§ 36-70-22-1 — [Effective 1/1/2026] Response proposals

(a) Within 60 days of the initiation of the process for developing a local government service delivery strategy, all local governments that received the written notice provided for in Code Section 36-70-22 shall provide all other local governments identified in such written notice with a written proposal of a local government service delivery strategy containing the components required by Code Section 36-70-23 , and in compliance with the criteria required by Code Section 36-70-24 together with all such factual information, data, and evidence supporting such proposal. (b) Such written proposal for each local government may be modified periodically with written notice provided to all local governments that received the written notice provided for in Code Section 36-70-22 ; provided, however, that written proposals shall be finalized by each local government prior to an agreement to enter into nonbinding arbitration under Code Section 36-70-25.2 and the judicial process provided for in Code Section 36-70-25.3 . Modifications to written proposals pursuant to this subsection may include written responses to any written proposal of another local government in the same county. (c) All such written proposals and supporting documentation shall be considered public records and subject to disclosure pursuant to Code Section 50-18-71 .

Legislative History

Added by 2024 Ga. Laws 698,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2026.