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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. § 50-16-180 Deﬁnitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Commission’’ means the State Commission on the Condemnation of Public Property created by Code Section 50-16-181. (2) ‘‘Public property’’ means any real property located within the State of Georgia in which a legal or equitable interest is…
O.C.G.A. § 50-16-181 Creation; membership; officers; quorum; voting requirements; call, notice, and minutes or transcripts of meetings; seal; bylaws; expenses
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(a) There is created the State Commission on the Condemnation of Public Property consisting of the Governor, ex officio; Lieutenant Governor, ex officio; Secretary of State, ex officio; Commissioner of Agriculture, ex officio; Commissioner of Insurance, ex officio; state auditor,…
O.C.G.A. § 50-16-182 Powers and duties
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The commission, in addition to other powers and duties set forth in this article, shall have the power and duty to approve the acquisition of public property by condemnation and the power of eminent domain by the Department of Transportation; the Board of Regents of the Universit…
O.C.G.A. § 50-16-183 Procedure for acquisition of public property by condemnation

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(a) If the Department of Transportation; the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; or a state agency, acting by and through the State Properties Commission, needs to acquire public property or any interest in public property in carrying out its duties and responsi…

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-108 Exclusive state property

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Relationship of state as owner of railroad. All railroad laws to apply. Landowners authorized to build stock gaps. Power of condemnation authorized. Width of land taken by condemnation. Manner for determining rights and compensation in condemnation proceeding. Rights acquired by …

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-11.1 Land reserved to the state

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State owned stock. Property of state boards and departments. State authorities prohibited from selling real property; exceptions. Use and keeper of capitol buildings and grounds. Defacing or injuring capitol building or grounds. Commission on the Preservation of the State Capitol…

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-123 JUDICIAL DECISIONS Paragraph (4) of this section is not indefinite, uncertain, or unconstitutional

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Villyard v. Regents of Univ. Sys., 204 Ga. 517, 50 S.E.2d 313 (1948) (see O.C.G.A. § 20-3-31). Obligation incurred by board is not state debt and is not affected by constitutional limitations upon state indebtedness. State v. Regents of Univ. Sys., 179 Ga. 210, 175 S.E. 567 (1934…

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-125 State properties commission, §50-16-37

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Public works. State managerial control over professional services, §50-22-8. Purchasing. Commissioner of administrative services, §§50-5-54, 50-5-55. Regional economic assistance projects. Rulemaking authority, §50-8-195. Secretary of state. Administrative procedure. Compilation …

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-42 JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes

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— See Blue Ridge Tel. Co. v. City of Blue Ridge, 161 Ga. App. 452, 288 S.E.2d 705 (1982), which states that the dicta contained in City of Macon v. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 89 Ga. App. 252, 79 S.E.2d 265 (1953), stating that by virtue of this Code section a telephone compan…

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-47 Short title, §50-16-30

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PROPERTY TAXES. Credit cards. Acceptance for payment, §50-1-6. Payment of taxes. Credit cards, §50-1-6. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS. Public records. Ongoing investigations. Disclosure not exempted, §50-18-77. INDEX PUBLIC FACILITIES PARTNERSHIPS. Partnership for public facilities and i…

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-68 Sheriff’s sales under execution in favor of state

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Purchase of property at, §§50-16-64 to 50-16-68. Public property. Governor. Sheriff’s sales under execution in favor of state. Purchase of property at, §§50-16-64 to 50-16-68. JUKEBOXES. Coin-operated amusement machines generally, §§50-27-70 to 50-27-104. JURISDICTION. Building a…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-1 Use of facsimile signatures on public securities authorized

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(a) Public securities authorized to be issued and delivered at any one time may be executed with an engraved, imprinted, stamped, or otherwise reproduced facsimile of any signature, seal, or other means of authentication, certiﬁcation, or endorsement required or permitted to be r…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-2 Agreements to resell or repurchase United States government obligations at stated rate of interest; delivery and safekeeping of such obligations; investment in authorized securities

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(a) Agencies, authorities, boards, public corporations, instrumentalities, retirement systems, and other divisions of state government authorized to invest in direct obligations of the United States government or in obligations unconditionally guaranteed by agencies of the United…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-20 Short title

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This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Act.’’ History. — Ga. L. 1973, p. 750, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 50.

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-21 Deﬁnitions

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As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Commission’’ means the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission as deﬁned by Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph VII of the Constitution, consisting of the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Represen…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-22 State Financing and Investment Commission

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(a) Responsibilities. Subject to the limitations contained in this article, the commission shall be responsible for the issuance of all public debt incurred hereunder, for the proper application of the proceeds of such debt to the purposes for which it is incurred, for the proper…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-23 General obligation and guaranteed revenue debts; sinking and common reserve funds; appropriations; investments; taxation to pay debt service requirements

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(a) General obligation debt. General obligation debt may not be incurred until the General Assembly has enacted legislation stating the purposes, in general or speciﬁc terms, for which such issue of debt is to be incurred, specifying the maximum principal amount of the issue, and…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-24 Authority to incur public debt; purposes; limitations

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(a) Authority. The state, through action of the commission, is authorized to incur public debt as provided in this article. (b) Purposes for debt. (1) Public debt without a limit may be incurred to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, and defend the state in time of war. (2) Pu…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-25 Incurring public debt by resolution; sale of evidences of indebtedness; form of obligations; validation of bonds; civil claims and actions

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(a) Authority. The state, through action of the commission, is authorized to incur public debt as hereinafter provided. (b) Resolutions. (1)(A) All actions of the commission shall be taken by resolution. Each resolution adopted in connection with authorizing public debt shall be …

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-26 Evidences of indebtedness generally; accrual of interest; paying agent; executory contracts; audits; legal services

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(a) Authority. The state, through action of the commission, is authorized to incur public debt as hereinafter provided. (b) Registration, prepayment, cancellation, destruction, etc. (1) Registrar. The ﬁscal officer of the state or his agent shall act as registrar for evidences of…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-27 Application and investment of public debt proceeds by commission and by the Environmental Finance Authority

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(a) The commission shall be responsible for the proper application of the proceeds of public debt issued under this article to the purposes for which it is incurred; provided, however, that the proceeds from guaranteed revenue obligations shall be paid to the issuer thereof, and …

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-28 Bond security contracts prohibited

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The state and all institutions, departments, and agencies of the state are prohibited from entering into any contract, except contracts pertaining to guaranteed revenue debt, with any public agency, public corporation, authority, or similar entity if the contract is intended to c…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-29 Miscellaneous pledges, authorizations, and exemptions

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(a) Full faith and credit. The full faith, credit, and taxing powers of the state are pledged to the payment of all public debt, and the interest thereon, incurred under this article; and all such debt and the interest thereon shall be exempt from taxation. (b) Negotiability. Eve…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-50 Creation of State Depository Board; membership; quorum; assignment for administrative purposes

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The State Depository Board, referred to in this article as the ‘‘board,’’ is created, consisting of the Governor, the state chief ﬁnancial officer, the state accounting officer, the commissioner of banking and ﬁnance, the state revenue commissioner, the commissioner of transporta…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-50.1 Authority to vote

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No member of the State Depository Board shall vote to name and appoint as state depositories of state funds any bank, trust company, building and loan association, federal savings and loan association, or the Georgia Credit Union Deposit Corporation in which the member is a stock…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-51 Meetings of State Depository Board; records; list of deposits; interest policy; cash management policies and procedures

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(a) The board shall meet at least once every 90 days. The records and proceedings of the board shall be available for inspection by each member of the General Assembly. At the end of each quarter, the board shall furnish to the chairmen of the Senate and House Appropriations Comm…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-52 Contracts for interest on deposits; authority to remove deposits

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The board shall make with depositories the most advantageous contracts for interest to be paid by them to the state for the use of the state’s money which may be deposited therein, as provided by this article. In so doing, the board may authorize the state treasurer to negotiate …

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-53 Authority to determine amount to be deposited; deposit security required

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To enable the board to fulﬁll its responsibilities of ensuring safe and effective cash management, the board shall be authorized to determine, from time to time, in respect to all state funds, whether deposited by the state treasurer or any other department or agency of the state…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-54 Monitoring ﬁnancial condition of depositories; action in case of insolvency of depository

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It shall be the duty of the board to keep itself advised, from time to time, of the ﬁnancial condition of the various state depositories, as well as of the ﬁnancial condition and standing of the securities on the bonds of the depositories; and, if at any time the board should bec…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-55 Absolute discretion of State Depository Board in performance of duties

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The board shall exercise absolute discretion in performing its duties under this article. History. — Ga. L. 1949, p. 13, § 5.

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-57 State treasurer to make reports

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The state treasurer, as administrative officer of the board, shall furnish to the Governor and the board such information and reports relating to funds held on demand accounts and as investments, estimates of treasury receipts and withdrawals, and interest earned on investments a…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-58 Execution of bonds by depositories

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Depositories, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, by their proper officers, shall execute bonds, with good and sufficient securities, to be ﬁxed and approved by the Governor. The bonds shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of all such duties as shall b…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-59 Deposit of securities in lieu of bond

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(a) The state treasurer cannot have on deposit at any one time in any of the depositories for a time longer than ten days a sum of money belonging to the state under a contract with the depository providing for the payment of interest by a depository which has not given a bond to…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-60 Governor to sell bonds to reimburse state for any default

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Whenever any bank which has been made a state depository and has deposited bonds shall fail to perform faithfully such duties as shall be required of it by law or shall fail to account faithfully for all the public moneys or effects that may have come into its hands during its co…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-61 Procedure for relief of bond sureties

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Any surety desiring to be relieved from the bond of a state depository may give notice in writing to the Governor of such desire with the reasons therefor; and the Governor shall have authority, in his discretion, to relieve the surety. The consent of the cosureties ﬁrst must be …

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-62 Funds to be held by depositories

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State depositories shall hold: (1) All funds deposited with them as time deposits for and on account of the state in accordance with such time deposit agreements as from time to time may be entered into between the depositories and the board pursuant to Code Section 50-17-52, whi…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-63 Deposit of demand funds; investment of funds; reports; remittance of interest earned; motor fuel tax revenues

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(a) All demand funds held by any department, board, bureau, or other agency of the state shall be deposited in state depositories, except the monthly deposits of funds for current operating expenses may be deposited in a foreign bank by any department, board, bureau, or other age…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-64 Depositories required to furnish monthly statements

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State depositories shall furnish to the state official having custody of the funds a monthly statement of demand accounts and shall furnish to the responsible official or to the board such other statements as may be requested relating to funds or transactions in custody of or cau…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-65 State officials to notify depositories of any unauthorized signatures or alterations; notiﬁcation in lieu of other obligations to notify; assent to provisions by depositories

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The state official or employee of any state department, board, bureau, commission, committee, authority, or other state agency to whom a depository bank sends the statement of account, paid items, and related material shall notify such depository bank of the existence of any unau…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-66 State officer not to receive commission, interest, compensation, or reward for depositing state money

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No officer of this state shall be allowed to receive any commission, interest, compensation, or reward for himself from any source for the depositing of the state’s money in depositories or for continuing such deposits. Any officer of this state who receives any such commission, …

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-90 Deﬁnitions

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As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Governing body’’ means, with respect to the state, the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission, and with respect to a state authority, such authority’s board. (2) ‘‘State authority’’ shall mean ‘‘state authority’’ as deﬁned in pa…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-91 Governed by general provisions on commercial paper; issuance of security by governmental entity; requirements of governing body; renewal and reissuance of commercial paper

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(a) Whenever the state or any state authority is authorized by law to incur bonds, notes, or certiﬁcates, including but not limited to general obligation bonds, guaranteed revenue bonds, revenue bonds, bond anticipation notes, tax anticipation notes, or revenue anticipation certi…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-100 Deﬁnitions

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As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Commission’’ means the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission as deﬁned in paragraph (1) of Code Section 50-17-21, as amended. (2) ‘‘Counterparty’’ means the party entering into a qualiﬁed interest rate management agreement with…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-101 Guidelines, rules, and regulations for interest rate management plans and agreements; authority to enter into, modify, or terminate; disposition of payments under agreements; obligations, terms, and c

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(a) The commission is authorized to and shall establish guidelines, rules, or regulations with respect to the procedures for approving interest rate management plans and with respect to any requirements for qualiﬁed interest rate management agreements. Such guidelines, rules, and…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-102 Interest rate management plans

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(a) Prior to executing and delivering a qualiﬁed interest rate management agreement, the state party shall have adopted an interest rate management plan that includes: (1) An analysis of the interest rate risk, basis risk, termination risk, credit risk, market-access risk, and ot…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-103 Requirements for interest rate management agreements; credit enhancement or liquidity agreements

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(a) Each qualiﬁed interest rate management agreement shall meet the following requirements: (1) The maximum term, including any renewal periods, of any qualiﬁed interest rate management agreement of the state may not exceed ten years unless such longer term has been approved by t…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-104 Information required in annual ﬁnancial statements

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The state party that has entered into a qualiﬁed interest rate management agreement shall include in its annual ﬁnancial statements information with respect to each qualiﬁed interest rate management agreement it has authorized or entered into, including any information required b…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-105 Applicability of state law; jurisdiction

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When entering into any qualiﬁed interest rate management agreement authorized under this article, the agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, and jurisdiction over the state party in any matter concerning a qualiﬁed interest rate management agreement shal…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-30 Short title

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Deﬁnitions. State Financing and Investment Commission. General obligation and guaranteed revenue debts; sinking and common reserve funds; appropriations; investments; taxation to pay debt service requirements. Authority to incur public debt; purposes; limitations. Incurring publi…

O.C.G.A. § 50-17-56 Reports, §50-17-57

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State ﬁnancing and investment commission. Member of commission, §50-5A-10. Successor to office of treasury and ﬁscal services, §50-5A-10. Vacancy in office. Refusal to renew bond, §50-5A-5. Warrants for payment of money. State government expenses to be paid by governor’s warrant …