§ 2-53. Members not to be interested in county contracts.
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The commission is hereby prohibited from entering into a contract for the purchase
of goods, property or service with any member of the commission, his employer, partner,
principal, agent, servant or employee, nor shall the commission enter into any contract
in which any member of the commission is financially interested, directly or indirectly.
Neither shall the chairman or any member of the commission, his partner, employer,
principal, agent, servant or employee enter into a contract with the county or sell
to the county any goods, property or service; provided, however, this section shall
not apply to goods or services purchased from any public utility which is regulated
by the Georgia Public Service Commission.
Any contract made in violation of the provisions of this section shall be void and
any person knowingly offending this section shall be removed from office upon proper
proceeding instituted by any taxpayer in said county in accordance with the provisions
of section 23-1714 [now repealed] of the Code of Georgia of 1933.
