In addition to publishing the notice required by O.C.G.A. § 7-9-5(c) and Rule 80-12-2-.05, the applicant shall cause a notice, which notice must be approved by the Department, to be published informing any interested parties of the opportunity to provide written comments, whether favorable or unfavorable, to the Department regarding the MALPB charter application. The notice shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the newspaper which is the official organ of the county where the applicant's main office will be located as well as the newspaper of general circulation in the county where the applicant's main office will be located. The applicant shall provide the Department with an affidavit executed by the duly authorized agent or publisher of a newspaper attesting that the notice required by this rule was published in the newspapers once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 80-12-2-.06
O.C.G.A. §§ 7-9-3, 7-9-13.