1-3-4
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1-3-4.
(a)
Unless a different effective date is specified in an Act:
(1)
Any Act which is approved by the Governor or which becomes law without his
approval on or after the first day of January and prior to the first day of July
of a calendar year shall become effective on the first day of July;
and
(2)
Any Act which is approved by the Governor or which becomes law without his
approval on or after the first day of July and prior to the first day of January
of the immediately succeeding calendar year shall become effective on the first
day of January.
(b)
Subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to local legislation or to
resolutions intended to have the effect of law. Such local legislation and
resolutions intended to have the effect of law become effective immediately upon
approval by the Governor or upon their becoming law without his approval, unless
a different effective date is specified in the Act or resolution.