§ 1-115. Ordinances and regulations—General assembly's power to authorize county to adopt.

The General Assembly of the State of Georgia is hereby authorized: 1. The governing authority of Fulton County is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt ordinances and regulations, including traffic regulations, for the governing and policing of the unincorporated areas of said county for the purpose of protecting and preserving the health, safety, welfare and morals of the citizens thereof as it may deem advisable, not in conflict with the general laws of this state and of the United States; and for the implementation and enforcement of all duties and powers now or hereafter vested in said governing authority; and to provide penalties for violations of such ordinances, setting the nature and amount of such penalties or punishments; and to designate the court or courts which shall have jurisdiction in Fulton County over such offenses.

(1976 Ga. Laws (Act No. 205), page 1880, § 1)

State law reference

Board of commissioners authorized to adopt ordinances for the governing and policing of the unincorporated areas of the county, O.C.G.A. § 36-1-20(a).

Editor's note

The above amendment to Ga. Const. (1945) art. VI, § I was continued in effect by 1986 Ga. Laws (Act No. 905), page 4027. See Ga. Const. (1983) art. XI, § I, ¶ IV.