-651; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-663.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Code Section 10-1-784; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-791; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-1-793; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-2-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-2-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-5-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-6-7; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Title 10, Chapter 6, Article 7; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

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Code Sections 10-6-140 through 10-6-142; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Section 10-6A-14; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Title 10, Chapter 6B, Article 1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Sections 10-6B-1 through 10-6B-23; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Title 10, Chapter 6B, Article 2; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Sections 10-6B-40 through 10-6B-56; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Title 10, Chapter 6B, Article 3; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Sections 10-6B-70 and 10-6B-71; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Title 10, Chapter 6B; Article 4; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Sections 10-6B-80 and 10-6B-81; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Section 10-9-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-9-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Code Section 10-9-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-9-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-9-53; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-13-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-13A-8; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-14-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-14-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-14-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-14-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Code Section 10-14-11; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-14-11; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Code Section 10-14-17; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 10-14-18; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 11-9-333; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Section 12-2-8; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 12-5-30.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 12-7-6; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 12-16-20; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Title 12, Chapter 17; enacted... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Sections 12-17-1 through 12-17-6; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Section 13-1-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Section 14-2-121.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Code Section 14-2-830; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693 Code Section 14-2-842; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693 Code Section 14-2-870; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 14-3-120.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Code Title 14, Chapter 3, Article 11A; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Code Sections 14-3-1120 and 14-3-1121; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Code Section 14-4-180.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Code Section 14-5-11.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Code Section 14-8-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 14-8-56.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Code Section 14-9-100; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 14-9-206.9; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

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Code Section 14-9A-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 14-10-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 14-11-100; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 14-11-1103.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Code Section 15-1-17; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 15-1-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Code Section 15-2-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Code Section 15-3-5; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Code Section 15-5-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Code Section 15-5-82; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Code Section 15-6-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Code Section 15-6-4; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Code Section 15-6-61; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Code Section 15-6-67; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Code Section 15-6-94; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Code Section 15-6-97.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Code Section 15-6-97.3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Section 15-7-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Code Section 15-7-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Code Section 15-9-2.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Code Section 15-11-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 15-11-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Code Section 15-11-29.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 Code Section 15-11-39; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 Code Section 15-11-52; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Code Section 15-11-54; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Code Section 15-11-70; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 15-11-212; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 15-11-442; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 Code Section 15-11-505; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Sections 15-11-560 through 15-11-562; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Code Section 15-11-601; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 Code Section 15-11-653; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 Code Section 15-11-656; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 Code Section 15-12-40.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 Code Section 15-16-21; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Code Section 15-19-52; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 15-25-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 16-4-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 16-5-19; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Code Section 16-5-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Code Section 16-5-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Code Section 16-5-44.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 16-5-46; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 16-5-46; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 Code Section 16-5-47; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

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Code Section 16-5-47; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 16-5-105; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Section 16-6-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 Code Section 16-7-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 16-7-80; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 16-7-88; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 16-8-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Code Section 16-8-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 16-8-14.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 16-9-5; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 16-9-109; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 16-9-111; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717 Code Section 16-9-130; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 16-10-24; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Code Section 16-10-56; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Code Section 16-11-91; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 16-11-103; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 16-11-125.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Code Section 16-11-126; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Code Section 16-11-126; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Code Section 16-11-127.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Code Section 16-11-127.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Code Section 16-11-129; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Code Section 16-11-129; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Code Section 16-11-130; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Code Section 16-11-130; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Code Section 16-11-130.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Code Section 16-11-131; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Title 16, Chapter 11, Article 6; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Sections 16-11-220 through 16-11-224; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 16-12-100; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 Code Section 16-12-141.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 16-12-170; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 16-12-191; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 Code Sections 16-13-25 and 16-13-26; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Code Sections 16-13-25 and 16-13-26; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Sections 16-13-28 and 16-13-29; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Code Section 16-13-30; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 16-13-31; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 16-13-31.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 16-13-56.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Title 16, Chapter 13, Article 2, Part 2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Sections 16-13-57 through 16-13-65; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Section 16-13-71; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Code Section 16-13-71; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Section 16-13-71; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774

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Code Section 16-13-71; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Code Section 17-2-4; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 Code Section 17-6-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 17-6-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Code Section 17-6-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 17-7-90; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Code Section 17-7-130; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 17-7-131; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 Code Section 17-10-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 17-10-6.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 Code Section 17-10-9.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 17-10-30; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 19-5-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Sections 19-6-14 and 19-6-15; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-6-17; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Sections 19-6-29 through 19-6-33.1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-7-5; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Code Section 19-7-5; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 19-8-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 19-9-1.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Code Section 19-9-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Code Title 19, Chapter 9, Article 4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 359 Code Sections 19-9-120 through 19-9-129; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 359 Code Sections 19-9-130 through 19-9-132; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 359 Code Title 19, Chapter 10A; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Code Section 19-10A-2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Code Sections 19-10A-4 through 19-10A-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Code Section 19-11-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-9.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-9.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-12; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Sections 19-11-15 and 19-11-15.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-18; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-27; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Sections 19-11-30 through 19-11-30.3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-30.6; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-30.10; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-32; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Sections 19-11-33 through 19-11-39; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-101; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-150; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-11-164; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 19-12-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 Code Section 19-12-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

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Code Section 19-13-32; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 Code Title 20, Chapter 1, Article 1A; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Code Sections 20-1-14 through 20-1-19; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Code Section 20-1A-4.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Code Section 20-2-73; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Code Section 20-2-83; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Code Section 20-2-149.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Code Section 20-2-149.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Section 20-2-151.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 20-2-161.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Code Section 20-2-200.2; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 Code Section 20-2-281; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 425 Code Section 20-2-281; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Code Section 20-2-295; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Code Section 20-2-324.3; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Sections 20-2-702 and 20-2-703; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 20-2-777; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Code Section 20-2-778; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Code Section 20-2-2063.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Code Section 20-2-2063.3; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Code Section 20-2-2067.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Code Section 20-2-2067.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Code Section 20-2-2068.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Code Section 20-2-2068.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Code Title 20, Chapter 3, Article 1, Part 1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Code Title 20, Chapter 3, Article 1, Part 2; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Code Section 20-3-10; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Code Section 20-3-519.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 20-3-519.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Code Section 20-14-26.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Code Section 20-14-41; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Code Title 20, Chapter 14, Article 2; Part 3A; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Code Sections 20-14-43 through 20-14-49.4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Code Title 20, Chapter 14, Article 2, Part 3A; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Sections 20-14-45 through 20-14-48; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Code Title 20, Chapter 14, Article 2, Part 8; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Code Section 20-14-90; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 20-14-90; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Code Section 21-2-101; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-130; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-132; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-133; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-212; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-214; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-216; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-220.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

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Code Section 21-2-224; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-226; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-233; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-234; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-265; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-293; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 21-2-293; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-380.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-381; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-384; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-385; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-414; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-418; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-500; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Code Section 21-2-501; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 21-2-540; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Code Section 21-5-71; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 22-1-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 22-1-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 Code Section 22-1-15; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 Code Title 22, Chapter 3, Article 4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Sections 22-3-80 through 22-3-85; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Section 22-3-83; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 22-3-85; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Sections 22-3-86 through 22-3-91; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Code Section 22-3-89; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 25-3-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Code Section 25-15-85; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 Code Section 26-2-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 Code Title 26, Chapter 2, Article 17; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Code Sections 26-2-440 and 26-2-441; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Code Section 26-4-5; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 Code Section 26-4-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 26-4-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 Code Section 26-4-51; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 Code Section 26-4-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 26-4-80; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 Code Section 26-4-86; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 26-4-115; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Code Section 26-4-116.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Section 26-4-116.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Code Section 26-4-118; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Code Title 26, Chapter 5, Article 1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Code Sections 26-5-1 through 26-5-3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Code Sections 26-5-6 and 26-5-7; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Code Sections 26-5-9 and 26-5-10; 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Code Section 26-5-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Code Sections 26-5-17 through 26-5-21; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Code Sections 26-5-22 and 26-5-23; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Title 26, Chapter 5, Article 2; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Code Sections 26-5-40 through 26-5-62; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Code Section 27-1-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-2-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Sections 27-2-3 and 27-2-3.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-2-4; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-2-4.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Sections 27-2-5 and 27-2-6; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-2-8; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-2-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-2-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-2-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-3-17; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-4-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-4-110; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 24-4-136; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-4-151; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 27-4-206; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 28-1-8; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 28-4-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 28-4-3.1, formerly 50-8-75; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 31-1-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Section 31-1-10; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Code Section 31-2A-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Section 31-2A-18; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 31-2A-18; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 Code Section 31-2A-30; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 Code Section 31-2A-31; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 Code Section 31-2A-32; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Sections 31-2A-32 and 31-2A-33; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 Code Section 31-2A-34; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 31-2A-35; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 Code Section 31-7-3.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 31-7-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Code Section 31-7-53; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 31-7-94; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Code Section 31-7-94.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Code Section 31-7-176.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Code Section 31-7-192; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 31-7-280; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 31-8-9.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 31-8-9.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 Code Section 31-8-154; 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Code Section 31-8-156; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 Code Section 31-8-179.6; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Code Section 31-10-9.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 31-10-16; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Code Section 31-11-110; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Title 31, Chapter 11, Article 7; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Code Sections 31-11-130 through 31-11-139; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Code Section 31-12-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Section 31-12-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Code Section 31-17-4.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 31-17-7.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 Code Section 31-22-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 Code Section 31-32-12; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 31-34-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Code Section 31-34-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Code Section 31-34-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Code Section 31-34-4.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Code Section 31-34-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Code Section 32-5-30; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 32-6-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 Code Section 32-6-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 Code Section 32-6-51; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 32-9-4.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 Code Section 32-9-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 32-10-60; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 Code Section 32-10-63; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 Code Section 32-10-65.2; enacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 Code Section 32-10-68; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 Code Section 32-10-73; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 Code Section 32-10-107; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 Code Section 33-1-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 33-1-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 33-1-25; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Code Section 33-3-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 33-3-6; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 33-8-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 33-9-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 33-10-13; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Title 33, Chapter 18; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 33-18-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Sections 33-18-2 through 33-18-33; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Title 33, Chapter 19; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Sections 33-19-1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Sections 33-19-2 through 33-19-22; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 33-20-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 33-20B-2; 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Code Section 33-56-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Code Section 33-56-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 33-64-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 Code Section 33-64-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 Code Sections 33-64-10 and 33-64-11; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 Code Sections 33-64-10 and 33-64-11; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 Code Section 34-1-10; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Code Section 34-4-3.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 Code Section 34-7-48; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 34-8-153; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 34-8-164; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 34-8-196; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 34-8-197; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 34-9-5; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 34-9-53; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 34-9-151; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 34-9-152; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 34-9-384; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 34-9-431; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 35-1-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 35-1-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Code Section 35-1-21; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 35-2-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 35-3-14; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Code Section 35-3-33; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 Code Section 35-8-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Code Section 35-8-8; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 35-8-13.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Code Section 35-8-27; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Code Section 36-15-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 Code Section 36-32-41; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 Code Section 36-42-17; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 Code Sections 36-85-1 and 36-85-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Code Section 36-85-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Code Section 36-88-3; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Code Section 36-88-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Code Section 36-88-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Code Section 36-88-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Code Section 36-88-10; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Code Title 36, Chapter 93; enacted... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 222 Code Section 36-93-1 through 36-93-8; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 222 Code Section 37-3-83; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 37-3-147; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 38-2-280; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 38-2-1006; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 38-2-1051; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774

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Code Section 38-2-1056; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 38-2-1139; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 38-3-38; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 Code Section 38-3-58; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740 Code Title 38, Chapter 3, Article 4; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Code Sections 38-3-70 and 38-3-71; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Code Section 38-3-165; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 38-4-13; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 Code Section 38-4-50; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719 Code Section 40-1-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Code Section 40-1-8; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Code Section 40-1-9; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 Code Section 40-1-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-2-38; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-2-86; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 Code Section 40-2-86; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 Code Section 40-2-88; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 Code Section 40-2-88.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 Code Section 40-2-152; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-2-158; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 Code Section 40-3-33; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 Code Section 40-5-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-5-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 Code Section 40-5-20; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Code Section 40-5-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-5-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Code Section 40-5-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Code Section 40-5-22; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-5-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Code Section 40-5-24; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-5-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Code Section 40-5-25; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-5-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-5-53; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Code Section 40-5-58; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Code Section 40-5-64; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-5-66; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-5-75; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-5-75; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Code Section 40-5-81; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 40-5-100; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Code Section 40-5-103; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Code Section 40-6-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 Code Section 40-6-49; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 Code Section 40-6-70; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 Code Section 40-6-279; 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Code Section 40-6-311; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Code Section 40-8-11; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Code Section 40-16-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Code Section 42-1-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 Code Section 42-1-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Code Section 42-2-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-3-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-3-90; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 42-4-13; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Code Section 42-5-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Code Section 42-5-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Code Section 42-5-36; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-8-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 42-8-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-8-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-8-34; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-8-37; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-8-66; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566 Code Section 42-8-107; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Code Section 42-8-108; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 42-8-109.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Sections 42-9-41 and 42-9-42; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-9-43; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-9-44; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-9-46; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Sections 42-9-52 and 42-9-53; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-9-61; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 42-12-7.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Code Section 43-4-11; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Code Section 43-5-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 43-10A-7; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 43-11-74; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Code Section 43-26-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Code Section 43-26-12; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 Code Title 43, Chapter 26, Article 4; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Code Sections 43-26-60 through 43-26-65; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Code Section 43-28-15; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 43-30-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 Code Section 43-34-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 43-34-22.1; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Code Section 43-34-25; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772 Code Section 43-34-29.3; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 Code Section 43-34-33; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 43-34-46; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Code Section 43-34-103; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 125 Code Section 43-34-123; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774

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Code Section 43-34-125; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 43-34-283; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 Code Section 43-39A-14; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Code Section 43-40-15; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Code Section 43-44-7; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 44-1-18; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Section 44-2-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 44-2-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Section 44-3-74; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 44-3-89; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Code Section 44-3-101; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Code Section 44-3-232.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Code Section 44-5-60; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Code Section 44-12-236.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Code Section 44-12-280; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Code Section 44-13-100; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Code Section 45-2-1; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 Code Section 45-7-4; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 Code Title 45, Chapter 7, Article 5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 Code Sections 45-7-91 through 45-7-93; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 Code Section 45-7-95; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 Code Section 45-9-85; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Code Section 45-15-13; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 222 Code Section 45-16-24; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Section 45-16-25; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Code Section 45-16-27; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Code Section 45-18-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Code Section 45-18-32; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 Code Section 45-22-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 46-5-64.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Code Section 46-5-78; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Code Section 46-5-92.1; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Code Sections 46-5-122 through 46-5-124.1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 222 Code Sections 46-5-127 through 46-5-131; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 222 Code Sections 46-5-133 and 46-5-134; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 222 Code Section 46-5-134.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 222 Code Section 46-8-331; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 46-9-7; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 47-20-83; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Code Section 47-20-87; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Code Section 48-1-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Code Section 48-1-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-1-8; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-2-9; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-2-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-2-56; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

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Code Section 48-2-59; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Section 48-2-100; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Title 48, Chapter 3, Article 1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Sections 48-3-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Section 48-3-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-3-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 Code Section 48-3-19; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-3-21; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Section 48-3-23; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Section 48-3-28; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Section 48-3-29; repealed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Title 48, Chapter 3, Article 2; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Sections 48-3-40 through 48-3-44; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Code Section 48-4-104; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Code Section 48-5-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-7.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-7.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-7.4; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Code Section 48-5-7.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-7.6; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-7.7; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Code Section 48-5-32.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Code Section 48-5-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-41.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 Code Section 48-5-48; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Code Section 48-5-48; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-48.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-48.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-54; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-163; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 Code Section 48-5-180; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Sections 48-5-221 through 48-5-231; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-269; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-272; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-299; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-306; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-311; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-342; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5-402; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-5C-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 Code Section 48-7-27; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Code Section 48-7-29.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-7-29.8; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-7-29.14; 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enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 Code Section 48-8-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Code Section 48-8-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Code Section 48-8-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-3; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 Code Section 48-8-3.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Code Section 48-8-3.4; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Code Section 48-8-15; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-17; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-109.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 Code Section 48-8-111; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-111; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 Code Section 48-8-202; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-244; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-260; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Code Sections 48-8-261 through 48-8-264; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Code Section 48-8-262; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-264; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-269.2; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Code Section 48-8-269.5; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Code Section 48-8-269.10; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-269.22; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-8-269.25; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-9-9; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-9-16; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-11-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-11-5; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-11-8; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-11-9; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-11-11; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-11-12; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-11-13; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-11-14; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-11-15; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-11-19; 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Code Section 48-11-23.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-13-29; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 48-13-51; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Sections 48-13-71 through 48-13-73; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Code Section 49-3-2; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 49-3-6; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 49-4-142; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Code Section 49-4-151.1; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Code Section 49-5-4.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 49-5-12; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 49-5-12.3; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 49-5-40; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 49-5-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Code Section 49-5-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 49-5-41; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Code Section 49-5-115; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 Code Section 49-5-185; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Code Section 49-6-61; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 50-3-88; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 50-5-85; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 50-5C-6; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Title 50, Chapter 7, Article 10; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Code Sections 50-7-120 through 50-7-125; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Code Section 50-8-18; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Title 50, Chapter 8, Article 13; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Code Sections 50-8-300 and 50-8-301; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Code Section 50-12-80; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Code Section 50-18-75, redesignated as 28-4-3.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 50-21-28; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 Code Section 50-25-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 Code Section 50-25-4; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 Code Section 50-27-55; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Code Section 50-27-87.1; amended.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 51-1-54; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Code Section 51-1-55; enacted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Code Title 51, Chapter 3, Article 4; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Code Sections 51-3-41 through 51-3-44; enacted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Code Section 51-14-1; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Code Section 52-7-5; amended... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Code Section 53-12-2; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Code Sections 53-12-321 through 53-12-323; amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

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SUPERIOR COURTS

Clayton County; Clayton civil services system; superior court judge; secretaries; exempt; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4080
Cobb County; clerk; deputy clerk; executive assistant; executive secretary; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3673
Rockdale Judicial Circuit; court reporters; appointment; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3671

STATE COURTS

Cobb County; chief deputy clerk; clerk; compensation; executive assistant; create; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3787
Cobb County; chief judge; judges; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3677 Cobb County; solicitor-general; assistant solicitors; chief
assistant solicitor; intake assistant solicitor; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3750 Fulton County; judges; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3948 Macon-Bibb County; Macon, City of; Bibb County; pension plan;
judges; supplemental retirement benefits; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4051

PROBATE COURTS

Charlton County; judge; nonpartisan elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3542 Cobb County; judge; clerk; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3675 Cook County; judge; jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3532

MAGISTRATE COURTS

Brooks County; chief judge; nonpartisan elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4008 Decatur County; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3850

MUNICIPAL COURTS

College Park, City of; judges; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4183 Forest Park, City of; judges; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4153 Holly Springs, City of; judge; qualifications; appointment;
removal; oath; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4104 Marietta, City of; chief judge; associate judges; compensation;
oath; prosecuting attorney; appointment; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4136

OTHER COURTS

Byron, City of; recorder's court; judge; term and removal; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4097

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Chatham County; recorder's court; chief judge; court administrator; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3866

NAMED COUNTIES

Appling County; board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3718 Ben Hill County; county surveyor; election; abolish; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3549 Brooks County; magistrate court; chief judge; nonpartisan elections.. . . . . . . . . . . . 4008 Candler County; board of elections and registration; repeal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3785 Charlton County; probate judge; nonpartisan elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3542 Chatham County; Chatham County Urban Development Authority; create.. . . . . . . 3556 Chatham County; recorder's court; chief judge; court
administrator; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3866 Chatham County; Savannah, City of; Chatham-Savannah Youth
Futures Authority; repeal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3738 Cherokee County; board of education; members; compensation .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3615 Clarke County; Athens, City of; Downtown Athens Development
Authority; downtown areas; boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3900 Clarke County; Athens, City of; superintendent; authority; purchases.. . . . . . . . . . . 3792 Clayton County; chief operating officer; reporting structure; home
rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4072 Clayton County; civil service system; department directors;
department heads; exempt; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4076 Clayton County; Clayton civil services system; superior court
judge; secretaries; exempt; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4080 Cobb County; chairperson and commissioners; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3620 Cobb County; probate court; judge; clerk; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3675 Cobb County; sheriff; chief deputy; assistant chief deputy;
executive assistant; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3617 Cobb County; state court; chief deputy clerk; clerk;
compensation; executive assistant; create; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3787 Cobb County; state court; chief judge; judges; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3677 Cobb County; state court; solicitor-general; assistant solicitors;
chief assistant solicitor; intake assistant solicitor; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3750 Cobb County; superior court clerk; deputy clerk; executive assistant; executive secretary; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3673 Cobb County; tax commissioner; executive secretary; administrative specialist; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3651 Coffee County; board of education; members; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3610 Colquitt County; Moultrie, City of; Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3658 Cook County; probate court; judge; jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3532 Coweta County; board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3551 Coweta County; community improvement districts; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3803 Crisp County; board of education; members; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3608

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Decatur County; magistrate court; law library fees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3850 DeKalb County; community improvement districts; taxes; fees;
assessments; exception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3513 DeKalb County; homestead exemption; time limitation; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . 3569 DeKalb County; pension board; benefit levels; certain employees;
updates and clarifications; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4015 DeKalb County; planning commission; composition; appointment;
training; compensation; powers and duties; zoning; zoning board of appeals; power; appeals; limitations; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4030 Dougherty County; Albany, City of; Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3954 Dougherty County; coroner; deputy coroners; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3716 Echols County; board of education; reapportionment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3644 Emanuel County; board of education; districts and elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3599 Emanuel County; Board of Education; nonpartisan elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3706 Emanuel County; Emanuel County Development Authority; membership; qualifications; bond obligation; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3534 Fayette County; board of commissioners; members; qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3740 Forsyth County; coroner; compensation; supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3575 Fulton County; board of commissioners; chairperson; election. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3635 Fulton County; board of education; pension and retirement plan; employee contributions; employer contributions; tax purposes; administration; pension board; membership; terms; vacancies; officers.. . . . . . . 4002 Fulton County; Fulton County Civil Service Act; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4055 Fulton County; Fulton County Industrial District; creation; governing authority; tax levy; educational purposes; independent school system; constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 132 Fulton County; state court; judges; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3948 Grady County; board of commissioners; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3606 Habersham County; board of elections and registration; members; elections; superintendent; appointment; vacancies; powers; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3872 Heard County; board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3710 Irwin County; Ocilla, City of; Ocilla-Irwin County Industrial Development Authority; members; terms; vacancies; quorum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3893 Jefferson County; ad valorem tax; hospital authority; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 Jefferson County; ad valorem tax; hospital authority; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3503 Lamar County; Lamar County Public Facilities Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3794 Macon-Bibb County; Macon, City of; Bibb County; pension plan; state court judges; supplemental retirement benefits; home rule action. . . . . . . . 4051 Macon-Bibb County; Macon, City of; Macon Water Authority; contractual power; Macon-Bibb County and Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority; extend.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3582 Meriwether County; Meriwether County Water and Sewerage Authority; members and chairperson; designation; quorum; vacancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3544 Monroe County; ad valorem tax; health care services; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3506

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Newton County; board of education; members; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3967 Putnam County; county surveyor; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3883 Randolph County; board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3723 Rockdale County; Rockdale Judicial Circuit; court reporters;
appointment; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3671 Taliaferro County; board of education; members; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3885 Telfair County; board of education; members; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3649 Walker County; board of commissioners; composition; commissioner
districts; vacancies; officers; powers and duties; officials; appointment; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3585 Walker County; board of commissioners; reapportionment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3974 Walton County; coroner; compensation .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3897 Warren County; board of education; members; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3990

COUNTY MATTERS - HOME RULE AMENDMENTS

Clayton County; chief operating officer; reporting structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4072 Clayton County; civil service system; department directors;
department heads; exempt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4076 Clayton County; Clayton civil services system; superior court
judge; secretaries; exempt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4080 DeKalb County; pension board; benefit levels; certain employees;
updates and clarifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4015 DeKalb County; planning commission; composition; appointment;
training; compensation; powers and duties; zoning; zoning board of appeals; power; appeals; limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4030 Fulton County; Fulton County Civil Service Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4055 Macon-Bibb County; Macon, City of; Bibb County; pension plan; state court judges; supplemental retirement benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4051

NAMED CITIES

Acworth, City of; corporate boundaries; map reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3952 Albany, City of; Dougherty County; Albany-Dougherty Inner City
Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3954 Alpharetta, City of; mayor and councilmembers; term limits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3950 Athens, City of; Clarke County; Downtown Athens Development
Authority; downtown areas; boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3900 Athens, City of; Clarke County; superintendent; authority; purchases.. . . . . . . . . . . 3792 Atlanta, City of; deannex; corporate limits; City of Sandy
Springs; annex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 439 Atlanta, City of; legislation enactment; procedure; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . 4125 Atlanta, City of; special districts; energy or water consumption;
reduction; renewable resources; installation or modification; improvement; tax, fee, or assessment; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4109 Brookhaven, City of; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3992

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Byron, City of; recorder's court; judge; term and removal; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4097
Carrollton, City of; hotel-motel tax.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3789 Chamblee, City of; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3987 Chattahoochee Hills, City of; city council; redistricting; home
rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4158 Clarkston, City of; Clarkston Development Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3837 College Park, City of; municipal courts; judges; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4183 College Park, City of; redistricting; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4145 Covington, City of; conflicts of interest; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4187 Covington, City of; corporate limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3654 Culloden, City of; Forsyth, City of; Monroe County; joint board
of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3887 Dahlonega, City of; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3546 Decatur, City of; City of Decatur Public Facilities Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3516 Doraville, City of; ad valorem tax levy; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3530 Douglas, City of; mayor and commissioners; vacancies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3528 Douglas, City of; redevelopment powers; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3612 Dunwoody, City of; City of Dunwoody Public Facilities Authority;
create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3680 Dunwoody, City of; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3848 Eton, City of; City of Eton Public Facilities Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3825 Euharlee, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . 3859 Euharlee, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . 3855 Euharlee, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3852 Euharlee, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3862 Forest Park, City of; municipal courts; judges; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4153 Grantville, City of; mayor and city councilmembers; elections;
terms; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3703 Hampton, City of; mayor; absence; mayor pro tem; members; voting . . . . . . . . . . . 3747 Hapeville, City of; Hapeville Water and Sewer Authority; repeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3578 Hiram, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3691 Hiram, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3694 Hiram, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior
citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3698 Holly Springs, City of; city council; meetings; administrative
and service departments; police chief; judge; elections; vacancies; eminent domain; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4104 Holly Springs, City of; community improvement districts; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3933 Johns Creek, City of; mayor and city councilmembers; vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3870 Jonesboro, City of; mayor and city council; terms and qualifications; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4100 Jonesboro, City of; homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3895

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Kennesaw, City of; corporate limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3639 LaGrange, City of; deputy city manager; administration and
finance; assistant city manager; redesignate; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4122 Lawrenceville, City of; new charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3904 Macon, City of; Macon-Bibb County; Bibb County; pension plan;
state court judges; supplemental retirement benefits; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4051 Macon, City of; Macon-Bibb County; Macon Water Authority; contractual power; Macon-Bibb County and Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority; extend.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3582 Marietta, City of; mayor and council; compensation; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . 4087 Marietta, City of; mayor pro tem; appointment; organizational meeting; board of lights and waterworks; create.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3879 Marietta, City of; municipal court; chief judge; associate judges; compensation; oath; prosecuting attorney; appointment; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4136 Milton, City of; municipal powers; millage rate cap limitation; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4117 Moultrie, City of; Colquitt County; Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3658 Ocilla, City of; Irwin County; Ocilla-Irwin County Industrial Development Authority; members; terms; vacancies; quorum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3893 Oxford, City of; corporate limits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3656 Peachtree Corners, City of; Peachtree Corners Public Facilities Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3622 Perry, City of; Perry Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; members; appointment requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3572 Powder Springs, City of; annexation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3969 Richmond Hill, City of; Richmond Hill Public Facilities Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3752 Riverdale, City of; city council; reapportionment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3778 Riverside, Town of; municipal charter; dissolution order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4195 Roswell, City of; councilmembers; term limits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3742 Sandy Springs, City of; annex; corporate limits; Atlanta, City of; deannex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 440 Savannah, City of; Chatham County; Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority; repeal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3738 Snellville, City of; city council; officials; appointment confirmation; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4175 Snellville, City of; city manager; city attorney; city clerk; removal; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4179 Snellville, City of; form of government; clarification; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4164 Snellville, City of; officials; appointment; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4171 Snellville, City of; specific enumeration of powers; repealed; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4168

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South Fulton, City of; corporate boundaries; constitutional amendment; repeal contingency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 131
South Fulton, City of; mayor; vote; quoroum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4006 Springfield, City of; corporate boundaries; city councilmembers;
terms; qualifications; meetings; ordinances; mayor pro tem; selection; city attorney; appointment; municipal court; budget; purchasing; officers and employees; bonds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3818 Sugar Hill, City of; Sugar Hill Building Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3766 Swainsboro, City of; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3708 Trenton, City of; city clerk; appointment; city officers; terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3701 Trenton, City of; city clerk; appointment; city officers; terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4010 Trenton, City of; hotel-motel tax.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3930 Trenton; City of; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3580 Tucker, City of; hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3928 Villa Rica, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509 Villa Rica, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3776 Villa Rica, City of; hotel-motel tax.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3744 Warm Springs, City of; corporate limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3736 Waycross, City of; corporate limits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3526 Waycross, City of; Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3729 Woodstock, City of; mayor and council; compensation; home rule action. . . . . . . . 4133

MUNICIPALITIES - HOME RULE AMENDMENTS

Atlanta, City of; legislation enactment; procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4125 Atlanta, City of; special districts; energy or water consumption;
reduction; renewable resources; installation or modification; improvement; tax, fee, or assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4109 Byron, City of; recorder's court; judge; term and removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4097 Chattahoochee Hills, City of; city council; redistricting.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4158 College Park, City of; municipal courts; judges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4183 College Park, City of; redistricting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4145 Covington, City of; conflicts of interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4187 Forest Park, City of; municipal courts; judges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4153 Holly Springs, City of; city council; meetings; administrative and service departments; police chief; judge; elections; vacancies; eminent domain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4104 Jonesboro, City of; mayor and city council; terms and qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . 4100 LaGrange, City of; deputy city manager; administration and finance; assistant city manager; redesignate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4122 Macon-Bibb County; Macon, City of; Bibb County; pension plan; state court judges; supplemental retirement benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4051 Marietta, City of; mayor and council; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4087

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Marietta, City of; municipal court; chief judge; associate judges; compensation; oath; prosecuting attorney; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4136
Milton, City of; municipal powers; millage rate cap limitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4117 Snellville, City of; city council; officials; appointment confirmation. . . . . . . . . . . . 4175 Snellville, City of; city manager; city attorney; city clerk; removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4179 Snellville, City of; form of government; clarification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4164 Snellville, City of; officials; appointment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4171 Snellville, City of; specific enumeration of powers; repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4168 Woodstock, City of; mayor and council; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4133

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INDEX

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ACCURATE PROVIDER DIRECTORIES

Standalone dental plans; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

ACWORTH, CITY OF

Corporate boundaries; map reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3952

AD VALOREM TAX

Agricultural equipment; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 Conservation use property; family farm; definition; solar power
generation and farm labor housing; exceptions and limitations to breach of conservation covenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Motor vehicles; alternative ad valorem tax; leased vehicles; fair market value; determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 Motor vehicles; registration and certificate of title; review; Department of Revenue; electronic submission; commercial vehicle registration applications; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 Real property; fair market value; indirect ownership of home for mentally disabled; permission; disabled veterans; homesteads; ad valorem taxes; refunds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Tax executions; fee collected for issuing; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Education Advisory Commission; recreation; appointments; duties and responsibilities; reporting; expenses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Agricultural equipment; ad valorem tax; exemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 Conservation use property; family farm; definition; solar power
generation and farm labor housing; exceptions and limitations to breach of conservation covenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Department of Agriculture; federal government; agreements; food safety; enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Farm wineries; annual production; requirements; importation of wine in bulk; limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 Food; adulteration and misbranding; rules and regulations; variances and waivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 Organic products; packaging; labeling; registration; certifying entities; registration requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618

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AIRPORTS

Carrying of weapons; safety; provisions; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

ALBANY, CITY OF

Dougherty County; Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3954

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Distilled spirits and malt beverages; manufacturers; retail sales; limited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Distilled spirits; licenses to manufacture; referendum requirement; elimination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Farm wineries; annual production; requirements; importation of wine in bulk; limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
Prohibited acts; population and measurement of certain distances.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT

See CHILD SUPPORT

ALPHARETTA, CITY OF

Mayor and councilmembers; term limits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3950

ANIMALS

Livestock activities; liability protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Livestock dealers and auctions; license and surety requirements;
revision; publications; reports; submission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

APPLING COUNTY

Board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3718

APPROPRIATIONS

General appropriations; Fiscal Year 2017 - 2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix Supplemental appropriations; Fiscal Year 2016 - 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix

ARCHITECTS

Application and registration; qualifications; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

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INDEX

Theater renovations; admission to certain arts and education programming; sales tax exemption; quality jobs; establishing or relocating; income tax credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

ASSOCIATIONS

Property owners associations; annual registration; rights of action; venue; obligations; condominiums; subdivisions; covenants; common property; telephone cooperatives; abandoned property. . . . . 352

ATHENS, CITY OF

Clarke County; Downtown Athens Development Authority; downtown areas; boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3900
Clarke County; superintendent; authority; purchases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3792

ATLANTA, CITY OF

Deannex; corporate limits; City of Sandy Springs; annex. . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 439 Legislation enactment; procedure; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4125 Sandy Springs, City of; annex; corporate limits; deannex. . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 440 Special districts; energy or water consumption; reduction;
renewable resources; installation or modification; improvement; tax, fee, or assessment; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4109

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Carrying of weapons; safety; provisions; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Firearms; carry licenses; other states; recognition; public list;
publication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

AUTHORITIES

Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority; revision; Upper Oconee Resource Management Commission; elimination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3538

AUTOMOBILES

See MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

AVIATION

Unmanned aircraft systems; local laws; preemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758

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BANKING AND FINANCE

Banks, trust companies, and corporations; responsibilities and standard of care of directors and officers; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
Carrying of weapons; safety; provisions; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Corporate net worth tax; revision; Georgia Agribusiness and Rural
Jobs Act; enact; rural investment; income tax credit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Financial services; trusts and trust companies; surety bonds;
regulation of; convenience fees; examinations of licensees and registrants; Sunday banking; when permissible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Uniform Power of Attorney Act; enact; financial power of attorney; repeal; related provisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

BANKRUPTCY

Health and medical savings accounts; levy and sale; exemption; intestate insolvent estates; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

BEN HILL COUNTY

County surveyor; election; abolish; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3549

BIBB COUNTY

Macon-Bibb County; Macon, City of; pension plan; state court judges; supplemental retirement benefits; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4051

BOATS

Maintenance and repair; sales and use tax; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Registration fees; reporting sales of boats; game and fish;
license fees and requirements; definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

BONDS

Georgia World Congress Center Authority; revenue bond capacity; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
State Road and Tollway Authority; powers and duties; bonding and financing power; revenue reporting.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

BROOKHAVEN, CITY OF

Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3992

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INDEX

Magistrate court; chief judge; nonpartisan elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4008

BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAXES

Corporate net worth tax; revision; Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act; enact; rural investment; income tax credit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

BYRON, CITY OF

Recorder's court; judge; term and removal; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4097

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CANDLER COUNTY

Board of elections and registration; repeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3785

CARROLLTON, CITY OF

Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3789

CEMETERY AND FUNERAL SERVICES

Income; irrevocable trust funds; unitrust distribution method; provisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

CHAMBLEE, CITY OF

Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3987

CHARLTON COUNTY

Probate judge; nonpartisan elections.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3542

CHARTER SCHOOLS

Low-performing schools; supports and assistance; Chief Turnaround Officer; Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a State Accreditation Process; Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a Leadership Academy; creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Revisions; Governor's Education Reform Commission; recommendations; implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

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CHATHAM COUNTY

Chatham County Urban Development Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3556 Recorder's court; chief judge; court administrator; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3866 Savannah, City of; Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority; repeal. . . . . . . . . 3738

CHATTAHOOCHEE HILLS, CITY OF

City council; redistricting; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4158

CHEROKEE COUNTY

Board of education; members; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3615

CHILD ABUSE

Central child abuse registry; records; department, county, or state or local agency; access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Child abuse, neglect, or dependency; records; disclosure; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Reporting; sexual abuse; definition; trafficking a person for
sexual servitude; inclusion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

CHILD CUSTODY

Power of attorney; revisions; Power of Attorney for the Care of a Minor Child Act; repeal; Supporting and Strengthening Families Act; enact.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 359

CHILD SUPPORT

Imposition, valuation, collection, orders, and enforcement; family support registry; Child Support Recovery Act; revision; federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Personal identifying information and proof of residency; collection; sharing; Child Support Recovery Act; electronic transfer permitted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629

CHILDREN

Child abuse, neglect, or dependency; records; disclosure; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Child abuse; reporting; sexual abuse; definition; trafficking a
person for sexual servitude; inclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Act; enact; hearing aids for
minors; coverage; requirement; limits; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

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HOPE grant; dual credit coursework diplomas; associate's degree; eligibility; Caregiver Educational Consent Act; enact; kinship caregivers and fictive kin; legal consent; affidavit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Juvenile code; juvenile court proceedings; revisions; delinquent children; detention; treatment facility or program; sentencing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Name changes; victim or child of victim of family violence; unique process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Newborn screening; metabolic and genetic conditions; Krabbe disease; addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Newborns; fire stations and police stations; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program;
mission and practice; expedited partner therapy; prescribing information; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 Power of attorney; revisions; Power of Attorney for the Care of a Minor Child Act; repeal; Supporting and Strengthening Families Act; enact.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 359 Record checks; supervising children; recent fingerprint records check; additional background check; exemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 Sexual offenders; registered in other states; loitering; prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Student assessments; modification and review; local reading programs; research based formative assessments; summative component; dual credit course students; eligible for valedictorian and salutatorian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

CIVIL PRACTICE

Statutory civil case filing and disposition forms; elimination; Judicial Council of Georgia; civil case filing and disposition forms; reporting requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

CLARKE COUNTY

Athens, City of; Downtown Athens Development Authority; downtown areas; boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3900
Athens, City of; superintendent; authority; purchases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3792

CLARKSTON, CITY OF

Clarkston Development Authority; create.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3837

CLAYTON COUNTY

Chief operating officer; reporting structure; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4072

Civil service system; department directors; department heads; exempt; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4076

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Clayton civil services system; superior court judge; secretaries; exempt; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4080

CLINICAL LABORATORIES

Specimen collection stations and blood banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

COBB COUNTY

Chairperson and commissioners; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3620 Probate court; judge; clerk; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3675 Sheriff; chief deputy; assistant chief deputy; executive
assistant; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3617 State court; chief deputy clerk; clerk; compensation; executive
assistant; create; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3787 State court; chief judge; judges; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3677 State court; solicitor-general; assistant solicitors; chief
assistant solicitor; intake assistant solicitor; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3750 Superior court clerk; deputy clerk; executive assistant;
executive secretary; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3673 Tax commissioner; executive secretary; administrative
specialist; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3651

COFFEE COUNTY

Board of education; members; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3610

COLLEGE PARK, CITY OF

Municipal courts; judges; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4183 Redistricting; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4145

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

See POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

COLQUITT COUNTY

Moultrie, City of; Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3658

COMMERCE AND TRADE

Carrying of weapons; safety; provisions; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

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Essentials; transport and distribution; state-wide system; states of emergency; Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
Fair Business Practices Act; copies of instruments conveying real estate; solicitations; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Motor vehicle franchises; warranty service work by dealer; compensation; stop-sale or do not drive orders; payments; right of first refusal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Uniform Power of Attorney Act; enact; financial power of attorney; repeal; related provisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

COMMERCIAL CODE

State Tax Execution Modernization Act; enact; tax liens; extensive revisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

COMMISSIONS

Agricultural Education Advisory Commission; recreation; appointments; duties and responsibilities; reporting; expenses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

CONDEMNATION

Eminent domain; public use for 20 years; requirement; additional limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754

CONDOMINIUMS

Maps, plats, and plans; filing with clerk of superior court; requirements and certifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Property owners associations; annual registration; rights of action; venue; obligations; condominiums; subdivisions; covenants; common property; telephone cooperatives; abandoned property. . . . . 352

CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Petroleum pipelines; regulation and permitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

CONSERVATION USE ASSESSMENT

Conservation use property; family farm; definition; solar power generation and farm labor housing; exceptions and limitations to breach of conservation covenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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South Fulton, City of; Corporate boundaries; constitutional amendment; repeal contingency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 131
Fulton County Industrial District; creation; governing authority; tax levy; educational purposes; independent school system; constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 132
Sales and use tax for educational purposes; counties with independent school district; distribution of proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857

CONTRACTS

Financial services; trusts and trust companies; surety bonds; regulation of; convenience fees; examinations of licensees and registrants; Sunday banking; when permissible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

Dangerous drug list; naloxone; overdose prevention; exemption; state health officer; civil liability and criminal responsibility; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Driving privileges; traffic violations; bench warrants; habitual violator probationary licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Drug trafficking; add fentanyl; wholesale drug distributors; motor vehicles; hijacking and burglary; false proof of insurance; human trafficking hotline notice in government buildings; filming underneath or through clothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Hydrocodone compound products; physician assistants; prescribing; continuing education requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 125
Medical cannabis; Low THC Oil Patient Registry; conditions for eligibility; registration in other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
Narcotic Treatment Programs Enforcement Act; narcotic treatment programs; regions; licensure; regulation; central registry compliance; Department of Community Health; county boards of health. . . . . . . 307
Opioid abuse; dangerous drug; definition; revision; prescription monitoring data base; Department of Public Health; maintenance; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Pain management clinics; required health care professionals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 Schedules I, II, IV, and V; revisions; dangerous drugs; definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

COOK COUNTY

Probate court; judge; jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3532

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Organ donors; pronouncement of death; nursing homes and hospices; registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants; county medical examiners; conforming change.. . . . . . . . . . 625

CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

Banks, trust companies, and corporations; responsibilities and standard of care of directors and officers; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
Captive insurance companies; provisions; extensive revisions; Commissioner of Insurance; powers and requirements; board of directors; direct premiums tax; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
Multiple-year registrations for certain business organizations; nonprofit corporations; change of registration between foreign jurisdictions and Georgia; provision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Nonprofit corporation; public foundations; Georgia Foundation for Early Care and Learning to Promote Public-Private Partnerships; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Real property; fair market value; indirect ownership of home for mentally disabled; permission; disabled veterans; homesteads; ad valorem taxes; refunds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

COUNCIL OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES OF GEORGIA

Savings and deferred compensation plans; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

COUNTIES

Alcoholic beverages; prohibited acts; population and measurement of certain distances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
County law library; board of trustees; chief judge of magistrate court; addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Habeas corpus; costs; reimbursement; counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 Sheriff's services; fees; remittance to county treasurer or fiscal
officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

COURT OF APPEALS

Judges; travel expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

COURTS

Accountability courts; supervised individuals; conditions; family treatment court divisions; veterans court divisions; behavioral incentive dates; victim statements; State Board of Pardons and Paroles. . . . . . . . 585

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Back the Badge Act of 2017; enact; crimes against public safety officers; penalties; original jurisdiction in superior courts; indemnification funds and amounts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Child support; imposition, valuation, collection, orders, and enforcement; family support registry; Child Support Recovery Act; revision; federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; fees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Domestic terrorism; data collection; sharing and publishing; training; Protect Georgia Act; enact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Driving privileges; traffic violations; bench warrants; habitual violator probationary licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Habeas corpus; costs; reimbursement; counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 Judicial Qualifications Commission; provisions; associate probate
court judges; outside practice of law; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Juvenile code; juvenile court proceedings; revisions; delinquent
children; detention; treatment facility or program; sentencing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 Juvenile court judges; compensation; supreme court justices and
court of appeals judges; travel expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Maps, plats, and plans; filing with clerk of superior court;
requirements and certifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Mental retardation and mentally retarded; intellectual
disability; terminology; substitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 Name changes; victim or child of victim of family violence;
unique process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 School resource officers and probation officers; training
requirements; jails; tobacco and stored value cards; prohibition; prisoners; forma pauperis actions; limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Sheriff's services; fees; remittance to county treasurer or fiscal officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 State Tax Execution Modernization Act; enact; tax liens; extensive revisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 State-wide and county master jury lists; compilation; contents; revisions; collection and distribution of personal data; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 Statutory civil case filing and disposition forms; elimination; Judicial Council of Georgia; civil case filing and disposition forms; reporting requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Superior and state court judges; qualifications to retain office; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Superior courts; Northeastern Judicial Circuit; fifth judge.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

COVINGTON, CITY OF

Conflicts of interest; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4187 Corporate limits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3654

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Board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3551 Community improvement districts; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3803

CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Back the Badge Act of 2017; enact; crimes against public safety officers; penalties; original jurisdiction in superior courts; indemnification funds and amounts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Carrying of weapons; safety; provisions; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Child abuse; reporting; sexual abuse; definition; trafficking a
person for sexual servitude; inclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Controlled substances; Schedules I, II, IV, and V; revisions;
dangerous drugs; definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Driving privileges; traffic violations; bench warrants; habitual
violator probationary licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Drug trafficking; add fentanyl; wholesale drug distributors;
motor vehicles; hijacking and burglary; false proof of insurance; human trafficking hotline notice in government buildings; filming underneath or through clothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Firearms; carry licenses; other states; recognition; public list; publication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Human trafficking; mandatory terms; model notice; sexual offenses; sentence and punishment; probation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 Medical cannabis; Low THC Oil Patient Registry; conditions for eligibility; registration in other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 Motor vehicles; counterfeit or nonfunctional airbags; importing, manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, installing, or reinstalling; prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717 Sexual offenders; registered in other states; loitering; prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Mental retardation and mentally retarded; intellectual disability; terminology; substitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

CRISP COUNTY

Board of education; members; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3608

CULLODEN, CITY OF

Monroe County; Forsyth, City of; joint board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3887

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Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3546

DEAF PERSONS

Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Act; enact; hearing aids for minors; coverage; requirement; limits; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

DECATUR COUNTY

Magistrate court; law library fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3850

DECATUR, CITY OF

City of Decatur Public Facilities Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3516

DEKALB COUNTY

Community improvement districts; taxes; fees; assessments; exception. . . . . . . . . . 3513 Homestead exemption; time limitation; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3569 Pension board; benefit levels; certain employees; updates and
clarifications; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4015 Planning commission; composition; appointment; training;
compensation; powers and duties; zoning; zoning board of appeals; power; appeals; limitations; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4030

DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS

Dental hygienists; certain functions under general supervision of dentist; authorization; collection of certain data; provisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Physicians and Health Care Practitioners for Rural Areas Assistance Act; enact.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Printed provider directories and accuracy; standalone dental plans; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal government; agreements; food safety; enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Food; adulteration and misbranding; rules and regulations;
variances and waivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619

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DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE

Financial services; trusts and trust companies; surety bonds; regulation of; convenience fees; examinations of licensees and registrants; Sunday banking; when permissible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act; training of proxy caregivers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

Corporate net worth tax; revision; Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act; enact; rural investment; income tax credit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council; recreation; Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources; documents and data; transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Revitalization zones; investment; income tax credit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 Sales and use tax; state and local; enterprise zones; urban
redevelopment zones; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH

Dental hygienists; certain functions under general supervision of dentist; authorization; collection of certain data; provisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Narcotic Treatment Programs Enforcement Act; narcotic treatment programs; regions; licensure; regulation; central registry compliance; county boards of health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Rural Hospital Organization Assistance Act of 2017; county and municipal hospital authorities; nonprofit hospitals; state grant of funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; provider payments; clerical or other errors; right to a hearing; nursing home residents; personal needs allowance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION

Accountability courts; supervised individuals; conditions; family treatment court divisions; veterans court divisions; behavioral incentive dates; victim statements; State Board of Pardons and Paroles. . . . . . . . 585

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DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Personnel and individuals in custody; services during states of emergency; entrance upon private property; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
State-wide and county master jury lists; compilation; contents; revisions; collection and distribution of personal data; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

DEPARTMENT OF DRIVER SERVICES

Autonomous motor vehicles; definition; requirements; traffic rules; insurance coverage; accident reporting; rules and regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Drivers' licenses; provisions; revision.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Driving privileges; traffic violations; bench warrants; habitual
violator probationary licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 State-wide and county master jury lists; compilation; contents;
revisions; collection and distribution of personal data; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Military installations; federal review; grant program; counties and municipalities; creation; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Revitalization zones; investment; income tax credit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

Child abuse, neglect, or dependency; records; disclosure; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Newborns; fire stations and police stations; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Record checks; supervising children; recent fingerprint records
check; additional background check; exemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Carrying of weapons; safety; provisions; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Council on American Indian Concerns; assignment; administrative
purposes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Game and fish; definitions; license fees and requirements; boat
registration fees; reporting sales of boats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council; recreation; Environmental
Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources; documents and data; transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Personal identifying information and proof of residency; collection; sharing; Child Support Recovery Act; electronic transfer permitted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629

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Petroleum pipelines; regulation and permitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Dangerous drug list; naloxone; overdose prevention; exemption; state health officer; civil liability and criminal responsibility; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Emergency cardiac care centers; system of designation; data reporting; applications; protocols; model care; advertisement; Office of Cardiac Care; creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Georgia Commission on Women; transferred; annual fitness assessment program; elementary and secondary education; sunset repealed; influenza vaccine information; require. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Medical cannabis; Low THC Oil Patient Registry; conditions for eligibility; registration in other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
Newborn screening; metabolic and genetic conditions; Krabbe disease; addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Opioid abuse; dangerous drug; definition; revision; prescription monitoring data base; maintenance; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; mission and practice; expedited partner therapy; prescribing information; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Commercial motor vehicles and carriers; safe operation; federal regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Petroleum pipelines; regulation and permitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 State Road and Tollway Authority; powers and duties; bonding and
financing power; revenue reporting.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS SERVICE

Women veterans office; maintenance; requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

DISABLED PERSONS

Disabled veterans; homesteads; ad valorem taxes; refunds; real property; fair market value; indirect ownership of home for mentally disabled; permission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Act; enact; hearing aids for minors; coverage; requirement; limits; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

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DISTILLED SPIRITS

See ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Central child abuse registry; records; department, county, or state or local agency; access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Child support; imposition, valuation, collection, orders, and enforcement; family support registry; Child Support Recovery Act; revision; federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; fees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
HOPE grant; dual credit coursework diplomas; associate's degree; eligibility; Caregiver Educational Consent Act; enact; kinship caregivers and fictive kin; legal consent; affidavit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Juvenile code; juvenile court proceedings; revisions; delinquent children; detention; treatment facility or program; sentencing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Name changes; victim or child of victim of family violence; unique process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Newborns; fire stations and police stations; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Personal identifying information and proof of residency;
collection; sharing; Child Support Recovery Act; electronic transfer permitted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 Power of attorney; revisions; Power of Attorney for the Care of a Minor Child Act; repeal; Supporting and Strengthening Families Act; enact.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 359 State Commission on Family Violence; members; terms and qualifications. . . . . . . . 713 Statutory civil case filing and disposition forms; elimination; Judicial Council of Georgia; civil case filing and disposition forms; reporting requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

DORAVILLE, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax levy; authorization.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3530

DOUGHERTY COUNTY

Albany, City of; Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3954 Coroner; deputy coroners; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3716

DOUGLAS, CITY OF

Mayor and commissioners; vacancies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3528 Redevelopment powers; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3612

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INDEX

Autonomous motor vehicles; definition; requirements; traffic rules; insurance coverage; accident reporting; rules and regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Driving privileges; traffic violations; bench warrants; habitual violator probationary licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Provisions; revision.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

DRUGS

See CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

DUNWOODY, CITY OF

City of Dunwoody Public Facilities Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3680 Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3848

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ECHOLS COUNTY

Board of education; reapportionment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3644

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Eminent domain; condemned properties; public use for 20 years; requirement; additional limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
Military installations; federal review; grant program; counties and municipalities; creation; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Revitalization zones; investment; income tax credit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 Sales and use tax; state and local; enterprise zones; urban
redevelopment zones; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Theater renovations; admission to certain arts and education
programming; sales tax exemption; quality jobs; establishing or relocating; income tax credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

EDUCATION

Agricultural Education Advisory Commission; recreation; appointments; duties and responsibilities; reporting; expenses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Annual fitness assessment program; elementary and secondary education; sunset repealed; influenza vaccine information; require; Georgia Commission on Women; Department of Public Health; transferred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Carrying of weapons; safety; provisions; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

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Elementary and secondary education; standardized assessments; administration; paper-and-pencil format; refusal to participate in certain mandated assessments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 425
Eligibility and qualifications for office; school districts or municipalities; holders or receivers of public money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
Handguns; carrying and possession; public institutions of postsecondary education; buildings and property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
HOPE grant; dual credit coursework diplomas; associate's degree; eligibility; Caregiver Educational Consent Act; enact; kinship caregivers and fictive kin; legal consent; affidavit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Local school systems and schools; financial information; transparency; provisions; Educating Children of Military Families Act; enact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Low-performing schools; supports and assistance; Chief Turnaround Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Military students; local school system enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Nonprofit corporation; public foundations; Georgia Foundation for
Early Care and Learning to Promote Public-Private Partnerships; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Public primary school grants; Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; income tax credit; creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Revisions; Governor's Education Reform Commission; recommendations; implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Sales and use tax for educational purposes; counties with independent school district; distribution of proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857 Sanctuary policies; private postsecondary institutions; prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Student assessments; modification and review; local reading programs; research based formative assessments; summative component; dual credit course students; eligible for valedictorian and salutatorian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Temporary certificates, certificates by endorsement, or expedited certificates; military spouses moving to Georgia; separate process requirement; Professional Standards Commission . . . . . . . . . . . 431

ELECTIONS

Ballots; mistakes and omissions; corrections by election superintendents; authorization; dates for certain special elections; timing of runoffs; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Distilled spirits; licenses to manufacture; referendum requirement; elimination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Elections and primaries; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

EMANUEL COUNTY

Board of education; districts and elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3599

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Board of Education; nonpartisan elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3706 Emanuel County Development Authority; membership; qualifications;
bond obligation; increase.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3534

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Department of Corrections; personnel and individuals in custody; services during states of emergency; entrance upon private property; authorization.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Essentials; transport and distribution; state-wide system; states of emergency; Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA); enact; Nurse Licensure Compact; enact. . . . . . . 364

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Advanced practice registered nurses; protocol agreements; limits and conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
Emergency cardiac care centers; system of designation; data reporting; applications; protocols; model care; advertisement; Office of Cardiac Care; creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA); enact; Nurse Licensure Compact; enact. . . . . . . 364

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Local Government 9-1-1 Authority; establish; members; powers; duties; authority; responsibilities; fees and charges; penalties and interest; payments by service suppliers. . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 222

EMINENT DOMAIN

Condemned properties; public use for 20 years; requirement; additional limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754

EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Roth contribution program; state and local deferred compensation plans; Board of Trustees; authorization.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

EMPLOYMENT

Employee sick leave; care of immediate family members; requirement; sunset provision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

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Employees; compensation; schedule changes; local government mandates; preemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Medical specialty certification; not a condition for; practice of medicine; employment in state medical facilities; reimbursement from third parties; obtaining malpractice insurance coverage.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Required insurance coverage for firefighters; fire departments; income tax exemption; benefits paid from or premiums paid; interlocal risk management agencies; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY INVESTMENT ACT

Income tax credits; postproduction companies; expenditures; interactive entertainment companies; sunset; revisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

ESTATES

Health and medical savings accounts; levy and sale; bankruptcy; exemption; intestate insolvent estates; provisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

ETON, CITY OF

City of Eton Public Facilities Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3825

EUHARLEE, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3859 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3855 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3852 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3862

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FAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES ACT

Copies of instruments conveying real estate; solicitations; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

FAMILY VIOLENCE

Name changes; victim or child of victim of family violence; unique process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
State Commission on Family Violence; members; terms and qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

56A FARMS

INDEX

See AGRICULTURE

FAYETTE COUNTY

Board of commissioners; members; qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3740

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Department of Agriculture; agreements; food safety; enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Domestic terrorism; data collection; sharing and publishing;
training; Protect Georgia Act; enact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

See BANKING AND FINANCE

FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY

Carnival ride safety; annual inspections; engineering evaluation with carnival ride permit application; requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
Newborns; fire stations and police stations; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Required insurance coverage for firefighters; fire departments;
income tax exemption; benefits paid from or premiums paid; interlocal risk management agencies; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

FIREARMS AND WEAPONS

Back the Badge Act of 2017; enact; crimes against public safety officers; penalties; original jurisdiction in superior courts; indemnification funds and amounts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Carry licenses; other states; recognition; public list; publication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Carrying of weapons; safety; provisions; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Handguns; carrying and possession; public institutions of
postsecondary education; buildings and property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 State law enforcement officers; retention of firearm and badge
upon retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Weapons carry licenses; retired law enforcement officers; fee
exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

FIRST OFFENDER TREATMENT

Individuals sentenced between March 18, 1968 and October 31, 1982; petition; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

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FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS

Commissioner of Insurance; promulgation of rules; authorization; pharmacy benefits managers; use of mail-order pharmacies requirement; prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Department of Agriculture; federal government; agreements; food safety; enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Durable medical equipment suppliers; licensure and fees; definitions; discipline and revocation; Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
Food; adulteration and misbranding; rules and regulations; variances and waivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
Narcotic Treatment Programs Enforcement Act; narcotic treatment programs; regions; licensure; regulation; central registry compliance; Department of Community Health; county boards of health. . . . . . . 307
Organic products; packaging; labeling; registration; certifying entities; registration requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618
Prescription drug program insurance; definition; prorated prescription rates; requirements; conditions; dispensing prescription drugs; fees; prohibitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769

FOREST PARK, CITY OF

Judges; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4153

FORSYTH COUNTY

Coroner; compensation; supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3575

FORSYTH, CITY OF

Monroe County; Culloden, City of; joint board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3887

FOSTER CHILDREN

Central child abuse registry; records; department, county, or state or local agency; access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Record checks; supervising children; recent fingerprint records check; additional background check; exemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

FULTON COUNTY

Board of commissioners; chairperson; election. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3635

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Board of education; pension and retirement plan; employee contributions; employer contributions; tax purposes; administration; pension board; membership; terms; vacancies; officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4002
Fulton County Civil Service Act; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4055 Fulton County Industrial District; creation; governing authority;
tax levy; educational purposes; independent school system; constitutional amendment; repeal; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 132 State court; judges; compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3948

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GAME AND FISH

Definitions; license fees and requirements; boat registration fees; reporting sales of boats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Agricultural Education Advisory Commission; recreation; appointments; duties and responsibilities; reporting; expenses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Annual salary; Governor; state officials; expenses and cost-of-living adjustments; revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
General appropriations; Fiscal Year 2017 - 2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a State
Accreditation Process; Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a Leadership Academy; creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Supplemental appropriations; Fiscal Year 2016 - 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Code Revision Commission; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions of said Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774

GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (GBI)

State-wide and county master jury lists; compilation; contents; revisions; collection and distribution of personal data; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY

Essentials; transport and distribution; state-wide system; states of emergency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

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GEORGIA FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION FUND

Alternative investments; real estate; up to ten percent of total assets; authorization.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

GEORGIA REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE PRACTICE ACT

Training of proxy caregivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

GEORGIA SUPERIOR COURT CLERKS COOPERATIVE AUTHORITY

State Tax Execution Modernization Act; enact; tax liens; extensive revisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

GEORGIA TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY

Agency; change definition; technology policies and standards; requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER

Revenue bond capacity; increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

GOVERNOR

Annual salary; state officials; expenses and cost-of-living adjustments; revisions .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Essentials; transport and distribution; state-wide system; states of emergency; Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

GRADY COUNTY

Board of commissioners; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3606

GRANTVILLE, CITY OF

Mayor and city councilmembers; elections; terms; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3703

GUNS

See FIREARMS AND WEAPONS

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HABEAS CORPUS

Costs; reimbursement; counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

HABERSHAM COUNTY

Board of elections and registration; members; elections; superintendent; appointment; vacancies; powers; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . 3872

HAMPTON, CITY OF

Mayor; absence; mayor pro tem; members; voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3747

HAPEVILLE, CITY OF

Hapeville Water and Sewer Authority; repeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3578

HEALTH

Advanced practice registered nurses; protocol agreements; limits and conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
Advertising or publication of medical specialty certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Annual fitness assessment program; elementary and secondary
education; sunset repealed; influenza vaccine information; require; Georgia Commission on Women; Department of Public Health; transferred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Clinical laboratories; specimen collection stations and blood banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 Dangerous drug list; naloxone; overdose prevention; exemption; state health officer; civil liability and criminal responsibility; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Dental hygienists; certain functions under general supervision of dentist; authorization; collection of certain data; provisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Durable medical equipment suppliers; licensure and fees; definitions; discipline and revocation; Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 Emergency cardiac care centers; system of designation; data reporting; applications; protocols; model care; advertisement; Office of Cardiac Care; creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act; training of proxy caregivers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Act; enact; hearing aids for minors; coverage; requirement; limits; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Hospital Medicaid financing program; sunset provision; extension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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Hydrocodone compound products; physician assistants; prescribing; continuing education requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 125
Medical cannabis; Low THC Oil Patient Registry; conditions for eligibility; registration in other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
Medical specialty certification; not a condition for; practice of medicine; employment in state medical facilities; reimbursement from third parties; obtaining malpractice insurance coverage.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Mental health; licensed professional counselors; involuntary treatment; physician's certificate or court order; sunset provision; repeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
Narcotic Treatment Programs Enforcement Act; narcotic treatment programs; regions; licensure; regulation; central registry compliance; Department of Community Health; county boards of health. . . . . . . 307
Newborn screening; metabolic and genetic conditions; Krabbe disease; addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Nonprofit medical and hospital service corporations; public officers and employees; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Opioid abuse; dangerous drug; definition; revision; prescription monitoring data base; Department of Public Health; maintenance; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Optometrists; pharmaceutical agent injections; permission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 Organ donors; pronouncement of death; nursing homes and hospices;
registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants; county medical examiners; conforming change.. . . . . . . . . . 625 Pain management clinics; required health care professionals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 Physicians and Health Care Practitioners for Rural Areas Assistance Act; enact.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; mission and practice; expedited partner therapy; prescribing information; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 Prescription drug program insurance; definition; prorated prescription rates; requirements; conditions; dispensing prescription drugs; fees; prohibitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA); enact; Nurse Licensure Compact; enact. . . . . . . 364 Rural Hospital Organization Assistance Act of 2017; county and municipal hospital authorities; nonprofit hospitals; state grant of funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Rural hospital organizations; income tax credit; additional reporting requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; provider payments; clerical or other errors; right to a hearing; nursing home residents; personal needs allowance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Visiting sports teams physicians; licensure exemption; requirements; limitations; agreements with other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

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See INSURANCE

HEARD COUNTY

Board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3710

HEARING AID DEALERS AND DISPENSERS

Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Act; enact; hearing aids for minors; coverage; requirement; limits; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES

Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor individuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
Dedication of several portions of state highway system to honor individuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839
Length and load of vehicles; maximums; methods for determining; idle reduction technology; flashing signals; FlexAuto lanes; uniform rules of the road; revisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720

HIRAM, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3691 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3694 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3698

HOLLY SPRINGS, CITY OF

City council; meetings; administrative and service departments; police chief; judge; elections; vacancies; eminent domain; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4104
Community improvement districts; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3933

HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS

Disabled veterans; homesteads; ad valorem taxes; refunds; real property; fair market value; indirect ownership of home for mentally disabled; permission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

HOMESTEAD OPTION SALES AND USE TAX

Sales and use tax; equalized homestead option sales and use taxes; restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

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HOPE SCHOLARSHIPS

Dual credit coursework diplomas; associate's degree; eligibility; Caregiver Educational Consent Act; enact; kinship caregivers and fictive kin; legal consent; affidavit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

HOSPICES

See HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Advanced practice registered nurses; protocol agreements; limits and conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
Advertising or publication of medical specialty certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Clinical laboratories; specimen collection stations and blood banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 Emergency cardiac care centers; system of designation; data
reporting; applications; protocols; model care; advertisement; Office of Cardiac Care; creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act; training of proxy caregivers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 Hospital Medicaid financing program; sunset provision; extension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Medical specialty certification; not a condition for; practice of medicine; employment in state medical facilities; reimbursement from third parties; obtaining malpractice insurance coverage.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Newborn screening; metabolic and genetic conditions; Krabbe disease; addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Opioid abuse; dangerous drug; definition; revision; prescription monitoring data base; Department of Public Health; maintenance; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Organ donors; pronouncement of death; nursing homes and hospices; registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants; county medical examiners; conforming change.. . . . . . . . . . 625 Pain management clinics; required health care professionals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 Real property; fair market value; indirect ownership of home for mentally disabled; permission; disabled veterans; ad valorem taxes; homesteads; refunds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Rural Hospital Organization Assistance Act of 2017; county and municipal hospital authorities; nonprofit hospitals; state grant of funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Rural hospital organizations; income tax credit; additional reporting requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; provider payments; clerical or other errors; right to a hearing; nursing home residents; personal needs allowance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

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INCOME TAX

Musical or theatrical performances and recorded musical performances; credit; Georgia Musical Investment Act; enact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Postproduction companies; expenditures; interactive entertainment companies; income tax credits; sunset; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Public primary school grants; Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; creation; credit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Quality jobs; establishing or relocating; credit; theater renovations; admission to certain arts and education programming; sales tax exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Required insurance coverage for firefighters; fire departments; income tax exemption; benefits paid from or premiums paid; interlocal risk management agencies; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Revitalization zones; investment; credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 Rural hospital organizations; income tax credit; additional
reporting requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 Rural investment; credit; Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs
Act; enact; corporate net worth tax; revision; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Council on American Indian Concerns; assignment; administrative purposes; Department of Natural Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS

Hospital Medicaid financing program; sunset provision; extension.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

INSURANCE

Automobile or motorcycle policies; definition; expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 Autonomous motor vehicles; definition; requirements; traffic
rules; insurance coverage; accident reporting; rules and regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Captive insurance companies; provisions; extensive revisions; Commissioner of Insurance; powers and requirements; board of directors; direct premiums tax; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 Commissioner of Insurance; promulgation of rules; authorization; pharmacy benefits managers; use of mail-order pharmacies requirement; prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 Corporate net worth tax; revision; Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act; enact; rural investment; income tax credit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

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Drug trafficking; add fentanyl; wholesale drug distributors; motor vehicles; hijacking and burglary; false proof of insurance; human trafficking hotline notice in government buildings; filming underneath or through clothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Act; enact; hearing aids for minors; coverage; requirement; limits; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Life risk-based capital trend test; compliance with accreditation standards; modification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Livestock activities; liability protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Medical specialty certification; not a condition for; practice of
medicine; employment in state medical facilities; reimbursement from third parties; obtaining malpractice insurance coverage.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Medium for payment of policy or contractual obligations. . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 174 Nonprofit medical and hospital service corporations; public officers and employees; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Pharmacy benefits managers; rules and regulations; mail-order pharmacies; restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 Prescription drug program insurance; definition; prorated prescription rates; requirements; conditions; dispensing prescription drugs; fees; prohibitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 Printed provider directories and accuracy; standalone dental plans; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 Required coverage for firefighters; fire departments; income tax exemption; benefits paid from or premiums paid; interlocal risk management agencies; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

IRWIN COUNTY

Ocilla, City of; Ocilla-Irwin County Industrial Development Authority; members; terms; vacancies; quorum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3893

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JAILS

See PENAL INSTITUTIONS

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; hospital authority; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 Ad valorem tax; hospital authority; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3503

JOHNS CREEK, CITY OF Mayor and city councilmembers; vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3870

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Homestead exemption; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3895 Mayor and city council; terms and qualifications; home rule action . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4100

JUDGES

See COURTS

JUDICIAL CIRCUITS

Rockdale Judicial Circuit; court reporters; appointment; compensation. . . . . . . . . . 3671

JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION

Provisions; associate probate court judges; outside practice of law; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

JURIES

State-wide and county master jury lists; compilation; contents; revisions; collection and distribution of personal data; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

JUVENILE COURTS

Judges; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Juvenile code; juvenile court proceedings; revisions; delinquent
children; detention; treatment facility or program; sentencing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

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KENNESAW, CITY OF

Corporate limits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3639

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LA GRANGE, CITY OF

Deputy city manager; administration and finance; assistant city manager; redesignate; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4122

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Employee sick leave; care of immediate family members; requirement; sunset provision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
Employees; compensation; schedule changes; local government mandates; preemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Medical specialty certification; not a condition for; practice of medicine; employment in state medical facilities; reimbursement from third parties; obtaining malpractice insurance coverage.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Required insurance coverage for firefighters; fire departments; income tax exemption; benefits paid from or premiums paid; interlocal risk management agencies; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

LAMAR COUNTY

Lamar County Public Facilities Authority; create.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3794

LAND SURVEYORS

Maps, plats, and plans; filing with clerk of superior court; requirements and certifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

LAND; LIABILITY OF OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS

Georgia Space Flight Act; enact; limit liability of space flight entities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Property owners associations; annual registration; rights of action; venue; obligations; condominiums; subdivisions; covenants; common property; telephone cooperatives; abandoned property. . . . . 352

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

Autonomous motor vehicles; definition; requirements; traffic rules; insurance coverage; accident reporting; rules and regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Carrying of weapons; safety; provisions; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Domestic terrorism; data collection; sharing and publishing;
training; Protect Georgia Act; enact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Newborns; fire stations and police stations; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 School resource officers and probation officers; training
requirements; jails; tobacco and stored value cards; prohibition; prisoners; forma pauperis actions; limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Special license plate; honoring law enforcement officers; proceeds; Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

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State law enforcement officers; retention of firearm and badge upon retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Weapons carry licenses; retired law enforcement officers; fee exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

LAWRENCEVILLE, CITY OF

New charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3904

LIABILITY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE

Livestock activities; liability protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

LICENSE PLATES AND REGISTRATION

Motor vehicles; registration and certificate of title; review; Department of Revenue; electronic submission; commercial vehicle registration applications; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
Special license plate; honoring law enforcement officers; proceeds; Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
Special license plates; Georgia electric utility linemen; Southeastern Firefighters Burn Foundation; proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696

LIFE INSURANCE

See INSURANCE

LIVESTOCK

Activities; liability protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Dealers and auctions; license and surety requirements; revision;
publications; reports; submission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Distilled spirits; licenses to manufacture; referendum requirement; elimination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Downtown development authorities; assessments; authorization.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 Eminent domain; condemned properties; public use for 20 years;
requirement; additional limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 Employees; compensation; schedule changes; local government
mandates; preemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 Military installations; federal review; grant program; counties
and municipalities; creation; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Unmanned aircraft systems; local laws; preemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758

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MACON, CITY OF

Macon-Bibb County; Bibb County; pension plan; state court judges; supplemental retirement benefits; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4051
Macon-Bibb County; Macon Water Authority; contractual power; Macon-Bibb County and Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority; extend.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3582

MACON-BIBB COUNTY

Macon, City of; Bibb County; pension plan; state court judges; supplemental retirement benefits; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4051
Macon, City of; Macon Water Authority; contractual power; Macon-Bibb County and Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority; extend.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3582

MAGISTRATE COURTS

County law library; board of trustees; chief judge of magistrate court; addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

MARIETTA, CITY OF

Mayor and council; compensation; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4087 Mayor pro tem; appointment; organizational meeting; board of
lights and waterworks; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3879 Municipal court; chief judge; associate judges; compensation;
oath; prosecuting attorney; appointment; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4136

MARTA

See METRO ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAID

The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; provider payments; clerical or other errors; right to a hearing; nursing home residents; personal needs allowance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

MEDICAL CANNABIS

Low THC Oil Patient Registry; conditions for eligibility; registration in other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

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INDEX

Organ donors; pronouncement of death; nursing homes and hospices; registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants; county medical examiners; conforming change.. . . . . . . . . . 625

MEDICINE

See HEALTH

MENTAL HEALTH

Licensed professional counselors; involuntary treatment; physician's certificate or court order; sunset provision; repeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617

MERIWETHER COUNTY

Meriwether County Water and Sewerage Authority; members and chairperson; designation; quorum; vacancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3544

METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Concession contracts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3995

MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Essentials; transport and distribution; state-wide system; states of emergency; Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
Military installations; federal review; grant program; counties and municipalities; creation; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Military spouses moving to Georgia; temporary certificates, certificates by endorsement, or expedited certificates; separate process requirement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Military students; local school system enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

MILTON, CITY OF

Municipal powers; millage rate cap limitation; home rule action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4117

MONROE COUNTY

Ad valorem tax; health care services; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3506 Culloden, City of; Forsyth, City of; joint board of elections and
registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3887

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MORTGAGE BROKERS AND LENDERS

Financial services; trusts and trust companies; surety bonds; regulation of; convenience fees; examinations of licensees and registrants; Sunday banking; when permissible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Alternative ad valorem tax; leased vehicles; fair market value; determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Automobile or motorcycle insurance policies; definition; expansion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 Commercial motor vehicles and carriers; safe operation; federal
regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Counterfeit or nonfunctional airbags; importing, manufacturing,
selling, offering for sale, installing, or reinstalling; prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717 Drivers' licenses; provisions; revision.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Driving privileges; traffic violations; bench warrants; habitual violator probationary licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Following too closely; speed coordinated automatically; exception.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 Length and load of vehicles; maximums; methods for determining; idle reduction technology; flashing signals; FlexAuto lanes; uniform rules of the road; revisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 Motor vehicle franchises; warranty service work by dealer; compensation; stop-sale or do not drive orders; payments; right of first refusal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Motor vehicles; hijacking and burglary; false proof of insurance; drug trafficking; add fentanyl; wholesale drug distributors; human trafficking hotline notice in government buildings; filming underneath or through clothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Registration and certificate of title; review; Department of Revenue; electronic submission; commercial vehicle registration applications; revision.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 Special license plate; honoring law enforcement officers; proceeds; Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 Special license plates; Georgia electric utility linemen; Southeastern Firefighters Burn Foundation; proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696

MOULTRIE, CITY OF

Colquitt County; Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3658

72A MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

INDEX

Eligibility and qualifications for office; school districts or municipalities; holders or receivers of public money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

MUNICIPAL COURTS

Council of Municipal Court Judges of Georgia; savings and deferred compensation plans; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

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NEWTON COUNTY

Board of education; members; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3967

NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS

Change of registration between foreign jurisdictions and Georgia; provision; multiple-year registrations for certain business organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Nonprofit medical and hospital service corporations; public officers and employees; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Public foundations; Georgia Foundation for Early Care and Learning to Promote Public-Private Partnerships; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

NORTHEASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Fifth judge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

NURSES

Advanced practice registered nurses; protocol agreements; limits and conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act; training of proxy caregivers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Organ donors; pronouncement of death; nursing homes and hospices; registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants; county medical examiners; conforming change. . . . . . . . 625
Pain management clinics; required health care professionals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 Physicians and Health Care Practitioners for Rural Areas
Assistance Act; enact.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure
Interstate Compact (REPLICA); enact; Nurse Licensure Compact; enact. . . . . . . 364

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NURSING HOMES

See HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

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OCILLA, CITY OF

Irwin County; Ocilla-Irwin County Industrial Development Authority; members; terms; vacancies; quorum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3893

OPTOMETRISTS

Pharmaceutical agent injections; permission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

OXFORD, CITY OF

Corporate limits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3656

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PARDONS AND PAROLES

Accountability courts; supervised individuals; conditions; family treatment court divisions; veterans court divisions; behavioral incentive dates; victim statements; State Board of Pardons and Paroles. . . . . . . . 585
State-wide and county master jury lists; compilation; contents; revisions; collection and distribution of personal data; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL

School resource officers and probation officers; training requirements; jails; tobacco and stored value cards; prohibition; prisoners; forma pauperis actions; limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

PEACE OFFICERS' ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND

Proceeds; special license plate; honoring law enforcement officers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

PEACHTREE CORNERS, CITY OF

Peachtree Corners Public Facilities Authority; create.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3622

74A PENAL INSTITUTIONS

INDEX

Back the Badge Act of 2017; enact; crimes against public safety officers; penalties; original jurisdiction in superior courts; indemnification funds and amounts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Domestic terrorism; data collection; sharing and publishing; training; Protect Georgia Act; enact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
School resource officers and probation officers; training requirements; jails; tobacco and stored value cards; prohibition; prisoners; forma pauperis actions; limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

PERRY, CITY OF

Perry Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; members; appointment requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3572

PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES

Dangerous drug list; naloxone; overdose prevention; exemption; state health officer; civil liability and criminal responsibility; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Durable medical equipment suppliers; licensure and fees; definitions; discipline and revocation; Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
Hydrocodone compound products; physician assistants; prescribing; continuing education requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 125
Opioid abuse; dangerous drug; definition; revision; prescription monitoring data base; Department of Public Health; maintenance; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Pharmacy benefits managers; rules and regulations; mail-order pharmacies; restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Pharmacy benefits managers; use of mail-order pharmacies requirement; prohibition; Commissioner of Insurance; promulgation of rules; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; mission and practice; expedited partner therapy; prescribing information; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764
The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; provider payments; clerical or other errors; right to a hearing; nursing home residents; personal needs allowance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS

Pharmacy benefits managers; rules and regulations; mail-order pharmacies; restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

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Pharmacy benefits managers; use of mail-order pharmacies requirement; prohibition; Commissioner of Insurance; promulgation of rules; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

PHYSICIANS FOR RURAL AREAS ASSISTANCE ACT

Renamed; dentists, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses; inclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

PHYSICIANS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND RESPIRATORY CARE

Advanced practice registered nurses; protocol agreements; limits and conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
Advertising or publication of medical specialty certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Dangerous drug list; naloxone; overdose prevention; exemption;
state health officer; civil liability and criminal responsibility; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Emergency cardiac care centers; system of designation; data reporting; applications; protocols; model care; advertisement; Office of Cardiac Care; creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act; training of proxy caregivers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 Hydrocodone compound products; physician assistants; prescribing; continuing education requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 125 Medical specialty certification; not a condition for; practice of medicine; employment in state medical facilities; reimbursement from third parties; obtaining malpractice insurance coverage.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Newborn screening; metabolic and genetic conditions; Krabbe disease; addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Opioid abuse; dangerous drug; definition; revision; prescription monitoring data base; Department of Public Health; maintenance; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Organ donors; pronouncement of death; nursing homes and hospices; registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants; county medical examiners; conforming change.. . . . . . . . . . 625 Pain management clinics; required health care professionals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 Physicians and Health Care Practitioners for Rural Areas Assistance Act; enact.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; mission and practice; expedited partner therapy; prescribing information; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA); enact; Nurse Licensure Compact; enact. . . . . . . 364 Visiting sports teams physicians; licensure exemption; requirements; limitations; agreements with other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

76A POLICE

INDEX

See LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

Handguns; carrying and possession; public institutions of postsecondary education; buildings and property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
HOPE grant; dual credit coursework diplomas; associate's degree; eligibility; Caregiver Educational Consent Act; enact; kinship caregivers and fictive kin; legal consent; affidavit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Sanctuary policies; private institutions; prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

POWDER SPRINGS, CITY OF

Annexation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3969

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Revisions; Power of Attorney for the Care of a Minor Child Act; repeal; Supporting and Strengthening Families Act; enact. . . . . . . VETOED HB 359
Uniform Power of Attorney Act; enact; financial power of attorney; repeal; related provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR THE CARE OF A MINOR CHILD ACT

Repeal; powers of attorney; revisions; Supporting and Strengthening Families Act; enact.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 359

PREGNANCY

See CHILDREN

PRISONS

See PENAL INSTITUTIONS

PROBATE COURTS

Associate judges; outside practice of law; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Carrying of weapons; safety; provisions; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

PROBATION

First offender status; individuals sentenced between March 18, 1968 and October 31, 1982; petition; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

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Sexual offenses; sentence and punishment; human trafficking; mandatory terms; model notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS

Mental health; licensed professional counselors; involuntary treatment; physician's certificate or court order; sunset provision; repeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION

Temporary certificates, certificates by endorsement, or expedited certificates; military spouses moving to Georgia; separate process requirement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Advertising or publication of medical specialty certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Architects; application and registration; qualifications; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Fair Business Practices Act; copies of instruments conveying real
estate; solicitations; requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Optometrists; pharmaceutical agent injections; permission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 Real estate appraisers, brokers, and salespersons; disciplinary
actions and sanctions; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Visiting sports teams physicians; licensure exemption;
requirements; limitations; agreements with other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

PROPERTY

Conservation use property; family farm; definition; solar power generation and farm labor housing; exceptions and limitations to breach of conservation covenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Eminent domain; condemned properties; public use for 20 years; requirement; additional limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
Health and medical savings accounts; levy and sale; bankruptcy; exemption; intestate insolvent estates; provisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
Maps, plats, and plans; filing with clerk of superior court; requirements and certifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Property owners associations; annual registration; rights of action; venue; obligations; condominiums; subdivisions; covenants; common property; telephone cooperatives; abandoned property. . . . . 352

78A

INDEX

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Annual salary; Governor; state officials; expenses and cost-of-living adjustments; revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Council of Municipal Court Judges of Georgia; savings and deferred compensation plans; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Eligibility and qualifications for office; school districts or municipalities; holders or receivers of public money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; Roth contribution program; state and local deferred compensation plans; Board of Trustees; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716
Nonprofit medical and hospital service corporations; public officers and employees; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Opioid abuse; dangerous drug; definition; revision; prescription monitoring data base; Department of Public Health; maintenance; immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

PUBLIC PROPERTY

Domestic terrorism; data collection; sharing and publishing; training; Protect Georgia Act; enact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
State properties; nonexclusive easements for construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, utilities, roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
State property conveyances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS STANDARDS LAW

Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; alternative investments; real estate; up to ten percent of total assets; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Domestic terrorism; data collection; sharing and publishing; training; Protect Georgia Act; enact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Local Government 9-1-1 Authority; establish; members; powers; duties; authority; responsibilities; fees and charges; penalties and interest; payments by service suppliers. . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 222
Petroleum pipelines; regulation and permitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 Property owners associations; annual registration; rights of
action; venue; obligations; condominiums; subdivisions; covenants; common property; telephone cooperatives; abandoned property. . . . . 352

PUTNAM COUNTY

County surveyor; appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3883

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QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION

Military students; local school system enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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RANDOLPH COUNTY

Board of elections and registration; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3723

REAL ESTATE

Appraisers, brokers, and salespersons; disciplinary actions and sanctions; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Eminent domain; condemned properties; public use for 20 years; requirement; additional limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
Fair Business Practices Act; copies of instruments conveying real estate; solicitations; requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Maps, plats, and plans; filing with clerk of superior court; requirements and certifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Revitalization zones; investment; income tax credit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS

Council of Municipal Court Judges of Georgia; savings and deferred compensation plans; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; Roth contribution program; state and local deferred compensation plans; Board of Trustees; authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716
Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; Alternative investments; real estate; up to ten percent of total assets; authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

REVENUE AND TAXATION

Ad valorem tax; agricultural equipment; exemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 Conservation use property; family farm; definition; solar power
generation and farm labor housing; exceptions and limitations to breach of conservation covenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Corporate net worth tax; revision; Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act; enact; rural investment; income tax credit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Internal Revenue Code; federal law; incorporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Motor vehicles; alternative ad valorem tax; leased vehicles; fair market value; determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

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Motor vehicles; registration and certificate of title; review; Department of Revenue; electronic submission; commercial vehicle registration applications; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
Musical or theatrical performances and recorded musical performances; income tax credit; Georgia Musical Investment Act; enact.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Postproduction companies; expenditures; interactive entertainment companies; income tax credits; sunset; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Public primary school grants; Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; creation; income tax credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Real property; fair market value; indirect ownership of home for mentally disabled; permission; disabled veterans; ad valorem taxes; homesteads; refunds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Required insurance coverage for firefighters; fire departments; income tax exemption; benefits paid from or premiums paid; interlocal risk management agencies; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Revitalization zones; investment; income tax credit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 Rural hospital organizations; income tax credit; additional
reporting requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 Sales and use tax for educational purposes; counties with
independent school district; distribution of proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857 Sales and use tax; boat maintenance and repair; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Sales and use tax; equalized homestead option sales and use taxes;
restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 Sales and use tax; machinery used to mix, agitate, and transport
concrete; maintenance and replacement parts; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Sales and use tax; mass transportation special districts; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Sales and use tax; retail sales; definition; certain voluntary
contributions; exclusion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Sales and use tax; state and local; enterprise zones; urban
redevelopment zones; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 State Tax Execution Modernization Act; enact; tax liens;
extensive revisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 Tax executions; fee collected for issuing; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 Theater renovations; admission to certain arts and education
programming; sales tax exemption; quality jobs; establishing or relocating; income tax credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

RICHMOND HILL, CITY OF

Richmond Hill Public Facilities Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3752

RIVERDALE, CITY OF

City council; reapportionment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3778

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RIVERSIDE, TOWN OF

Municipal charter; dissolution order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4195

ROCKDALE COUNTY

Rockdale Judicial Circuit; court reporters; appointment; compensation. . . . . . . . . . 3671

ROCKDALE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Court reporters; appointment; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3671

ROSWELL, CITY OF

Councilmembers; term limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3742

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SALES AND USE TAX

Boat maintenance and repair; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Equalized homestead option sales and use taxes; restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 For educational purposes; counties with independent school
district; distribution of proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857 Machinery used to mix, agitate, and transport concrete;
maintenance and replacement parts; exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Mass transportation special districts; revisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Retail sales; definition; certain voluntary contributions related
to certain sales; exclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 State and local; enterprise zones; urban redevelopment zones;
exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Theater renovations; admission to certain arts and education
programming; sales tax exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

SANDY SPRINGS, CITY OF

Annex; corporate limits; Atlanta, City of; deannex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 440 Atlanta, City of; deannex; corporate limits; annex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VETOED HB 439

SAVANNAH, CITY OF

Chatham County; Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority; repeal. . . . . . . . . . 3738

SCHOOLS

See EDUCATION

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Multiple-year registrations for certain business organizations; nonprofit corporations; change of registration between foreign jurisdictions and Georgia; provision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
State-wide and county master jury lists; compilation; contents; revisions; collection and distribution of personal data; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

SENTENCE AND PUNISHMENT

Accountability courts; supervised individuals; conditions; family treatment court divisions; veterans court divisions; behavioral incentive dates; victim statements; State Board of Pardons and Paroles. . . . . . . . 585
First offender status; individuals sentenced between March 18, 1968 and October 31, 1982; petition; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
Juvenile code; juvenile court proceedings; revisions; delinquent children; detention; treatment facility or program; sentencing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Sexual offenses; probation; human trafficking; mandatory terms; model notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

SEXUAL OFFENDERS

Human trafficking; mandatory terms; model notice; sexual offenses; sentence and punishment; probation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Registered in other states; loitering; prohibition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

SEXUAL OFFENSES

Child abuse; reporting; sexual abuse; definition; trafficking a person for sexual servitude; inclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

SHERIFFS

Domestic terrorism; data collection; sharing and publishing; training; Protect Georgia Act; enact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Services; fees; remittance to county treasurer or fiscal officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

SNELLVILLE, CITY OF

City council; officials; appointment confirmation; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4175 City manager; city attorney; city clerk; removal; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4179 Form of government; clarification; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4164 Officials; appointment; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4171 Specific enumeration of powers; repealed; home rule action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4168

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SOLAR ENERGY

Conservation use property; family farm; definition; solar power generation and farm labor housing; exceptions and limitations to breach of conservation covenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

SOUTH FULTON, CITY OF

Corporate boundaries; constitutional amendment; repeal contingency. VETOED HB 131 Mayor; vote; quoroum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4006

SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

Georgia Tort Claims Act; wrongful death actions; venue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628

SPORTS

Visiting sports teams physicians; licensure exemption; requirements; limitations; agreements with other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

SPRINGFIELD, CITY OF

Corporate boundaries; city councilmembers; terms; qualifications; meetings; ordinances; mayor pro tem; selection; city attorney; appointment; municipal court; budget; purchasing; officers and employees; bonds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3818

STATE COMMISSION ON FAMILY VIOLENCE

Members; terms and qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

STATE COURTS OF COUNTIES

Judges; qualifications to retain office; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

STATE GOVERNMENT

Annual salary; Governor; state officials; expenses and cost-of-living adjustments; revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Eminent domain; condemned properties; public use for 20 years; requirement; additional limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
Georgia Technology Authority; agency; change definition; technology policies and standards; requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Georgia Tort Claims Act; wrongful death actions; venue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 State Road and Tollway Authority; powers and duties; bonding and
financing power; revenue reporting.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

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STATE ROAD AND TOLLWAY AUTHORITY

Powers and duties; bonding and financing power; revenue reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

SUGAR HILL, CITY OF

Sugar Hill Building Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3766

SUPERIOR COURTS

Back the Badge Act of 2017; enact; crimes against public safety officers; penalties; original jurisdiction in superior courts; indemnification funds and amounts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Habeas corpus; costs; reimbursement; counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 Judges; qualifications to retain office; revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Maps, plats, and plans; filing with clerk of superior court;
requirements and certifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Northeastern Judicial Circuit; fifth judge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 State Tax Execution Modernization Act; enact; tax liens; extensive
revisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 State-wide and county master jury lists; compilation; contents;
revisions; collection and distribution of personal data; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

SUPREME COURT

Justices; travel expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 State-wide and county master jury lists; compilation; contents;
revisions; collection and distribution of personal data; responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

SWAINSBORO, CITY OF

Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3708

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TALIAFERRO COUNTY

Board of education; members; compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3885

TAX LEVIES AND EXECUTIONS

Health and medical savings accounts; levy and sale; bankruptcy; exemption; intestate insolvent estates; provisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

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State Tax Execution Modernization Act; enact; tax liens; extensive revisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Tax executions; fee collected for issuing; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

TECHNICAL SCHOOLS

HOPE grant; dual credit coursework diplomas; associate's degree; eligibility; Caregiver Educational Consent Act; enact; kinship caregivers and fictive kin; legal consent; affidavit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE

Domestic terrorism; data collection; sharing and publishing; training; Protect Georgia Act; enact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Local Government 9-1-1 Authority; establish; members; powers; duties; authority; responsibilities; fees and charges; penalties and interest; payments by service suppliers. . . . . . . . . . . VETOED SB 222
Property owners associations; annual registration; rights of action; venue; obligations; condominiums; subdivisions; covenants; common property; telephone cooperatives; abandoned property. . . . . 352

TELFAIR COUNTY

Board of education; members; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3649

TOBACCO AND TOBACCO RELATED PRODUCTS

School resource officers and probation officers; training requirements; jails; tobacco and stored value cards; prohibition; prisoners; forma pauperis actions; limitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

TORTS

Carrying of weapons; safety; provisions; extensive revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Georgia Space Flight Act; enact; limit liability of space flight
entities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Georgia Tort Claims Act; wrongful death actions; venue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 Livestock activities; liability protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Property owners associations; annual registration; rights of
action; venue; obligations; condominiums; subdivisions; covenants; common property; telephone cooperatives; abandoned property. . . . . 352

TRANSIT SYSTEMS

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; concession contracts.. . . . . . . . . . . . 3995

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Georgia Space Flight Act; enact; limit liability of space flight entities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Mass transportation special districts; sales and use tax; revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; concession contracts.. . . . . . . . . . . . 3995

TRENTON, CITY OF

City clerk; appointment; city officers; terms.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3701 City clerk; appointment; city officers; terms.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4010 Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3930 Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3580

TUCKER, CITY OF

Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3928

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Following too closely; speed coordinated automatically; exception.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 Length and load of vehicles; maximums; methods for determining;
idle reduction technology; flashing signals; FlexAuto lanes; uniform rules of the road; revisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720

UNIVERSITIES

See POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

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VETERANS

Disabled veterans; homesteads; ad valorem taxes; refunds; real property; fair market value; indirect ownership of home for mentally disabled; permission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
War veterans; definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719 Women veterans office; maintenance; requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

VILLA RICA, CITY OF

Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509 Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; senior citizens; referendum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3776 Hotel-motel tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3744

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VITAL RECORDS

Organ donors; pronouncement of death; nursing homes and hospices; registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants; county medical examiners; conforming change.. . . . . . . . . . 625

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WAGES; MINIMUM WAGE LAW

Employees; compensation; schedule changes; local government mandates; preemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

WALKER COUNTY

Board of commissioners; composition; commissioner districts; vacancies; officers; powers and duties; officials; appointment; referendum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3585
Board of commissioners; reapportionment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3974

WALTON COUNTY

Coroner; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3897

WARM SPRINGS, CITY OF

Corporate limits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3736

WARRANTIES

Motor vehicle franchises; warranty service work by dealer; compensation; stop-sale or do not drive orders; payments; right of first refusal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

WARREN COUNTY

Board of education; members; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3990

WATER AND WASTEWATER

Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority; revision; Upper Oconee Resource Management Commission; elimination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3538

WAYCROSS, CITY OF

Corporate limits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3526

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Waycross Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3729

WEAPONS

See FIREARMS AND WEAPONS

WILDLIFE

Game and fish; definitions; license fees and requirements; boat registration fees; reporting sales of boats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Cemetery and funeral services; income; irrevocable trust funds; unitrust distribution method; provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Financial services; trusts and trust companies; surety bonds; regulation of; convenience fees; examinations of licensees and registrants; Sunday banking; when permissible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

WINE

See ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

WOODSTOCK, CITY OF

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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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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

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COUNTY

2010

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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

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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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County

Population

Treutlen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,885

Talbot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,865

Clinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,798

Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,694

Miller .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,125

Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,058

Warren .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,834

Schley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,010

Echols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,034

Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,451

Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,183

Glascock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,082

Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,799

Quitman .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,513

Taliaferro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,717

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,687,658

* An asterisk denotes census revision since publication of the 2012 Georgia Laws.

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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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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

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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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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

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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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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.

106A

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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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

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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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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

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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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Population, 2010

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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POPULATION

City

Population, 2010

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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City

Population, 2010

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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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 2017 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. . . . . . . Blake Tillery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Durden Street, Vidalia 30474

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. . . . . . . Lee Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Louisville Road, Grovetown 30813

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. . . . . . . Matt Brass.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1313, 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 (until 2/13/2017). . . . . . 3102 Raines Court, Marietta 30062

32. . . . . . . Kay Kirkpatrick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110-D State Capitol, Atlanta 30334

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. . . . . . . Tonya Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1026, Lithonia 30058

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 Browns 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

54. . . . . . . Chuck Payne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1804 Walton Street, Dalton 30721

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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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DISTRICT

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 2017 REGULAR SESSION

District Representative

Address

1. . . . . . . . John Deffenbaugh.. . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Wayside Lane, Lookout Mountain 30750

2. . . . . . . . Steve Tarvin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 750, Chickamauga 30707

3. . . . . . . . Dwayne Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 1335, Ringgold 30736

4. . . . . . . . Bruce Broadrick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 947, Dalton 30722

5. . . . . . . . John D. Meadows. . . . . . . . . . . . . HM-1 State Capitol, Atlanta 30334

6. . . . . . . . Jason Ridley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 2010, Chatsworth 30705

7. . . . . . . . David Ralston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 188, Blue Ridge 30513

8. . . . . . . . Matt Gurtler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Sawmill Lane, Tiger 30152

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. . . . . . . Todd Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2435 Concord Creek Trail, Cumming 30041

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. . . . . . . Matt Dubnik. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1090 Dixon Drive, Gainesville 30501

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. . . . . . . Betty Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507-F Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg., Atlanta 30334

49. . . . . . . Chuck Martin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11770 Haynes Bridge Rd., Ste. 205-544 Alpharetta 30004

50. . . . . . . Brad Raffensperger.. . . . . . . . . . . 10945 State Bridge Rd., Johns Creek 30022

51. . . . . . . Wendell Willard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 River Gate Drive, Sandy Springs 30350

52. . . . . . . Deborah Silcox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6300 Powers Ferry Rd., Ste. 600, # 177 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. . . . . . . David Dreyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 Cherokee Avenue, Atlanta 30312

60. . . . . . . Keisha Waites.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 3249, Atlanta 30302

61. . . . . . . Roger Bruce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Stone Arbor Court, Atlanta 30331

62. . . . . . . William Boddie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 90787, East Point 30364

63. . . . . . . Debra Bazemore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7042 Galloway Pointe, Riverdale 30296

64. . . . . . . Derrick Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Commerce Drive, #1052, 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. . . . . . . J. Collins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Village Lane, Villa Rica, 30180

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

72. . . . . . . Josh Bonner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 3457, Peachtree City 30269

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73. . . . . . . Karen Mathiak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Dunwoody Circle, 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. . . . . . . Rhonda Burnough.. . . . . . . . . . . . 7843 Clearview Circle, Riverdale 30296

78. . . . . . . Demetrius Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 131, Stockbridge 30281

79. . . . . . . Tom Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4926 Four Oaks Court, Dunwoody 30360

80. . . . . . . Meagan Hanson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612-D Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg. Atlanta 30334

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. . . . . . . Renitta Shannon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2107 N. Decatur Road, #717 Decatur 30033-5305

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. . . . . . . Vernon Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 723, Lithonia 30058

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. . . . . . . Scot Hilton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5425 Peachtree Parkway Peachtree Corners 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. . . . . . . Brenda Lopez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P.O. Box 886, Norcross 30091

100. . . . . . Dewey McClain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032 Flagg Way, Lawrenceville 30044

101. . . . . . Sam Park.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1409 Legrand Circle, 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. . . . . . Clay Cox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5129 Browning Way, 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. . . . . . Mark Newton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612-G Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg. Atlanta 30334

124. . . . . . Wayne Howard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2047B Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Augusta 30901

125. . . . . . Sheila Clark Nelson. . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 5544, Augusta 30916

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

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130. . . . . . David Knight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003 East College Street, Griffin 30224

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. . . . . . Bill McGowan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 S. Lee Street, 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. . . . . . Miriam Paris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 14056, Macon 31203

143. . . . . . James Beverly.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 13451, Macon 31208

144. . . . . . Bubber Epps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4511 Old Gordon Road, Dry Branch 31020

145. . . . . . Rick Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1670 N. Jefferson 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

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151. . . . . . Gerald E. Greene. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5805 US Hwy 82, West Cuthbert 39840

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. . . . . . Bill 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

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172. . . . . . Sam Watson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PO Box 3914, Moultrie 31776

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. . . . . . Don Hogan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404-F Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg. Atlanta 30334

180. . . . . . Jason Spencer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Yachtsman Court, Woodbine 31569

GEORGIA LAWS 2017 SESSION STATUS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS SINCE 1953

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Georgia Laws

Referendums

Results

Not

Final

Proposed

Not Known

Held

Result

1953 (Jan./Feb.). . . . . . . . . 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 11

1953 (Nov./Dec.). . . . . . . . 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 16

1955. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 15

1956. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 34

1957. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 23

1958. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 41

1959. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 33

1960. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 39

1961. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 26

1962. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 35

1963. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . . 33

1964. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.. . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . . . . . 30

1964 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 7

1965. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 20

1966. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 23

1967. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 37

1968. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 44

1969. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.. . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . . . . . 42

1970. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 39

1971. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . . 38

1971 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 3

1972. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 62

1973. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 18

1974. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 23

1975. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 31

1975 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 1

1976. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 24

1977. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 13

1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 24

1979. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 5

1980. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . 18

1981. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 8

1982. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 36

1983. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 16

1984. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 36

1985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . 21

1986. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 8. . . . . . . . . . 58

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Referendums

Results

Not

Final

Proposed

Not Known

Held

Result

1987. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 42

1988. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . 61

1989. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . . 15

1989 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 1

1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . . 63

1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . . . 26

1991 Ex. Sess.. . . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 4

1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . 57

1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 18

1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . 50

1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . 29

1995 Ex. Sess. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 2

1996. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . 29

1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . . 26

1998. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 53

1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.. . . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . . 32

2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 48

2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.. . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . . . 33

2001 Ex. Sess. . . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.. . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 3

2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 61

2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . . 16

2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . . . 52

2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 24

2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . 76

2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.. . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . 16

2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.. . . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 19

Totals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2247. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.. . . . . . . . . . 163. . . . . . . . 2026

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REFERENDUM ELECTION RESULTS

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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RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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

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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

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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

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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

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RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

Georgia Laws 1956:

County
Baldwin
Baldwin (1 of 2) Baldwin (2 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 (2 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

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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 (2 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

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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 2017 SESSION

147A

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

148A

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 2017 SESSION

149A

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

150A

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 2017 SESSION

151A

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

152A

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 2017 SESSION

153A

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

154A

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 2017 SESSION

155A

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

156A

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 2017 SESSION

157A

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

158A

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 2017 SESSION

159A

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

160A

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 2017 SESSION

161A

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

162A

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 2017 SESSION

163A

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

164A

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 2017 SESSION

165A

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

166A

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 2017 SESSION

167A

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

168A

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 2017 SESSION

169A

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

170A

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 2017 SESSION

171A

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

172A

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 2017 SESSION

173A

Georgia Laws 1963:

County Newton

Page No.

SUBJECT

3017 Board of commissioners

Pulaski Screven

3436 Tax commissioner; creation of office
2835 City of Sylvania; city manager

Talbot

2185 Board of commissioners

Telfair

2482 City of McRae; new charter

Thomas Thomas

3402 City of Boston; clerk and treasurer
3405 City of Boston; marshal

Turner

2471 County commissioner

Walton

2600 Tax equalization program

Ware Wilkes Wilkes

2237 Board of commissioners; creation
2803 Certain county officers; compensation
3447 Tax commissioner; compensation

Date of Election

Result

5/15/63 For: 333 Agn: 669

6/18/63 For: 354 Agn: 321

6/4/63

For: 160 Agn: 79

5/22/63 For: 239 Agn: 295

5/1/63

For: 130

Agn:

3

5/20/63 For:

45

Agn: 126

5/20/63 For:

52

Agn: 127

4/24/63 For: 249 Agn: 603

7/24/63 For: 1715 Agn: 1838

5/30/63 For: 1727 Agn: 1373

5/28/63 5/28/63

For: Agn:
For: Agn:

1304 119
1281 130

174A

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 2017 SESSION

175A

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

176A

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 2017 SESSION

177A

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

178A

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 2017 SESSION

179A

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

180A

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 2017 SESSION

181A

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.

182A

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 2017 SESSION

183A

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

184A

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 2017 SESSION

185A

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

186A

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 2017 SESSION

187A

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

188A

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 2017 SESSION

189A

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

190A

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 2017 SESSION

191A

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

192A

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 2017 SESSION

193A

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

194A

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 2017 SESSION

195A

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

196A

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 2017 SESSION

197A

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

198A

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 2017 SESSION

199A

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

200A

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 2017 SESSION

201A

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

202A

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 2017 SESSION

203A

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

204A

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 2017 SESSION

205A

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

206A

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 2017 SESSION

207A

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

208A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

Georgia Laws 1972:

County Camden

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

Chatham

3019 Savannah-Chatham County Government; unification

4/10/73 Not held***

City of Savannah Chatham County

Chatham Chatham Chattooga
Decatur

3098 Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education; districts
3116 Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education; districts
2043 State Court of Chattooga County; abolition
3288 Board of commissioners; membership; elections

5/9/72 5/9/72 8/8/72*
5/23/72

For: 20074 Agn: 7595

For: 8296 Agn: 19097

Demo.

For: 2455

Agn: 2274

Rep.

For:

2

Agn:

2

For: 668 Agn: 2687

Dodge Dodge Douglas

2329 City of Eastman; city manager; abolition of office
3339 County board of education; membership
3997 County board of education; elections

4/27/72 8/8/72* 5/16/72

For: Agn:
For: Agn:
For: Agn:

474 1117
914 858
400 620

Elbert

2479 Board of commissioners; chairman

8/8/72* For: 1583 Agn: 3036

GEORGIA LAWS 2017 SESSION

209A

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

210A

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 2017 SESSION

211A

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

212A

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 2017 SESSION

213A

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

214A

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.

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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

216A

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

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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

218A

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 2017 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

219A

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

220A
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.

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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

222A

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

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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

224A

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 2017 SESSION

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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

226A

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

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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

228A

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.

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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

230A

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 2017 SESSION

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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

232A

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

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233A

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

-----------------

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

234A

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

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235A

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

236A

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 2017 SESSION

237A

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

238A

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 2017 SESSION

239A

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

240A

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 2017 SESSION

241A

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 Columbia DeKalb

4570 State Court of Chattooga County; creation
4411 County board of education; districts; elections; terms
4547 Governing authority; powers and duties; executive assistant

5/3/83 3/13/84 3/13/84

Yes: 307

No:

60

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

242A

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 2017 SESSION

243A

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

244A

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

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245A

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

246A

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 2017 SESSION

247A

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

248A

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 2017 SESSION

249A

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

250A

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 2017 SESSION

251A

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

252A

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

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253A

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

254A

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 2017 SESSION

255A

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

256A

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 2017 SESSION

257A

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

258A

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 2017 SESSION

259A

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

260A

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 2017 SESSION

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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

262A

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 Gilmer
Gilmer

4866 Homestead exemption; city taxes
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 2017 SESSION

263A

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

264A

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 2017 SESSION

265A

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

266A

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 2017 SESSION

267A

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

268A

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 2017 SESSION

269A

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

270A

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 2017 SESSION

271A

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

272A

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 2017 SESSION

273A

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 Jones

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

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

274A

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 2017 SESSION

275A

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

276A

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 2017 SESSION

277A

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

278A

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 2017 SESSION

279A

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

280A

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 2017 SESSION

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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

282A

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

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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

284A

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 2017 SESSION

285A

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

286A

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 2017 SESSION

287A

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

288A

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 2017 SESSION

289A

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

290A

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 2017 SESSION

291A

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

292A

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 2017 SESSION

293A

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

294A

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

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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

296A

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 2017 SESSION

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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

298A

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 2017 SESSION

299A

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

300A

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 2017 SESSION

301A

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

302A

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 2017 SESSION

303A

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

304A

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 2017 SESSION

305A

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

306A

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 2017 SESSION

307A

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

308A

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 2017 SESSION

309A

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

310A

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 2017 SESSION

311A

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

312A

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 2017 SESSION

313A

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

314A

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 2017 SESSION

315A

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

316A

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 2017 SESSION

317A

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

318A

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 2017 SESSION

319A

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

320A

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 2017 SESSION

321A

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

322A

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
Forsyth

4006 Homestead exemption; school 11/5/02 Yes: 5078

district taxes

No: 1644

3672 Homestead exemption; county 11/6/01 Yes: 5052

taxes

No: 2822

Forsyth

4153 Board of commissioners; elections; terms; districts; chairperson; compensation

11/6/01 Yes: 3936 No: 3997

GEORGIA LAWS 2017 SESSION

323A

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

324A

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 2017 SESSION

325A

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

326A

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

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327A

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

328A

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

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329A

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

330A

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 2017 SESSION

331A

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

332A

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 2017 SESSION

333A

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

334A

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

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335A

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

336A

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

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337A

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

338A

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

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339A

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

340A

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

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341A

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

342A

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

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343A

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

344A

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

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345A

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

346A

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

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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

348A

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

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349A

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

350A

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

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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

352A

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
Camden

3681 Redevelopment powers 3503 Redevelopment powers

11/6/07 Yes: 1,160

No:

548

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 2017 SESSION

353A

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

354A

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

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355A

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

356A

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 2017 SESSION

357A

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

358A

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

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359A

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

360A

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 2017 SESSION

361A

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

362A

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 2017 SESSION

363A

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

364A

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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365A

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

366A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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

GEORGIA LAWS 2017 SESSION

367A

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

368A

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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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RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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 TBD

Yes:

67

Taxes; Senior Citizens

Nov.

No:

7

2015

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

Yes: 192,908 No: 86,143

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

TBD

Yes:

67

Nov.

No:

7

2015

11/3/15 Yes:

30

No:

7

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RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

Georgia Laws 2016:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Candler

3535 Advisory Referendum on

11/8/16 Yes:

Additional Ad Valorem Tax

No:

for Candler County Hospital

Authority

1,497 2,061

Chattahoochee 4163 Board of Education; Terms 11/8/16 Yes:

954

and Manner of Election;

No:

290

Repeal Local Constitutional

Amendment

Crawford City of Roberta

3919 Consolidation of Crawford County and City of Roberta

11/8/16

Crawford Co.

Yes: 2,520

No: 2,344

City of Roberta

Yes:

135

No:

145

DeKalb City of Decatur

3627 Homestead Exemption; County Taxes

11/8/16 Yes: 10,275 No: 1,723

DeKalb City of Decatur

3630 Homestead Exemption;

11/8/16

County Taxes; School Taxes;

Senior Citizens

Yes: 10,126 No: 2,043

DeKalb City of Decatur

3634 Homestead Exemption; Repeal Local Constitutional Amendment

11/8/16 Yes: No:

9,663 1,938

DeKalb City of Decatur

3636 Homestead Exemption; City 11/8/16 Yes: 9,683

Taxes; Senior Citizens

No: 2,098

DeKalb City of Decatur

3640 Homestead Exemption;

11/8/16 Yes: 8,957

School Taxes; Senior Citizens

No: 2,933

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Georgia Laws 2016:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

DeKalb City of Stonecrest

3538 Incorporation of City of Stonecrest

5/24/16 Yes: 12,849 No: 8,808

Forsyth

3906 Homestead Exemption; School Taxes

11/8/16 Yes: 56,570 No: 37,571

Fulton City of South Fulton

3726 Incorporation of City of South 11/8/16 Fulton

Yes: 25,841 No: 17,858

Haralson

4238 Homestead Exemption; County Taxes; Senior Citizens

11/8/16 Yes: 9,542 No: 1,461

Irwin City of Ocilla

4082

Ocilla-Irwin County Development Authority; Repeal Local Constitutional Amendment

11/8/16 Yes: No:

2,310 1,030

Lowndes

4049 Board of Tax Assessors; Repeal Local Constitutional Amendment

11/8/16

Yes: 18,293 No: 18,095

McDuffie

3518 Homestead Exemption;

11/8/16 Yes: 3,296

School Taxes; Senior Citizens

No:

600

Muscogee

3908 Homestead Exemption; Base 11/8/16 Yes: 24,943

Year

No: 41,123

Rockdale

3783 Redevelopment Powers

TBD

Yes: 19,645 No: 15,786

Telfair

3696 County Officers; Term Limits; Local Constitutional Amendment; Repeal

11/8/16 Yes: No:

1,792 1,893

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RESULTS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

Georgia Laws 2016:

County

Page No.

SUBJECT

Date of Election

Result

Whitfield City of Varnell

3791 Homestead Exemption; City 11/8/16 Yes:

660

Taxes; Senior Citizens and

No:

96

Unremarried Spouses of

Deceased Firefighters, Police

Officers, and Military

Veterans

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Nathan Deal
GOVERNOR

STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900
May 9, 2017

The Honorable David Ralston Speaker of the Georgia House
of Representatives 332 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334

Dear Speaker Ralston:

I have vetoed House Bills 131, 132, 174, 359, 425, 439, and 440 which passed the General Assembly during the 2017 Regular Session.

Article III, Section V, Paragraph XIII of the Georgia Constitution requires that I transmit these bills to you together with the reasons for such vetoes. These bills and corresponding reasons for the vetoes are attached.

Sincerely,

ND:rb

S/NATHAN DEAL Nathan Deal

Attachment

cc: The Honorable Casey Cagle, Lieutenant Governor The Honorable Brian Kemp, Secretary of State The Honorable Chris Carr, Attorney General Mr. Bill Reilly, Clerk of the Georgia House of Representatives Mr. David A. Cook, Secretary of the Georgia State Senate Mr. Wayne R. Allen, Legislative Counsel

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GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES

Nathan Deal
GOVERNOR

STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900
May 9, 2017

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 125 and 222 which passed the General Assembly during the 2017 Regular Session.

Article III, Section V, Paragraph XIII of the Georgia Constitution requires that I transmit these bills to you together with the reasons for such vetoes. These bills and corresponding reasons for the vetoes are attached.

Sincerely,

ND:rb

s/NATHAN DEAL Nathan Deal

Attachment

cc: The Honorable David Ralston, Speaker, Georgia House of Representatives The Honorable Brian Kemp, Secretary of State The Honorable Chris Carr, Attorney General Mr. David A. Cook, Secretary of the Georgia State Senate Mr. Bill Reilly, Clerk of the Georgia House of Representatives Mr. Wayne R. Allen, Legislative Counsel

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2017 SESSION OF THE GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
VETO MESSAGES
VETO NUMBERS 1 AND 2
HB 131 and HB 132 House Bills 131 and 132 relate to repealing the constitutional amendment creating the Fulton County Industrial District (FCID) and then annexing the property into the City of South Fulton. The FCID is the only portion of Fulton County that remains unincorporated after the creation of the City of South Fulton in 2016. The FCID, however, cannot be annexed by any municipality due to a pre-existing local constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Georgia and enabling legislation. There has been continued debate between the City of Atlanta and the City of South Fulton as to which city this district should belong, the cities and property owners involved, though, need to first come to an agreement to determine the future of the FCID. For the foregoing reasons, I hereby VETO HB 131 and HB 132.
VETO NUMBER 3
HB 174 House Bill 174 expands the permissible medium of payment allowed under insurance policies. Currently, Georgia law provides that it shall be unlawful for any insurer to provide in a policy or contract of insurance that the amount of any loss or indemnity accruing thereunder shall be payable in anything other than legal tender of the United States. O.C.G.A. 33-24-43. To be clear, this statute does not prevent alternative methods of payment that are not legal tender of the United States when the insured accepts such payment as satisfaction of a claimsuch a statute would be impractical and in need of serious revisionsrather, the statute refers to forms of payments that an insured would be legally required to accept in accordance with their policy. HB 174 would expand this statute, permitting insurers to contractually require payment of claims via forms other than legal tender including general use gift cards, thereby compelling an insured to accept such a form of payment. A general use gift card is not an appropriate means of payment for most losses or indemnities which may accrue under an insurance policy as, generally, this form of payment is not deducible to cash, its value cannot be deposited into a bank account, there are no or few recourses for a lost or stolen value card, and the card may be subject to expenditure limits with retailers. For the foregoing reasons, I hereby VETO HB 174.

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VETO NUMBER 4
HB 359 House Bill 359, while well intentioned, creates a parallel and unchecked system to our Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS), unintentionally placing children at risk. The Power of Attorney created by HB 359 allows parents and "agents" to go around the well-established confines of legal adoption and/or our child welfare system, granting a power of attorney for a child to an individual, or even a non-profit corporation, with no oversight. The state has dedicated significant resources to the Department of Family and Children Services during my time as Governor in order to improve the safety and outcomes for children in foster care. The state should consider all options that help in streamlining the process for a child to be adopted, placed into a loving home, or improved foster care environment; however, creating a parallel system in which DFCS has no oversight runs contrary to the progress the state has made in strengthening our child welfare system.
In light of the fact that a comprehensive rewrite to the adoption code failed to pass this year, I encourage the Leadership of both chambers, supporters of this legislation, and the child welfare advocacy community to work together over the next year in crafting legislation that continues to strengthen our existing system and streamlines the processes of adoption so that children may reach permanency more quickly. I believe a comprehensive foster care/adoption reform legislative package is in Georgia's best interests in 2018. For the foregoing reasons, I hereby VETO HB 359.
VETO NUMBER 5
HB 425 House Bill 425 encourages the State Board of Education to implement assessment opt-out procedures and encourages the allowance of paper-and-pencil formats for such assessments. First, as I stated in my veto of SB 133 last year, local school districts currently have the flexibility to determine opt-out procedures for students who cannot, or choose not to, take these statewide assessments and I see no need to impose an additional layer of state-level procedures for these students. Additionally, encouraging the administration of assessments in paper-and-pencil format impedes the state's priorities of returning test data to districts as quickly as possible, and reducing the opportunity for cheating. For the foregoing reasons, I hereby VETO HB 425.
VETO NUMBERS 6 AND 7
HB 439 and HB 440 House Bill 439 de-annexes two parcels of land from the City of Atlanta. House Bill 440 then annexes these two parcels into the City of Sandy Springs. I do not feel that these bills received the proper amount of discussion during the legislative session and require more time for all parties to discuss the effects of these bills. For the foregoing reasons, I hereby VETO HB 439 and HB 440.

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VETO NUMBER 8

SB 125

Senate Bill 125 authorizes physicians to delegate their authority to prescribe

hydrocodone compound products to physician assistants. This language would add several

thousand prescribers to our healthcare system and, as a result, create the potential for

hundreds of thousands more opioid prescriptions to be issued. Like many other states,

Georgia is currently in the grips of an opioid abuse epidemic and this change is incongruent

with the state's efforts to quell that problem. For the foregoing reasons, I hereby VETO

SB 125.

VETO NUMBER 9

SB 222 Senate Bill 222 creates the Local Government 9-1-1 Authority and makes significant changes to the fee collection and disbursement process for local public service answering points. The authority created by SB 222 is a quasi-independent authority with little oversight from, or coordination with, the state. The lack of oversight could lead to obvious negative consequences stemming from the absence of accountability, and further the lack of state coordination could hamper local and state joint responses in emergency situations. Finally, the bill states that the authority, executive director, and staff would be appointed or hired after July 1, 2017, but fees collected that fund the authority would not be collected until July 1, 2019. This would result in a two year period with no funding for the authority or its staff.

I do, however, believe that public service answering points are essential for the effective operation of police, firefighting, and ambulance services. In order to keep the 9-1-1 reform process moving, I plan, by executive order, to establish a Local Government 9-1-1 Authority to be housed at the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMHSA). Additionally, I will be creating and appointing the position of executive director for this authority to oversee the day-to-day operations. In order to have a better state-wide public safety communications network and 9-1-1 service it is necessary to locate this authority within GEMHSA, which handles all other aspects of emergency management for the state. I look forward to working with the General Assembly next year to codify the executive order and enact additional measures to strengthen 9-1-1 services throughout the state. For the foregoing reasons, I hereby VETO SB 222.

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GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS AND VETOES

Nathan Deal
GOVERNOR

STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ATLANTA 30334-0900
May 1, 2017

The Honorable Casey Cagle Lieutenant Governor 240 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334

The Honorable David Ralston Speaker of the Georgia House
of Representatives 332 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334

Dear Gentlemen:

Please be advised that I have identified language to disregard for the following section in House Bill 44:

Non-Binding Information Language to Disregard: Section 28, pertaining to the Department of Human Services,
page 133, line 200.7.

The message for the item referenced above is attached.

Sincerely,

ND:rb

s/NATHAN DEAL Nathan Deal

Attachment

cc: The Honorable Brian Kemp, Secretary of State The Honorable Chris Carr, 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 Georgia House of Representatives Mr. Wayne R. Allen, Legislative Counsel

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HB 44 - FY 2018 APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Intent Language Considered Non-Binding
Section 28, pertaining to the Department of Human Services, page 133, line 200.7:
The General Assembly seeks to appropriate $100,000 to the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency for the Warrior Alliance to assist veterans in transitioning to private employment. These funds should be used to provide needed training and employment services for veterans; however, the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency should have the authority to select the provider to best serve this population statewide. Therefore, the Department is authorized to utilize the funds for veterans training and employment services in accordance with the purpose of the program and the general law powers of the Department.

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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

154th 2017-18

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 2017 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

Jesse Stone Chairman Senate Judiciary Committee

Jay Powell Chairman House Ways and Means Committee

William Ligon 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 2017 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 2017 session included the following individuals:
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wayne R. Allen, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 1992

STAFF Deputy Legislative Counsel Paul N. Higbee, Jr., J.D., Univ. of Ga., 1997 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, Operations Assistant Diana Daniels, Executive Assistant and Support Staff Director

GEORGIA LAWS 2017 SESSION
Editors Michelle Law
Laura Lee Kim McGrath Vallerie Trent, Lead Editor
Document Specialists Tracy Cochran Sarah Cox
Annette Culpepper Joyce Hall
Doris Ragland Natasha Spurrier, Lead Document Specialist
Teresa Winsett

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