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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. § 50-8-44 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 Authorized purchases by Department of Administrative Services; commissioner of administrative services to prescribe regulations and standards
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(a) The following provisions apply to all regional commissions. The Department of Administrative Services is authorized to permit regional commissions, on an optional basis, to purchase their motor vehicles, material, equipment, services, and supplies through the state and to iss…
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-46 No limits by article on county or municipal zoning power
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Nothing in this article shall limit or compromise the right of the governing authority of any county or municipality to exercise the power of zoning. History. Code 1981, § 50-8-46, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 181, § 5/HB 1216.
O.C.G.A. § 50-8-47 Transfer of outstanding assets, liabilities, contracts, staff, records, or debts

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The outstanding assets, liabilities, contracts, staff, records, or debts of any regional development center not existing after July 1, 2009, shall thereafter be transferred or disposed of by the commission the boundaries of which contain the boundaries of any former regional deve…

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. § 50-8-60 Deﬁnitions

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As used in this article, the term: (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 established pursuant t…

O.C.G.A. § 50-8-61 Prohibited employment of employee of commission or nonproﬁt corporation; penalties

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(a) For the purposes of this chapter, when a commission or nonproﬁt corporation administers a contract in which it procures goods or services or makes loans or otherwise directs the expenditure of funds, no employee who is compensated for his or her services by either the commiss…

O.C.G.A. § 50-8-62 Employee’s business transactions with commission or nonproﬁt corporation prohibited; penalties

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It shall be unlawful for any employee, any member of an employee’s family, or any business in which such employee or member of his family has substantial interest, individually or collectively, to transact any business with either the commission or nonproﬁt corporation by which s…

O.C.G.A. § 50-8-63 Disclosure of employee’s business transactions with local government; exempt transactions; disclosure of loan transactions by member of board or advisory committee; penalties

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, any employee, any member of such employee’s family, or any business in which such employee or any member of his family has a substantial interest, individually or collectively, who transacts business with any local go…

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.

O.C.G.A. § 50-8-67 Prohibition of election inﬂuence and partisan political activities; disciplinary measures

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A member of a regional commission’s council or executive director of a regional commission shall not actively or directly attempt to inﬂuence the election of persons as members of the council of such regional commission. An executive director of a regional commission shall not pa…

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 Books of account; annual population estimates; operating funds; annual program and budget

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(a) A commission shall keep books of account which shall be independently audited at least once in each full calendar year during which a commission functions. The auditor’s report shall be presented to the governing body of each political subdivision within the area and to the G…

O.C.G.A. § 50-8-103 Determination of effective dates of certain Code sections by resolution of commission or by operation of law

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a commission shall determine by resolution the timing and sequence of the assumption of such duties, powers, and obligations it may have under Code Sections 50-8-88, 50-8-89, and Code Sections 50-8-93 through 50-8-96 and such C…

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 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 Management and B…

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. § 50-8-87 Chairman; election; powers and duties; salary and expense allowances; removal

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(a) The chairman of a commission shall be elected by the commission from among its members for a two-year term, but no person shall serve as chairman if, after his election to office, he ceases to be a member of the commission. A chairman may succeed himself. (b) The chairman of …

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. § 50-8-90 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 Review of area plans; designation as official planning agency; responsibility to carry out assigned or delegated planning functions for an area

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(a) It is in the public interest and it is provided by this article that: (1) A commission review each area plan prepared for use in an area by a political subdivision or by a public authority, commission, board, utility, or agency; (2) Each commission be designated as the offici…

O.C.G.A. § 50-8-94 Submission of municipal and county area plans; comment and recommendation procedure

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(a) Each municipality within an area and each county within an area shall submit to the commission for comment and recommendation thereon every area plan prepared by such municipality or county. The commission shall maintain all area plans in its ﬁles available for inspection by …

O.C.G.A. § 50-8-95 Submission of public entity area plans; comment and recommendation procedure

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(a) A commission shall review every area plan prepared for use within the area by a public authority, public commission, public board, public utility, or public agency. Each such area plan shall be submitted to the commission by the public authority, public commission, public boa…

O.C.G.A. § 50-8-96 Review of applications from governmental entities for loans or grants

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A commission shall review all applications of municipalities, counties, authorities, commissions, boards, or agencies within the area for a loan or grant from the United States, the State of Georgia, or any agency thereof if review by a region-wide agency or body is required by f…

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. § 50-8-98 Power and authority generally; determination of whether plan is area plan; bylaws, rules, and regulations

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(a) A commission shall have and exercise all power and authority which may be necessary or convenient to enable it to perform and carry out the duties and responsibilities imposed on it by this article. (b) A commission shall have the authority to determine whether or not a plan …

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. § 50-8-99.1 Commission authorized to be contracting agent for certain local governments

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(a) For purposes of this Code section, the term “participating affected local government” means the governing body of a political subdivision which is or will be affected by a regional public project and which agrees to authorize the commission to act on its behalf as described i…

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. History. …

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. § 50-8-140 Legislative ﬁndings; office created

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(a) It is the ﬁnding of the General Assembly that economic conditions in rural Georgia can be signiﬁcantly improved through the creation of a focused and coordinated effort. It is further found that it is appropriate for the state to assist in enhancing economic opportunities and…

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 government for information, data, resources, and assistance regarding rural development. The office sh…

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. § 50-8-170 Deﬁnitions; facilitating E-85 projects; implementation of grant program

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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Board” means the Board of Community Affairs. (2) “Department” means the Department of Community Affairs. (3) “E-85 gasoline” means a blend of ethanol and gasoline that by volume consists of not less than 70 percent nor more than 85…

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 Application for REAP designation; minimum criteria; reciprocal use agreements with adjacent facilities

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(a) The initial application for designation as a REAP shall be made to the municipal corporation or county in which the project will be located. Developers of projects to be located completely within the corporate limits shall apply to the municipal corporation; developers of pro…

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 agencies encouraged to give certiﬁed projects priority in licensing and processing grants and loans

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The Department of Community Affairs shall certify that a project has received a certiﬁcate of compliance as a REAP to the Department of Natural Resources; the Department of Economic Development; the Department of Transportation; the Department of Revenue; the Department of Labor;…