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	<title>Georgia Legislative Watch &#187; Counties</title>
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	<description>&#34;...and the clerk will unlock the machines&#34;</description>
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		<title>Ed Lindsey Introduces Bill To Get Fulton County Out Of The City Business</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2010/03/11/ed-lindsey-introduces-bill-to-get-fulton-county-out-of-the-city-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Walker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of Fulton County is municipalized, meaning that most residents of Georgia&#8217;s largest county live in a city.  The only unincorporated area left in Fulton is about 66 square miles in the southern portion of the county.
Fulton County government provides city-like services to this small unincorporated area &#8211;such as police and fire protection, code [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milton County?</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2010/02/17/milton-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Pye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaker Pro-Tem Jan Jones is pushing the issue:
A Republican lawmaker from north Fulton County, Jones wants to create Georgia’s first new county in 86 years, a move already drawing howls of protests from Capitol Democrats who have vowed to defeat the proposal.
“I will be asking for a vote this year,” Jones said in a recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mandate for local governments to post budgets online</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2010/02/16/mandate-for-local-governments-to-post-budgets-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Pye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you can see, transparency is on the minds of legislators:
Most local governments would have their budgets and audits posted on the Internet under legislation unanimously approved by the Georgia House on Tuesday. The obligation would apply to cities and counties with budgets of more than $1 million, said Rep. Ed Lindsey (R-Atlanta), the bill’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SB82 &#8211; Dunwoody, City of; incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/30/2007_08_sb82/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/30/2007_08_sb82/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ SB82 &#8211; Dunwoody, City of; incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city  
Sponsored by: Weber,Dan 40th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Dunwoody in DeKalb County; to provide for a charter for the City of Dunwoody; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HB191 &#8211; Board of Education of Colquitt County; nonpartisan elections; provide</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/30/2007_08_hb191/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ HB191 &#8211; Board of Education of Colquitt County; nonpartisan elections; provide  
Sponsored by: Royal,Richard 171st
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act relating to the Board of Education of Colquitt County, approved March 12, 1970 (Ga. L. 1970, p. 2582), as amended, so as to provide for the election of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HB190 &#8211; State Court of Mitchell County; full-time judge; provide</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/30/2007_08_hb190/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ HB190 &#8211; State Court of Mitchell County; full-time judge; provide  
Sponsored by: Royal,Richard 171st
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Mitchell County (formerly the City Court of Camilla), approved August 17, 1905 (Ga. L. 1905, p. 184), as amended, so as to provide that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SB58 &#8211; Taxation; payment of taxes where property lies in more than one county; repeal certain provisions</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/26/2007_08_sb58/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/26/2007_08_sb58/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ SB58 &#8211; Taxation; payment of taxes where property lies in more than one county; repeal certain provisions  
Sponsored by: Smith,Preston 52nd
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county taxation, so as to repeal certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SB52 &#8211; DeKalb County; authority of chief executive officer to preside over meetings of the county commission; change provisions</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/26/2007_08_sb52/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/26/2007_08_sb52/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ SB52 &#8211; DeKalb County; authority of chief executive officer to preside over meetings of the county commission; change provisions  
Sponsored by: Jones,Emanuel 10th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relating to the governing authority of DeKalb County, approved March 8, 1956 (Ga. L. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SB46 &#8211; Cook County; board of education; compensation of board members; change provision</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/26/2007_08_sb46/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/26/2007_08_sb46/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ SB46 &#8211; Cook County; board of education; compensation of board members; change provision  
Sponsored by: Golden,Tim 8th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for election of the members of the board of education of Cook County, approved March 28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 5499), as amended, particularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HB179 &#8211; Walton Judicial Circuit; create</title>
		<link>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/26/2007_08_hb179/</link>
		<comments>http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007/01/26/2007_08_hb179/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ HB179 &#8211; Walton Judicial Circuit; create  
Sponsored by: Mumford,Robert 95th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia, to be known as the Walton Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Walton County; to provide for the judges and district attorneys of said new [...]]]></description>
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