Title 50 — Title 50
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O.C.G.A. § 50-18-1 STATE PROPERTIES CODE
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General provisions, §§50-16-30 to 50-16-47. Short title, §50-16-30.
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-100 Research
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Use for, §50-18-101. Treatment, §50-18-95. Constitutional officers. Access to records of, §50-18-98. Copies of records. Certified copies. Effect, §50-18-97. Effect of certified copies, §50-18-97. Court records. Defined, §50-18-91. Recommendations as to retention schedules, §50-18-92…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-101 RESERVOIR FUND, §50-23-28
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RESERVOIRS. Georgia reservoir fund, §50-23-28. 958 INDEX RESERVOIRS —Cont’d Increasing capacity of existing reservoirs. Loans and grants to local governments, §50-23-28.1. Water supply division. Participation by division in local reservoir projects, §50-23-28.2. RETAILERS. Lotter…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-103 Construction of laws and rules
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Whenever laws or rules and regulations prescribe where a record series must be kept, the custodian of the records shall be considered in compliance with the laws and rules and regulations if he transfers the records to a local holding area, a records center, or the Georgia State …
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-120 Authority for establishment of standards
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The authority for the establishment of microform standards shall be vested in the State Records Committee. All powers and duties of the State Records Committee as provided in Article 5 of this chapter shall be applicable to the establishment and maintenance of microform standards…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-121 Limitations on liability
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Any public official or his employee who makes a bona fide attempt at compliance with the standards established under this article shall not be liable for any damages arising from the failure of the microform to meet such standards. History. — Code 1981, § 50-18-121, enacted by Ga.…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-135 Editor’s notes
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— Ga. L. 1994, p. 1360, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the provisions of the Act apply to those forms, applications, questionnaires, and other written documents printed or typed or otherwise originating after July 1, 1994; provided, however, that all doc…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-2 Definitions; publications in printed or electronic format; preference
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘State agency’’ means any department, board, bureau, commission, authority, council, or committee or any other state agency or instrumentality of the executive or legislative branch of state government. (2) ‘‘State officer’’ means …
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-20 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Publisher’’ means the state publisher of court reports who has been awarded the contract as defined in this article. (2) ‘‘Reporter’’ means the reporter of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals whose duties are set forth in Chapter 4 of Ti…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-23 Contractor to give bond
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The person to whom the contract is awarded shall give bond with adequate and satisfactory security in the sum of not less than $25,000.00, to be payable to the Governor and his successors in office and to be conditioned that the contractor will perform his duties promptly and fai…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-25 Defined, §50-18-20
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Duties. Printing and binding, §50-18-28. Production for sale to citizens, §50-18-32. Production of number of reports as ordered, §50-18-30. Statement of charges to be paid or arbitrated, §50-18-33. Reporter. Defined, §50-18-20. COURT REPORTS —Cont’d Reporter —Cont’d Dismissal. Fai…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-26 Content and appearance of reports; number of volumes per year
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(a) The reports shall contain the decisions rendered in all cases presented to the Supreme Court of Georgia and to the Court of Appeals of Georgia and an index of all cases reported. No report shall contain any argument or brief of counsel beyond a statement of the major points a…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-27 MAPS AND PLATS
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Broadband communications. Promotion and deployment of broadband services, state government. Identification of areas as served or unserved. Map identifying unserved areas, §50-40-21. Contesting map, petition, §50-40-22. MARINE RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES. Promotion. Departme…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-30 Number of volumes ordered and produced
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(a) The reporter shall order in writing from the publisher the number of volumes of each report required by the state when he delivers the manuscript to the publisher. (b) The publisher shall produce the number of reports as is ordered by the reporter and upon completion of print…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-31 Definitions
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Preparation of contract for state reports publication; public inspection. Advertising for and accepting bids for state reports publication; contract with lowest bidder; right to reject bids. Contractor to give bond. State publisher of court reports; annual renewal of contract; pu…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-32 Volumes
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Number of volumes ordered and produced, §50-18-30. Number of volumes per year, §50-18-26. CRANE GAME MACHINE OR DEVICE. Coin-operated amusement machines generally, §§50-27-70 to 50-27-104. Example of bona fide coin operated amusement machine, §50-27-70. CREDIT CARDS. Fees. Payment…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-34 Copyright belongs to state
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The reports shall be copyrighted and the copyright shall belong to the state. History. — Ga. L. 1920, p. 237, § 13; Code 1933, § 90-218; Code 1933, § 90-214, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 460, § 1.
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-35 Publisher to maintain means to reproduce volumes
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During the term of his contract, the publisher shall maintain the means to reproduce any volume published during the term of the contract at a time subsequent to the printing of that volume. History. — Code 1933, § 90-215, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 460, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 892,…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-37 Rules compilation
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The reporter shall publish a rules compilation in electronic format that is made accessible to the public through the Internet or other suitable electronic methods and shall update the rules compilation as necessary. History. — Code 1981, § 50-18-37, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 83…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 Kilgore v
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R.W. Page Corp., 259 Ga. 556, 385 S.E.2d 406 (1989). Provision of videotape of meeting is not compliance. — Atlanta Housing Authority did not substantially comply with the statute by providing a citizen with a videotape of a meeting of the Olympic Task Force Selection Committee a…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71 BILLIARD TABLES
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Coin operated. Coin-operated amusement machines generally, §§50-27-70 to 50-27-104. Example of bona fide coin operated amusement machine, §50-27-70. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY. State depositories. Board action in case of, §50-17-54. BIRDS. Official state bird, §50-3-50. Official st…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 When public disclosure not required
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(a) Public disclosure shall not be required for records that are: (1) Specifically required by federal statute or regulation to be kept confidential; (2) Medical or veterinary records and similar files, the disclosure of which would be an invasion of personal privacy; (3) Except as …
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-73 Law enforcement agencies
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Ongoing investigation. Disclosure not exempted, §50-18-77. Video recordings from body cameras or dash cams. Retention, §50-18-96. Local government. Records management programs for local governments, §50-18-99. Microforms, §§50-18-120, 50-18-121. Notice. Inspection of public recor…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-74 Purchasing
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Obtaining anything of value for personal benefit or gain, §50-5-80. FINES —Cont’d Purchasing —Cont’d Purchasing card program violations, §50-5-83. Sudan, contracting with scrutinized companies. False certification, §50-5-84. State government. Verification of lawful presence in Unite…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-75 Redesignated
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Editor’s notes. — Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 50/HB 323, redesignated former Code Section 50-18-75 as present Code Section 28-4-3.1. 50-18-76. Written matter exempt from disclosure under Code Section 31-10-25. No form, document, or other written matter which is required by law or rule…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-77 Inapplicable to public records
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The procedures and fees provided for in this article shall not apply to public records, including records that are exempt from disclosure pursuant to Code Section 50-18-72, which are requested in writing by a state or federal grand jury, taxing authority, law enforcement agency, …
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-90 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Records Act.’’ History. — Ga. L. 1972, p. 1267, § 1.
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-91 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Agency’’ means any state office, department, division, board, bureau, commission, authority, or other separate unit of state government created or established by law. (2) ‘‘Court record’’ means all documents, papers, letters, maps, books (…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-92 Defined, §50-18-91
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Destruction, alienation, etc., of records other than by approved schedule. Misdemeanor, §50-18-102. Submission by agencies, §50-18-94. State records committee. Appeals to committee by agency heads, §50-18-92. 946 INDEX PUBLIC RECORDS —Cont’d State records management —Cont’d State…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-93 Duties of division
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It shall be the duty of the division to: (1) Establish and administer, under the direction of a state records management officer, who shall be employed under the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board, a records management program; (2) Develop and issue procedures, ru…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-94 Duties of agencies
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It shall be the duty of each agency to: (1) Cause to be made and preserved records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the agency and designed to furnish the information necess…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-95 Contractors
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Nonprofit contractors. Financial statements, audits and summary statements, §50-20-7. Definitions. Inspection of public records, §50-18-70. Division of archives and history. State records management. Definition of division, §50-18-91. Duties, §50-18-93. English language. Official st…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-97 Effect of certified copies of records; fee
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The division may make certified copies under seal of any records or any preservation duplicates transferred or deposited in the Georgia State Archives or the records center or may make reproductions of such records. The certified copies or reproductions, when signed by the director…
O.C.G.A. § 50-18-99 Records management programs for local governments
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘Governing body’’ means the governing body of any county, municipality, or consolidated government. The term includes school boards of this state. (2) ‘‘Office or officer’’ means any county office or officer or any office or office…