Research About Meet PRIA

Support Data Sources Privacy Policy Terms of Service Your Privacy Choiceshello@policyrisk.com

© 2026 PRIA Technologies, LLC. All rights reserved.

PRIA provides educational policy intelligence and is not a source of investment, legal, or financial advice. Content is for informational purposes only.

™

Your Policy Risk Impact Agent

Research

At My Address
Federal Courts
Daily Briefings
Medicare & Social Security
Congressional Bills
Federal Register
Tariffs
Fed Decisions & The Economy
State Tracker
World Watch
U.S. Code
U.S. Constitution

Knowledge

Search Polipedia
Daily Briefings
Calculators
What is Policy Risk?
The Countdown

Company

About PRIA
Support

Get PRIA

Support Data Sources Privacy Policy Terms of Service Your Privacy Choices

hello@policyrisk.com

© 2026 PRIA Technologies, LLC. All rights reserved.

PRIA is a trademark of PRIA Technologies, LLC.

PRIA provides educational policy intelligence and is not a source of investment, legal, or financial advice. Content is for informational purposes only.

™

Your Policy Risk Impact Agent

Georgia Statutes, Title 52

Georgia/Statutes

← All Georgia coverage

Title 52

10 chapters · 206 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 52206 Ch 7, REGISTRATION, OPERATION, AND SALE OF…65 Ch 2, GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY39 Ch 6, PILOTS AND PILOTAGE35 Ch 1, GENERAL PROVISIONS20 Ch 4, CANAL COMPANIES16 Ch 5, NAVIGATION COMPANIES12 Ch 3, INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY8 Ch 8, DISCHARGE OF SUBSTANCES DANGEROUS TO…5 Ch 10, FOREIGN TRADE ZONES4 Ch 9, RIVER AND HARBOR DEVELOPMENT2

39 sections·Filtered byTitle 52✕Ch 2✕

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-1 Short title
0.1K chars
This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Ports Authority Act.’’ History. — Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 1.
O.C.G.A. § 52-2-10 Applicability of traffic laws; enforcement by peace officers; traffic citations; issuance of bench warrant upon failure of offender to appear; enforcement of dock related city ordinances; venue
4.1K chars
(a)(1) The motor vehicle traffic laws for this state shall apply to all roads within the jurisdiction of the Georgia Ports Authority; provided, however, that the authority may determine and declare reasonable, safe, and lawful speed limits on all roads within its jurisdiction. (2…
O.C.G.A. § 52-2-11 Power of authority to borrow money, to execute evidences of indebtedness, and to secure such indebtedness; sale and other disposition of property; utilization of proceeds of sale
1.7K chars
The Georgia Ports Authority shall have and may exercise the following powers: (1) The authority may borrow money for its corporate purposes and may execute and deliver long-term and short-term notes, commercial paper, bond anticipation notes, and other obligations or evidences of…
O.C.G.A. § 52-2-12 Funds for acquisition of land and construction of port facilities

0.4K chars

The Governor may make available to the Georgia Ports Authority for the purpose of acquiring necessary lands, including improvements thereon, as well as for constructing buildings, terminals, and other port facilities, any funds appropriated for the construction of port facilities…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-13 Approval and consent of State Properties Commission for acquisition of real property by authority

0.2K chars

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the authority shall not purchase any real property without the approval and consent of the State Properties Commission. History. — Ga. L. 1958, p. 714, § 2A.

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-14 Conveyance of Medical Depot site to authority; power to sell conveyed surplus lands and improvements; power to borrow and to issue revenue anticipation certiﬁcates

1.8K chars

The Governor of this state is authorized to convey, for and in behalf of the state, title to lands and improvements known as the Medical Depot site in Chatham County, Georgia, adjacent to the Savannah River. For a more particular description, reference is made to the deed conveyi…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-15 Revenue bonds — Issuance; payment of principal and interest from special fund; dating of bonds; determination of rate of interest; time of maturity; redemption before maturity

1.2K chars

The authority shall have the power and is authorized at one time or from time to time to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds of the authority for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost as deﬁned in this chapter of any one or more projects…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-16 Revenue bonds — Form of bonds; denominations; place of payment of principal and interest

0.3K chars

The authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall ﬁx the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places for payment of principal and interest thereof, which may be at any bank or trust company…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-17 Revenue bonds — Signatures; seal

1.0K chars

In case any officer whose signature appears on any bonds or whose facsimile signature appears on any coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in of…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-18 Revenue bonds — Status of bonds as negotiable instruments; tax exemption for bonds and for income therefrom

0.3K chars

All revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall have and are declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments laws of the state. Such bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the state. Hi…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-19 Revenue bonds — Issuance in coupon, registered, or book-entry form

0.3K chars

The bonds may be issued in coupon, registered, or book-entry form, as the authority may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bond as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest. History. — Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 5; Ga. L. 2010,…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-2 Deﬁnitions

4.0K chars

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Authority’’ means the Georgia Ports Authority created by Code Section 52-2-4. (2) ‘‘Bonds’’ or ‘‘revenue bonds’’ means any bonds issued by the authority under this chapter, including refunding bonds. (3) ‘‘Cost of the project’’ means the c…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-20 Revenue bonds — Determination of price; use and manner of disbursement of proceeds; procedure where proceeds are less than or greater than cost of projects

1.4K chars

The authority may sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority. The proceeds of the bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the costs of the project or projects and shall be disbursed upon requisition or…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-21 Revenue bonds — Issuance of interim receipts, interim certiﬁcates, and temporary bonds; replacement of mutilated, destroyed, or lost bonds

0.4K chars

Prior to the preparation of deﬁnitive bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts, interim certiﬁcates, or temporary bonds, with or without coupons exchangeable for deﬁnitive bonds upon the issuance of the latter. The authority may also provide for t…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-22 Revenue bonds — Conditions precedent to issuance; application of bonds of a single issue to payment of one or more projects; effective date of resolutions providing for issuance; passage of resolution

0.7K chars

Such revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are speciﬁed or required by this chapter. In the discretion of the authority, revenue bonds in a single issue may…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-23 Revenue bonds — Aid by Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission

0.4K chars

Whenever the authority determines to issue its bonds or other obligations, it shall obtain the approval of the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission and otherwise comply with the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 17 of Title 50, the ‘‘Georgia State Financing and Inve…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-24 Revenue bonds — Status of bonds as a debt of state or a pledge of faith and credit of state; issuance as obligating state to levy tax or make appropriation; obligation to pay principal and interest on

1.0K chars

Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the State of Georgia or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the fund provided in this chapter therefor from earnings. The issuance of such re…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-25 Revenue bonds — Securing of bonds by trust indenture

2.3K chars

In the discretion of the authority, any issue of such revenue bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state. Such trust ind…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-26 Revenue bonds — Remedies of bondholders and trustee

1.8K chars

Any holder of revenue bonds issued under this chapter or any of the coupons appertaining thereto and the trustee under the trust indenture, if any, except to the extent the rights given in this chapter may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of the bonds or by …

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-27 Revenue bonds — Protection of rights of bondholders

0.8K chars

While any of the bonds issued by the authority remain outstanding, the powers, duties, or existence of the authority or of its officers, employees, or agents shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will affect adversely the interest and rights of the holders of suc…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-28 Revenue bonds — Revenue refunding bonds

0.6K chars

The authority is authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds issued under this chapter and then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon. The issuance of such revenue re…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-29 Revenue bonds — Status of bonds as legal investments and as securities for deposits

1.2K chars

(a) The bonds authorized in this chapter are made securities in which: (1) All public officers and bodies of this state; (2) All municipalities and all municipal subdivisions; (3) All insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business; (4) Al…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-3 Projects which may be considered self-liquidating; lease or sale of manufacturing or processing facilities; inclusion in projects of leased facilities and facilities acquired for use as ports

3.1K chars

Any project shall be deemed self-liquidating if, in the judgment of the authority, the revenues and earnings of the authority or of the project or from the terminal or facilities of which the project shall become a part will be sufficient to pay the cost of constructing, maintain…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-30 Revenue bonds — Conﬁrmation and validation of bonds; venue of actions to conﬁrm and validate bonds or to enforce rights under chapter

0.7K chars

Bonds of the authority shall be conﬁrmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of Chapter 82 of Title 36, the ‘‘Revenue Bond Law.’’ Any such action and any action to protect or enforce any rights under this chapter and any suit or action against the authority shall be br…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-31 Power of authority to ﬁx, revise, and collect charges; factors governing determination of amount of rentals and other charges; creation, use, and disposition of sinking fund; cancellation of purchased

3.0K chars

(a) The authority is authorized to ﬁx and to revise from time to time fees, rentals, and other charges for the use of each project and for the services and facilities furnished by the same and to charge and collect the same and to lease and to make contracts with any person, ﬁrm,…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-32 Status of contracted-for rentals as obligations of state; payment of rentals; power of authority to enforce lessees’ duty to perform covenants and obligations; assignment of rentals due

1.1K chars

(a) The rentals contracted to be paid by the state or any department, agency, or institution of the state to the authority under leases entered upon pursuant to this chapter shall constitute obligations of the state for the payment of which the good faith of the state is pledged.…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-33 Duty of authority to prescribe rules and regulations for operation of projects; duty of authority to impose and collect rentals and other charges for use of facilities of projects

0.5K chars

It shall be the duty of the authority to prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of each project constructed under this chapter, including rules and regulations to ensure maximum use of each such project, and to impose rentals and other charges for the use of the facili…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-34 Acceptance of grants from federal agencies and of contributions of money and property from other sources

0.6K chars

The authority, in addition to the moneys which may be received from the sale of revenue bonds and from the collection of revenues and earnings derived under this chapter, shall have authority to accept from any federal agency grants for or in aid of the construction of any projec…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-35 Revenue bonds

0.2K chars

Bonds to constitute contract with bondholders, §52-2-27. Use of projects, §52-2-31. Trusts. Contracts properly entered into by trustees. No personal liability in trustee unless failure to reveal representative capacity,

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-36 Status of moneys received under chapter as trust funds; provision by authority for payment of moneys to designated trustee; investment of moneys; sale of investments and reinvestment

1.3K chars

(a) All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds, as grants or other contributions, or as revenues and earnings, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. The a…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-37 Creation of authority and carrying out of authority’s corporate purpose as constituting a public purpose; covenant with bondholders as to tax-exempt status of authority’s property

1.2K chars

It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose is in all respects for the beneﬁt of the people of this state and is a public purpose and that the authority will be performing an essential governmental functio…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-38 Construction of chapter

0.2K chars

This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. History. — Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 18.

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-39 Short title, §52-2-1

0.6K chars

POSTHUMOUS CHILDREN. Wills. Revocation, §53-4-48. POUR-OVERS. Testamentary additions to trusts act, §§53-12-100 to 53-12-120. POWERS OF APPOINTMENT. Life beneﬁciary of trust. Power over trust assets. Trust not considered revocable because of, §53-12-44. Trusts and trustees. Repre…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-4 Creation of authority; status of authority as an instrumentality of state and a public corporation

0.5K chars

There is created a body corporate and politic, to be known as the Georgia Ports Authority, which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation; and by that name, style, and title the authority may contract and be contracted with, sue an…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-5 Composition of authority; appointment, terms, and qualiﬁcations of members generally; ﬁlling of vacancies; election of chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary-treasurer; quorum

1.6K chars

(a) The authority shall consist of 12 members to be appointed by the Governor from the state at large. (b) The nine members of the authority in office immediately prior to May 1, 2000, shall serve out the remainder of the terms for which they were appointed, all of such terms exp…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-6 Compensation of members and reimbursement for expenses

0.5K chars

The members of the authority shall be compensated in the amount of $40.00 per day, plus actual expenses incurred, for each day’s service spent in the performance of the duties of the authority. Such compensation shall be limited to 150 days for the chairman and 60 days for each o…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-7 Making of rules and regulations; delegation of powers and duties; perpetual existence of authority

0.4K chars

The authority shall make necessary rules and regulations for its own government. The authority may delegate to one or more of its members or to its officials, agents, or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. The authority shall have perpetual existence. History.…

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-8 Eligibility for membership

0.3K chars

No person shall be eligible for membership on the Georgia Ports Authority who shall also be at the time of appointment or who shall thereafter become a member of any local port authority of any city, town, county, or district. History. — Ga. L. 1949, p. 778, § 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. …

O.C.G.A. § 52-2-9 Powers of authority generally

7.3K chars

The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; (2) To acquire, hold, and dispose of personal property for its corporate purposes; (3) To acquire in its own name by purchase, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it m…