2021 Georgia Code
Title 48 - Revenue and Taxation
Chapter 5 - Ad Valorem Taxation of Property
Article 8 - School Taxation
§ 48-5-400. Power of County Governing Authorities to Levy and Collect Taxes for Educational Purposes

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 48-5-400 (2021)
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The governing authority of each county may levy and collect taxes for educational purposes in such amounts as the county governing authority shall determine. Amounts collected from such levies shall be appropriated to the use of the county board of education and to the educational work directed by the county board of education.

(Ga. L. 1922, p. 81, § 1; Code 1933, § 32-1127; Code 1933, § 91A-1701, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.)

Cross references.

- Free public education prior to college or postsecondary level and support by taxation, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VIII, Sec. I, Para. I.

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