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Georgia Statutes, Title 50

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Title 50

38 chapters · 1,009 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 501,009 Ch 8, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS112 Ch 16, PUBLIC PROPERTY77 Ch 5, DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES72 Ch 27, LOTTERY FOR EDUCATION67 Ch 3, STATE FLAG, SEAL, AND OTHER SYMBOLS64 Ch 12, COMMISSIONS AND OTHER AGENCIES45 Ch 18, STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS44 Ch 9, GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY43 Ch 7, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT41 Ch 17, STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES40 Ch 32, GEORGIA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTH…33 Ch 23, ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE AUTHORITY32 Ch 39, ATLANTA-REGION TRANSIT LINK ‘‘ATL’’ …31 Ch 13, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE30

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O.C.G.A. § 50-9-1 Short title
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This article and Article 2 of this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Building Authority Act.” History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 699, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 856, § 1; Ga. L. 2023, p. 730, § 6(b)(11)/HB 475, effective July 1, 2023. The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2…
O.C.G.A. § 50-9-10 Rules and regulations for operation of projects
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It shall be the duty of the authority to prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of each project or combination of projects constructed under this article and Article 2 of this chapter, including rules and regulations to ensure maximum use or occupancy of each such proj…
O.C.G.A. § 50-9-11 Acceptance of grants and contributions
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The authority, in addition to the moneys which may be received from the sale of revenue bonds and from the collection of revenues, rents, and earnings derived under this chapter, shall have authority to accept from any federal agency grants for or in aid of the construction of an…
O.C.G.A. § 50-9-13 Exemption from taxation
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It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose are in all respects for the beneﬁt of the people of this state and are a public purpose and the authority will be performing an essential governmental function i…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-14 Jurisdiction and venue of actions

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Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this article and Article 2 of this chapter shall be brought in the Superior Court of Fulton County, and any action pertaining to validation of any bonds issued under this article and Article 2 of this chapter shall likewise be bro…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-15 Provisions supplemental

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The Code sections of this article and Article 2 of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws and shall not be r…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-16 Liberal construction of provisions

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This article and Article 2 of this chapter, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 699, § 30.

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-17 Transferred authorities

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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Authority” means the Georgia Building Authority as set forth in Code Section 50-9-2. (2) “Transferred authorities” means the Georgia Building Authority (Markets) set forth in Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 2, the Georgia Building…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-2 Deﬁnitions

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As used in this article and Article 2 of this chapter, the term: (1) “Authority” means the Georgia Building Authority, the same being formerly known as the “State Office Building Authority.” The change in the name of the authority shall not affect the rights, powers, privileges, …

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-3 Creation of authority; general powers; membership; ofﬁcers; quorum; vacancy; expenses; rules

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There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Building Authority which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the state and a public corporation, and by that name, style, and title the body may contract and be contracted with, implead and be implea…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-4 Authority assigned for administrative purposes

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The authority is assigned to the State Properties Commission for administrative purposes only as prescribed in Code Section 50-4-3. History. Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 416; Ga. L. 2005, p. 100, § 4/SB 158.

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-5 General powers

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The authority shall have the powers: (1) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; (2) To acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise and to hold, lease, and dispose of real and personal property of every kind and character for its corporate purposes; (3) To acquire in its own …

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-7 Authorization for state archives building

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In addition to the powers and authority granted under this article and Article 2 of this chapter, the authority shall be authorized and empowered to construct, operate, and maintain under this article and Article 2 of this chapter as a project thereunder a state archives building…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-8 Charges and leases for use of projects

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(a) The authority is authorized to ﬁx rentals and other charges which any department, board, commission, or agency of the state, governmental subdivisions thereof, or other persons, ﬁrms, or corporations shall pay to the authority for the use of each project, or part thereof or c…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-9 Disruptions of state employees; protection of property

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(a) In that it has been previously declared by state law that the use of the capitol building and grounds shall be limited to departments of state government and to state and national political organizations and for no other purposes unless speciﬁcally authorized by law and in th…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-30 Issuance authorized; amount; interest; redemption

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The authority, or any authority or body which has or which may in the future succeed to the powers, duties, and liabilities vested in the authority created in Article 1 of this chapter, shall have power and is authorized at one time, or from time to time, to provide by resolution…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-31 Form, denomination, place of payment, registration

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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 of payment of principal and interest thereof, which may be at any bank or trust company …

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-32 Valid signatures, seal, attestation

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

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-33 Negotiable instruments; exempt from taxation

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All revenue bonds issued under this article and Article 1 of this chapter shall have and are declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments law of the state. The bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all t…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-35 Proceeds to be used for project costs; disbursed under restrictions; additional bonds authorized to provide for deﬁcit; surplus to be paid into fund

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The proceeds of the bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or combined project and shall be disbursed upon requisition or order of the chairman of the authority under such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-36 Interim certiﬁcates and temporary bonds authorized

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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. History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 699, § 11;…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-38 No other conditions precedent; issuance for combination of projects authorized; passage and effective date of resolution

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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 or Article 1 of this chapter. In the discretion of the authority, revenue…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-39 Not debt or pledge of credit of state; bonds to contain recital of provisions

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Revenue bonds issued under this article and Article 1 of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state, but the bonds shall be payable solely from the fund provided for in Code Section 50-9-42; and the issuance…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-40 Trust indentures as security; provisions

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In the discretion of the authority, any issue of the 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 the state. The trust indentur…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-41 Authority to provide for payment of proceeds to person or agency as trustee

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The authority shall, in the resolution providing for 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 or any agency, bank, or trust company which shall act as trustee of such funds a…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-42 Sinking fund; pledge and allocation of funds to pay principal and interest

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The revenues, rents, and earnings derived from any particular project or combined project or any and all funds from any source received by any department, board, commission, or agency of the state and pledged and allocated by it to the authority as security for the performance of…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-43 Rights and remedies of bondholders

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

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-44 Refunding bonds

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The authority is authorized to provide by resolution for the issue of revenue refunding bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds issued under this article and Article 1 of this chapter and then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon. The …

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-45 Authorized investment and deposit securities

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The bonds authorized by this article and Article 1 of this chapter are made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and all municipal subdivisions; all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance …

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-46 Validation; parties defendant to action; judgment ﬁnal and conclusive

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Bonds of the authority shall be conﬁrmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of Article 3 of Chapter 82 of Title 36, the “Revenue Bond Law.” The petition for validation shall also make party defendant to such action any authority, subdivision, instrumentality, or agenc…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-47 Interests and rights of bondholders not to be adversely affected; provisions constitute contract

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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 or of any department, board, commission, or agency of the state shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that wil…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-60 Creation of committee; membership

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There is created as a division and arm of the Georgia Building Authority the Executive Center Fine Arts Committee, to be composed of nine members appointed by the Governor. No employee of the state nor any member of the General Assembly shall be eligible for appointment as a memb…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-61 Terms of members; appointment; vacancies; honorary chairman; advisory groups; no compensation for services or expenses; reimbursement from private funds

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Of the members ﬁrst appointed under this article, three shall be appointed for terms of one year, three for terms of three years, and three for terms of ﬁve years. After the original appointment, each subsequent appointment shall be for terms of ﬁve years. All vacancies shall be …

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-62 Powers and duties

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The committee shall have the following powers and responsibilities and shall perform the following duties: (1) Promote a greater understanding and awareness of the history and signiﬁcance of the executive mansion; (2) Take leadership in guiding the development of research and pub…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-63 Employment and compensation of personnel

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The committee may employ and ﬁx the compensation of researchers, writers, curators, and other such consultants and professional personnel as it may deem necessary to assist in the exercise and performance of its duties. History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 212, § 1.

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-64 State agencies authorized to cooperate with committee

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All departments, commissions, boards, agencies, officers, and institutions of the state or any political subdivisions thereof are authorized and directed to cooperate with the committee in carrying out the purposes of this article. History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 212, § 1.

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-65 Moneys received to be in special fund; property to become state property and may be sold or exchanged

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All moneys received by the committee shall be set aside as a special fund to be used by the committee to carry out the purposes of this article. All other personal property, tangible or intangible, which is acquired by the committee subsequent to March 26, 1975, shall become the …

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-66 Accountability for funds; committee as instrumentality of state; not amenable to action; enjoys sovereign immunity

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(a) The committee shall maintain and account for funds received by it for its purposes separately from the funds of the Georgia Building Authority. (b) To the extent otherwise provided by law, the Georgia Building Authority may make its funds available to the committee for the pu…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-100 “Life cycle costs” deﬁned

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As used in this article, the term “life cycle costs” means the total costs associated with the use of building materials and ﬁxtures, including the initial cost of acquisition and the cost of installation, operation, energy use, maintenance, and disposal of such material or ﬁxtur…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-101 Short title, §50-9-1

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GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. Public property. Personnel authorized to deny entrance of and remove persons from state buildings and property, §50-16-14. Refusal to obey law enforcement officer. Misdemeanor, §50-16-16. GEORGIA CAPITOL MUSEUM. Capitol art standards commission. R…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-12 Revenue bonds

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Payment of proceeds to person or agency as trustee, §50-9-41. U UNITED STATES. Jurisdiction. State of Georgia. Cession of jurisdiction to United States, §§50-2-22 to 50-2-27. State of Georgia. Cession of jurisdiction to United States, §§50-2-22 to 50-2-27. UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEG…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-34 Issuance authorized; amount; interest; redemption

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Form, denomination, place of payment, registration. Valid signatures, seal, attestation. Negotiable instruments; exempt from taxation. Manner and price of sale. Proceeds to be used for project costs; disbursed under restrictions; additional bonds authorized to provide for deﬁcit;…

O.C.G.A. § 50-9-37 N NAMES

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Regional commissions, §50-8-32. NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM. United States. Cession of concurrent jurisdiction over lands of museum, §50-2-23.2. INDEX NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS —Cont’d Unmarried persons. Beneﬁts, rights or privileges provided to married persons. Election to contractual…