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GA Code § 8-3-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-6. Resolution as Conclusive Evidence of Authority's Establishment and Authority

 In any action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or otherwise relating to, any contract of an authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers under this article upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the governing body declaring the need for the authority. Such resolution shall be deemed sufficient if it declares that there is need for an authority and finds in substantially such terms as appear in subsection (a) of Code Section 8-3-5, no further detail being necessary, that either or both of the conditions enumerated in that subsection exist in the city or county, as the case may be.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 4; Ga. L. 1939, p. 126, § 1; Ga. L. 1951, p. 127, § 1; Ga. L. 1959, p. 141, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 734, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 7/HB 24.)   Cross references.   - Hearsay rule exceptions, § 24-8-803.    Self authentication, § 24-9-902.    Public records, § 24-10-1005.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101/HB 24, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment made by that Act shall apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013.   Law reviews.   - For article, "Evidence," see 27 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011). For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Telford v. City of Gainesville, 208 Ga. 56, 65 S.E.2d 246 (1951).
GA Code § 8-3-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-7. Applicability of Local Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations to Housing Projects

 All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the locality in which the housing project is situated.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 13.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Exclusionary zoning, 48 A.L.R.3d 1210.   Retroactive effect of zoning regulation, in absence of saving clause, on pending application for building permit, 50 A.L.R.3d 596.   Validity of statutes, ordinances, and regulations requiring the installation or maintenance of various bathroom facilities in dwelling units, 79 A.L.R.3d 716.   Validity of statutory classifications based on population - zoning, building, and land use statutes, 98 A.L.R.3d 679.   Applicability of zoning regulations to governmental projects or activities, 53 A.L.R.5th 1.
GA Code § 8-3-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-9. Filing Reports With Clerk; Recommending Legislation or Other Necessary Action

 At least once a year, an authority shall file with the clerk a report of its activities for the preceding year and shall make recommendations with reference to such additional legislation or other action as it deems necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this article.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 22.)
GA Code § 8-3-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-10. Vesting of Fee Simple Title Upon an Authority's Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain

 Whenever a housing authority is or has been created under the terms of this article, and whenever it is determined by the commissioners or other governing body of such authority to be necessary or advisable to exercise the power of eminent domain by condemning property, and whenever such condemnation proceedings are instituted and carried on under Chapter 2 of Title 22 or through any other method of condemnation provided by law, then upon the payment by such authority seeking condemnation of the amount of the award, or the amount of the final judgment on appeal, such authority shall become vested with a fee simple indefeasible title to the property to which such condemnation proceedings relate. It is declared to be necessary in order to enable such authorities to exercise their franchise that, upon such condemnation proceedings being had, such housing authorities shall become vested with fee simple indefeasible title to the property involved in such proceedings.   (Ga. L. 1939, p. 112, § 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Eminent domain: possibility of overcoming specific obstacles to contemplated use as element in determining existence of necessary public use, 22 A.L.R.4th 840.
GA Code § 8-3-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-11. Renting of Housing Units - Requirements as to Fixing of Rentals by Authorities Generally

 It is declared to be the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects or, in the event of its use of a private enterprise agreement, shall cause each housing project subject thereto to be managed and operated in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations for persons of low income at the lowest possible rates consistent with its providing decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and that no housing authority shall construct or operate the dwelling accommodations in any such project that are occupied or reserved for occupancy by persons of low income for a profit or as a source of revenue to the city or the county. To this end, an authority shall fix the rentals for those dwelling accommodations in such housing projects that are occupied or reserved for occupancy by persons of low income at no higher rates than it shall find necessary in order to produce revenues which, together with all other available moneys, revenues, income, and receipts of the authority from whatever sources derived, will be sufficient:    To pay, as the same become due, the principal of and the interest on the bonds of the authority which from time to time are outstanding;   To meet the cost of maintaining and operating the eligible housing units in such projects that are used, occupied, or reserved for use or occupancy by persons of low income, including the cost of any insurance; to meet the administrative expenses of the authority; and to provide reasonable reserves for maintenance and operating expenses; and   To create and maintain such reasonable reserves as may be required in connection with the issuance of any bonds of the authority now outstanding or hereafter issued, and to create and maintain reasonable reserves for its future operations.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 9; Ga. L. 1959, p. 65, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1417, § 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 87 C.J.S., Towns, § 179 et seq.
GA Code § 8-3-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-13. Cooperation and Joint Operation by Authorities

  Any two or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing (including the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations and giving security therefor), planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating, or contracting with respect to a housing project or projects located within the area of operation of any one or more of said authorities. For such purpose, an authority may by resolution prescribe and authorize any other housing authority or authorities, so joining or cooperating with it, to act on its behalf with respect to any or all powers. For purposes of this Code section the term "authorities" shall include an urban residential finance authority created pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 41 of Title 36.   Any authorities joining or cooperating with one another may by resolution appoint from among the commissioners of such authorities an executive committee with full power to act on behalf of such authorities with respect to any or all of their powers, as prescribed by resolutions of such authorities.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 11; Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 8; Ga. L. 1988, p. 901, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Constitutionality, construction, and application of statutes or governmental projects for improvement of housing conditions (slum clearance), 172 A.L.R. 966.
GA Code § 8-3-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-16. Providing Housing in Rural Areas

 Any housing authority which has rural areas under its jurisdiction may undertake the provision of housing for families of low income in such rural areas and may comply with any conditions not inconsistent with the purposes of this article required by the federal government pursuant to federal law in any contract for financial assistance with the authority concerning such undertakings.   (Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 6; Ga. L. 1945, p. 270, § 1; Ga. L. 1951, p. 219, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 40A Am. Jur. 2d, Housing Laws and Urban Redevelopment, § 26.
GA Code § 8-3-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 2 - Powers of Housing Authorities Generally|§ 8-3-31. Eminent Domain

 An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under this article after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An 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 the power of eminent domain. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired, except that no real property belonging to the city, the county, the state, or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without the consent of such city, county, state, or other political subdivision.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 12.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Eminent domain: possibility of overcoming specific obstacles to contemplated use as element in determining existence of necessary public use, 22 A.L.R.4th 840.
GA Code § 8-3-31.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 2 - Powers of Housing Authorities Generally|§ 8-3-31.1. "Public Use" Defined; Eminent Domain to Be Exercised Solely for Public Use

  As used in this Code section, the term "public use" shall have the meaning specified in Code Section 22-1-1.   Any exercise of the power of eminent domain under this chapter or Chapter 4 of this title must:   Be for a public use; and   Be approved by resolution of the governing body of the municipality or county in conformity with the procedures specified in Code Section 22-1-10.       (Code 1981, §8-3-31.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 39, § 2/HB 1313.)   Cross references.   - Eminent domain, generally, see § 21-1-1 et seq.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2006, p. 39, § 25/HB 1313, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section shall apply to those condemnation proceedings filed on or after February 9, 2006, where title has not vested in the condemning authority unless constitutionally prohibited.   Ga. L. 2006, p. 39, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as 'The Landowner's Bill of Rights and Private Property Protection Act.'"   Law reviews.   - For article on 2006 enactment of this Code section, see 23 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 157 (2006).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 40A Am. Jur. 2d., Housing Laws and Urban Redevelopment, § 5.
GA Code § 8-3-32 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 2 - Powers of Housing Authorities Generally|§ 8-3-32. Borrowing Money and Accepting Grants and Other Financial Assistance From Federal Government; Taking Over, Leasing, or Managing Projects Constructed or Owned by Federal Government; Purpose and Intent of Article

 An authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for, or in aid of, any housing project within its area of operation; to take over or lease or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned by the federal government; and, to these ends, to comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable. It is the purpose and intent of this article to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance, or operation of any housing project by such authority.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 20; Ga. L. 1939, p. 126, § 2; Ga. L. 1951, p. 127, § 2; Ga. L. 1959, p. 141, § 2; Ga. L. 1962, p. 734, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Geographic jurisdiction of a city housing authority established under the Housing Authority Law is governed primarily by the definition of "area of operation" in O.C.G.A. § 8-3-3(1). 1997 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U97-22.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 40A Am. Jur. 2d, Housing Laws and Urban Redevelopment, §§ 6, 7.   ALR.    - Home Owners' Loan Act, 121 A.L.R. 117; 125 A.L.R. 809.
GA Code § 8-3-33 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 2 - Powers of Housing Authorities Generally|§ 8-3-33. Contracts and Agreements With Federal Government to Obtain Federal Contributions to Housing Projects

  In any contract or amendatory or superseding contract for a loan and annual contributions heretofore or hereafter entered into between a housing authority and the federal government with respect to any housing project undertaken by said housing authority, the authority is authorized to make such covenants (including covenants with holders of bonds issued by the authority for purposes of the project involved) and to confer upon the federal government such rights and remedies as the authority deems necessary to assure the fulfillment of the purposes for which the project was undertaken.   In any contract with the federal government for annual contributions to an authority, the authority may obligate itself to convey to the federal government possession of or title to the project to which such contract relates, upon the occurrence of a substantial default, as defined in such contract, with respect to the covenants or conditions to which the authority is subject. Such obligation shall be specifically enforceable and shall not constitute a mortgage, any other laws notwithstanding.   Any contract with the federal government for annual contributions to an authority may further provide that in case of a conveyance pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section, the federal government may complete, operate, manage, lease, convey, or otherwise deal with the project in accordance with the terms of such contract.   Any contract entered into pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section shall require that, as soon as practicable after the federal government is satisfied that all defaults with respect to the project have been cured and that the project will thereafter be operated in accordance with the terms of the contract, the federal government shall reconvey to the authority the project as then constituted.    (Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 6; Ga. L. 1951, p. 127, § 2; Ga. L. 1951, p. 219, § 3; Ga. L. 1959, p. 141, § 2; Ga. L. 1962, p. 734, § 2.)
GA Code § 8-3-34 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 2 - Powers of Housing Authorities Generally|§ 8-3-34. Housing Studies and Analyses

  Any housing authority may, within its area of operation, undertake studies and analyses of housing needs and of the measures required to meet such needs, including the gathering of data with respect to population and family groups, and the distribution of such groups according to income, and the gathering of data with respect to the amount and quality of available housing, and its distribution according to rental and sales prices, employment, wages, and other factors affecting local housing needs and the measures required to meet such needs.   An authority may make the results of such studies and analyses available to the public and to the building, housing, and supply industries.   An authority may also engage in research and disseminate information on the subject of housing generally.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 270, § 2.)
GA Code § 8-3-36 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 2 - Powers of Housing Authorities Generally|§ 8-3-36. Prohibition of Nonresidents Suspected of Criminal Acts

 Any housing authority created pursuant to this article, acting through its director or his or her designee, is authorized to prohibit, without breaching the peace, any person who is reasonably suspected of committing a criminal act on the premises of a housing project and who is not a resident of said project from entering, loitering, or remaining upon the common areas of such project.    (Code 1981, §8-3-36, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 857, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Validity, construction, and application of loitering statutes and ordinances, 72 A.L.R.5th 1.
GA Code § 8-3-51 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 3 - Housing Authority Commissioners|§ 8-3-51. Commissioners Authority; Quorum; Voting by Commissioners; Chairman; Vice-Chairman; Employment of Personnel; Obtaining Legal Services; Delegation of Powers or Duties

  The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners thereof in office from time to time. Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum of the authority for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote of a majority of the commissioners present, unless in any case the bylaws of the authority shall require a larger number.   The mayor shall designate which of the commissioners appointed shall be the first chairman; but, when the office of the chairman of the authority thereafter becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its commissioners.   An authority shall select from among its commissioners a vice-chairman; and it may employ a secretary (who shall be executive director), technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require; and it shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensations.   For such legal services as it may require, an authority may call upon the chief law officer of the city or the county or may employ its own counsel and legal staff.   An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 5; Ga. L. 1939, p. 112, § 3; Ga. L. 1939, p. 126, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 7; Ga. L. 1951, p. 127, § 1; Ga. L. 1959, p. 141, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 734, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 8.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Attorney for housing authority.   - There is no prohibition against members of the General Assembly, city attorneys, or county attorneys being employed as attorneys for a housing authority. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 9.
GA Code § 8-3-52 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 3 - Housing Authority Commissioners|§ 8-3-52. Disclosure and Abstention Requirements for Interested Commissioners and Employees

  No commissioner or employee of the authority shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any project. Where the acquisition is not voluntary, such commissioner or employee shall immediately disclose such interest in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon such disclosure, such commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the authority involving such project, property, or contract, respectively.   If any commissioner or employee of the authority previously owned or controlled an interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any project, he shall immediately disclose such interest in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon such disclosure, such commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the authority involving such project, property, or contract, respectively.   A commissioner shall not participate in any action concerning the employment to a remunerative position of the person who appointed said commissioner to office.   In the selection of a depository for funds of the authority, any commissioner who has a financial interest in the depository under consideration shall disclose his interest and abstain from taking any part in the consideration of or voting on the selection of the depository.   Any violation of this Code section shall constitute misconduct in office.   This Code section shall not be applicable to the acquisition of any interest in notes or bonds of the authority issued in connection with any project, or to the execution of agreements by banking institutions for the deposit or handling of funds in connection with a project, or to agreements by such institutions to act as trustee under any trust indenture.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 6; Ga. L. 1951, p. 219, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 906, §§ 2, 3.)   Cross references.   - Conflicts of interest involving state officers and employees, § 45-10-20 et seq.
GA Code § 8-3-53 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 3 - Housing Generally|Article 1 - Housing Authorities|Part 3 - Housing Authority Commissioners|§ 8-3-53. Removal of Commissioners

 For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor or, in the case of an authority for a county, by the governing body of said county, provided that a commissioner shall be removed only after he shall have been given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to the hearing thereon and shall have had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 7; Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 7.)