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(RESERVED) FOOTNOTE(S): --- (1) --- Editor's note—Ga. Const. art. III, § VI, ¶ IV, provides: "Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout this state and no local or special law shall be enacted in any case for which provision has been made by an existing general law, except that the general assembly may by general law authorize local governments by local ordinance or resolution to exercise police powers which do not conflict with general laws." The following are some of the state statutes which include common offenses: Public indecency, O.C.G.A. § 16-6-8; criminal trespass and damage to property; O.C.G.A. § 16-7-20 et seq.; interference with government property, O.C.G.A. § 16-7-24; littering public and private property, O.C.G.A. § 16-7-40 et seq.; obstructing or hindering law enforcement officers, O.C.G.A. § 16-10-24; transmitting a false report of fire, O.C.G.A. § 16-10-27; use of "fighting words," obscene and vulgar or profane language, harassing phone calls, O.C.G.A. § 16-11-39 et seq.; obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks or other public passages, O.C.G.A. § 16-11-43; gambling and related offenses, O.C.G.A. § 16-12-20 et seq.; obscenity and related offenses, O.C.G.A. § 16-12-80 et seq.; fireworks, O.C.G.A. § 25-10-1 et seq. |