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GA Code § 20-3-175 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 5 - Georgia Education Authority (University)|§ 20-3-175. Moneys Received Deemed Trust Funds

 All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this article, whether as proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds; as grants or other contributions; or as revenues, rents, and earnings, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this article.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009, § 26.)
GA Code § 20-3-176 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 5 - Georgia Education Authority (University)|§ 20-3-176. Fixing, Collecting, and Assigning Rentals and Charges for Use of Projects

  The authority is authorized to fix rentals and other charges which the board of regents shall pay to the authority for the use of each project or part thereof or combination of projects, to charge and collect them, and to lease and make contracts with political subdivisions and agencies and with the board with respect to the use by any institution or unit under its control of any project or part thereof. Such rentals and other charges shall be so fixed and adjusted in respect to the aggregate thereof from the project or projects for which a single issue of revenue bonds is issued as to provide a fund sufficient with other revenues of such project or projects, if any, to pay:   The cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the project or projects, including reserves for extraordinary repairs and insurance and other reserves required by the resolution or trust indentures, unless such cost shall be otherwise provided for, which cost shall be deemed to include the expenses incurred by the authority on account of the project or projects for water, light, sewer, and other services furnished by other facilities at such institution; and   The principal of the revenue bonds and the interest thereon as they shall become due.     The rentals contracted to be paid by the board or other leasing department, agency, or institution of the state to the authority under leases entered upon pursuant to this article shall constitute obligations of the state for the payment of which the good faith of the state is pledged. Such rentals shall be paid as provided in the lease contracts from funds appropriated for such purposes by the terms of the Constitution of Georgia. It shall be the duty of the board or other leasing department, agency, or institution of the state to see to the punctual payment of all such rentals.   In the event of any failure or refusal on the part of lessees punctually to perform any covenant or obligation contained in any lease entered upon pursuant to this article, the authority may enforce performance by any legal or equitable process against lessees; and consent is given for the institution of any such action.   The authority shall be permitted to assign any rental due it by the lessees to a trustee or paying agent as may be required by the terms of any trust indenture entered into by the authority.    (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009, § 27; Ga. L. 1964, p. 104, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 41.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-177 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 5 - Georgia Education Authority (University)|§ 20-3-177. Rules and Regulations for Operation of Projects

 It shall be the duty of the authority to prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of each project or combination of projects constructed under this article, including rules and regulations to ensure maximum use or occupancy of each such project.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009, § 28.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 41.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-178 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 5 - Georgia Education Authority (University)|§ 20-3-178. Accounts; Audits

 The accounts of the authority created in this article shall be kept as separate and distinct accounts by the treasurer of the board of regents and shall be subject to audit by the Department of Audits and Accounts.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009, § 32.)
GA Code § 20-3-179 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 5 - Georgia Education Authority (University)|§ 20-3-179. Power of Regents to Issue Revenue Bonds Not Affected

 This article does not in any way take from the board of regents the authority to issue revenue bonds for a particular purpose.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009, § 33.)
GA Code § 20-3-180 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 5 - Georgia Education Authority (University)|§ 20-3-180. Article Provides Additional Method and Powers

 This article shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009, § 29.)
GA Code § 20-3-181 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 5 - Georgia Education Authority (University)|§ 20-3-181. Article to Be Liberally Construed

 This article, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009, § 30.)
GA Code § 20-3-200 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 6 - Private Colleges and Universities Authority|§ 20-3-200. Through 20-3-214. (See Editor's notes.)

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2019, p. 919, § 7-1/HB 553, effective July 1, 2019.   Editor's notes.   - On July 8, 2019, in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, docketed at Civil Action File No. 2019CV322341, in the matter of Private Colleges and Universities Authority, the Corporation of Mercer University and Emory University v. Brian Kemp, in His Individual Capacity, Christopher M. Carr, in His Individual Capacity, an order was issued which provides as follows:
GA Code § 20-3-520 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 8 - Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital|§ 20-3-520. Construction and Operation Authorized; Separate Appropriations

 The board of regents in the exercise of its public and governmental functions shall have power and is authorized to lease, buy, build, construct, establish, contract for the use of, maintain, and operate a general nonprofit teaching hospital at Augusta, Georgia, known as the Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital, to be operated in conjunction with the Georgia Health Sciences University for the benefit of indigent, near indigent, and paying patients, under such rules and regulations as to administration, maintenance, charges for services, and general operations as may be prescribed by the board not in conflict with general laws of this state pertaining to fiscal operations of departments and agencies of the state. The General Assembly may, as a part of the general appropriations Act, make specific appropriations for the operation and maintenance of the hospital and any annex or addition thereto independent of and in addition to any appropriation made for the university system or any of its divisions.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 117, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 20/HB 142.)   Cross references.   - Construction and regulation of hospitals generally, T. 31, C. 7.   Law reviews.   - For article, "Privatization of Rural Public Hospitals: Implications for Access and Indigent Care," see 47 Mercer L. Rev. 991 (1996). For note, "Bearing Hospital Tax Breaks: How Nonprofits Benefit From Your Surprise Medical Bills,” see 35 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 809 (2019).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Cook v. Forrester, 323 Ga. App. 631, 746 S.E.2d 624 (2013).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Hospital does not have the authority to retain mental patients  who enter the hospital voluntarily, even though it is unsafe to release such patients. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 565.
GA Code § 20-3-521 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 8 - Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital|§ 20-3-521. Funds for Construction and Equipping

 The board of regents is authorized to use funds from the building trust fund for the construction and equipping of the hospital or annex thereto, or both, authorized in Code Section 20-3-520 and any other money that it may be able to procure from any source.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 453, § 2; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 117, § 2.)
GA Code § 20-3-600 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-600. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "College Opportunity Act."    (Code 1981, §20-3-600, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-3-601 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-601. Legislative Findings

 The General Assembly finds and declares the following:    It is an essential function of state government to encourage schools and the means of education, as provided in Article VIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution;   It is a responsibility of state government to maintain state institutions of higher education as provided by Article VIII, Section IV of the Constitution;   It is an essential function of state government to encourage attendance at state institutions of higher education;   Tuition costs at public institutions of higher education are difficult for many to afford and are unpredictable which causes problems when families attempt to plan for the cost of higher education;   It is in the best interest of the people of this state to foster public higher education resulting in more educated citizens;   It is in the best interest of the people of this state to encourage state residents to enroll in state public institutions of higher learning;   Students in elementary and secondary schools tend to achieve to a higher standard of performance when the payment or tuition for their higher education is secured; and   Providing assistance to assure the higher education of the citizens of this state is necessary and desirable for the public health, safety, and welfare.     (Code 1981, §20-3-601, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-3-602 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-602. Purposes of Article

 In light of the findings described in Code Section 20-3-601, the General Assembly declares that the purposes of the Georgia Education Trust created by this article are:    To encourage education and the means of education;   To maintain state institutions of higher education by helping to provide a stable financial base to these institutions;   To provide wide and affordable access to state institutions of higher education for the residents of this state;   To encourage attendance at state institutions of higher education;   To provide students and their parents economic protection against rising tuition costs;   To provide students and their parents financial assistance for postsecondary education;   To help provide the benefits of higher education to the people of this state; and   To encourage elementary and secondary students in this state to achieve high standards of performance.     (Code 1981, §20-3-602, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-3-603 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-603. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Advance tuition payment contract" means a contract entered into by the trust and a purchaser pursuant to this article to provide for the higher education of a qualified beneficiary.   "Board" means the board of commissioners of the Georgia Student Finance Commission described in Code Section 20-3-234.   "Fund" means the advance tuition payment fund created within the Georgia Education Trust as provided in Code Section 20-3-608.   "Purchaser" means a person who makes or is obligated to make advance tuition payments pursuant to an advance tuition payment contract.   "Qualified beneficiary" means any resident of this state.   "State institution of higher education" means any four-year college or university within the University System of Georgia.   "Trust" or "trust fund" means the Georgia Education Trust created in Code Section 20-3-604.   "Weighted average tuition cost of state institutions of higher education" means the tuition cost arrived at by adding the products of the annual undergraduate in-state tuition cost at each state institution of higher education and its total number of undergraduate fiscal year equated students and then dividing the gross total of this cumulation by the total number of undergraduate fiscal year equated students attending state institutions of higher education.     (Code 1981, §20-3-603, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 873, § 8.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2001, "in" was inserted following "described" in paragraph (2).
GA Code § 20-3-604 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-604. Creation of Georgia Education Trust

  There is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Education Trust. The trust shall be within the Georgia Student Finance Commission.   The purposes, powers, and duties of the trust are vested in and shall be exercised by a board of commissioners as described in Code Section 20-3-234.     (Code 1981, §20-3-604, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 873, § 8.)   Cross references.   - Georgia Student Finance Commission, creation, § 20-3-233.
GA Code § 20-3-608 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-608. Advance Tuition Payment Fund; Expenditure of Trust Assets

  There is created under the jurisdiction and control of the board and within the trust an advance tuition payment fund. Payments received by the trust from purchasers on behalf of qualified beneficiaries or from any other source, public or private, shall be placed in the fund. The fund may be divided into separate accounts.   Assets of the trust, including the fund, shall not be considered state moneys or revenues of the state and shall not be governed by Article III, Section IX or Article VII, Section III of the Constitution.   Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the board, assets of the trust shall be expended in the following order of priority:   To make payments to state institutions of higher education on behalf of qualified beneficiaries;   To make refunds upon termination of an advance tuition payment contract; and   To pay the costs of organization, administration, and operation of the trust and the fund.       (Code 1981, §20-3-608, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-3-609 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-609. Public Meetings; Writings and Performance of Official Duties

  The business which the board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board held in compliance with Chapter 14 of Title 50. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by subsection (e) of Code Section 50-14-1.   A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the board in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public if required by Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50.     (Code 1981, §20-3-609, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 873, § 8; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 20.)
GA Code § 20-3-611 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-611. Accounts; Audits

 The board shall annually prepare or cause to be prepared an accounting of the trust and shall transmit a copy of the accounting to the Governor and the General Assembly.The board shall also make available the accounting of the trust to the purchasers of the trust.The accounts of the board shall be subject to annual audits by the state auditor or a certified public accountant appointed by the state auditor.    (Code 1981, §20-3-611, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-3-612 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-612. Requirements for Administration of Trust; Evaluation of Actuarial Soundness; Applicability of Federal Securities Laws

  The trust shall be administered in a manner reasonably designed to be actuarially sound such that the assets of the trust will be sufficient to defray the obligations of the trust.   In the accounting of the trust made pursuant to Code Section 20-3-611, the board shall annually evaluate or cause to be evaluated the actuarial soundness of the trust by a nationally recognized actuarial firm and determine the additional assets needed, if any, to defray the obligations of the trust.If there are not funds sufficient to ensure the actuarial soundness of the trust, the trust shall adjust payments of subsequent purchases to ensure its actuarial soundness.If there are insufficient numbers of new purchasers to ensure the actuarial soundness of a plan of the trust, the available assets of the trust attributable to the plan shall be immediately prorated among the then existing contracts, and these shares shall be applied, at the option of the person to whom the refund is payable or would be payable under the contract upon termination of the contract, either towards the purposes of the contract for a qualified beneficiary or disbursed to the person to whom the refund is payable or would be payable under the contract upon termination of the contract.   Before entering into advance tuition payment contracts with purchasers, the trust shall solicit answers to appropriate ruling requests from the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the application of federal security laws to the trust.No contracts shall be entered without the trust making known the status of the request.     (Code 1981, §20-3-612, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-3-613 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-613. Contracts for Provision of Services; Programs to Ensure Full Tuition Payment; Exclusive Plans for Community and Junior Colleges; Report to Legislature

 The trust, in its discretion, may contract with others, public or private, for the provision of all or a portion of the services necessary for the management and operation of the trust.The trust shall also endeavor to work with private sector investment managers, state institutions of higher education, and independent degree-granting colleges and universities in this state to study the feasibility of instituting programs among these parties that ensure full tuition payment upon purchase of a prepayment plan.The trust shall evaluate the feasibility and actuarial soundness of a prepayment plan exclusively for community and junior colleges.The board shall submit a report to the legislature before December 31, 1991, regarding its success at instituting programs among private sector investment managers, state institutions of higher education, and independent degree-granting colleges and universities of the state that ensure full tuition prepayment plans.    (Code 1981, §20-3-613, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 20.)
GA Code § 20-3-614 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-614. Preservation of Assets of Trust Fund; Investment in Obligations of State

 The assets of the trust fund shall be preserved, invested, and expended solely pursuant to and for the purposes set forth in this article and shall not be loaned or otherwise transferred or used by the state for any purpose other than the purposes of this article.This Code section shall not be construed to prohibit the trust from investing in, by purchase or otherwise, bonds, notes, or other obligations of the state, an agency of the state, or an instrumentality of the state.    (Code 1981, §20-3-614, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-3-615 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-615. Admission to or Graduation From Institutions Not Guaranteed

 Nothing in this article or in an advance tuition payment contract entered into pursuant to this article shall be construed as a promise or guarantee by the trust or the state that a person will be admitted to a state institution of higher education or to a particular state institution of higher education, will be allowed to continue to attend a state institution of higher education after having been admitted, or will be graduated from a state institution of higher education.    (Code 1981, §20-3-615, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-3-616 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-616. Exemption From Securities Law; Approval Required for Transfer of Advance Tuition Payment Contracts

 An advance tuition payment contract shall be exempt from Chapter 5 of Title 10, the "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008." An advance tuition payment contract may not be sold or otherwise transferred by the purchaser or qualified beneficiary without the prior approval of the trust.    (Code 1981, §20-3-616, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 10/SB 358.)
GA Code § 20-3-617 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 10 - College Opportunity Act|§ 20-3-617. Costs of Trust Operations

 On and after July 1, 1991, all costs of organization, administration, and operation of the trust shall be paid solely from application fee funds and investment income of the trust.    (Code 1981, §20-3-617, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-3-630 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 11 - Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan|§ 20-3-630. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan Act."    (Code 1981, §20-3-630, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 76, § 1.)