No amendment or revision of any charter made pursuant to this chapter shall become effective until a copy of the amendment or revision, a copy of the required notice of publication, and an affidavit of a duly authorized representative of the newspaper in which the notice was published, to the effect that the notice has been published as provided in this chapter, has been filed with the Secretary of State and in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county of the legal situs of the municipal corporation. The Secretary of State shall provide for the publication and distribution of all such amendments and revisions at least annually.
(Ga. L. 1965, p. 298, § 6.)
Law reviews.- For article, "The Municipal Home Rule Act of 1965 (this chapter)," see 3 Ga. St. B. J. 333 (1967). For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia local government law for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 155 (1979).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Mere failure to file ordinance does not make it ineffective charter amendment.
- After many months of operation under the ordinance as adopted and filed in the office of the Secretary of State, mere failure to also file the completed ordinance in the office of the clerk of court does not make the ordinance an ineffective charter amendment. Jackson v. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 8, 234 Ga. 906, 218 S.E.2d 633 (1975).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 293.
C.J.S.- 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 351 et seq.