{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-8-81","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 50-8-81","heading":"Legislative intent.","body":"It is in the public interest to create an agency composed of officials of political subdivisions and private citizens to coordinate planning and development within each area of this state having a population of more than 1,000,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census; to designate the agency as the regional commission under Article 2 of this chapter to make the agency the official metropolitan agency for comprehensive research, study, advice, and review concerning area plans; to improve relationships between political subdivisions and public agencies within areas; and to provide policy direction for the solution of common problems through short and long-range comprehensive planning within areas.","path":["TITLE 50 State Government","CHAPTER 8 Department of Community Affairs","Article 4 Metropolitan Area Planning and Development Commissions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.50.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":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"0db8b2d98e0bc5e0e07a037dd6d96026ed834b10507a5c43874e528e39d89f30","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-8-80","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-8-82"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}