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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS v. COOPER

35842, 35843.

245 Ga. 251 (1980)

264 S.E.2d 193

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TAYLOR COUNTY et al. v. COOPER et al. STRICKLAND et al. v. COOPER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 5, 1980.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, James C. Pratt, Assistant Attorney General, for appellants (Case No. 35843).

H. H. Perry, Jr., amicus curiae.

Denmark Groover, Jr., Garland T. Byrd, Charles W. Byrd, Ben P. Jackson, Jr., Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, James C. Pratt, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees (Case No. 35842).

Denmark Groover, Jr., Alex Davis, Garland T. Byrd, Ben P. Jackson, Jr., W. Thomas Griffith, for appellees (Case No. 35843).

HILL, Justice.

In 1975, the General Assembly enacted a one percent local option sales tax which could only be instituted following a local referendum. On November 2, 1976, the voters of Taylor County, Georgia, approved the county-wide levy of a one percent sales tax. In 1979 the 1975 Act was declared unconstitutional. City Council of Augusta v. Mangelly, 243 Ga. 358 (254 S.E.2d 315) (1979)...

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