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O.C.G.A. § 50-8-36 Submission of local plans; review, comment, and recommendation procedures
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(a) Each local plan shall be submitted for review, comment, and recommendation to the appropriate regional commission and shall become effective in accordance with this Code section. Each municipality and county within a region shall submit its local plan to the regional commissi…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-38 Audit of funds
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(a) A regional commission shall keep books of account reflecting all funds received, expended, and administered by the regional commission which shall be independently audited at least once in each fiscal year during which a regional commission functions. Such audit shall be 739 50…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-4 Board of Community Affairs
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(a) The Board of Community Affairs, as it existed immediately prior to July 1, 1996, shall be abolished effective July 1, 1996, and the Board of Community Affairs, from and after July 1, 1996, is established in accordance with this Code section. The board shall establish policy a…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-43 Geographic information systems
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Contracts to maintain, §50-29-2. Georgia data base and network. Participation in compiling, §50-8-35. Housing and development programs. Nonprofit corporations to administer. Authority to create, §50-8-35. Human service programs. Arrangements for administration and operation, §50-8…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-44 Exemption from taxes
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Each regional commission exists for nonprofit and public purposes; and it is found and declared that the carrying out of the purposes of each regional commission is exclusively for public benefit and its property is public property. Thus, no regional commission shall be required to…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-45 Reports
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Local political subdivision purchases. Report of annual requirements, §50-5-101. Small business assistance.
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-47 Regional planning commission
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Advisors, §50-8-52. Board of directors, §50-8-51. Chairperson, §50-8-51. Creation, §50-8-50. Duties, §50-8-50. Executive director, §50-8-51. Ex-officio nonvoting members, §50-8-51. Regional planning entity, §50-8-32.
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-5 Commissioner; powers
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(a) The office of the commissioner of community affairs, as it existed immediately prior to July 1, 1989, shall continue to exist in accordance with this article. The commissioner shall be the department head, whose duties shall include serving as the department’s chief executive…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-50 Creation; role; application
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There is created the Commission on Regional Planning. The Commission on Regional Planning shall coordinate state contract terms, identify appropriate state and federal funding for commissions in the pursuit of shared service delivery goals, coordinate planning of state and federa…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-51 Establishment of board of directors; membership
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(a) The Commission on Regional Planning shall be governed by a board of directors that shall initially consist of the following members: (1) The Governor; (2) The chairperson of each council governing each commission as defined in Code Section 50-8-31; (3) The president or executi…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-52 COVID-19
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State of Georgia. Proof of vaccination as condition of providing services or access to facilities, prohibition, §50-1-11. Vaccinations. Proof of vaccination as condition of state providing services or access to facilities, prohibition, §50-1-11. CREDIT CARDS. Fees. Payments on am…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-6 Divisions, sections, and offices of department
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The department shall be divided into such divisions, sections, or offices as may be necessary from time to time. All divisions, sections, or offices in existence immediately prior to July 1, 1989, shall continue to exist in accordance with this article. Thereafter, divisions, sec…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-60 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: 747 50-8-61 (1) “Business” means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, trust, or other legal entity. (2) “Commission” means a regional commission establishe…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-64 Competitive bidding requirement
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Each commission shall develop a system for competitive bidding relating to the purchase of supplies, equipment, and services and the letting of other contracts and submit written procedures governing such systems to the board of directors of the commission and to the commissioner…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-65 Annual report to Board of Community Affairs
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Within 30 days after the completion of its fiscal year, each commission shall provide to the Board of Community Affairs a report containing the following information: (1) The name and address of each contractor, public or private, with which the commission contracted and which rec…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-66 Civil fine for violations
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Any employee who violates Code Section 50-8-61, 50-8-62, or 50-8-63 shall be subject to a civil fine not to exceed $10,000.00. History. Code 1981, § 50-8-66, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1271, § 2. 50-8-67. Prohibition of election influence and partisan political activities; discipli…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-67 State depositories
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Board, §50-17-50.1. State officer not to receive compensation for depositing state money, §50-17-66. Tax tribunal. Personnel representing others in matters involving taxes, §50-13A-8. Water supply division.
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-7.1 General powers and duties
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(a) The department shall perform the duties, responsibilities, and functions and may exercise the power and authority described in this Code section. The department, utilizing the comprehensive plans of qualified local governments, shall undertake and carry out such activities as …
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-7.2 History
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Code 1981, § 50-8-33, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 181, § 5/HB 1216. 50-8-34. Councils of regional commissions; membership; powers.
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-8 Housing choice voucher program
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Fraud and abuse. Investigation, §50-8-3.1. Information. Gathering and distribution, §50-8-7. Interagency council on solid waste management, §50-8-7.3. Local governments. Comprehensive plan. Duty, §50-8-7.1. Technical and planning assistance to, §50-8-7. Major state funded facilit…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-80 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Area” means a standard metropolitan statistical area located 751 50-8-80 wholly within this state as defined by the United States Executive Office of the President, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area 1967, Part I Criteria, Office of Mana…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-81 Legislative intent
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It is in the public interest to create an agency composed of officials of political subdivisions and private citizens to coordinate planning and development within each area of this state having a population of more than 1,000,000 according to the United States decennial census o…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-82 Commissions created
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There is created a metropolitan area planning and development commission in each area of this state having a population of more than 1,000,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census. The chairman of the county commission of the most popu…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-83 Powers, duties, and obligations
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A commission shall be, for its area, a regional commission as defined in and with all the powers, duties, and obligations of a regional commission set forth in Article 2 of this chapter and any other law of general application pertaining to regional commissions on July 1, 2009; an…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-84 Membership
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(a) The members of a commission for an area shall consist of: (1) The chairman of the board of commissioners of each county within the area; (2) The mayor of the most populous municipality within the area; (3) From each county within the area, except the most populous county with…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-85 Terms of office; removal from office; filling of vacancies
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(a) The public members of a commission shall have terms of office concurrent with their respective terms of public office. Members at large of a commission shall serve for a term of four years, except that one-half (or if an odd number of members at large are elected to a commiss…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-86 Quorum; votes equally weighted
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A quorum for taking action at a meeting of a commission may be set in such manner as the bylaws of the commission shall provide, but it shall not consist of less than one-half of the total number of authorized members of the commission. The vote of any member of the commission sh…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-88 Election of officers; compensation of officers and members
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A commission shall elect such officers as it deems necessary for the conduct of its affairs, including a secretary and treasurer, who need not be members of the commission, and shall be compensated as determined by the commission. Each member of a commission, other than the chair…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-89 Executive director; appointment
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A commission shall appoint an executive director to serve at the pleasure of the commission as the principal operating administrator for the commission. An executive director shall be chosen from among the citizens of the nation at large and shall be selected on the basis of his …
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-9 Contracts with public and private entities or individuals
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(a) The department shall perform the duties, responsibilities, and functions and may exercise the power and authority described in this Code section. The department shall have the power to enter into contracts with local governments, school districts, state agencies, state author…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-90 Personnel
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A commission may prescribe the compensation, benefits, and all terms and conditions of employment of its officers, employees, and agents. A commission may contract with private individuals or firms for professional services deemed necessary to carry out its responsibilities under t…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-91 Advisory committees
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A commission may establish and appoint persons to advisory committees to assist the commission in the performance of its duties. Members of advisory committees shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses as determined by the commission. Hi…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-92 Development guides; contents
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A commission shall prepare and adopt and from time to time amend, change, or repeal, after appropriate study and such public hearings as may be deemed necessary, comprehensive development guides for its area. The development guides shall consist of policy statements, goals, stand…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-93 Definitions
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Prohibited employment of employee of commission or nonprofit corporation; penalties. Employee’s business transactions with commission or nonprofit corporation prohibited; penalties. Disclosure of employee’s business transactions with local government; exempt transactions; disclosur…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-95 Review, §50-8-93
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Submission by municipality and county, §50-8-94. METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS —Cont’d Area plans —Cont’d Submission by public entity, §50-8-95. Audits, §50-8-101. Budgets. Annual program and budget, §50-8-101. Bylaws.
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-97 Research, study, and planning duties
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A commission shall engage in a continuous program of research, study, and planning of matters affecting its area including but not limited to: (1) Land use; (2) Transportation within the area, including highways, railroads, airports, streets, and mass transit; (3) The acquisition…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-99 Acceptance and expenditure of gifts, loans, and grants
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In carrying out the purposes of this article, a commission shall be authorized to contract with, apply for, and accept gifts, loans, and grants from federal, state, or local governments, public agencies, semipublic agencies, or private agencies, to expend such funds, and to carry…