EDITOR'S NOTES. --This article consisted of
Code Sections 48-6-20 through 48-6-26, 48-6-26.1, 48-6-27 through 48-6-44, and was based on Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 156, §§ 1-6, 8, 10, 11, 13; Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 170, § 1; Code 1882, § 798; Civil Code 1895, § 762; Civil Code 1910, § 998; Ga. L. 1913, p. 122, § 1; Ga. L. 1919, p. 82, § 1; Code 1933, § 92-201; Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 156, §§ 1-4, 7; Ga. L. 1939, p. 100, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 105, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 348, § 1; Ga. L. 1946, p. 12, § 1; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1183, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1050, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1950, p. 74, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 379, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 262, § 1; Ga. L. 1964, p. 715, § 1; Ga. L. 1965, p. 182, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 924, §§ 2,3; Ga. L. 1973, p. 934, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 405, §§ 1, 3; Code 1933, §§ 91A-3101--91A-3121, 91A-3123, 91A-3124, 91A-9916, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 5, §§ 54-56, 58; Ga. L. 1980, p. 332, §§ 1-3; Code 1933, § 91A-3125, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 332, § 4; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1350, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1986, p. 679, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 9; Ga. L. 1987, p. 266, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1988, p. 13, § 48; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1404, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 48; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1353, § 1; Code 1981, § 48-6-26.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1483, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1483, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1183, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1647, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 130, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 181 § 1.
Ga. L. 1996, p. 117, § 9, provides that the Act shall not repeal any provision of Ga. L. 1996, p. 130 if Ga. L. 1996, p. 130 is passed at the 1996 regular session of the General Assembly, becomes law, and becomes effective.
Ga. L. 1996, p. 130, § 3, repeals and reserves this article effective on January 1, 1997, applicable to all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1996, upon the ratification of House Resolution 734 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 1665) at the November, 1996, general election; if such resolution is not ratified, the repeal shall not become effective and shall stand repealed on January 1, 1997. House Resolution 734 was ratified in 1996. Ga. L. 1996, p. 130, § 9, provides, in part, that the provisions of the Act shall not repeal but shall supersede and control over any conflicting provisions of any other Act enacted at the 1996 regular session, including, but not limited to, Ga. L. 1996, p. 117.