2018 Georgia Code
Title 36 - Local Government
Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only
Chapter 40 - Grants of State Funds to Municipal Corporations
Article 2 - Grants for Public Purposes
§ 36-40-22. Certificate of eligibility for grant generally; submission; form; execution and attestation; penalty for signing false certificate
(a) Each municipal corporation, as defined in Code Section 36-40-21, shall submit to the Office of the State Treasurer a certificate showing the number of regular meetings held within the preceding 12 months by the governing body of the municipal corporation and stating that ad valorem taxes on real property were levied and collected in such municipal corporation within the 12 months preceding such certificate or stating that the municipal corporation performed at least two of the activities and services enumerated in Code Section 36-40-21.
(b) Such certificate shall be substantially in the following form:
CERTIFICATE
"The undersigned, Mayor (Chairman of the Commission) of (Official
Corporate Name), does hereby certify that regular meetings of the
governing body were held during the past 12 months and that ad valorem
taxes were levied and collected during the past 12 months for the operation
of the government of (Official Corporate Name) or that the municipal
corporation performed the following two services:
and
.
The municipal treasurer or other official or officials authorized to
receive municipal funds is (are)
.
Date Mayor (Chairman of Commission)
Attest:
Clerk"
(c) Such certificate shall be executed by the highest elective official, whether designated as mayor or by some other term (or as chairman of the commission in those municipal corporations having a commission form of government), and shall be attested by the clerk. The name of the municipal corporation used in the certificate shall be its official corporate name. The name of the municipal treasurer or other official or officials authorized to receive municipal funds shall be listed in the certificate and the instrument transferring funds to the municipal corporation shall be payable to such treasurer or other official or officials as listed in the certificate.
(d) The information contained in the certificate shall constitute the basis upon which the Office of the State Treasurer shall make the distribution of funds under this article.
(e) Any person willfully and knowingly signing a certificate containing false information shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
