Title 10

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as grants, contributions, or gifts or as revenues, rents, and earnings, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter, except that grants, contributions, or gifts,…

(a) The board of governors of the authority is authorized to fix rentals, fees, prices, and other charges which any tenant, lessee, licensee, user, exhibitor, concessionaire, franchisee, or vendor shall pay to the authority for the use of the project or the facilities or part ther…

(a) Notwithstanding any designation or name of a facility of the authority, the facilities of the authority owned by it or under its control and management, including without limitation facilities named as or used for plazas, parks, pavilions, and vehicular and pedestrian ways, s…

(a) The authority shall operate the project so as to ensure maximum use of the project. In connection with and incident to its operation of the project, the authority may engage in such activities as it deems appropriate to promote trade shows, conventions, and tourism within the…

The Attorney General shall provide legal services for the authority and in connection therewith the provisions of Chapter 15 of Title 45, relating to the Attorney General, shall apply. History. Ga. L. 1973, p. 666, § 3; Ga. L. 1974, p. 174, § 13; Code 1981, § 10-9-12; Code 1981, …

(a) The authority is authorized to contract with any county, municipality, public corporation, or public authority, or combination of the foregoing (any such county, municipality, corporation, authority, or combination being hereinafter referred to as the “local entity”), to exer…

(a) This Code section does not apply to any real property: (1) Held by the authority for management under Code Section 10-9-5 or contract with the Department of Economic Development pursuant to such Code section; (2) Held by the authority as lessee under lease from the Department…

The foregoing Code sections of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia and…

This chapter, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. History. Ga. L. 1974, p. 174, § 15; Code 1981, § 10-9-16; Code 1981, § 10-9-18, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1122, § 1.

L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority.” There is re-created the “Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority” as a body corporate and politic, which shall be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation. History. Code 1981, § 10-9…

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Authority” means the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority. (2) “Cost” with respect to the terms “cost of the project” or “cost of the facilities” includes but is not limited to the following: (A) All costs of the purchas…

(a) Without limiting the generality of any provision of this chapter, the general purpose of the authority is declared to be that of acquiring, constructing, equipping, maintaining, and operating the project, in whole or in part, directly or under contract with the Department of …

(a) In addition to and not in derogation of its other powers under this chapter, the authority is empowered to exercise such of the police powers of the state as may be necessary to maintain peace and order. (b) The authority shall have legislative power to adopt reasonable ordin…

The authority is authorized and directed to contract with the Department of Economic Development to exercise on behalf of the department such future responsibility in connection with the acquisition, construc1235 tion, operation, management, and maintenance of the project as is n…

(a) The board of governors of the authority shall consist of 15 members. Each member shall serve for a term of four years, with the beginning and ending dates of terms to be specified by the Governor except that the four additional positions added in 1999 shall be appointed for in…

(a) The management of the business and affairs of the authority shall be vested in the board of governors, subject to the provisions of this chapter and to the provisions of bylaws adopted by the board of governors as authorized by this chapter. (b) The board of governors shall h…

(a) Meetings of the board of governors, regular or special, shall be held at the time and place fixed by or under the bylaws or, if not so fixed, by the board. Regular meetings of the board may be held with or without notice as prescribed in the bylaws. Special meetings of the boar…

(a) The board of governors shall elect or appoint such officers as may be provided in the bylaws and may delegate to such officers, who need not be members of the board, such authority and responsibility as the board may determine appropriate. (b) Each officer and employee of the…

The state auditor, the Attorney General, and all other agencies of state government, upon request by the committee, shall assist the committee in the discharge of its duties set forth in this article. The committee may employ not more than two staff members and may secure the ser…

The Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority shall cooperate with the committee, its authorized personnel, the Attorney General, the state auditor, the state accounting officer, and other state agencies in order that the charges of the committee, set forth in this…

In the discharge of its duties, the committee shall evaluate the performance of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority consistent with the following criteria: (1) Prudent, legal, and accountable expenditure of public funds; (2) Efficient operation; and (3) P…

(a) The committee is authorized to expend state funds available to the committee for the discharge of its duties. Said funds may be used for the purposes of compensating staff personnel, paying for services of independent accountants, engineers, and consultants, and paying all ot…

The authority shall have the power and is authorized at one time or from time to time to provide by one or more authorizing resolutions for the issuance of revenue bonds, but the authority shall not have the power to incur indebtedness under this article in excess of the principa…

(a) The revenue bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest, shall be payable in such medium of payment as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the authority, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price o…

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

The revenue bonds and the interest payable thereon shall be exempt from all taxation within the state imposed by the state or any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the state. History. Code 1981, § 10-9-43, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 556, § 4.

The authority may sell the revenue bonds in such manner at public or private sale and for such price, rate of interest, and other terms as it may determine to be in the best interest of the authority. The rate of interest may be a fixed or variable rate, but if the rate is a varia…

The proceeds of the revenue bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the costs of the project incurred with respect to the facilities designated by the resolution authorizing the issuance of such revenue bonds. The resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds may pro…

Prior to the preparation of definitive revenue bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim revenue receipts, interim revenue certificates, or temporary revenue bonds exchangeable for definitive revenue bonds upon the issuance of the latter. History. Code 1981, §…

The authority may also provide for the replacement of any revenue bond which becomes mutilated or is destroyed or lost upon receipt of such indemnification as it may deem appropriate. History. Code 1981, § 10-9-47, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 556, § 4.

The 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 article and Article 1 of this chapter. In the discretion of the authority, revenu…

(a)(1) Subject to the requirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection, the authority shall operate and manage the facilities financed by the issuance of revenue bonds as authorized by this article. The authority may, incident to such operation and management, lease the facilities…

(a)(1) Revenue bonds issued under the authority of this article shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state. The bonds shall be enforceable against the authority only to the extent of, and only against funds derived from,…

(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in this chapter, the authority shall be authorized to provide, directly or through lessees of the project, such security for revenue bonds issued by it as it may determine appropriate. (b)(1) Without limitation of the provisions of subsect…

Any holder of revenue bonds or interest coupons thereon issued under this article, any receiver for such holders, or any indenture trustee, if there is any, except to the extent the rights given in this article may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of the rev…

The authority may, in the resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds or in the trust indenture, provide for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds to any officer or person who shall act as trustee or any agency, bank, or trust company or to the Georgia S…

The authority shall be authorized to utilize the financial advisory and construction related services of the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission with respect to the issuance of revenue bonds and the investment and disposition of the proceeds thereof and the acquisiti…

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 article and then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon. The issuance of such revenue re…

The revenue bonds authorized by this article are made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and all political subdivisions of this state; all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business…

(a) Revenue bonds of the authority shall be confirmed and validated in accordance with the procedures of Article 3 of Chapter 82 of Title 36, the “Revenue Bond Law.” The revenue bonds and any security therefor when validated and the judgment of validation shall be final and conclus…

It is found, determined, and declared that the carrying out of the purposes of the authority as defined in this article is in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and that the purposes are public purposes; that the authority will be performing an essential gover…

Revenue bonds issued under the authority of this article shall not be a security within the meaning of, and shall not otherwise be subject to any of the provisions of, Chapter 5 of this title, the “Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008.” History. Code 1981, § 10-9-59, enacted by…

(a) The powers granted to the authority under this article are cumulative and not in derogation of the powers otherwise granted to the authority under this chapter. (b) Without limitation of the foregoing, the authority shall have the power to pledge or assign as security for the…

Franchises, §§10-1-620 to 10-1-670. Lemon law, §§10-1-780 to 10-1-798. Motor vehicles sales finance act, §§10-1-30 to 10-1-42. BAD FAITH. Aged persons. Protection of disabled adults and elder persons. Reporting of need for protective services. Financial protections for elderly and…

President. Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center authority overview committee. Appointment of members,

Wholesale distribution by out-of-state principal. Principal declared to be doing business in state for purposes of personal jurisdiction, §10-1-704. Nonresidents. Wholesale distribution by out-of-state principal. Principal declared to be doing business in state for purposes of pe…