Legal Opinion
Jones v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 31, 2024No. S24A0652PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
320 Ga. 239
FINAL COPY S24A0652. JONES v. CITY OF ATLANTA. COLVIN, Justice. Appellant A. Thomas Jones contends that the City of Atlanta (the “City”) imposes unlawful taxes on him and other customers of its Department of Watershed Management (“DWM”) by means of two City ordinances. City ordinances 98-O-1920 and 98-O-1921 (collectively, the “Ordinances”) levy charges on DWM’s revenue and property that are deposited in the City’s General Fund. The recitals of each ordinance suggest that the charge levied therein is meant to compensate the City for certain costs to it from its operations through…
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