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STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
ORDINANCE NO. 19-07-396
AN ORDINANCE REGARDING ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND ELECTRONIC
SIGNATURES; TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND TO ESTABLISH
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MILTON HEREBY ORDAINS, while in
regularly called Council meeting on the 8th day of July 2019 at 6:00 p.m., as follows:
WHEREAS, O.C.G.A. § 10-12-18 (a) provides authority for municipalities of this state to
determine whether, and the extent to which, it will send and accept electronic records and
electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store,
process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend its Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2
(Administration), Article VII (Public Records), to address the City's acceptance and use of
electronic records and electronic signatures.
NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MILTON HEREBY
ORDAINS as follows:
1. That the City's Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2 (Administration), Article VII (Public
Records), shall be amended to add a new Division 4 entitled "Electronic Documents," as provided
in Exhibit A attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein.
2. That all Ordinances, parts of Ordinances, or regulations in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
3. That this Ordinance shall become effective upon a majority vote by the City Council as
ratified by the Mayor of the City of Milton, Georgia.
SO ORDAINED this 8th day of July 2019.
Attest:
Sudie Gordon, dity Clerk
Approved:
Joe Loc woo , ayor
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EXHIBIT A
The City's Code of Ordinances is amended to add the following:
CHAPTER 2 — ADMINISTRATION
Secs. 2-778 — 2-789. — Reserved.
ARTICLE VII — PUBLIC RECORDS
DIVISION 4 — ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
Sec. 2-790. — Electronic Records and Signatures.
(a) An electronic record satisfies any rule requiring a document to be in writing. An
electronic signature satisfies any rule of law requiring a signature. Any electronic record
is signed as a matter of law if it contains a secure electronic signature.
(b) An electronic signature is deemed to be secure if it is created by application of a security
procedure that is commercially reasonable and provided the electronic signature can be
verified. Further, an electronic signature is considered secure if it can be linked to the
electronic record to which it relates in a manner such that, if the record is changed, the
electronic signature is invalidated.
(c) An electronic record is deemed to be secure if it is created by application of a security
procedure that is commercially reasonable and agreed to by the city. The electronic
record will be deemed secure when it can be verified not to have been altered since a
specified point in time.
Secs. 2-791— 2-796. — Reserved.
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