Georgia Administrative Code

(1) When funding permits, the Department shall hold a grant competition and encourage eligible applicants to submit funding requests to support their local efforts to develop litter education, enforcement, and eradication/clean-up activities. Notification for applications shall b…

The Clean Community Challenge Litter Prevention Grant is a reimbursable fund grant opportunity. Grants will be allocated based upon available funds during a competition period established by the Commissioner. The Department shall establish an award and reimbursement submission re…

(1) Eligible activities (purchases) include, but are not limited to: Digital cameras and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) units; Computer software for litter index tracking; Enforcement equipment and installation such as surveillance cameras; Educational materials, including, but…

(1) An eligible applicant, as defined in 110-30-1.02(3), may apply for Clean Community Challenge Litter Prevention Grant funding. If more than one eligible applicant is party to the application then one of the eligible applicants must be designated as the lead agency responsible …

The maximum equipment and supply award for a Clean Community Challenge Litter Prevention Grant will be based upon demonstrated need and proposed program innovation. Eligible applicants applying for a grant will be encouraged to match the grant through donations and in-kind servic…

Eligible applications received during a competition period will be reviewed by a grant review team to determine the merit of the application and whether the grant shall be awarded. In determining whether an applicant shall receive a grant award, the grant review team will conside…

Upon selection by the Department, eligible grant recipients shall enter into a contract with the Department specifying the terms and conditions for receipt of grant funding. Upon receipt of the required documentation be eligible for reimbursement of grant allowable expenditures.

This grant program will cease upon termination of funding and the distribution of the existing funds allocated to this program.

The name of this program is the Georgia State Small Business Credit Initiative. This program is divided into two sub-programs as follows: the Georgia Small Business Credit Guarantee and the Georgia Loan Participation Program.

The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (Act), designed to help increase credit availability for small businesses, created the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) and appropriated $1.5 billion to be used by the United States Department of the Treasury (U.S. Treasury) to pr…

Georgia requires that each lender obtain an assurance from each borrower stating that the loan proceeds will not be used for an impermissible purpose under the SSBCI Program. Lenders are prohibited from refinancing any existing outstanding balance or previously made loan, line of…

The following are the general terms and conditions of the two programs for the Georgia State Small Business Credit Initiative. (1) Small Business Credit Guarantee (SBCG) (a) A Lender Program Participation Agreement is executed between an approved participating lender and GHFA EDF…

(1) The enabling statute for this regulation is Title 48 Chapter 8 Article 6 otherwise known as the Georgia Tourism Development Act. Within this regulation, the reference may also be incorporated as "the Act". a) The legislative purpose contained in O.C.G.A § 48-8-272 includes th…

(1) "Agreement" is defined in O.C.G.A § 48-8-271(1) as an agreement between the Department of Community Affairs and an approved company pursuant to Code Section § 48-8-275. Any Agreement is for content only. Such Agreement does not constitute approval of all items within the appl…

(1) Eligible Applicants include those entities listed at section which are undertaking an eligible Project as described in section that will have Approved Costs in excess of $1 million which result an eligible Tourism Attraction as described in section of these regulations. (2) P…

(1) Upon receipt of a Consultant's Report, the staff of DCA shall combine the Department's analyses of the Application with the opinions conveyed in the Consultant's Report to prepare a Preliminary Recommendation for the Commissioner of GDEcD's and Commissioner of DCA's considera…

(1) As indicated in the Act, both Commissioners must approve an application in order to obtain final approval. The Commissioners may, at their discretion, grant approval to a tourism attraction project if the project shall satisfy the criteria for approval as outlined in the auth…

(1) Terms of Agreement -- Following approval, the Department of Community Affairs shall enter into an agreement with any approved company which may also include as a partner any public development authority, and the terms and provisions of each agreement shall include, but not be…

The purpose of the Rural Act is to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated to provide tax credit incentives to promote the revitalization of vacant rural Georgia downtowns by encouraging investment, job creation, and economic growth in l…

(1) 'Certified entity' means any eligible business which establishes a new location within a Rural Zone on or after January 1, 2018, or any existing eligible business located within a Rural Zone that expands its operations on or after January 1, 2018, and which: (a) Creates at le…

(1) Eligible applicants under this program are municipalities, counties or consolidated governments with a population of 15,000 or less. The population estimates shall be based on the most recent U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey population estimates. Once approved, …

(1) Eligible applicants must have an existing historic commercial area. (2) The boundaries of the proposed Rural Zone should take into consideration the economic distress criteria and should be contiguous parcels. (3) The Commissioners for the Department of Community Affairs and …

(1) Eligible applicants must apply for Rural Zone designation under this program in a format and manner prescribed by the Department of Community Affairs. Applications may be submitted in writing to the Department at: Georgia Department of Community Affairs Rural Zone Program Com…

(1) For eligible certified entities and certified investors within a currently designated Rural Zone, tax credits may be earned in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 48-7-40.32 and accompanying regulations. Nothing in this regulation shall be construed as authorization for certified enti…

(1) On an annual basis on or by January 31st and in a format to be provided by the Department of Community Affairs, the local government shall report on the Rural Zone's activity for the most recent year: (a) A narrative description of steps the local government has taken to faci…

The purpose of the Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act is to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to establish an eligible business investment that may allow certain entities to earn c…

(1) 'Affiliate' means an entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with another entity. For the purposes of this Code section, an entity is 'controlled by' another entity if the controlling en…

(1) Eligible applicants under this program are rural funds or affiliates with a proven track record of making investments together with their affiliates of at least $100 million in nonpublic companies located in rural areas within the United States. (2) Rural funds or their affil…

(1) All applications shall be received on forms promulgated by the Department, with all attachments and supporting documentation required in order to be deemed complete. (2) Applications shall contain all elements required for statutory compliance, as well as any other elements r…

(1) Upon receipt of an application for certification of a rural fund, the Department shall review the application for completeness and compliance with required elements. (2) Failure to provide any of the following elements within the application will result in the application bei…

(1) Within 60 days of the applicant receiving notification of certification, the rural fund shall issue the capital investment to and receive cash in the amount of the certified amount from the rural investor(s). Such transactions shall be received into a depository account that …

(1) Qualified investments include loans or equity investments that meet the threshold requirements set forth as qualified investments. (2) The Department shall produce a list, available to rural funds and placed on the Department's website, identifying business classifications th…

(1) The Department may recapture, from an allocatee, the credit allowed under O.C.G.A. § 33-1-25 if: (a) The rural fund does not invest 100 percent of its capital investment authority in qualified investments in the state of Georgia within two years of the closing date, with at l…

(1) Rural funds shall submit a report to the Department within the first 15 business days after the second anniversary of the initial credit allowance date. This report shall include documentation as to the investment of 100 percent of the investments made under the Georgia Agrib…

(1) Upon making a capital investment in a rural fund, a rural investor earns a vested right to a credit against such entity's Georgia state tax liability that may be utilized on each credit allowance date of such capital investment in an amount equal to the applicable percentage …

(1) On or after the sixth anniversary of the closing date, a rural fund may apply to the Department to exit the program and no longer be subject to regulation under O.C.G.A. § 33-1-25. Such application shall be made on forms promulgated by the Department. (2) The Department shall…

(1) No allocatee shall receive distributions, directly or indirectly from distribution or payments made by the rural fund, in excess of an amount that would result in an internal rate of return on capital invested that is more than 20 percent if the number of jobs created is: (a)…

The purpose of the Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Program is to amend Titles 32, 36 and 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated as the General Assembly recognizes that access to broadband services in today's society is essential to everyday life. Access to broadband…

(1) 'Broadband network project' means any deployment of broadband services. (2) 'Broadband services' means a wired or wireless terrestrial service that consists of the capability to transmit at a rate of not less than 25 megabits per second in the downstream direction and at leas…

(1) Eligible applicants must apply for the Broadband Ready Community certification in a format and matter prescribed by the Department. The Department shall promulgate the process and forms required and make such forms available on its website no later than February 1, 2019. (2) …

(1) Designated Broadband Ready Communities may be decertified by the Department if: (a) The community imposes an unreasonable or non-cost based fee to review an application or issue a permit for a broadband network project. An application fee in excess of $100.00 shall be conside…

(1) In order to encourage economic development and attract technology enabled growth in Georgia, the Department of Community Affairs shall, with the Department of Economic Development, create and administer the 'Georgia Broadband Ready Community Site Designation Program.' Such pr…

(1) The Department of Community Affairs shall determine those areas in the state that are served and unserved with broadband service and shall publish such findings. (2) The Department shall consult with the Federal Communications Commission in determining if a map showing the un…

(1) An entity that is authorized to apply for or that obtains a certificate of authority pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 45-5-163, a broadband services provider, or a political subdivision may file a petition with the Department along with data specifying locations or census blocks which …

(1) All information provided by a broadband services provider pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 50-39-3 shall be presumed to be confidential, proprietary, a trade secret as such term is defined in O.C.G.A. § 10-1-761, and subject to exemption from disclosure under state and federal law and …

(1) "Historic Building" means any individual building or any building which contributes to the historic character of a historic district, so designated by the State Historic Preservation Officer, or so designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 44, …

(1) Historic buildings shall be so designated by the State Historic Preservation Officer if one of the following criteria is met: (a) The building is in the National Register of Historic Places either as an individual property or as a contributing property to a historic district;…