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GA Code § 36-74-45 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 74 - Local Government Code Enforcement Boards|Article 3 - Enforcement Boards Created Prior to January 1, 2003|§ 36-74-45. Powers of Enforcement Boards

 Each enforcement board shall have the power to:    Adopt rules for the conduct of its hearings, which rules shall, at a minimum, ensure that each side has an equal opportunity to present evidence and argument in support of its case;   Subpoena alleged violators and witnesses to its hearings, with the approval of the court with jurisdiction over a criminal violator of the county or municipal code or ordinance. Subpoenas may be served by the sheriff, marshal, or police department of the county or by the police department of the municipality or by any other individual authorized by Code Section 24-13-24 to serve subpoenas;   Subpoena evidence to its hearings in the same way as provided in paragraph (2) of this Code section, with the approval of the court with jurisdiction over a criminal violator of the county or municipal code or ordinance;   Take testimony under oath; and   Issue orders having the force of law to command whatever steps are necessary to bring a violation into compliance.     (Code 1981, §36-74-45, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 581, § 2; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 52/HB 24.)   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).
GA Code § 36-74-46 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 74 - Local Government Code Enforcement Boards|Article 3 - Enforcement Boards Created Prior to January 1, 2003|§ 36-74-46. Administrative Fines; Public Record

    An administrative fine imposed pursuant to this Code section for a violation involving the health or safety of a third party shall not exceed $1,000.00 per day.   An administrative fine imposed pursuant to this Code section for a violation that is not a violation involving the health or safety of a third party shall not exceed a total of $1,000.00.   In determining the amount of the fine, if any, the enforcement board shall consider the following factors:   The gravity of the violation;   Any actions taken by the violator to correct the violation; and   Any previous violations committed by the violator.     An enforcement board may reduce a fine imposed pursuant to this Code section.     A certified copy of an order imposing an administrative fine may be recorded in the public records of any county and thereafter shall constitute a lien against the land on which the violation exists and upon any real or personal property owned by the violator. Upon petition to the superior court, such order may be enforced in the same manner as a court judgment by the sheriffs of this state, including levy against the personal property, but such order shall not be deemed to be a court judgment except for enforcement purposes. After three months from the filing of any such lien which remains unpaid, the enforcement board may request the local governing body attorney to foreclose on the lien.     (Code 1981, §36-74-46, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 581, § 2.)
GA Code § 36-74-47 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 74 - Local Government Code Enforcement Boards|Article 3 - Enforcement Boards Created Prior to January 1, 2003|§ 36-74-47. Length of Liens

 No lien imposed under this article shall continue for a period longer than 20 years after the certified copy of an order imposing a fine has been recorded, unless within that time an action to foreclose on the lien is commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction. In an action to foreclose on a lien, the prevailing party is entitled to recover all costs, including a reasonable attorney's fee, that it incurs in the foreclosure. The continuation of the lien effected by the commencement of the action shall not be good against creditors or subsequent purchasers for valuable consideration without notice, unless a notice of lis pendens is recorded.    (Code 1981, §36-74-47, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 581, § 2.)
GA Code § 36-74-48 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 74 - Local Government Code Enforcement Boards|Article 3 - Enforcement Boards Created Prior to January 1, 2003|§ 36-74-48. Appeals to Superior Court

 An aggrieved party, including the local governing body, may appeal a final administrative order of an enforcement board to the superior court of the county in which the subject property is located. Such an appeal shall be in the form of a writ of certiorari governed by Chapter 4 of Title 5 and shall be heard on the record. An appeal shall be filed within 30 days of the execution of the order to be appealed.    (Code 1981, §36-74-48, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 581, § 2.)
GA Code § 36-74-49 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 74 - Local Government Code Enforcement Boards|Article 3 - Enforcement Boards Created Prior to January 1, 2003|§ 36-74-49. Notice Required; Form of Notice

  All notices required by this article shall be provided to the alleged violator by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested; by hand delivery by the sheriff or other law enforcement officer, code inspector, or other person designated by the local governing body; by leaving the notice at the violator's usual place of residence with any person residing therein who is over 15 years of age and informing such person of the contents of the notice; or by leaving the notice at the violator's usual place of business with a manager or other upper-level employee who is over 15 years of age and informing such person of the contents of the notice.   In addition to providing notice as set forth in subsection (a) of this Code section, at the option of the code enforcement board, notice may also be served by publication or posting, as follows:   Notice may be published once during each week for four consecutive weeks (four publications being sufficient) in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements are printed in the county where the code enforcement board is located. Proof of publication shall be made by affidavit of a duly authorized representative of the newspaper;   If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county where the code enforcement board is located, three copies of such notice shall be posted for at least 28 days in three different and conspicuous places in such county, one of which shall be at the front door of the courthouse in said county. Proof of posting shall be by affidavit of the person posting the notice, which affidavit shall include a copy of the notice posted and the date and places of its posting; or   Notice by publication or posting may run concurrently with, or may follow, an attempt or attempts to provide notice by hand delivery, mail, or statutory overnight delivery as required under subsection (a) of this Code section. Evidence that an attempt has been made to deliver notice by hand, mail, or statutory overnight delivery as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, together with proof of publication or posting as provided in this subsection, shall be sufficient to show that the notice requirements of this Code section have been met, without regard to whether or not the alleged violator actually received such notice.       (Code 1981, §36-74-49, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 581, § 2.)
GA Code § 36-74-50 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 74 - Local Government Code Enforcement Boards|Article 3 - Enforcement Boards Created Prior to January 1, 2003|§ 36-74-50. Other Enforcement Methods

 It is the intent of this article to provide an additional or supplemental means of obtaining compliance with local codes. Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit a local governing body through its code inspector from enforcing its codes by any other lawful means including criminal and civil proceedings; provided, however, that a local governing body shall not pursue a specific instance of an alleged violation of an ordinance against one violator before both a code enforcement board and a magistrate, municipal, or other court authorized to hear ordinance violations.    (Code 1981, §36-74-50, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 581, § 2.)
GA Code § 36-81-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 81 - Budgets and Audits|Article 1 - Local Government Budgets and Audits|§ 36-81-1. Legislative Intent

 The intent of this article is to provide minimum budget, accounting, and auditing requirements for local governments so as to provide local taxpayers with an opportunity to gain information concerning the purposes for which local revenues are proposed to be spent and are actually spent and to assist local governments in generally improving local financial management practices while maintaining, preserving, and encouraging the principle of home rule over local matters. It is the further intent of this article to provide a mechanism through which appropriate information may be collected to assist state and local policy makers in carrying out their lawful responsibilities. It is also the intent of this article to provide for the collection and reporting of information so as to assist local taxpayers and local policy makers in understanding and evaluating local government service delivery and operations.   (Ga. L. 1980, p. 1738, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1575, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-81-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 81 - Budgets and Audits|Article 1 - Local Government Budgets and Audits|§ 36-81-4. Appointment of Budget Officer; Performance of Duties by Governing Authority in Absence of Appointment; Utilization of Executive Budget

  Unless provided to the contrary by local charter or local Act, each local government may appoint a budget officer to serve at the will of the governing authority.   In those units of local government in which there is no budget officer, the governing authority shall perform all duties of the budget officer as set forth in Code Section 36-81-5.   Nothing in this Code section shall preclude the utilization of an executive budget, under which an elected or appointed official, authorized by charter or local law and acting as the chief executive of the governmental unit, exercises the initial budgetary policy-making function, while another individual, designated as provided in this Code section as budget officer, exercises the administrative functions of budgetary preparation and control.    (Ga. L. 1980, p. 1738, § 5.)
GA Code § 36-81-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 81 - Budgets and Audits|Article 1 - Local Government Budgets and Audits|§ 36-81-6. Adoption of Budget Ordinance or Resolution; Form of Budget

  On a date after the conclusion of the hearing required in subsection (f) of Code Section 36-81-5, the governing authority shall adopt a budget ordinance or resolution making appropriations in such sums as the governing authority may deem sufficient, whether greater or less than the sums presented in the proposed budget. The budget ordinance or resolution shall be adopted at a public meeting which shall be advertised in accordance with the procedures set forth in subsection (e) of Code Section 36-81-5 at least one week prior to the meeting.   The budget may be prepared in any form that the governing authority deems most efficient in enabling it to make the fiscal policy decisions embodied in the budget, but such budget shall be subject to the provisions of this article.    (Ga. L. 1980, p. 1738, § 7; Ga. L. 1984, p. 818, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1611, § 4.)
GA Code § 36-81-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 81 - Budgets and Audits|Article 1 - Local Government Budgets and Audits|§ 36-81-9. Effect of Article on Other Laws Generally

 This article shall not be construed to repeal or conflict with any law providing budgetary, fiscal, or auditing procedures more restrictive than those in this article.   (Ga. L. 1980, p. 1738, § 10; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36.)
GA Code § 36-81-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 81 - Budgets and Audits|Article 1 - Local Government Budgets and Audits|§ 36-81-10. Effect of Article on Right to Make Expenditures and Raise Revenues; Effect on Home Rule Powers

 This article shall not be construed so as to prohibit local governments from making authorized expenditures for any lawful purpose or from raising revenues in any manner otherwise authorized by law. It is the specific intent of the General Assembly in adopting this article that local units of government shall continue to have and to exercise their home rule powers as provided by law.   (Ga. L. 1980, p. 1738, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36.)
GA Code § 36-81-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 81 - Budgets and Audits|Article 1 - Local Government Budgets and Audits|§ 36-81-11. Budget for Implementing Security Plans Subject to Approval by the Governing Authority

 The development and implementation of a security plan and all related technology pursuant to paragraph (10) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-16-10 shall be subject to the annual budget approved for the office of the sheriff by the governing authority.    (Code 1981, §36-81-11, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 560, § 3/SB 462.)   Cross references.   - Duties of sheriff in implementing security plan, § 15-16-10.
GA Code § 36-81-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 81 - Budgets and Audits|Article 2 - Audits as Condition for Receipt of State Assistance|§ 36-81-20. Audits Accepted by State; Additional Audits; Section Not to Limit State's Audit Authority

  Whenever a state agency or a state department requires a unit of local government to perform an audit or whenever a state agency or a state department would perform an audit of a unit of local government as a condition for such unit of local government having received a grant of state money or services, the state agency or state department shall, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section, accept any audit which meets the requirements of the federal Single Audit Act of 1984 if such audit includes those moneys or services granted by the state and includes the reporting requirements of any applicable state law or of any state agency.   Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Code section, a state agency shall be authorized to conduct any additional audits necessary to carry out its duties and responsibilities as set forth in state law or regulation, and nothing in this Code section shall authorize any local government or unit or agency thereof to constrain in any manner any such state agency from performing any such additional audit.   This Code section shall not limit the authority of state agencies to conduct audits and evaluations of state financial assistance programs or to enter into contracts for the conduct of such audits and evaluations and shall not limit the authority of the state auditor or any state audit official.     (Code 1981, §36-81-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 758, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-82-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 82 - Bonds|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-82-2. Voting in Election for Bonded Debt; Returns and Declaration of Election Result

 The election provided for in Code Section 36-82-1 shall be held at all the voting or election precincts within the limits of the county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision and shall be held by the same persons, in the same manner, and under the same rules and regulations that elections for officers of the county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision are held. The returns shall be made to the officers calling or ordering the election. Such officers, in the presence of and together with the several managers, who shall bring up the returns, shall consolidate the returns and declare the result.   (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 40, § 2; Code 1882, § 508j; Civil Code 1895, § 378; Civil Code 1910, § 441; Code 1933, § 87-202.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Bond elections must be held in strict conformity  with laws governing the elections. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 194.   Election concurrent with general election.   - School bond election called by county board of education may be held concurrently with general election. 1965 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-9.    County superintendent of elections is proper person  to conduct a school bond referendum and should certify the returns to the county board of education. 1985 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 85-18.    Bond referendum may be held on date of presidential preference primary,  but the bond referendum should be placed on a separate ballot that voters need not request a party ballot to vote only in the referendum. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-132.    Ballots in school bond elections shall be furnished  and election managers appointed by county board of education. 1950-51 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 44.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, § 133 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 64A C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 2145 et seq.   ALR.    - Estoppel to deny validity of municipal bonds issued under an unconstitutional statute, 37 A.L.R. 1310.
GA Code § 36-82-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 82 - Bonds|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-82-4. Action for Collection of Bonds by Holders

 When the bonds become due, the owners thereof, if necessary, may enforce their collection by action in the proper court.   (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 40, § 5; Code 1882, § 508m; Civil Code 1895, § 381; Civil Code 1910, § 444; Code 1933, § 87-205.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 309, 382, 394.   C.J.S.   - 64A C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 2203 et seq.   ALR.    - Negotiability of municipal bonds as affected by reference to fund from which they are to be paid, 42 A.L.R. 1027.    Priority or preference as between different issues of bonds of municipalities or political subdivisions, absent express provisions in that regard, 108 A.L.R. 1018.   When limitations begin to run against actions on public securities or obligations to be paid out of special or particular fund, 50 A.L.R.2d 271.
GA Code § 36-82-4.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 82 - Bonds|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-82-4.2. Expenditure of Bond Funds for Purposes Other Than Stated in Public Bond Notice

  When, subsequent to the issuance of any bonds pursuant to the provisions of this article, the governing authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision adopts by a two-thirds' majority vote a resolution declaring that:   A portion of the bond funds remains after the purpose stated in the notice required by subsection (b) of Code Section 36-82-1 has been achieved or accomplished;   The purpose stated in such notice is no longer necessary; or   Circumstances have changed such that the expenditure of all or part of such bond funds is no longer practicable or feasible,  the governing authority shall be authorized to expend such bond funds, including interest, for purposes of a nature substantially similar to the purpose stated in such notice or to reduce the bonded indebtedness of the county, municipality, or political subdivision.      Not sooner than ten days prior to expending bond funds as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, the governing authority shall cause to be published once in the official county organ a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, which resolution shall set forth the reason the bond funds were not expended for the original purpose and shall state the purpose for which such funds will be expended. In addition, the governing authorities shall cause a copy of such resolution to be sent by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery to any trustee for bondholders or other paying agent.     (Code 1981, §36-82-4.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1441, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment of this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Construction of school administration, maintenance, and storage facilities.    - Proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under O.C.G.A. §§ 20-2-430 and20-2-431 may not be used for school administration, maintenance, and storage facilities, but bonds may be issued for such purposes upon compliance by the county school board with the notice and purpose requirements set forth in O.C.G.A. Ch. 82, T. 36. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-12.
GA Code § 36-82-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 82 - Bonds|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-82-5. Destruction of Unsold Bonds

 When any county, municipality, or political subdivision of this state has issued bonds under the authority of Article IX, Section V, Paragraph I, II, or III of the Constitution of Georgia and laws passed in pursuance thereof and when, after the bond issue is authorized and the bonds are printed, any of the bonds authorized and printed are not sold for any reason, the governing authorities of the county, municipality, or political subdivision may destroy the unsold bonds in the manner and under the conditions set out in Code Section 36-82-6.   (Ga. L. 1941, p. 426, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 57; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1362, § 3.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1984, p. 1362, § 8, not codified by the General Assembly, provided: "The provisions of this Act [which amended this Code section] shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof, and insofar as the provisions of this Act may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Georgia Constitution under circumstances where the General Assembly has been granted the power by law to enlarge or restrict such provisions of the Constitution or the provisions of any law, including any general, local, or special Act of the General Assembly creating or activating any municipality, this Act shall control."