{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-31-7","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 36-31-7","heading":"Power to license and regulate alcoholic beverages.","body":"When a new municipal corporation is created by local Act, the governing authority of the municipal corporation shall have all the same powers to license and regulate alcoholic beverages within its territory as did the governing authority of the county when such territory was within the unincorporated area of the county. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is specifically provided that no petition, election, or other condition precedent which might otherwise be required under Title 3 to authorize sales of any alcoholic beverages shall be required in order for the governing authority of the municipality to exercise such powers.","path":["TITLE 36 Local Government","Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only","CHAPTER 31 Incorporation of Municipal Corporations"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.36.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"3e4be75971ca906a26ef26bb11fff171855c22f9bc2c997cd95b220962f5fbe9","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-31-6","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-31-7.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}