Title 50 — Title 50
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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…
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. § 50-9-101 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. § 50-9-11 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. § 50-9-12 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. § 50-9-13 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 Rules and regulations, §50-9-3
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Operation of projects, §50-9-10. State archives building. Powers as to, §50-9-7. State properties commission. Administrative assignment to commission, §50-9-4. 880 INDEX CAPITOL ART STANDARDS COMMISSION. Zell Bryan Miller. Placement within capitol or on grounds monument honoring …
O.C.G.A. § 50-9-15 Investments
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Revenue bonds. Authorized investments, §50-9-45. Judgments. Revenue bonds. Validation. Judgment final and conclusive, §50-9-46. 879 INDEX BUILDING AUTHORITY —Cont’d Jurisdiction. Actions under provisions, §50-9-14. Leases. Powers of authority, §50-9-5. Projects, §50-9-8. Members, …
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. 50-9-17. Transferred authorities.
O.C.G.A. § 50-9-17 Short title
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Definitions. Creation of authority; general powers; membership; officers; quorum; vacancy; expenses; rules. Authority assigned for administrative purposes. General powers. [Reserved] Authorization for projects and facilities on Confederate Soldiers’ Home property. Authorization fo…
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. § 50-9-30 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. § 50-9-34 Manner and price of sale
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The authority may sell the bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority. History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 699, § 9; Ga. L. 1960, p. 192, § 1.
O.C.G.A. § 50-9-35 Amount, §50-9-30
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Contracts. Provisions constitute contract with bondholders, §50-9-47. GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY —Cont’d Revenue bonds —Cont’d Debt of state. Bonds not to constitute, §50-9-39. Defined, §50-9-2. Deposit securities. Authorized deposit securities, §50-9-45. Exclusive nature of provi…
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. § 50-9-37 Flags
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Federal, state or Confederate flag. Unlawful acts, §50-3-9. Georgia building authority. Revenue bonds. Replacement of mutilated bonds, §50-9-37. N NAMES. Regional commissions, §50-8-32. NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM. United States. Cession of concurrent jurisdiction over lands of museu…
O.C.G.A. § 50-9-38 Interest, §50-9-30
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Interim certificate. Authorized, §50-9-36. Investments. Authorized investments, §50-9-45. Issuance. Authorized, §50-9-30. Combination of projects. Issuance authorized, §50-9-38. Form, §50-9-31. Refunding bonds, §50-9-44. 922 INDEX GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY —Cont’d Revenue bonds —…
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. 50-9-5. General powers.
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. § 50-9-43 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 812 50-9-46 all municipalities and all municipal subdivisions; all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on a…
O.C.G.A. § 50-9-46 Jurisdiction
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Actions under provisions, §50-9-14. Leases. Powers of authority, §50-9-5. Projects, §50-9-8. Members, §50-9-3. Officers, §50-9-3. Personal property. Executive center fine arts committee. Sale or exchange, §50-9-65. Powers, §§50-9-3, 50-9-5. State archives building, §50-9-7. Projec…
O.C.G.A. § 50-9-47 OneGeorgia authority
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Deemed securities, §50-34-9. Inapplicability of the Georgia Securities Act of 1973, §50-34-8. Payment of bond proceeds, §50-34-10. Powers of authority, §50-34-6. Power to issue bonds, §50-34-7. Proceeds deemed trust funds, §50-34-12. Trust agreement or indenture as security, §50-…
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. § 50-9-60 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…