Legal Opinion
Board of Public Education v. Hair
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 19, 2003No. S03A0031PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Chief Justice.
The Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham (the “Board”) sued the Chatham County Board of Commissioners and Tax Commissioner (collectively the “County”), challenging as unconstitutional a county ordinance and state statute under which the County receives a 2.5% commission for collecting the school taxes. The trial court upheld the ordinance and statute. Because the Georgia Constitution and state statutes allow the entity that collects school taxes to receive up to a 2.5% commission for its collection services and the Board’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Dudley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
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