Georgia Code, Title 36, Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only, Article 3 - Annexation Pursuant to Application by Owners of 60 Percent of Land and 60 Percent of Electors

• § 36-36-30 - "Municipal Corporation" Defined
  As used in this article, the term "municipal corporation" means a municipal corporation which has a population of 200 or more persons according to...
• § 36-36-31 - "Contiguous Area" Defined; Determination of Aggregate External Boundary
  (a) As used in this article, the term "contiguous area" means any area of which at least one-eighth of the aggregate external boundary, at...
• § 36-36-32 - Annexation Upon Application of Owners of 60 Percent of the Land and 60 Percent of the Resident Electors Generally; Application and Signature Requirements
  (a) Authority is granted to the governing bodies of the several municipal corporations of this state to annex to the existing corporate limits thereof...
• § 36-36-33 - Annexation Across County Boundary Lines Prohibited
  There shall be no annexation across the boundary lines of any county under this article.
• § 36-36-34 - Determination of Compliance With Article; Notice Upon Noncompliance; Proceedings Upon Compliance
  Whenever the governing body of a municipal corporation receives an application pursuant to Code Section 36-36-32, it shall, after investigation, determine whether such application...
• § 36-36-35 - Plans and Report for Extension of Services to Area Proposed to Be Annexed
  (a) A municipal corporation exercising authority under this article shall make plans for the extension of services to the area proposed to be annexed...
• § 36-36-36 - Requirement of Public Hearing; Notice of Time and Place; Persons Entitled to Be Heard; Right of Property Owner to Withdraw Consent
  (a) The municipal governing body shall hold a public hearing on any application which has been determined to meet the requirements of this article....
• § 36-36-37 - Adoption of Annexing Ordinance
  (a) If, after the public hearing, the governing body determines that the annexation to the municipal corporation of the area proposed in the application...
• § 36-36-38 - Filing of Identification of Annexed Property With County and Department of Community Affairs; Applicability of Municipal Ad Valorem Taxes to Annexed Territory; Effect of Annexation
  (a) When an application pursuant to Code Section 36-36-32 is acted upon by the municipal authorities and the land, by ordinance, is annexed to...
• § 36-36-39 - Filing of Petition for Declaratory Judgment to Determine Validity of Annexation; Judicial Review
  (a) Within 30 days of the effective date of the ordinance annexing land to the municipal corporation, any resident elector of the area so...
• § 36-36-40 - Use of Municipally Owned Utilities by Residents of Annexed Territory
  Nothing within this article shall prohibit the municipal corporation from requiring the residents of the newly annexed area to use utilities owned by the...

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