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GA Code § 51-16-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 51 - Torts|Chapter 16 - Covid-19 Pandemic Business Safety|§ 51-16-5. Construction With Other Law

 This chapter shall not modify or supersede the terms or application of:    Title 16, relating to crimes and offenses;   Title 31, relating to health or any state regulations related thereto;   Chapter 9 of Title 34, relating to workers' compensation; and   Chapter 3 of Title 38, relating to emergency management.     (Code 1981, §51-16-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 798, § 3/SB 359.)
GA Code § 52-2-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-1. Short Title

 This chapter may be cited as the "Georgia Ports Authority Act."   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 1.)
GA Code § 52-2-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-4. Creation of Authority; Status of Authority as an Instrumentality of State and a Public Corporation

 There is created a body corporate and politic, to be known as the Georgia Ports Authority, which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation; and by that name, style, and title the authority may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 2; Ga. L. 1949, p. 778, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 120, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 457, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Exemption from requirements of Coastal Marshlands Protection Act.    - Because the Georgia Ports Authority created by O.C.G.A. § 52-2-4 was, at time of enactment of O.C.G.A. Pt. 4, Art. 4, Ch. 5, T. 12 (Coastal Marshlands Protection Act), empowered and charged with responsibility of development and improvement of rivers and seaports of this state, as a general matter, it is exempt from requirements of that part. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-85.   While the Georgia Ports Authority is generally exempt from provisions of O.C.G.A. Pt. 4, Art. 4, Ch. 5, T. 12, the Authority must obtain prior written approval of the Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee for any proposed alteration of marshlands adjacent to Colonels Island which were conveyed to the Georgia Ports Authority pursuant to Ga. L. 1973, p. 747. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-85.
GA Code § 52-2-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-5. Composition of Authority; Appointment, Terms, and Qualifications of Members Generally; Filling of Vacancies; Election of Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Secretary-Treasurer; Quorum

  The authority shall consist of 12 members to be appointed by the Governor from the state at large.   The nine members of the authority in office immediately prior to May 1, 2000, shall serve out the remainder of the terms for which they were appointed, all of such terms expiring on June 30 of the year of expiration. In addition to said nine members, the Governor shall appoint three members for terms to expire June 30, 2004. The director of the Office of Planning and Budget or his or her designee as approved by the Governor shall serve as an ex officio member of the authority.   Successors to the members referred to in subsection (b) of this Code section and future successors shall each be appointed for a term of four years, which term shall begin on the day following the expiration of the term of office of the member such person is appointed to succeed. Any member of the authority shall be eligible for reappointment. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the remainder of the unexpired term.   The authority shall elect one of its members as chairperson and another member as vice chairperson and shall also elect a secretary-treasurer who shall not necessarily be a member of the authority.   Seven members of the authority shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 120, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 457, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 945, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1588, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 52.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, "May 1, 2000," was substituted for "the effective date of this Act" in the first sentence of subsection (b).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 80 C.J.S., Shipping, §§ 18, 19.
GA Code § 52-2-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-6. Compensation of Members and Reimbursement for Expenses

 The members of the authority shall be compensated in the amount of $40.00 per day, plus actual expenses incurred, for each day's service spent in the performance of the duties of the authority. Such compensation shall be limited to 150 days for the chairman and 60 days for each of the other members of the authority during any one fiscal year.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 120, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 150, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 457, § 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1383, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Compensation of members of public agencies, § 45-7-6.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 80 C.J.S., Shipping, §§ 18, 19.
GA Code § 52-2-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-7. Making of Rules and Regulations; Delegation of Powers and Duties; Perpetual Existence of Authority

 The authority shall make necessary rules and regulations for its own government. The authority may delegate to one or more of its members or to its officials, agents, or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. The authority shall have perpetual existence.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 2; Ga. L. 1949, p. 778, § 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 120, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 457, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 80 C.J.S., Shipping, §§ 18, 19.
GA Code § 52-2-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-8. Eligibility for Membership

 No person shall be eligible for membership on the Georgia Ports Authority who shall also be at the time of appointment or who shall thereafter become a member of any local port authority of any city, town, county, or district.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 778, § 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 120, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 457, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 80 C.J.S., Shipping, §§ 18, 19.
GA Code § 52-2-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-11. Power of Authority to Borrow Money, to Execute Evidences of Indebtedness, and to Secure Such Indebtedness; Sale and Other Disposition of Property; Utilization of Proceeds of Sale

 The Georgia Ports Authority shall have and may exercise the following powers:    The authority may borrow money for its corporate purposes and may execute and deliver long-term and short-term notes, commercial paper, bond anticipation notes, and other obligations or evidences of indebtedness therefor and may secure such indebtedness in such manner as the authority may provide by its resolution authorizing the indebtedness to be incurred, provided that the authority shall not pledge to the payment of the indebtedness revenue pledged to the payment of any other indebtedness then outstanding or encumber property in violation of the terms of any existing contract, agreement, or trust indenture securing existing indebtedness.   The authority may from time to time sell or otherwise dispose of surplus personal property and may sell or otherwise dispose of land and any improvements thereon acquired by the authority pursuant to law and which the authority may determine is not required for port or warehouse operations or for the future expansion and improvement of the state system of docks, including property which is suitable for industrial development. Any such property may be sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of upon such terms and conditions as may be provided by resolution of the authority. The proceeds of any such sale shall be used by the authority for the purposes provided by law. However, any sale of land or leasing of same and mortgaging of same or conveying the same as security for a loan as provided under this Code section shall be first approved in writing by the Governor, the state auditor, and the Attorney General.    (Ga. L. 1958, p. 714, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 52; Ga. L. 2010, p. 897, § 4/HB 1060.)
GA Code § 52-2-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-12. Funds for Acquisition of Land and Construction of Port Facilities

 The Governor may make available to the Georgia Ports Authority for the purpose of acquiring necessary lands, including improvements thereon, as well as for constructing buildings, terminals, and other port facilities, any funds appropriated for the construction of port facilities. Any land so acquired shall be conveyed to the Georgia Ports Authority.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 714, § 2.)
GA Code § 52-2-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-13. Approval and Consent of State Properties Commission for Acquisition of Real Property by Authority

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the authority shall not purchase any real property without the approval and consent of the State Properties Commission.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 714, § 2A.)   Cross references.   - Acquisition of real property by state agencies generally, § 50-16-30 et seq.
GA Code § 52-2-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-14. Conveyance of Medical Depot Site to Authority; Power to Sell Conveyed Surplus Lands and Improvements; Power to Borrow and to Issue Revenue Anticipation Certificates

 The Governor of this state is authorized to convey, for and in behalf of the state, title to lands and improvements known as the Medical Depot site in Chatham County, Georgia, adjacent to the Savannah River. For a more particular description, reference is made to the deed conveying the site from the State of Georgia to the Georgia Ports Authority upon payment of such nominal sum to the Office of the State Treasurer as may be agreed upon by the Governor and the authority. The authority shall have the power to sell any portions of land or improvements, or both, thus conveyed as are not required for port or warehouse operations or for the future expansion or improvement of the operation of a system of state docks, provided that any moneys received incident to such sales shall be utilized by the authority for the further expansion, construction, and improvement of the existing facilities located at the Medical Depot site in Chatham County on the Savannah River. The authority is empowered to borrow money on the existing facilities as described in this Code section and to issue revenue anticipation certificates to be retired from the revenue derived from the described facilities. All such sums, whether borrowed or secured through the sale of revenue anticipation certificates, shall be used for the exclusive purpose of developing a system of state docks at the site of the Medical Depot described in this Code section or for the purchase of necessary and essential equipment to be located thereon, or both, and for any and all purposes deemed necessary, essential, and expedient for the purpose of developing the site as a part of a system of state docks.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 778, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 52; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 2/SB 296.)
GA Code § 52-2-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-15. Revenue Bonds - Issuance; Payment of Principal and Interest From Special Fund; Dating of Bonds; Determination of Rate of Interest; Time of Maturity; Redemption Before Maturity

 The authority shall have the power and is authorized at one time or from time to time to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds of the authority for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost as defined in this chapter of any one or more projects. The principal and interest of such revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund provided in this chapter for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at the lowest rate obtainable by negotiation or, if the authority deems it necessary, by the taking of competitive bids, payable as determined by the authority at time of issue, shall mature at such time or times as the authority may determine at the time of issue, shall be payable in such medium of payment as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the authority, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 5; Ga. L. 1949, p. 778, § 3; Ga. L. 1963, p. 342, § 4; Ga. L. 1974, p. 589, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Revenue bonds generally, § 36-82-60 et seq.
GA Code § 52-2-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-16. Revenue Bonds - Form of Bonds; Denominations; Place of Payment of Principal and Interest

 The authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places for payment of principal and interest thereof, which may be at any bank or trust company within or outside the state.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 5.)
GA Code § 52-2-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-17. Revenue Bonds - Signatures; Seal

 In case any officer whose signature appears on any bonds or whose facsimile signature appears on any coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until the delivery. All such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the authority and the official seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto and attested by the secretary-treasurer of the authority and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the facsimile signature of the chairman of the authority. Any coupon may bear the facsimile signature of such person and any bond may be signed, sealed, and attested on behalf of the authority by such persons as at the actual time of the execution of such bonds shall be duly authorized or hold the proper office, although at the date of the bond such persons may not have been so authorized or shall not have held such office.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 5.)
GA Code § 52-2-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-18. Revenue Bonds - Status of Bonds as Negotiable Instruments; Tax Exemption for Bonds and for Income Therefrom

 All revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall have and are declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments laws of the state. Such bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the state.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 5.)
GA Code § 52-2-19 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-19. Revenue Bonds - Issuance in Coupon, Registered, or Book-Entry Form

 The bonds may be issued in coupon, registered, or book-entry form, as the authority may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bond as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 5; Ga. L. 2010, p. 897, § 5/HB 1060.)
GA Code § 52-2-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-20. Revenue Bonds - Determination of Price; Use and Manner of Disbursement of Proceeds; Procedure Where Proceeds Are Less Than or Greater Than Cost of Projects

 The authority may sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority. The proceeds of the bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the costs of the project or projects and shall be disbursed upon requisition or order of the chairman of the authority under such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust indenture hereinafter mentioned in this chapter may provide. If the proceeds of the bonds, by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the project or projects, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of the deficit, which, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust indenture, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same purpose. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which the bonds are issued, the surplus shall be paid into the fund hereinafter provided for the payment of principal and interest of such bonds.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 5; Ga. L. 1974, p. 589, § 1.)
GA Code § 52-2-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-21. Revenue Bonds - Issuance of Interim Receipts, Interim Certificates, and Temporary Bonds; Replacement of Mutilated, Destroyed, or Lost Bonds

 Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts, interim certificates, or temporary bonds, with or without coupons exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of the latter. The authority may also provide for the replacement of any bond which shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 5.)
GA Code § 52-2-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-22. Revenue Bonds - Conditions Precedent to Issuance; Application of Bonds of a Single Issue to Payment of One or More Projects; Effective Date of Resolutions Providing for Issuance; Passage of Resolutions

 Such 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 in a single issue may be issued for the purpose of paying the costs of any one or more projects. 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 and any such resolution may be passed at any regular or special or adjourned meeting of the authority by a majority of its members.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 5.)
GA Code § 52-2-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-23. Revenue Bonds - Aid by Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission

 Whenever the authority determines to issue its bonds or other obligations, it shall obtain the approval of the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission and otherwise comply with the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 17 of Title 50, the "Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Act."   (Ga. L. 1967, p. 874, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 897, § 6/HB 1060.)
GA Code § 52-2-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-24. Revenue Bonds - Status of Bonds as a Debt of State or a Pledge of Faith and Credit of State; Issuance as Obligating State to Levy Tax or Make Appropriation; Obligation to Pay Principal and Interest on Bonds; Recitals on Face of Bonds

 Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the State of Georgia or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the fund provided in this chapter therefor from earnings. The issuance of such revenue bonds shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor from earnings; and the issuance of such revenue bonds shall not directly or 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. Neither the state nor the authority shall be obligated to pay the principal of or the interest on such revenue bonds except from earnings of the project or projects for which they shall be issued. All such revenue bonds shall contain recitals on their face covering the foregoing provisions of this Code section.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 6.)
GA Code § 52-2-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-25. Revenue Bonds - Securing of Bonds by Trust Indenture

 In the discretion of the authority, any issue of such revenue bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state. Such trust indenture may pledge or assign revenues and earnings to be received. Either the resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds or the trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the acquisition of property, the construction of the project, the maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the project, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys; may also provide that any project shall be constructed and paid for under the supervision and approval of consulting engineers or architects employed or designated by the authority and satisfactory to the original purchasers of the bonds issued therefor; may also require that the security given by contractors and by any depositary of the proceeds of the bonds or revenues or other moneys be satisfactory to the purchasers; and may also contain provisions concerning the conditions, if any, upon which additional revenue bonds may be issued. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state to act as such depositary and to furnish such indemnifying bonds or pledge such securities as may be required by the authority. The indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee and may restrict the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of corporations. In addition to the foregoing, the trust indenture may contain such other provisions as the authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repair of the project or projects affected by the indenture.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 8.)