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(a) With respect to any consolidated government created by the consolidation of a county and one or more municipalities, the provisions of this Code section shall control over any conflicting provisions of this part.
(b) The tax authorized by this part, if imposed by a consolidated government, shall not be subject to any maximum period of time for which the tax may be levied if general obligation debt is to be issued in conjunction with the imposition of the tax. In such case the resolution or ordinance calling for the imposition of the tax shall not be required to state a maximum period of time for which the tax is to be levied; and the language relating to the maximum period of time for which the tax is to be levied shall be omitted from the ballot. The resolution or ordinance calling for the imposition of the tax shall state the maximum amount of revenue to be raised by the tax, and the tax shall terminate as provided in paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (b) of Code Section 48-8-112.
(c) A consolidated government shall be authorized to levy a tax for any capital outlay project provided for in subparagraphs (a)(1)(C), (a)(1)(D), and (a)(1)(F) of Code Section 48-8-111, or any combination thereof, without the necessity of operating such project jointly with a qualified municipal governing authority, owning or operating such projects with one or more qualified municipalities, or entering into a contract with one or more qualified municipalities with respect to such project.
(d) In all respects not otherwise provided for in this Code section, the levy of a tax under this part by a consolidated government shall be in the same manner as the levy of the tax by any other county. History. Code 1981, § 48-8-111.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 232, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 172, § 3; Ga. L. 2004, p. 69, § 10; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 48/HB 79. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2004, p. 69, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘State and Local Taxation, Financing, and Service Delivery Revision Act of 2004.’ ” Ga. L. 2004, p. 69, § 23(c), not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section “shall apply with respect to taxes imposed or to be imposed under any resolution or ordinance adopted by a county or municipal governing authority on or after July 1, 2004; and, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, Sections 8, 9, 10 (the amendment to this Code section), 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of this Act shall not apply with respect to taxes imposed or to be imposed under resolutions and ordinances adopted prior to July 1, 2004.”