Legal Opinion
Wood v. Gwinnett County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 20, 1979No. 34792PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This appeal presents the single issue whether Gwinnett County under its home rule power has authority to amend a local Act of the legislature creating the Gwinnett County Public Facilities Authority. We rule that it does not.
The Gwinnett County Public Facilities Authority Act was effectuated in 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 4463 et seq.) and the Authority was authorized to build or acquire fire stations and finance them from a special fire protection levy in the Gwinnett County Fire District. On November 28, 1978 the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution purporting…
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