Authority for and legislative intent of part.

This part is enacted pursuant to the authority of Article VIII, Section VI, Paragraph IV of the Constitution of Georgia and it is the intent of the General Assembly in the enactment of this part to further define and implement such provision of the Constitution. History. Code 1981, § 48-8-140, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1643, § 5; Ga. L. 1997, p. 157, §§ 2, 3. Editor’s notes. The catchline for this Code section is set out above to better reflect the statutory provisions.