Title 50 — Title 50
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O.C.G.A. § 50-32-13 Governor’s power to delegate
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(a) The Governor may delegate to the authority, by executive order, his or her powers under applicable federal transportation planning and air quality laws and regulations, including without limitation the power to resolve revision disputes between metropolitan planning organizat…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-14 Expenditure of state or federal funds
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In any case where a development of regional impact, as determined by the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 8 of this title, is planned within the geographic area over which the authority has jurisdiction which requires the expenditure of state or fe…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-15 Issuance of bonds
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(a) In furtherance of the purposes of the authority, no project of the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority created by Article 9 of Chapter 9 of Title 46 which is located wholly or partly within the geographic area over which the authority has jurisdiction shall be commenced after Ma…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-16 Utilization of appropriated funds
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated to or otherwise obtained by the Department of Transportation pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(b) of the Constitution of this state and paragraphs (2) and (7) of subsection (a) of Code Sectio…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-17 Power of eminent domain
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(a) After the adoption by the authority of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for the purposes of this chapter, the authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in Title 22; or it may exerci…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-18 Rights of authority
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The authority shall have all rights afforded the state by virtue of the Constitution of the United States, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to remove any such rights. History. — Code 1981, § 50-32-18, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 112, § 7. 50-32-19. Liability of autho…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-19 Liability of authority
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Neither the members of the authority nor any officer or employee of the authority acting on behalf thereof, while acting within the scope of his or her authority, shall be subject to any liability resulting from: (1) The construction, ownership, maintenance, or operation of any p…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-2 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Authority’’ means the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority. (2) ‘‘Bond’’ includes any revenue bond, bond, note, or other obligation. (3) ‘‘Clean Air Act’’ means the federal Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 and codified at 42 U.S.C.A. …
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-3 Creation of authority and board; quorum; vacancies
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(a) There is created the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority as a body corporate and politic, which shall be deemed an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation thereof, for purposes of managing or causing to be managed land transportation and air qua…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-30 Funding resources
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In accomplishing its purposes pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the authority may utilize, unless otherwise prohibited by law, any combination of the following funding resources: (1) Revenue bonds as authorized by this chapter; (2) Guaranteed revenue bonds as authorized…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-31 Revenue bonds
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(a)(1) 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 subsection in excess of th…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-32 Guaranteed revenue bonds
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(a) The authority shall have the power and is authorized to issue guaranteed revenue bonds in a maximum aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1 billion, under the terms and conditions set forth in this chapter, pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 17 of this tit…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-33 Bonds are made securities
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The bonds of the authority are made securities in which all public officials and bodies of the state and all counties and municipalities, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings ba…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-34 Pledge by the state
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The State of Georgia does pledge to and agree with the owners of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter that the state will not alter or limit the rights vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with or for the benefit of the owners of …
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-35 Applicability of Chapter 5 of Title 10
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The offer, sale, or issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations by the authority shall not be subject to regulation under Chapter 5 of Title 10, known as the ‘‘Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008.’’ No notice, proceeding, or publication except those required in this chapter…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-36 State immune from obligations or indebtedness created by authority
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No bonds, notes, or other obligations of and no indebtedness incurred by the authority, other than guaranteed revenue bonds, shall constitute an indebtedness or obligation or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State of Georgia or of its agencies; nor shall any act of the aut…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-37 Immunity of state, §50-32-36
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Limitation of indebtedness, §50-32-39. Pledge of credit of state, §50-32-33. Pledge of state, §50-32-34. Power of authority, §50-32-11. Public policy, §50-32-37. Rail passenger authority. Restrictions on issuance, §50-32-15. Revenue bonds. Defined, §50-32-2. Details of issuance, §…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-38 Borrowing of federal funds, §50-32-30
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Environmental finance authority. Subordinate jurisdiction, §50-32-15. Funding resources, §50-32-30. Georgia securities act. Applicability, §50-32-35. Guaranteed revenue bonds. Power to issue, §§50-32-30, 50-32-32. Tax-exempt status, §§50-32-32, 50-32-37. Immunity of state, §50-32-…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-39 Limitation of indebtedness
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No bonded indebtedness of any kind shall be incurred by the authority or on behalf of the authority by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority at any time when the highest aggregate annual debt service requirements of the state for the then current fiscal year or any subsequen…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-5 Short title
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Definitions. Creation of authority and board; quorum; vacancies. Membership; terms; appointment; expenses; removal; applicability of Chapter 10 of Title 45; meetings; voting; assignment. Development of the Atlanta region’s Concept 3 transit proposal; use of federal and state plann…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-50 Local government services approval and funding
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(a) Any local government which is within the geographic area over which the authority has jurisdiction or which is within any county for which a special district has been otherwise activated pursuant to this chapter may provide, subject to the authorization of the authority as pr…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-51 Lease agreements
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(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term ‘‘lease agreement’’ shall mean and include a lease, operating lease rental agreement, usufruct, sale and lease back, or any other lease agreement having a term of not more than 50 years and concerning real, personal, or mixed pr…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-52 Grants or loans to local government
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(a) The authority may make grants or loans to a local government to pay all or any part of the cost of a project. In the event the local government agrees to accept such grants or loans, the authority may require the local government to issue bonds or revenue bonds as evidence of…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-53 Local government services, §50-32-51
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Reservoirs. Increasing capacity of existing reservoirs. Loans and grants to local governments, §50-23-28.1. State road and tollway authority. Streetcar development and revitalization. Grant programs, §50-39-53. 906 INDEX GRANTS —Cont’d Water supply. Increasing capacity of existin…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-55 Vacancies, §50-32-3
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Appointment, §50-32-4. Meetings, §50-32-4. Removal, §50-32-4. Term of office, §50-32-4. RENT. State properties commission. Administrative space of state agencies. Rental charges upon lease of administrative space, §50-16-41. REINHARDT COLLEGE. Funk heritage/Bennett center. Design…
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-60 Department of Transportation’s allocation of funds unaltered
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Article 6 Article 3 Funding 50-32-30. 50-32-31. 50-32-32. 50-32-33. 50-32-34. Funding resources.
O.C.G.A. § 50-32-70 ALABAMA
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Boundary between Georgia and Alabama, §50-2-4. ALIENS. Enforcement of immigration laws in state. Federal work authorization program to verify information of all new employees. Public employers, contractors and subcontractors. Immigration compliance reporting by agencies and polit…
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-1 Short title
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(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘OneGeorgia Authority Act.’’ (b) The General Assembly finds that: 709 50-34-2 (1) Despite the overall prosperity of the State of Georgia, the economic prosperity and development of rural Georgia has lagged behind that of the…
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-10 Payment of bond proceeds
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(a) All or any part of the gross or net revenues and earnings derived from any particular loan or loans and any and all revenues, earnings, and funds received by the authority, regardless of whether such revenues and earnings were produced by a particular loan or loans for which …
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-13 Annual and biannual audits and reports
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(a) The state auditor or an independent public accountant retained by the authority shall make an annual audit of the books, accounts, and records of the authority with respect to its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, assignments, loans, and all other matters relating t…
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-14 Termination of the authority
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The authority and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law; provided, however, that no such law shall take effect so long as the authority shall have bonds or other obligations outstanding, unless adequate provision has been made for the payment thereof. On …
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-16 Board of directors
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Conflicts of interest, §50-34-3. Immunity from liability, §50-34-4. Powers of authority, §50-34-6. Quorum, §50-34-5. Vacancies. Effect, §50-34-5. Bond issues. Deemed securities, §50-34-9. Inapplicability of the Georgia securities act of 1973, §50-34-8. Payment of bond proceeds, §5…
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-17 OneGeorgia Authority Overview Committee established; duties
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(a) There is established the OneGeorgia Authority Overview Committee to be composed of one member of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one member of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate, the director …
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-19 Tourism
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Georgia film and television trail, §§50-7-110 to 50-7-117. Georgia tourism foundation, §50-7-17. Tourist center within vicinity of domestic residence of state citizen elected president. Powers and duties of the department, §50-7-14. Welcome centers. Authorized, §50-7-12. Automated…
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-2 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Authority’’ means the OneGeorgia Authority or any subsidiary corporation created by the board of directors of the OneGeorgia Authority pursuant to this chapter. (2) ‘‘Bonds’’ or ‘‘revenue bonds’’ means any bonds, revenue bonds, notes, inte…
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-3 Corporate powers, §50-34-6
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Definitions, §50-34-2. Dissolution of authority, §50-34-14. Executive director. Appointment, §50-34-3. Delegation of authority, §50-34-3. Facilitation of economic development, §50-34-15. Immunity from liability. Personal liability, §50-34-4. Legal counsel. Attorney general, §50-34…
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-4 Limitation on the authority’s liability
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Neither the members of the authority nor any officer or employee of the authority acting in behalf thereof, while acting within the scope of his or her authority, is subject to any liability resulting from: (1) The construction, ownership, maintenance, or operation of any project…
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-5 Powers of the authority vested in the members
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(a) The powers of the authority shall be vested in the members of the board of directors in office from time to time; and a majority of members in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business and for the exercise of any power or function of the authority. …
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-6 Powers of the authority
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(a) The authority shall have any and all powers necessary or convenient to its usefulness in carrying out and effectuating the purposes and provisions of this chapter which are not in conflict with the Constitution of this state, including, but without limiting the generality of t…
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-7 Powers to issue bonds and incur indebtedness
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(a) The authority may issue bonds for the purpose of facilitating economic development; for the improvement of public health, safety, and welfare; and for other public purposes through the provision of financing and financial assistance for projects, either directly or indirectly t…
O.C.G.A. § 50-34-9 Bonds as securities
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The bonds authorized by this chapter are securities in which: (1) All public officers and bodies of this state; (2) All local governments of this state; (3) All insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business; (4) All banks, bankers, trust…
O.C.G.A. § 50-36-1 EVIDENCE
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Administrative procedure. Contested cases. Rules of evidence, §50-13-15. Subpoenas, §50-13-13. Exhibits at trial. Public records. Exceptions, §50-18-72. Georgia tax tribunal. Evidentiary rules, §50-13A-14. State auditor. Compelling production of evidence, §50-6-29. Refusal to pro…
O.C.G.A. § 50-36-2 Secure and verifiable identity document; applicability
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(a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Secure and Verifiable Identity Document Act.’’ 743 50-36-2 (b) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘Agency or political subdivision’’ means any department, agency, authority, commission, or government entity o…
O.C.G.A. § 50-36-3 Editor’s notes
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— Ga. L. 2011, p. 794, § 1/HB 87, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Illegal 1028 T.16, C.11, A.5 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011.’ ’’ Ga. L. 2011, p. 794, § 21/HB 87…
O.C.G.A. § 50-37-1 Short title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Guaranteed Energy Savings Performance Contracting Act.’’ History. — Code 1981, § 50-37-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1091, § 2/SB 194. 50-37-2. Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 50-37-2 Definitions
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Unless otherwise provided, as used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Allowable costs’’ means equipment and project costs that: 749 50-37-2 (A) The governmental unit reasonably believes will be incurred during the term of the guaranteed energy savings performance contract; and (B) …
O.C.G.A. § 50-37-4 Contracts provisions
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(a) A guaranteed energy savings performance contract may provide that all payments, except obligations on termination of the contract before its scheduled expiration, shall be made over a period of time. The contract shall require the energy performance contractor to provide to t…
O.C.G.A. § 50-37-5 Funding for contracts
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(a) A governmental unit may use funds designated for operating, utilities, or capital expenditures for any guaranteed energy savings performance contract, including, without limitation, for purchases on an installment payment or lease purchase basis. (b) During the life of the co…
O.C.G.A. § 50-37-6 Review of capital improvement projects
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Every state agency shall periodically review all proposed capital improvement projects for potential applicability of this chapter and shall first consider proceeding with a guaranteed energy savings performance contract under this chapter where appropriate. History. — Code 1981, …
O.C.G.A. § 50-37-7 Requirements for state agencies
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Requirements for state agencies: (1) The director shall be authorized to promulgate any rules, regulations, stipulations, and policies necessary to carry out the terms and provisions of this Code section regarding contracting and procurement procedures for state agencies. Any rul…