| 15 | 15 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Cobb County, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Georgia, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4492), as amended, so as to revise a2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | requirement for public hearings before the commission is authorized to spend over3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | $100,000.00 to employ an independent consultant or conduct an independent study; to4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | provide for other related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1.7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Cobb County, Georgia,8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4492), as amended, is amended by revising9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 11A as follows:10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | "Section 11A.11 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Before the commission expends county funds of $200,000.00 or more to employ an12 |
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| 30 | 30 | | independent consultant or consulting firm or to conduct an independent study or survey,13 |
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| 31 | 31 | | it shall hold a public hearing thereon. At least 15 days' notice of the time and place of the14 |
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| 32 | 32 | | hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Consultants15 |
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| 33 | 33 | | H. B. 637 |
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