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GA Code § 50-39-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 2 - Operation of Authority|§ 50-39-15. Power of Eminent Domain; Limitations

  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 exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by any other applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of such power; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 7 of Chapter 16 of this title shall not be applicable to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the authority. Property already devoted to public use may be acquired, except that no real property belonging to the state other than property acquired by or for the purposes of the Department of Transportation may be acquired without the consent of the state.   Real property acquired by the authority in any manner for the purposes of this chapter shall not be subject to the exercise of eminent domain by any state department, division, board, bureau, commission, authority, or other agency or instrumentality of the executive branch of state government, or by any political subdivision of the state or any agency, authority, or instrumentality thereof, without the consent of the authority.     (Code 1981, §50-39-15, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 2 - Operation of Authority|§ 50-39-16. United States' Constitutional Rights Not Limited

 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.    (Code 1981, §50-39-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 2 - Operation of Authority|§ 50-39-17. Limitation on Liability

 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:    The construction, ownership, maintenance, or operation of any project financed with the assistance of the authority;   The construction, ownership, maintenance, or operation of any project, facility, or undertaking authorized by the authority and owned by a local government; or   Carrying out any of the powers expressly given in this chapter.     (Code 1981, §50-39-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 2 - Operation of Authority|§ 50-39-18. Record and Resource Sharing Between Governmental Entities

  Upon request of the board of the authority, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Natural Resources shall provide to the authority and its authorized personnel and agents access to all books, records, and other information resources available to those departments which are not of a commercial proprietary nature and shall assist the authority in identifying and locating such information resources. Reimbursement for costs of identification, location, transfer, or reproduction of such information resources, including personnel costs incurred by the respective departments for such purposes, shall be made by the authority to those respective departments.   The authority may request from time to time, and the Department of Transportation and the Department of Natural Resources shall provide as permissible under the Constitution and laws of this state, the assistance of personnel and the use of facilities, vehicles, aircraft, and equipment of those departments, and reimbursement for all costs and salaries thereby incurred by the respective departments shall be made by the authority to those respective departments.     (Code 1981, §50-39-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 3 - Funding|§ 50-39-30. Utilization of Funding Resources

 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:    Revenue bonds as authorized by this chapter;   Guaranteed revenue bonds as authorized by this chapter;   Funds obtained in a special district, for the purposes of providing transit services, transit projects, and air quality services within such district or, by contract with, between, and among local governments within such special districts, throughout such districts;   Moneys borrowed by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;   Such federal funds as may from time to time be made available to the authority or for purposes coincident with the purposes of the authority within the territory over which the authority has jurisdiction; and   Such grants or contributions from persons, firms, corporations, or other entities as the authority may receive from time to time.     (Code 1981, §50-39-30, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 3 - Funding|§ 50-39-31. Responsibility for Use of Federal Funds

 The authority may serve as the entity to discharge all duties imposed on the state by any act of Congress allotting federal funds to be expended for transit projects and purposes within the jurisdiction of the authority. Unless designated otherwise by the federal government, the authority shall be designated as the proper and sole authority to receive any of the federal aid funds apportioned by the federal government for use within the jurisdiction of the authority and may disburse such funds in accordance with the purposes of this article. This Code section shall not be deemed to impair or interfere in any manner with any existing rights under a contract entered into prior to December 1, 2018, or any federal grants or agreements awarded or entered into prior to December 1, 2018. This Code section shall not be applicable to projects or services provided for under the terms of a contract entered into as of December 1, 2018, under the authority granted pursuant to a local constitutional amendment set out at Ga. L. 1964, p. 1008; and the planning, funding, coordination, and delivery of such projects or services shall be as provided for by such contract or contracts.    (Code 1981, §50-39-31, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 50/SB 52.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in the last sentence of this Code section.
GA Code § 50-39-33 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 3 - Funding|§ 50-39-33. Guaranteed Revenue Bonds; Exemption From Taxation

  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 title, which bonds shall constitute guaranteed revenue debt under Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph III of the Constitution of this state; provided that such debt is consistent with the state debt management plan as established by the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission pursuant to Chapter 17 of this title, the "Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Act." The General Assembly hereby finds and determines that such issue will be self-liquidating over the life of the issue and declares its intent to appropriate an amount equal to the highest annual debt service requirements for such issue. The proceeds of such bonds and the investment earnings thereon shall be used to finance transit services or transit projects, including any costs of such projects.   The guaranteed revenue bonds and the interest payable thereon shall be exempt from all taxation within the state imposed by the state or any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the state.     (Code 1981, §50-39-33, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 50/SB 52.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in the second sentence of subsection (a).
GA Code § 50-39-34 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 3 - Funding|§ 50-39-34. Bonds as Securities; Investments

 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 banks, and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, and administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries and all other persons whatsoever, who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are also made securities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all counties and municipalities for any purposes for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of this state are now or hereafter may be authorized.    (Code 1981, §50-39-34, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 50/SB 52.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation near the end of the first sentence of this Code section.
GA Code § 50-39-35 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 3 - Funding|§ 50-39-35. Protection and Assurances to Bond Owners

 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 bonds or in any way impair the rights and remedies of bond owners until the bonds, together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such owners, are fully met and discharged or funds for the payment of such are fully provided. The authority is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with bond owners.    (Code 1981, §50-39-35, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-36 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 3 - Funding|§ 50-39-36. Exemption From Georgia Uniform Securities Act

 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 shall be necessary to the performance of any act authorized in this chapter; nor shall any such act be subject to referendum.    (Code 1981, §50-39-36, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-37 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 3 - Funding|§ 50-39-37. State Debt Not Created; Guarantee of Payment

 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 authority in any manner constitute or result in the creation of an indebtedness of the state or its agencies or a cause of action against the state or its agencies; provided, however, the state, to the extent permitted by its Constitution, may guarantee payment of such bonds, notes, or other obligations as guaranteed revenue debt.    (Code 1981, §50-39-37, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-38 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 3 - Funding|§ 50-39-38. Authority Is Created for Benefit of the State's People; Tax Exemption

 It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of this authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state and that the authority is an institution of purely public charity and will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the power conferred upon it by this chapter. For such reasons the state covenants with the owners from time to time of the bonds, notes, and other obligations issued under this chapter that the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments imposed by the state or any of its counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, or taxing districts upon any property acquired by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision or leased by it to others, or upon its activities in the operation or maintenance of any such property or on any income derived by the authority in the form of fees, recording fees, rentals, charges, purchase price, installments, or otherwise, and that the bonds, notes, and other obligations of the authority, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the state. The tax exemption provided in this chapter shall include an exemption from sales and use tax on property purchased by the authority or for use by the authority.    (Code 1981, §50-39-38, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-39 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 3 - Funding|§ 50-39-39. Approval by the Commission

 The issuance of any bond, revenue bond, note, or other obligation or incurring of debt, public or otherwise, by the authority must be approved by the commission established by Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph VII of the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1983 or its successor.    (Code 1981, §50-39-39, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 3 - Funding|§ 50-39-40. Calculating Debt Limitations

 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 subsequent fiscal year for outstanding general obligation debt and guaranteed revenue debt, including the proposed debt and treating it as state general obligation debt or guaranteed revenue debt for purposes of calculating debt limitations under this Code section, and the highest aggregate annual payments for the then current fiscal year or any subsequent fiscal year of the state under all contracts then in force to which the provisions of the second paragraph of Article IX, Section VI, Paragraph I(a) of the Constitution of 1976 are applicable, exceed 7.5 percent of the total revenue receipts, less refunds of the state treasury in the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which any such debt is to be incurred.    (Code 1981, §50-39-40, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-52 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 4 - Project Procedures for Local Governments|§ 50-39-52. Withholding of Funds to Local Government

  In the event of a failure of any local government to collect and remit in full all amounts due to the authority and all amounts due to others, which involve the credit or guarantee of the authority or of the state, on the date such amounts are due under the terms of any bond, revenue bond, note, or other obligation of the local government, it shall be the duty of the authority to notify the state treasurer who shall withhold all funds of the state and all funds administered by the state, its agencies, boards, and instrumentalities allotted to such local government, excluding funds for education purposes, until such local government has collected and remitted in full all sums due and cured or remedied all defaults on any such bond, revenue bond, note, or other obligation.   Nothing contained in this Code section shall mandate the withholding of funds allocated to a local government which would violate contracts to which the state is a party, the requirements of federal law imposed on the state, or judgments of any court binding the state.     (Code 1981, §50-39-52, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-60 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 5 - Construction and Application|§ 50-39-60. Liberal Construction

 This chapter, being for the welfare of this state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes specified in this chapter.    (Code 1981, §50-39-60, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-39-61 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Atlanta-Region Transit Link "Atl" Authority|Article 5 - Construction and Application|§ 50-39-61. Application of Chapter 1 of Title 40

 No provision of Chapter 1 of Title 40 shall apply to any bus, other motor vehicle, or rapid rail system of the authority which provides transit services.    (Code 1981, §50-39-61, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 2-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 50-40-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 40 - Promotion and Deployment of Broadband Services|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 50-40-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Broadband network project" means any deployment of broadband services.   "Broadband services" means a wired or wireless terrestrial service that consists of the capability to transmit at a rate of not less than 25 megabits per second in the downstream direction and at least 3 megabits per second in the upstream direction to end users and in combination with such service provides:   Access to the internet; or   Computer processing, information storage, or protocol conversion.     "Broadband services provider" means any provider of broadband services or a public utility or any other person or entity that builds or owns a broadband network project.   "Development authority" shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 36-62A-20.   "Eligible applicants" means any or all public bodies, designated by the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Code Section 50-40-81, as political subdivisions qualified to apply for funds under this article.   "Local authority" shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 36-82-220.   "Location" means any residence, dwelling, home, business, or building.   "Political subdivision" means a county, municipal corporation, consolidated government, or local authority.   "Qualified broadband provider" means an entity that is authorized to apply for or that obtains a certificate of authority issued pursuant to Code Section 46-5-163 that:     Has, directly or indirectly, been providing broadband services to at least 1,000 locations; and   Has been conducting business in the state for at least three years with a demonstrated financial, technical, and operational capability to operate a broadband services network; or     Is able to demonstrate financial, technical, and operational capability to operate a broadband services network.     "Served area" means a census block that is not designated by the Department of Community Affairs as an unserved area.   "Unserved area" means a census block in which broadband services are not available to 20 percent or more of the locations as determined by the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter.     (Code 1981, §50-40-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 629, § 6-1/SB 402; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 50/HB 497.)    The 2021 amendment,  effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "internet" for "Internet" in subparagraph (2)(A).   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2018, "Code Section 50-40-81" was substituted for "Code Section 50-39-81" in paragraph (5).   Law reviews.   - For annual survey on local government law, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 177 (2018).
GA Code § 50-40-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 40 - Promotion and Deployment of Broadband Services|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 50-40-3. Confidential and Proprietary Nature of Information Provided by Broadband Service Providers

 All information provided by a broadband services provider pursuant to this chapter shall be presumed to be confidential, proprietary, a trade secret as such term is defined in Code Section 10-1-761, and subject to exemption from disclosure under state and federal law and shall not be subject to disclosure under Article 4 of Chapter 18 of this title, except in the form of a map where information that could be used to determine provider-specific information about the network of the broadband services provider is not disclosed. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, such provider-specific information shall not be released to any person other than to the submitting broadband services provider, the Department of Community Affairs or the Georgia Technology Authority, agents designated to assist in developing the map provided for in Article 2 of this chapter, employees of the Department of Community Affairs or the Georgia Technology Authority, and attorneys employed by or under contract with the Department of Community Affairs or the Georgia Technology Authority without express permission of the submitting broadband services provider. Such information shall be used solely for the purposes stated under this chapter.    (Code 1981, §50-40-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 629, § 6-1/SB 402.)
GA Code § 50-40-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 40 - Promotion and Deployment of Broadband Services|Article 2 - Area Identification|§ 50-40-20. Determination of Served and Unserved Areas

 The Department of Community Affairs shall determine those areas in the state that are served areas and unserved areas and shall publish such findings.    (Code 1981, §50-40-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 629, § 6-1/SB 402.)