Title 6

It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the Georgia Airport Development Authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes are in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and constitute a public purpose and that the authority will be perfo…

The authority is empowered to exercise such of the police powers of the state as may be necessary to maintain peace and order and to enforce any and all restrictions upon its properties and facilities, to the extent that such is lawful under the laws of the United States and this…

This chapter shall not affect any other authority now or hereafter existing under general or local constitutional amendment or general or local law. (Code 1981, § 6-4-15, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1615, § 1.) Page: 819 Job Path: @psc3912/cville_data1/stcodes/ga/lexis/ep_rv_04_tx…

Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this chapter and any action pertaining to validation of any bonds issued under this chapter brought in the courts of this state shall be brought in the Superior Court of Fulton County, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction of su…

There is created the Georgia Airport Development Authority for the purposes of determination of location, construction, financing, acquisition of property, operation, and development of any new airports that are planned to accommodate aircraft operating under the provisions of Pa…

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Authority’’ means the Georgia Airport Development Authority. (2) ‘‘Cost of the project’’ or ‘‘cost of any project’’ means and shall include: all costs of acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, construction, assembly, installation, or the s…

The Georgia Airport Development Authority shall continue to be a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality and public corporation of the state known as the ‘‘Georgia Airport Development Authority.’’ It shall have perpetual existence. In said name it may contract and be co…

(a) The authority shall consist of eight members as follows: (1) Five members to be appointed by the Governor, at least three of whom shall have expertise in the field of aviation; (2) One member to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall not be a m…

(a) The members of the authority shall be accountable in all respects as trustees. (b) Every member of the authority and every employee of the authority who knowingly has any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract to which the authority is or is about to become a party, or…

The authority shall have all of the powers necessary, proper, or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter. The powers enumerated in this Code section are cumulative of and in addition to each other and other powers granted elsewhere in th…

Revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by an authority shall be paid solely from the property, including, but not limited to, real property, fixtures, personal property, revenues, or other funds pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, assigned, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbe…

(a) Subject to the limitations and procedures provided by this Code section, the agreements or instruments executed by the authority may contain such provisions not inconsistent with law as shall be determined by the members of the authority. (b) The proceeds derived from the sal…