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GA Code § 50-4-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 4 - Organization of Executive Branch Generally|§ 50-4-7. State Service Delivery Regions

  For the purpose of delivering state services to local units of government and citizens and for the purpose of establishing state agency regional boundaries, there are created 12 state service delivery regions as follows:   State Service Delivery Region 1 shall be composed of Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield counties;   State Service Delivery Region 2 shall be composed of Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties;   State Service Delivery Region 3 shall be composed of Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale counties;   State Service Delivery Region 4 shall be composed of Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, and Upson counties;   State Service Delivery Region 5 shall be composed of Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton counties;   State Service Delivery Region 6 shall be composed of Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, and Wilkinson counties;   State Service Delivery Region 7 shall be composed of Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, and Wilkes counties;   State Service Delivery Region 8 shall be composed of Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, and Webster counties;   State Service Delivery Region 9 shall be composed of Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler, and Wilcox counties;   State Service Delivery Region 10 shall be composed of Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, and Worth counties;   State Service Delivery Region 11 shall be composed of Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, and Ware counties; and   State Service Delivery Region 12 shall be composed of Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, and Screven counties.     This Code section shall not apply to or affect aging program planning and service areas, health districts, or mental health districts.     (Code 1981, §50-4-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1230, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 789, § 3; Ga. L. 2005, p. 143, § 1/SB 144; Ga. L. 2010, p. 451, § 1/HB 1260.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, "McIntosh" was substituted for "Mcintosh" in paragraph (a)(12).
GA Code § 50-5A-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5A - Office of State Treasurer|§ 50-5A-1. Office of the State Treasurer Created; State Treasurer Appointed

 There is created the Office of the State Treasurer. The state treasurer shall be both appointed and removed by the State Depository Board and shall be in the unclassified service. The state treasurer shall hire the personnel for the office and shall supervise, direct, account for, organize, plan, and execute the functions vested in the office.    (Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 408A; Code 1981, §50-5-2; Code 1981, §50-5A-1, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 1/SB 296.)
GA Code § 50-5A-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5A - Office of State Treasurer|§ 50-5A-2. State Treasurer Required to Give Bond; Conditions

 The state treasurer shall post bond to the state in the sum of $200,000.00 with a bonding company duly licensed to do business in the state and approved by the Governor, the annual premium of the bond to be paid from funds appropriated to the Office of the State Treasurer. The bond shall be conditioned as follows:    That the state treasurer faithfully discharge, execute, and perform all and singular the duties required of him or her by virtue of the office and the Constitution and laws of this state;   That the state treasurer faithfully account for and pay over all state moneys received by him or her from time to time by virtue of the office; and   That the state treasurer safely deliver to his or her successor all records, moneys, vouchers, accounts, and effects whatsoever belonging to the office.     (Orig. Code 1863, § 87; Code 1868, § 84; Code 1873, § 90; Ga. L. 1876, p. 126, §§ 2, 4; Code 1882, §§ 90, 91b; Civil Code 1895, §§ 188, 190; Civil Code 1910, §§ 217, 219; Ga. L. 1919, p. 383, § 3; Code 1933, § 40-1001; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, §§ 408, 408B, 2102, 2104; Code 1981, §50-5-3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 843, § 1; Code 1981, §50-5A-2, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 1/SB 296.)   Cross references.   - Official bonds generally, T. 45, C. 4.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Insufficiency of unsigned bond.    - Bond unsigned by the treasurer did not meet the requirements of this section. Mayo v. Renfroe, 66 Ga. 408 (1881).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 130 et seq.
GA Code § 50-5A-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5A - Office of State Treasurer|§ 50-5A-3. Property of State Treasurer Liable for Faithful Performance; Lien in Favor of State

 The surety may, by express stipulation in writing, limit its liability to a specific sum to be stated in the bond of the state treasurer, and all the property of the state treasurer to the full amount of the bond and the property of the securities to the amount for which they may be severally bound shall be liable for the faithful performance by the state treasurer of the duties of the office from the date of the execution of the bond. A lien is created in favor of the state upon the property of the state treasurer to the amount of the bond and upon the property of the securities upon the bond to the amount for which they may be severally liable, from the date of the execution of the bond.    (Ga. L. 1876, p. 126, § 3; Code 1882, § 91a; Civil Code 1895, § 189; Civil Code 1910, § 218; Code 1933, § 40-1002; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, §§ 408, 408B, 2102, 2104; Code 1981, §50-5-4; Code 1981, §50-5A-3, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 1/SB 296.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 290, 291, 476, 488. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 24, 25, 121 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 235, 236.
GA Code § 50-5A-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5A - Office of State Treasurer|§ 50-5A-4. Bond to Be Recorded and Filed

 The bond of the state treasurer, when duly executed and approved, shall be recorded in the Secretary of State's office and filed in the office of the Governor.    (Ga. L. 1876, p. 126, § 5; Code 1882, § 91c; Civil Code 1895, § 191; Civil Code 1910, § 220; Code 1933, § 40-1003; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, §§ 408, 408B, 2102, 2104; Code 1981, §50-5-5; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50; Code 1981, §50-5A-4, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 1/SB 296; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 94/HB 24.)    The 2011 amendment,  effective January 1, 2013, deleted the former second sentence of this Code section, which read: "A copy of the bond, when certified by one of the Governor's secretaries under the seal of the office of the Governor, or a certified copy taken from the records of the Secretary of State's office shall be received in evidence in any court in lieu of the original." See editor's note for applicability.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101/HB 24, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment of this Code section 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).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 134.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 141 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 24, 25. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 235, 236.
GA Code § 50-5A-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5A - Office of State Treasurer|§ 50-5A-5. Renewal of Bond When Insufficient; Vacancy in Office Upon Refusal to Renew Bond; Appointment to Fill Vacancy

 The Governor, at all times when, in the Governor's opinion, the security or securities of the state treasurer have or are likely to become invalid or insufficient, shall demand and require the state treasurer forthwith to renew the bond to the state, in the amount and according to the form prescribed in Code Sections 50-5A-2 through 50-5A-4, and in case of neglect or refusal by any state treasurer to give bond, with security or securities, within ten days after the same is demanded and required by the Governor, such neglect or refusal shall be a disqualification under the law and shall create a vacancy in the office of the state treasurer. The State Depository Board shall forthwith appoint a fit and proper person to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby; and the appointee shall give bond and security in the same manner and upon the same terms as prescribed for the state treasurer.    (Ga. L. 1876, p. 126, § 6; Code 1882, § 91d; Civil Code 1895, § 192; Civil Code 1910, § 221; Code 1933, § 40-1004; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, §§ 408, 408B, 2102, 2104; Code 1981, §50-5-6; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50; Code 1981, §50-5A-5, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 1/SB 296.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 351 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 73, 74. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 24, 25. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 235, 236.
GA Code § 50-5A-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5A - Office of State Treasurer|§ 50-5A-6. Execution Instanter Against State Treasurer When Liable to State

 If the state treasurer fails to perform the duties of the office, misapplies or misuses the funds of the state, or fails to account for and pay over any moneys that he or she may have received by virtue of the office, whereby the state treasurer becomes liable to the state, it shall not be necessary to bring an action on the official bond; but the Governor may issue an execution instanter against the state treasurer and the securities for the amount due the state by the state treasurer, with penalties and costs. The execution shall be directed to all and singular sheriffs of this state and shall be executed by them. The state treasurer and securities shall have only those defenses allowed tax collectors against executions issued against them by the state revenue commissioner.    (Ga. L. 1876, p. 126, § 14; Code 1882, § 97b; Civil Code 1895, § 195; Civil Code 1910, § 224; Code 1933, § 40-1005; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, §§ 408, 408B, 2102, 2104; Code 1981, §50-5-7; Code 1981, §50-5A-6, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 50; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 1/SB 296.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 351 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 66.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 473. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 24, 25. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 235, 236.
GA Code § 50-5A-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5A - Office of State Treasurer|§ 50-5A-8. State Government Expenses to Be Paid by Governor's Warrant Drawn on Appropriations

 The costs and expenses of the maintenance and support of every department, commission, bureau, and other branch or agency of the state government shall be paid out of funds in the state treasury by warrant of the Governor drawn on appropriations duly made by the General Assembly.    (Ga. L. 1927, p. 311, § 2; Code 1933, § 40-1102; Code 1981, §50-5-9; Code 1981, §50-5A-8, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 1/SB 296.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 1, effective July 1, 2010, reenacted this Code section without change.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Comptroller General is not authorized to draw warrant upon director. Irons v. Harrison, 185 Ga. 244, 194 S.E. 749 (1937).    Cited in Talmadge v. Cordell, 170 Ga. 13, 152 S.E. 91 (1930).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 252 et seq., 346. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 66.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 374 et seq., 393.
GA Code § 50-5A-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5A - Office of State Treasurer|§ 50-5A-9. Assignment to Department of Administrative Services for Administrative Purposes

 The Office of the State Treasurer shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Department of Administrative Services, as provided in Code Section 50-4-3.    (Code 1981, §50-5A-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 1/SB 296.)
GA Code § 50-5A-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5A - Office of State Treasurer|§ 50-5A-10. Transfer of Powers and Duties From Former Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services; Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission; State Treasurer

 The Office of the State Treasurer and the state treasurer shall be in all respects the successor agency to, and shall assume all the powers and duties of, the former Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services and its director. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the state treasurer shall serve as a member of the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission; and for that purpose the state treasurer shall also be designated as the director of the Fiscal Division of the Department of Administrative Services.    (Code 1981, §50-5A-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 1/SB 296.)
GA Code § 50-5C-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5C - Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure|§ 50-5C-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Affected local jurisdiction" means any county, municipality, or school district in which all or a portion of a qualifying project is located.   "Comprehensive agreement" means the written agreement between the private entity and the responsible public entity required by Code Section 50-5C-5.   "Develop" or "development" means to plan, design, develop, finance, lease, acquire, install, construct, operate, maintain, or expand.   "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other legal entity.   "Private entity" means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited liability company, limited partnership, joint venture, business trust, public benefit corporation, nonprofit entity, or other business entity.   "Public entity" means a department, agency, board, bureau, commission, authority, or instrumentality of the State of Georgia, including the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia as well as a local government or local authority.   "Qualifying project" means any project submitted by a private entity as an unsolicited proposal in accordance with this chapter and subsequently reviewed and approved by a responsible public entity, within its sole discretion, as meeting a public purpose or public need. This term shall not include and shall have no application to any project involving:   The generation of electric energy for sale pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 46;   Communications services pursuant to Articles 4 and 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 46;   Cable and video services pursuant to Chapter 76 of Title 36; or   Water reservoir projects as defined in paragraph (10) of Code Section 12-5-471, which shall be governed by Article 4 of Chapter 91 of Title 36.     "Responsible public entity" means a public entity that has the power to contract with a private entity to develop an identified qualifying project. For any unsolicited proposal for a project at one or more institutions of the University System of Georgia, the responsible public entity shall be the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia or its designees. For any unsolicited proposal for a project for one or more state government entities, other than an institution of the University System of Georgia, the responsible public entity shall be the State Properties Commission.   "Revenue" means all revenues, income, earnings, user fees, lease payments, or other service payments arising out of or in connection with supporting the development or operation of a qualifying project.   "Unsolicited proposal" means a written proposal for a qualifying project that is received by a responsible public entity and is not in response to any request for proposal issued by a responsible public entity.     (Code 1981, §50-5C-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 406, § 3/SB 59.)
GA Code § 50-5C-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5C - Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure|§ 50-5C-2. Authority to Develop Guidelines

 For any qualifying project undertaken by the State Properties Commission, the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission shall be solely authorized to develop guidelines for this process. For any qualifying project undertaken by the University System of Georgia, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia shall be solely authorized to develop guidelines for this process.    (Code 1981, §50-5C-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 406, § 3/SB 59.)
GA Code § 50-5C-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5C - Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure|§ 50-5C-6. Termination for Default; Assumption of Responsibilities and Duties; Eminent Domain Power Not Delegated; Other Powers

  In the event of a material default by the private entity, the responsible public entity may terminate, with cause, the comprehensive agreement and exercise any other rights and remedies that may be available to it at law or in equity, including, but not limited to, claims under the maintenance, performance, or payment bonds; other forms of security; or letters of credit required by Code Section 50-5C-5 in accordance with Code Sections 13-10-40 through 13-10-65.   The responsible public entity may elect to assume the responsibilities and duties of the private entity of the qualifying project, and in such case, it shall succeed to all of the rights, title, and interest in such qualifying project.   The power of eminent domain shall not be delegated to any private entity with respect to any project commenced or proposed pursuant to this chapter. Any responsible public entity having the power of condemnation under state law may exercise such power of condemnation to acquire the qualifying project in the event of a material default by the private entity. Any person who has perfected a security interest in the qualifying project may participate in the condemnation proceedings with the standing of a property owner.   In the event the responsible public entity elects to take over a qualifying project pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section, the responsible public entity may develop the qualifying project, impose user fees, and impose and collect lease payments for the use thereof.     (Code 1981, §50-5C-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 406, § 3/SB 59; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 50/HB 323.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised language in subsection (b).
GA Code § 50-5C-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5C - Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure|§ 50-5C-7. Supplemental Authority

 All power or authority granted by this chapter to public entities shall be in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, the powers conferred by any other general or special law. The limitations imposed by this chapter shall not affect the powers conferred by any other general, special, or local law and shall apply only to the extent that a public entity elects to proceed under this chapter.    (Code 1981, §50-5C-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 406, § 3/SB 59.)
GA Code § 50-5C-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5C - Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure|§ 50-5C-8. No Waiver of Sovereign Immunity

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as or deemed a waiver of the sovereign or official immunity of any responsible public entity or any officer or employee thereof with respect to the participation in, or approval of, all or any part of the qualifying project or its operation, including, but not limited to, interconnection of the qualifying project with any other infrastructure or project.    (Code 1981, §50-5C-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 406, § 3/SB 59.)
GA Code § 50-5C-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5C - Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure|§ 50-5C-9. Authority of Law Enforcement Officers

 Any law enforcement officers of the public entity shall have the same powers and jurisdiction within the portion of such qualifying project as they have in their respective areas of jurisdiction, and such law enforcement officers shall have access to the qualifying project at any time for the purpose of exercising such powers and jurisdiction.    (Code 1981, §50-5C-9, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 406, § 3/SB 59.)
GA Code § 50-5C-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5C - Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure|§ 50-5C-10. Exception for Compliance With Chapter

  Responsible public entities that proceed with procurement pursuant to competitive sealed bidding pursuant to Code Section 50-5-67, or any other purchasing options available to them under current law, shall not be required to comply with this chapter.   Nothing in this chapter shall apply to or affect the State Transportation Board, the Department of Transportation, or the State Road and Tollway Authority, or any project thereof.   Nothing in this chapter shall abrogate the obligations of a responsible public entity or private entity to comply with the public meetings requirement in accordance with Chapter 14 of this title or to disclose public information in accordance with Article 4 of Chapter 18 of this title.     (Code 1981, §50-5C-10, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 406, § 3/SB 59.)
GA Code § 50-10-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Georgia Development Authority|§ 50-10-1. Short Title

 This chapter may be cited as the "Georgia Development Authority Act."   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 337, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 764, § 3.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Exemption from intangible property tax.   - Georgia Development Authority is exempt from intangible tax on the authority's property including the authority's direct long term mortgage notes; of course, the holder of long term mortgage notes is not exempt from paying intangible taxes on property when the Georgia Development Authority merely guarantees or insures payment. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 31.