{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-42-16","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 36-42-16","heading":"Creation of special districts.","body":"Pursuant to Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VI of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, municipalities may create one or more special districts within the area of operation of a downtown development authority for the purpose of levying and collecting taxes, fees, or assessments to pay the cost of any project or to support the exercise of any other powers which the authority may possess.","path":["TITLE 36 Local Government","Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only","CHAPTER 42 Downtown Development Authorities"],"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":"a61c3ff44eb4dbaa25426733b8fbfefc36097389e1012cd93108e41e01c557f5","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-42-15","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-42-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}