§ 573. Contracts for district services.

(a)

The governing authority of DeKalb County and the governing authority of any DeKalb municipality are authorized to enter into contracts governing the provision of district services by DeKalb County. In the event any such contract is entered into, the requirements of this act [division], as to the DeKalb municipality entering the contract, shall be suspended during the period the contract is in effect, and the provision of district services by DeKalb County within the DeKalb municipality entering into the contract and the funding of such district services shall be controlled by the contract.

(b)

In the event DeKalb County and a DeKalb municipality enter into a contract authorized by subsection (a) of this section, the adjustment to the district services ad valorem tax millage rate for the unincorporated area shall be the millage rate applied to taxable property within the unincorporated area which will produce the total amount determined under paragraph (3) of section 5 of this act [§ 570 of this appendix] less:

(1)

The amount derived by DeKalb County from special services tax districts, except the special service[s] tax district of the DeKalb municipality which has entered into a contract with DeKalb County, from the adjusted ad valorem tax millage rates levied pursuant to subsection (b) of section 6 of this act [§ 571 of this appendix]; and

(2)

The amount derived, if any, by DeKalb County from the DeKalb municipality which has entered into a contract with the county in payment for the provisions of district services within the municipality by the county.

(c)

In the absence of a contract authorized by this section or upon the expiration of any such contract or upon any such contract ceasing to be effective for any reason, the provisions of this act [division] shall govern ad valorem taxes levied by DeKalb County within each special services tax district to finance the provisions of district services by the county.

(d)

At least once a year, the member or members of the Atlanta city council whose districts cover "Atlanta in DeKalb," the president of the Atlanta city council or his designee, the mayor of the City of Atlanta or his designee, the chief executive officer of DeKalb County or his designee, the presiding officer of the DeKalb county commission or his designee, the member or members of the DeKalb county commission whose districts cover "Atlanta in DeKalb," and any staff deemed necessary and appropriate to the discussions from both the Atlanta city council and the DeKalb county commission shall meet for the purpose of discussing delivery of services in "Atlanta in DeKalb." Such meeting shall be advertised once a week for two (2) weeks immediately preceding the date of such meeting. No activity requiring action by both the city council and the county commission shall be initiated or undertaken at any meeting conducted under this subsection.

(Acts 1982, p. 4396, § 8; Acts 1990, p. 4601, § 1)