<P> A county commission (also known as a board of county commissioners) is a group of elected officials charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States . County commissions are usually made up of three or more individuals . In some counties in Georgia however, a sole commissioner holds the authority of the commission . (See National Association of Counties http://www.naco.org) </P> <P> The commission acts as the executive of the local government, levies local taxes, administers county governmental services such as prisons, courts, public health oversight, property registration, building code enforcement, and public works such as road maintenance . The system has been supplanted in large part as disparate sparsely settled regions become urbanized and establish tighter local governmental control usually in municipalities, but in many more rural states the county commission retains more control and even in some urbanized areas may be responsible for significant government services . </P>

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