(b) The 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 taxes or fees were levied during the past 12 months for the operation of the government of (Official Corporate Name). The municipal treasurer or other official or officials authorized to receive municipal funds is (are) _____________________________________________________________. __________________________ __________________________________________ Date Mayor (Chairman of Commission) Attest: ______________________________ Clerk"
The certificate shall be executed by the highest elective official, whether designated as "mayor" or by some other term or as the "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.
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.
Any person who willfully and knowingly signs a certificate containing false information shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ga. L. 1965, p. 458, § 4; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 2/SB 296.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 522 et seq.