Title 50 — Title 50
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O.C.G.A. § 50-8-1 Creation and continuation of department
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The Department of Community Affairs is created as a department of the executive branch of state government. The Department of Community Affairs, as it existed immediately prior to July 1, 1989, shall continue to exist as a department of the executive branch of state government in…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-100 Annual report
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On or before February 1 of each year, a commission shall report to the General Assembly of this state and to each political subdivision and supporting agency within its area. The report shall include: (1) A statement of the commission’s receipts and expenditures by category for t…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-101 Bylaws
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Power to adopt, §50-8-98. Chairman. Compensation, §50-8-87. Election, §50-8-87. Powers, §50-8-87. Removal, §50-8-87. Contracts. Contracting agent for certain local governments, §50-8-99.1. Power to contract with private individuals, §50-8-90. Creation, §50-8-82. Definitions, §50-8…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-102 Submission of negative or unfavorable recommendation based upon stale data
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A commission shall not submit a negative or unfavorable recommendation which is based upon any data which has been accumulated for a period of time in excess of 24 months where more current data is available. History. Code 1981, § 50-8-102, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 51. …
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-103 REHABILITATION
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Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §§49-5-220 to 49-5-227. Economic rehabilitation services, §§49-8-1 to 49-8-6. REHABILITATION SERVICES. Economic rehabilitation services. General provisions, §§49-8-1 to 49-8-6. REINHARDT COLLEGE. Funk heritage/Bennett cente…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-12 Regional commissions
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Authority of county or municipality not limited by article, §50-8-46. 993
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-120 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Rural Economic Development Law.” History. Code 1981, § 50-8-120, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1142, § 1.
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-121 Rural economic development areas
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Each regional commission of this state, except the regional commission which is also the metropolitan area planning and development commission provided for in Article 4 of this chapter, shall constitute a rural economic development area for the purposes of this article. 769 Histo…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-122 Studies for proposed projects
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(a) The regional commission of each rural economic development area provided for in Code Section 50-8-121 may conduct a study for proposed major economic development projects within its respective rural economic development area. The study shall utilize the most recent economic i…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-123 Recommendation, approval, funding, and implementation of projects
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(a) Each rural economic development area may submit to the Department of Community Affairs proposed economic development projects by January 1, 1989. All proposed projects shall be endorsed by the appropriate local government and shall be evaluated for funding based upon rating a…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-13 Authorities and agencies assigned to department
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(a) Authorities or agencies may be assigned to the department for administrative purposes in accordance with Code Section 50-4-3. The following authorities are assigned to the department in accordance with such Code section: (1) The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; and (2…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-140 Duties and responsibilities
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Employees. PART 2 Rural Economic Development 50-8-120. 50-8-121. T.50, C.8 50-8-216. Legislative findings; office created. 685 Short title. Legislative findings. Definitions. Designation and ranking of less developed counties. Facilities development committees created; membership. P…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-141 Duties and responsibilities
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The Office of Rural Development is charged and empowered to carry out the following duties and responsibilities: (1) To serve as the clearing-house and point of contact in state 771 50-8-142 government for information, data, resources, and assistance regarding rural development. …
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-142 Employees
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The commissioner of community affairs may appoint employees as may be necessary to implement such powers and duties as are described by this article. The employees of the Office of Rural Development shall be in the unclassified service as defined by Code Section 45-20-2. The commis…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-15 Studies, surveys, maps, reports, plans
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Assistance provided by department, §50-8-7. Unclassified service, employees in, §50-8-17. 890 INDEX COMMUNITY AFFAIRS —Cont’d Department of community affairs —Cont’d Zoning. Provisions not to limit county or municipal zoning power, §50-8-12. E-85 gasoline, grants promoting, §50-8-…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-16 Classification of employees, §50-8-17
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Commissioner, §50-8-5. Continuation, §50-8-5. Defined, §50-8-2. Powers, §50-8-5. Regional planning commission. Executive director, §50-8-51. Comprehensive plan for state and local governments. Duty, §50-8-7.1. Conflicts. Defined, §50-8-2. Resolution, §50-8-7.1. Construction of major…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-17 Employees serve in classified and unclassified service
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Employees of the department shall serve in the classified and unclassified service as defined by Code Section 45-20-2. History. Code 1981, § 50-8-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 872, § 8; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2102/HB 642. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2012,…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-170 Employee classification, §50-8-17
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Energy efficiency and sustainable construction act of 2008. Construction of major state funded facility, §50-8-18. COMMUNITY AFFAIRS —Cont’d Department of community affairs —Cont’d Environmental finance authority. Administrative assignment to department, §50-23-3. General assembly…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-18 Continuation, §50-8-1
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Contracts, §50-8-9. Bureau of community affairs. Validity of bureau’s legal contracts, §50-8-16. Defined, §50-8-2. State building administrative board. Validity of board’s legal contracts, §50-8-15. Coordination of policies, programs and actions of governments, §50-8-10. Creation,…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-190 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Adjacent facility” means any facility adjoining a project that meets the requirements of a subparagraph of paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Code Section 50-8-191 which is not met by the project and that is the subject of a reciprocal use …
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-191 Certification of compliance
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Defined, §50-8-190. Issuance, §50-8-192. Definitions, §50-8-190. Locality approval, §50-8-191. Notices of noncompliance. Contents, §50-8-192. Defined, §50-8-190. Processing priority, §50-8-193. Project developers. Application requirements, §50-8-191. Reporting requirements, §50-8-19…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-192 Certification of compliance; notices of noncompliance
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(a) Upon submission of a project after approval by the local government or governments, the Department of Community Affairs shall determine whether the project meets the criteria set out in Code Section 50-8-191 for designation as a REAP and complies with any rules and regulation…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-193 State accounting officer
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Generally, §§50-5B-1 to 50-5B-5. Obligations of state government organizations to, §50-5B-4. State auditor. Rules of state auditor. Conformance to, §50-6-7. State service delivery regions. Creation, §50-4-7. State use council, §§50-5-135 to 50-5-138. Teleconferences, §50-1-5.
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-194 Annual report by project developer
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For each project that has received a certification of compliance, the project developer shall submit an annual report to the Department of Community Affairs until the date planned for completion of all phases of the project. The developer’s report shall include a statement regardi…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-195 Rural economic development
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General provisions, §§50-8-120 to 50-8-142. Rural facilities economic development. General provisions, §§50-8-210 to 50-8-222. Savannah-Georgia convention center authority, §§50-7-50 to 50-7-55. Small business assistance act of 2015. General provisions, §§50-5-120 to 50-5-124. CO…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-2 Definitions
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(a) As used in this article, the term: (1) “Board” means the Board of Community Affairs. (2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of community affairs. (3) “Comprehensive plan” means any plan by a county or municipality covering such county or municipality or any plan by a regio…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-210 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Rural Facilities Economic Development Act.” 779 50-8-212 History. Code 1981, § 50-8-210, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1712, § 1. 50-8-211. Legislative findings.
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-211 Legislative findings
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The General Assembly finds that in recent years rural Georgia has undergone a severe economic recession. It is evident that an investment in the economic situation of the state’s most distressed counties would result not only in an improvement in the quality of life for the citize…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-212 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Board” means the Board of Community Affairs. (2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of community affairs. (3) “Comprehensive plan” means any plan by a county or municipality relating to the facilities needs of such county or municipality…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-213 Designation and ranking of less developed counties
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(a) Not later than July 1, 1992, using the most current data available from the Department of Labor and the United States Department of Commerce, the commissioner shall rank and designate as less developed counties the lower 25 percent of all counties in this state using a combin…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-214 Facilities development committees created; membership
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(a) There is created in each less developed county a facilities development committee to be composed as follows: (1) Three members appointed by the governing authority of the less developed county, one who is a member of such authority, and one who is from the private sector, and…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-216 Preparation of comprehensive local plan for less developed county
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(a) Each facilities development committee, in conjunction with the regional commission in which the less developed county is located, shall review the comprehensive plans for facilities needs prepared by the less developed county and each municipality lying therein pursuant to th…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-219 Review of local plan by commissioner
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(a) The commissioner shall review each plan to determine compliance with the criteria established pursuant to Code Section 50-8-218 and within 30 days from the date of submission of the plan shall approve or disapprove such plan. If the commissioner disapproves any plan, he shall…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-220 Matching grants for implementation of local plan
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(a) Each less developed county shall be entitled to receive from the state matching grants in an equal amount pursuant to this article for the implementation of all or part of its local plan of facilities development as approved by the board in the order of priority as establishe…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-221 Oversight of local plan by facilities development committee
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Each facilities development committee shall have oversight authority of each local plan of facilities development, and the governing authority of the less developed county shall submit annually to the department a detailed written progress report and full accounting of receipts a…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-222 State auditor
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Annual personnel report, §50-6-27. Temporary assistance for needy families. Absence of child from home for period of 45 consecutive days. Sanctions against recipient for failure to report, §49-4-185. Welfare. County directors, §49-3-3.1. Public assistance. Changes in recipient’s …
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-240 Creation; members; vacancies; quorum
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(a) There is created within the Department of Community Affairs the Martin Luther King, Jr., Advisory Council. (b) The council shall consist of nine members as follows: (1) The commissioner of community affairs or his or her designee; (2) Six members to be appointed by the Govern…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-241 Duties
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The Martin Luther King, Jr., Advisory Council shall have the following duties: 786 50-8-260 (1) To promote racial harmony, understanding, respect, and good will among all citizens; (2) To promote principles of nonviolence, peace, and social justice; (3) To promote among the peopl…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-242 Observances
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Duties of council, §50-8-241. 938 INDEX MAYOR. Community affairs. Metropolitan area planning and development commissions. Composition. Certain mayors, §50-8-84. Terms of office, §50-8-85. Governing body. Defined as including, §50-8-80. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ADVISORY COUNCIL —Con…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-260 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Department” means the Department of Community Affairs. (2) “Fund” means the Georgia Downtown Renaissance Fund, a 787 50-8-261 revolving loan fund originating low-interest loans for qualified investments in a downtown district. History. Code …
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-280 Organization
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Divisions, sections and offices, §50-8-6. 866 INDEX COMMUNITY AFFAIRS —Cont’d Department of community affairs —Cont’d Planning and technical assistance activities, §§50-8-7, 50-8-7.1. Powers, §§50-8-3.1, 50-8-7.1, 50-8-11. Contracts, §50-8-9. Coordination of policies, programs an…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-3 Purpose of article; duties of department
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(a) The local governments of the State of Georgia are of vital importance to the state and its citizens. The state has an essential public interest in promoting, developing, sustaining, and assisting local governments. The natural resources, environment, and vital areas of the st…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-30 Legislative findings; purpose and construction of article
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The local governments of the State of Georgia are of vital importance to the state and its citizens. The state has an essential public interest in promoting, developing, sustaining, and assisting local governments. The natural resources, environment, and vital areas of the state …
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-300 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of community affairs. (2) “Department” means the Department of Community Affairs. History. Code 1981, § 50-8-300, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 216, § 1/HB 183.
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-301 Creation; coordination; meetings; role; regulations
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(a) The Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council shall be created. All data, reports, and other documents of the former Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council as such existed under the Department of Natural Resources prior to June 30, 2017, shall be transferred to the department for use …
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-31 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Commission” means a regional commission established pursuant to this article, including its predecessor, a “regional development center.” (2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of community affairs. (3) “Comprehensive plan” means any pla…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-32 Creation of regional commissions
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Regional commissions are created and established as public agencies and instrumentalities of their members which shall facilitate coordinated and comprehensive planning in conformity with minimum standards and procedures established pursuant to law. Regional commissions shall fun…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-33 Municipal and county membership; annual dues; distribution of state funds
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(a) Each municipality and county in the state shall automatically be a member of the regional commission for the region which includes the municipality or county, as the case may be. (b)(1) Each county and municipality in the state shall pay the annual dues for membership in its …
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-34 Councils of regional commissions; membership; powers
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(a) The council of each regional commission shall establish policy and direction for the regional commission and shall perform such other functions as may be provided or authorized by law. (b) The manner of selecting such regional commission councilmembers shall be as prescribed …
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-35 Powers and duties
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(a) Each regional commission, as authorized by the council of such regional commission and consistent with federal and state law, shall perform the duties, responsibilities, and functions and may exercise the power and authority described in this Code section. Each commission may…