• § 36-1-1 - Names of Counties
  The state is divided into 159 counties, whose boundaries and limits shall be ascertained by the several Acts laying off the same and those...
• § 36-1-2 - Extent of Jurisdiction of Counties Divided by Water
  Whenever a stream of water is the boundary of a county, the jurisdiction of the county shall extend to the center of the main...
• § 36-1-3 - County a Body Corporate; Power to Sue and Be Sued Generally
  Every county is a body corporate, with power to sue or be sued in any court.
• § 36-1-4 - When County Liable to Be Sued
  A county is not liable to suit for any cause of action unless made so by statute.
• § 36-1-5 - Service Upon County
  In all cases in which a county is a party defendant, service shall be sufficient if perfected upon a majority of the commissioners, in...
• § 36-1-6 - Publication of Annual Financial Statement; Contents
  All boards of county commissioners, county commissioners, county managers, or other persons or bodies having charge of receipts and expenditures of county moneys shall...
• § 36-1-7 - Submission to Grand Jury of Sworn Returns of Receipts and Disbursements; Approval or Disapproval; Appearance to Explain Errors; Failure to Make Return
  (a) The judges of the probate courts, county treasurers, clerks of the superior courts, and sheriffs of the various counties shall make a return,...
• § 36-1-8 - Investment of Certain Tax Proceeds in Authorized Bonds; Registration of Bonds
  (a) The officer or officers charged with the administration of the fiscal affairs of the several counties and with the custody and control of...
• § 36-1-9 - Payment Into County Treasury
  Any county official, officer, or employee who is charged with the responsibility of collecting, receiving, or disbursing any fees, fines, forfeitures, costs, commissions, allowances,...
• § 36-1-10 - Employment of Accountant to Examine Books
  The county governing authority is authorized, whenever it deems it necessary to do so, to employ an expert accountant to examine and report on...
• § 36-1-11 - Additional Temporary Personnel and Equipment for Assistance of County Officers or Departments
  The governing authorities of the various counties shall have the authority to expend county funds for the purpose of employing such additional temporary personnel...
• § 36-1-11.1 - Expenditure of Funds for Insurance and Employment Benefits
  (a) The governing authority of any county is authorized to provide, and to expend county funds for the provision of, group health, life, disability,...
• § 36-1-12 - Courthouse to Remain Open During Normal Working Hours
  It shall be the duty and responsibility of the governing authority of each county of this state to keep the county courthouse and the...
• § 36-1-13 - Speculation in County Orders by County Officer
  Any public officer of any county in this state who buys up at a discount or in any manner speculates in what are known...
• § 36-1-14 - Interested Transactions Prohibited; Removal From Office for Violation
  (a) No county governing authority, any member thereof, or any other county officer authorized by law to use public or county funds for the...
• § 36-1-15 - Prohibition, Regulation, and Taxation of Fortunetelling and Similar Practices
  The county governing authority may by proper ordinance prohibit, regulate, or tax the practice of fortunetelling, phrenology, astrology, clairvoyance, palmistry, or other kindred practices,...
• § 36-1-16 - Garbage, Trash, Waste, or Refuse Not to Be Transported Across State or County Boundaries for Dumping Without Permission; Exemption
  (a) No person, firm, corporation, or employee of any municipality shall transport, pursuant to a contract, whether oral or otherwise, garbage, trash, waste, or...
• § 36-1-17 - Authority of County Employees to Issue Citations for Violation of Ordinances and Regulations in Counties Having Population of 550,000 or More; Jurisdiction; Effect of Failure to Respond
  In all counties of this state having a population of 550,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or any...
• § 36-1-18 - Authority of Counties Having Population of 550,000 or More to Assess Against Cost of Repairing Streets As Necessitated by Private Construction Activity; Liens
  (a) In all counties of this state having a population of 550,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or...
• § 36-1-19 - Appropriation for Charitable Grants or Contributions in Counties Having Population Greater Than 550,000; Establishment of Boards or Councils to Devise Procedures and Advise Governing Authority
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1415, § 1, effective July 1, 1996.
• § 36-1-19.1 - Appropriations for Charitable Grants or Contributions in Counties Having Population of 400,000 or More; Boards or Councils to Establish Procedures and Advise Governing Authorities
  (a) In all counties of this state having a population of 400,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or...
• § 36-1-20 - Ordinances for Governing and Policing of Unincorporated Areas of County
  (a) The governing authority of each county, for the purpose of protecting and preserving the public health, safety, and welfare, is authorized to adopt...
• § 36-1-21 - Civil Service System for County Employees
  (a) The governing authority of any county is authorized to provide by ordinance or resolution for the creation of a civil service system for...
• § 36-1-22 - Business and Occupational License Taxes and Fees
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1292, § 6, effective January 1, 1995.
• § 36-1-23 - Purchase From County of Materials Used in the Construction of Water Systems, Sewer Systems, Storm and Drainage Systems, Buildings, or Other Facilities
  (a) No county shall require any person who performs services on his property or on private property pursuant to an agreement with an individual,...
• § 36-1-24 - Training Classes for Clerks of Governing Authority of County
  (a) Any person hired or appointed to serve as the clerk of the governing authority of any county in this state shall attend and...
• § 36-1-25 - Official Minutes of Meetings
  Official minutes of the meetings of a county governing authority shall be maintained in the offices of the county governing authority. Copies of contracts,...
• § 36-1-26 - Contracts for Utility Services; Terms and Conditions
  The governing authority of any county in this state may authorize the execution of one or more contracts which specify the rates, fees, or...

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