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GA Code § 20-15-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 15 - Georgia Medical Center Authority|§ 20-15-1. Through 20-15-16

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2014, p. 175, § 1/HB 513, effective April 15, 2014.   Editor's notes.   - This chapter consisted of Code Sections20-15-1 through20-15-5,20-15-5.1 through20-15-5.7,20-15-6 through20-15-16, relating to the Georgia Medical Center Authority, and was based on Code 1981, §§ 20-15-1 through20-15-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 399, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 20; Ga. L. 2004, p. 486, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 694, § 29/HB 293; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1134, § 6/HB 298; Code 1981, §§ 20-15-5.1 through20-15-5.7, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 1060, § 4/HB 1083; Ga. L. 2006, p. 1060, §§ 5-7/HB 1083; Ga. L. 2007, p. 47, § 20/SB 103; Ga. L. 2009, p. 300, §§ 1, 2/HB 93.   Ga. L. 2014, p. 175, § 2/HB 513, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that as of April 15, 2014, the Georgia Medical Center Authority is abolished and shall cease to exist.   Ga. L. 2014, p. 175, § 3/HB 513, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "(a) Any funds held by the Georgia Medical Center Authority as of the effective date of this Act shall be paid to the state treasury and become a part of the general funds of the state.   "(b) On the effective date of this Act, any outstanding contracts, licenses, and obligations of the Georgia Medical Center Authority shall be transferred to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia until the same are completed or extinguished." This Act became effective April 15, 2014.
GA Code § 20-16-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority Act."    (Code 1981, §20-16-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-16-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-2. Definitions; "Self-Liquidating" Projects

  As used in this chapter, the term:   "Authority" means the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority.   "Board of regents" means the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.   Reserved.   "Bonds" or "revenue bonds" means any bonds issued by the authority under this chapter, including refunding bonds.   "Construction" means construction, renovation, improvement, rehabilitation, or restoration.   "Cost of the project" means the cost of construction; the cost of all lands, real properties, personal properties, fixtures, rights, easements, and franchises acquired; the cost of all machinery and equipment; financing charges; interest prior to and during construction and for one year after completion of construction; cost of engineering; architectural, and legal expenses; cost of plans and specifications and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the project; administrative expense; and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing authorized in this chapter, the construction of any project, or the placing of it in operation and the condemnation of property necessary for such construction and operation. Any obligation or expense incurred for any of the foregoing purposes shall be regarded as a part of the cost of the project and may be paid or reimbursed as such out of the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under this chapter for such project.   "Project" means facilities of every kind, type, and character deemed by the authority necessary or convenient for the efficient operation of any unit.   "Unit" means any institution, school, academy, university, or experiment station at any particular location which forms a part of the university system or is under the control of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia.   "University system" means the University System of Georgia.     Any project or combination of projects shall be deemed "self-liquidating" if, in the judgment of the authority, the revenues, rents, or earnings to be derived by the authority therefrom will be sufficient to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the project and to pay the principal of and interest on revenue bonds which may be issued for the cost of such project, projects, or combination of projects.     (Code 1981, §20-16-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562; Ga. L. 2011, p. 632, § 2/HB 49; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 20/HB 942.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2011, "State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia" was substituted for "board of technical and adult education" in paragraph (a)(8).
GA Code § 20-16-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-5. Revenue Bonds

  Revenue bonds issued by the authority shall be paid solely from the property (including, but not limited to, real property, fixtures, personal property, revenues, or other funds) pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, assigned, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered to secure or to pay such bonds. No revenue bonds shall be issued by the authority under this chapter unless its members adopt a resolution finding that the project or combination of projects for which such bonds are to be issued will be self-liquidating.   All revenue bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, adopted by a majority vote of the full membership of the authority at a regular or special meeting.   Revenue bonds shall bear such date or dates, shall mature at such time or times (not more than 40 years from their respective dates), shall bear interest at such rate or rates (which may be fixed or may fluctuate or otherwise change from time to time), shall be subject to redemption on such terms, and shall contain such other terms, provisions, covenants, assignments, and conditions as the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds may permit or provide. The terms, provisions, covenants, assignments, and conditions contained in or provided or permitted by any resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of such revenue bonds shall bind the members of the authority then in office and their successors.   The authority shall have power from time to time and whenever it deems it expedient to refund any bonds by the issuance of new bonds, whether or not the bonds to be refunded have matured, and may issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any other purpose permitted under this chapter. The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded, with such cash adjustments as may be agreed upon, or may be sold and the proceeds applied to the purchase or redemption of the bonds to be refunded.   Any limitations with respect to interest rates or any maximum interest rate or rates found in the usury laws of this state or any other laws of this state shall not apply to revenue bonds of the authority.   The authority shall not have outstanding at any one time bonds and notes exceeding $500 million.     (Code 1981, §20-16-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562; Ga. L. 2012, p. 1073, § 1/SB 302.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, a comma was inserted following "mortgaged" in the first sentence of subsection (a).
GA Code § 20-16-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-6. Confirmation and Validation of Bonds; Exchangeability and Transferability; Certificate of Validation

  Bonds of the authority shall be confirmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of Article 3 of Chapter 82 of Title 36.   Bonds issued by the authority may be in such form, either coupon or fully registered, or both coupon and fully registered, and may be subject to such exchangeability and transferability provisions, as the bond resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or any indenture or trust agreement may provide.   Bonds shall bear a certificate of validation. The signature of the clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County may be made on the certificate of validation of such bonds by facsimile or by manual execution, stating the date on which such bonds were validated; and such entry shall be original evidence of the fact of judgment and shall be received as original evidence in any court in this state.     (Code 1981, §20-16-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-16-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-7. Provisions of Agreements or Instruments; Use of Bond Proceeds; Subsequent Bond Issues; Issuance of Bond Anticipation Notes

  Subject to the limitations and procedures provided by this Code section and by Code Section 20-16-6, the agreements or instruments executed by the authority may contain such provisions not inconsistent with law as shall be determined by the members of the authority.   The proceeds derived from the sale of all bonds issued by the authority shall be held and used for the ultimate purpose of paying, directly or indirectly as permitted in this chapter, all or part of the cost of any project, or for the purpose of refunding any bonds or bond anticipation notes issued in accordance with this chapter.   Issuance by the authority of one or more series of bonds or bond anticipation notes for one or more projects shall not preclude it from issuing other bonds in connection with the same project or with any other projects; but the proceeding wherein any subsequent bonds are issued shall recognize and protect any prior loan agreement, mortgage, deed to secure debt, trust deed, security agreement, or other agreement or instrument made for any prior issue of bonds, unless in the resolution authorizing such prior issue the right is expressly reserved to the authority to issue subsequent bonds on a parity with such prior issue.   The authority shall have the power and is authorized, whenever bonds of the authority shall have been validated as provided in this chapter, to issue from time to time its notes in anticipation of such bonds as validated and to renew from time to time any such notes by the issuance of new notes, whether or not the notes to be renewed have matured. The authority may issue such bond anticipation notes only to provide funds which would otherwise be provided by the issuance of the bonds as validated. Such notes may be authorized, sold, executed, and delivered in the same manner as bonds. As with its bonds, the authority may sell such notes at public sale or at private sale. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing notes of the authority or any issue thereof may contain any provisions which the authority is authorized to include in any resolution or resolutions authorizing bonds of the authority or any issue thereof; and the authority may include in any notes any terms, covenants, or conditions which the authority is authorized to include in any bonds. Validation of such bonds shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of such notes, but it shall not be required that such notes be judicially validated. Bond anticipation notes shall not be issued in an amount exceeding the par value of the bonds in anticipation of which they are to be issued.     (Code 1981, §20-16-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, "authority or any issue thereof" was substituted for "authority of any issue thereof" in the fifth sentence of subsection (d).
GA Code § 20-16-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-8. Sale of Bonds

 The authority may sell its bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority. Whenever the authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall request the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission to approve the bonds and carry out other services for the authority as provided by Article 2 of Chapter 17 of Title 50.    (Code 1981, §20-16-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-16-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-9. Timing of Issuance of Revenue Bonds

 Revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this chapter. In the discretion of the authority, revenue bonds of a single issue may be issued for the purpose of paying the cost of any one or more, including a combination of, projects at any one unit or any number of units. Any resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds under this chapter shall become effective immediately upon its passage and need not be published or posted. Any such resolution may be passed at any regular or special or adjourned meeting of the authority by a majority of its full membership.    (Code 1981, §20-16-9, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-16-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-10. Bonds Do Not Create a Debt of the State; Recitals on Face of Bonds

 Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the property provided for in Code Section 20-16-5; and the issuance of such revenue bonds shall not directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the state to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment; and all such bonds shall contain recitals on their face covering substantially the foregoing provisions of this Code section.    (Code 1981, §20-16-10, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-16-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-11. Investment in Bonds by Public Officers and Public Bodies

 The bonds authorized in this chapter are made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of this state and all municipalities and all political subdivisions; 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, building and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business; all 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 shall be received by all public officers and public bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for any purpose for which the deposit of the bonds or other obligations of this state is authorized.    (Code 1981, §20-16-11, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-16-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-12. Bonds and Income Therefrom Exempt From Taxation

 The creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose is in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and is a public purpose, and the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the power conferred upon it by this chapter; and this state covenants with the holders of the bonds that the authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of the property acquired or leased by it or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision or upon its activities in the operation or maintenance of the buildings erected or acquired by it or any fees, rentals, or other charges for the use of such buildings or other income received by the authority, and that the bonds of the authority, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the state.    (Code 1981, §20-16-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-16-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-13. Attorney General to Provide Legal Services for the Authority; Accountability

  The Attorney General shall provide legal services for the authority and in connection therewith the provisions of Code Sections 45-15-13 through 45-15-16 shall be fully applicable.   The members of the authority shall be accountable in all respects as trustees. The authority shall keep suitable books and records of all actions and transactions and shall submit such books together with a statement of the authority's financial position to an independent auditing firm selected by the authority on or about the close of the state's fiscal year for the purpose of obtaining an audit of the authority's finances.     (Code 1981, §20-16-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-16-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-14. Jurisdiction

 Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this chapter shall be brought in the Superior Court of Fulton County; and any action pertaining to validation of any bonds issued under this chapter shall likewise be brought in such court, which shall have exclusive, original jurisdiction of such actions.    (Code 1981, §20-16-14, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-16-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-15. Funds Received Pursuant to This Chapter to Be Held in Trust

 All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds, as grants or other contributions, or as revenues, rents, and earnings, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.    (Code 1981, §20-16-15, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-16-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-16. Additional and Alternative Method

 This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized by this chapter, shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.    (Code 1981, §20-16-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-16-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 16 - Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority|§ 20-16-17. Liberal Construction of Chapter

 This chapter, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.    (Code 1981, §20-16-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)
GA Code § 20-17-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 17 - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|§ 20-17-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children."    (Code 1981, §20-17-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 377, § 1/SB 227.)
GA Code § 20-17-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 17 - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|§ 20-17-2. Provisions of Compact

 "The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children" is enacted into law and entered into by the State of Georgia with any and all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Construction and application of 34 C.F.R. § 300.502, and prior codifications, providing for Independent Educational Evaluation under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, (20 U.S.C.A. §§ 1400 et seq.), 10 A.L.R. Fed. 3d 2.
GA Code § 20-18-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 18 - Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation|§ 20-18-1. Creation; Location; Director; Other Personnel

  There is created at and in connection with the University System of Georgia, the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation to be physically located within a college or institution of the University System of Georgia which awards Bachelor of Science degrees in rural community development.     The director of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation shall be appointed by the president of the college or institution in which said center is physically located, provided that such appointment shall be subject to approval by a majority vote of the Georgia Rural Development Council.The director shall continue to serve in such position until his or her resignation or until the appointment of a new director by the president of the college or institution in which said center is physically located and such appointment is approved by a majority vote of such council.   Subject to appropriations, the director shall be authorized to employ such personnel as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.       (Code 1981, §20-18-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 142, § 2/HB 951.)
GA Code § 20-18-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 18 - Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation|§ 20-18-2. Assumption of Business and Responsibilities of the Centers of Innovation Agribusiness; Collaboration With Other Entities

  The Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation shall assume the business and responsibilities of the Centers of Innovation Agribusiness administered by the Department of Economic Development.   The Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation, the Department of Economic Development, and the Georgia Department of Agriculture shall collaborate as necessary to achieve the mission provided by Code Section 20-18-4.     (Code 1981, §20-18-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 142, § 2/HB 951.)
GA Code § 20-18-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 18 - Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation|§ 20-18-4. Duty; Establishment of Satellite Offices

  It shall be the duty of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation to provide a central information and research hub for rural leadership training and best practices which may include:   Community planning models for proactively identifying value added gaps or strengths;   Industry-specific assistance; and   Cooperative efforts with nonprofit organizations, religious organizations, and other higher education partners.     The Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation may establish such satellite offices as are necessary to accomplish its mission.     (Code 1981, §20-18-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 142, § 2/HB 951.)
GA Code § 20-18-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 18 - Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation|§ 20-18-5. Funds

 All funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the establishment and operation of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation, together with any funds which may be appropriated by the United States Congress or apportioned to this state from the United States Department of the Treasury for purposes substantially the same as specified in this chapter, shall be paid to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and then forwarded to the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation for its work, provided that the board of regents formally presents to the Governor its acceptance of the conditions of this chapter.    (Code 1981, §20-18-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 142, § 2/HB 951; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 20/SB 52.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "provided that the board of regents" for "provided that the Board of Regents".