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GA Code § 32-9-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-9-4. Designation of Special or Exclusive Use Travel Lanes; Use of Such Lanes

  The department is authorized to designate travel lanes in each direction of travel on any road in the state highway system for the exclusive or preferential use of:   Buses;   Motorcycles;   Passenger vehicles occupied by two persons or more;   Vehicles bearing alternative fueled vehicle license plates issued under paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-2-38 or paragraph (7) of subsection (l) of Code Section 40-2-86.1; or   Other vehicles as designated by the department.  Where such designation has been made, the road shall be appropriately marked with such signs or other roadway markers and markings to inform the traveling public of the lane restrictions imposed.      No driver of any vehicle not authorized to be operated in a lane designated and signed for exclusive use shall operate such vehicle in such lane except to execute turning movements or in an emergency situation. Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided for in Code Section 40-6-54.   No traffic lane shall be designated and signed for exclusive use pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section without the approval of the State Transportation Board.   The department is authorized to promulgate necessary rules and regulations in order to carry out the purposes of this Code section.    (a.1)Upon approval through either legislative action in the United States Congress or regulatory action by the United States Department of Transportation to permit hybrid vehicles with fewer than two occupants to operate in a high occupancy vehicle lane, the department shall authorize hybrid vehicles, as defined in Code Section 40-2-76, to use the travel lanes designated for such vehicles as provided in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this Code section.   (Code 1933, § 95A-1304, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 817, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 363, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1589, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 450, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-61/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2019, p. 486, § 1/SB 227.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective May 2, 2019, inserted "paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-2-38 or" in the middle of paragraph (a)(4).   Cross references.   - Further provisions regarding designation of travel lanes and operation of vehicles within lanes, §§ 40-6-24,40-6-48.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Validity of restrictions as to points at which jitney bus passengers may be taken on and discharged, 6 A.L.R. 110.    Validity and applicability of statutes relating to use of highway by private motor carriers and contract motor carriers for hire, 175 A.L.R. 1333.
GA Code § 32-9-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-9-5. Ride-Sharing Programs

 Subject to general appropriations for such purposes, the department, pursuant to its rules and regulations, is authorized, alone or in cooperation with counties, municipalities, authorities, state agencies, or private or public entities, to participate in the establishment and operation of ride-sharing programs.A ride-sharing program is an undertaking designed to encourage safe and adequate transportation by increasing the number of person-trips per vehicle, regardless of the type of vehicle.   (Code 1933, § 95A-1307, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1473, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 373, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-9-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-9-6. Financial Assistance for Rail Service

  The department is designated as the state agency to offer financial assistance, in the form of a rail service continuation payment, to enable rail service, for which the Interstate Commerce Commission has determined a certificate of abandonment should be issued, to be continued.   The department is authorized to receive and administer federal financial assistance and to distribute, by contract or otherwise, such federal financial assistance, alone or together with state, local, or private funds available for such purposes, for the implementation of railroad assistance programs that are designed to provide for:   The cost of rail service continuation payments;   The cost of purchasing a line of railroad or other rail properties to maintain existing rail services or to provide for future rail services;   The cost of rehabilitating and improving rail properties on a line of railroad to the extent necessary to permit adequate and efficient rail service on such line; or   The cost of reducing the cost of the lost rail service in a manner less expensive than continuing rail service.  Subject to general fund appropriations for these purposes, the department is authorized to expend state funds to the extent necessary to pay the state's share of such payments.      The department shall provide to the Georgia Public Service Commission the pertinent information it may possess regarding a proposed abandonment of a railroad line and shall assist the Public Service Commission, as required, in developing the state's position on the abandonment. The Public Service Commission shall provide to the department the pertinent information it may possess concerning any railroad line for which abandonment has been requested in order to assist the department in preparing an economic and operational analysis of the line.   Should the department decide to implement a railroad assistance program in accordance with paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of this Code section, the Public Service Commission will use its best efforts, within the scope of its powers and responsibilities, to assist the department in implementing such a program.   The department is authorized to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the implementation and administration of this Code section.   The department shall not implement or propose to implement any railroad assistance program without the prior concurrence of the State Transportation Board.   Funds appropriated to the department pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(b) of the Constitution of Georgia may not be utilized for any of the purposes set out in this Code section.    (Code 1933, § 95A-1305, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 870, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 56.)   Cross references.   - Railroads and rail service generally, T. 46, C. 8 and T. 46, C. 9.
GA Code § 32-9-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-9-7. Financial Assistance for Airport Development

  So that the State of Georgia may effectively and responsibly implement its state airport system plan, after September 30, 1977, all applications to an agency of the United States for funds to improve or develop an airport not regularly served by an air carrier operating under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board or any successor agency of the United States government or owned and operated by the United States government shall be submitted to the department for review and comment prior to being submitted to the federal agency. No such application shall be submitted to the federal agency without first having been reviewed and commented on by the department. The department shall act on each application within 90 days after the receipt of the application. Applications submitted to the Federal Aviation Agency prior to September 30, 1977, shall not be subject to the provisions of this Code section.   The department is authorized, when requested by the owner or operator of any airport for which federal funds are or will be sought for the improvement or development of the airport, to provide such assistance to the owner or operator of the airport as may be necessary to prepare the application for such funds and to complete the project for which such funds are requested.   In order to effectuate and enforce this Code section, the department is authorized to promulgate necessary rules and regulations and to prescribe conditions and procedures in order to assure compliance in carrying out the purposes of this Code section.   Funds appropriated to the department pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(b) of the Constitution of Georgia may not be utilized for any of the purposes set out in this Code section.    (Code 1933, § 95A-1306, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 868, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 56.)   Cross references.   - Powers of local governments as to air facilities, T. 6, C. 3.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Power to establish or maintain public airport, or to create separate public airport authority, 161 A.L.R. 733.   Airport operations or flight of aircraft as nuisance, 79 A.L.R.3d 253.
GA Code § 32-9-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-9-9. Creation of Transit Authority by Special Legislation; Authority's Attributes and Powers

  This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the "Transit Authority Act."   It is declared to be the policy of the state to foster and to assure the development of mass rapid transit systems within the metropolitan areas of this state.   As used in this Code section, the term "metropolitan area" means (1) the area of any city within the state whose population, as determined by the federal census of 1950 or any later federal census, shall have exceeded 43,617 persons (such a city being hereinafter referred to as a central city), together with (2) the area suburban to such a central city as each such suburban area shall be more specifically delimited by special Act of the General Assembly.   The General Assembly may, by special Act, create a transit authority charged with the duty of acquiring, constructing, owning, operating, and maintaining a mass rapid transit system within a metropolitan area as defined in this Code section. The General Assembly, in the special Act creating such an authority, shall delimit the territory to be served by such authority; and the General Assembly may, in such special Act, provide that the property of and the securities issued by such authority shall be exempt from taxation and that such authority may, in addition to the rights, powers, privileges, exemptions, and immunities which are customarily possessed by public corporations, have such other and further rights, powers, privileges, exemptions, and immunities as the General Assembly shall deem appropriate to the accomplishment of its purposes, provided that such authority shall not be empowered to obligate the State of Georgia or any county, municipality, political subdivision, or public body of the state to pay any of its debts; provided, further, that the central city served by such mass rapid transit system and any county or counties whose territory or any part thereof lies within the territorial limits of such authority, as the same may be delimited in the special Act creating such authority, shall have the right to appoint the members of such authority, or a majority thereof, subject to such qualifications for membership and such apportionment of the right of appointment as the special Act creating such authority may provide.    (Ga. L. 1960, p. 1025; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 32.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Savannah Transit Authority is not a political subdivision.  1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U83-1.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Powers of federal and state governments respectively as regards railroad stations, 37 A.L.R. 1372.    Validity of statute or ordinance relating to taxicab or bus service as against objection based upon monopolistic tendency or effect, 159 A.L.R. 821.
GA Code § 32-9-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-9-12. Pilot Program for Funding Streetcar Projects

 The department will form a pilot program that will provide a state level flow through point for any available federal funding or other forms of financial and development sources and assistance for local, regional, and public-private streetcar projects. Any funding through bonds for such pilot and grant program shall be administered by the State Road and Tollway Authority.    (Code 1981, §32-9-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 32/HB 95.)
GA Code § 32-9-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 2 - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Marta)|§ 32-9-13. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Authority" means the authority created by the MARTA Act and pursuant to a local constitutional amendment for purposes of establishing a metropolitan area system of public transportation set out at Ga. L. 1964, p. 1008.   "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.   "City" means the City of Atlanta.   "MARTA Act" means an Act known as the "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965," approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended.   "Metropolitan area" means the Counties of Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett and the city.   "Qualified municipality" shall have the same meaning as provided in paragraph (4) of Code Section 48-8-110.   "Regional transit plan" means the official multiyear plan for transit services and facilities adopted pursuant to Code Section 50-39-12.     (Code 1981, §32-9-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 105, § 1-1/SB 369; Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 3-1/HB 930; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 32/SB 52.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective May 3, 2018, deleted the subsection (a) designation; substituted "article" for "Code section" in the introductory paragraph; added "and pursuant to a local constitutional amendment for purposes of establishing a metropolitan area system of public transportation set out at Ga. L. 1964, p. 1008" at the end of paragraph (1); added present paragraph (2); redesignated former paragraphs (2) and (3) as present paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; added paragraphs (5) through (7); and redesignated former subsections (b) through (g) as present Code Section 32-9-14.    The 2019 amendment,  effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, in paragraph (5), substituted "Counties" for "counties" and substituted "city" for "City".   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2016, Code Section 32-9-13, as enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 864, § 32/HB 737, was redesignated as Code Section 32-9-14.   Editor's notes.   - Former Code Section 32-9-13, pertaining to suspension of restrictions on use of annual proceeds from local sales and use taxes by public transit authorities, was repealed by Ga. L. 2014, p. 649, § 1/HB 265, effective June 1, 2014. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 2010, p. 778, § 3/HB 277.
GA Code § 32-9-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 2 - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Marta)|§ 32-9-17. Logo and Branding

  On and after January 1, 2019, the board shall utilize a logo and brand upon any newly acquired capital asset worth more than $250,000.00 that is regularly visible to the public which shall include the acronym "ATL" as a prominent feature.   On and after January 1, 2023, the board shall utilize a logo and brand upon any property of the authority which shall include the acronym "ATL" as a prominent feature.   Such branding and logo will in no manner change the official name, business, contracts, or other obligations of the authority.   The powers and duties conferred under this Code section shall be in addition to any powers and duties authorized in the MARTA Act and shall in no way be interpreted to repeal any portion of such Act.     (Code 1981, §32-9-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 3-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 32-9-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 2 - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Marta)|§ 32-9-18. Repeal of Funding Limitations

 Any provision of the MARTA Act which limits the amount the state may contribute to the system of the rapid transit system of the authority shall stand repealed.    (Code 1981, §32-9-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 3-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 32-9-19 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 2 - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Marta)|§ 32-9-19. Transportation Services Contracts

  Notwithstanding the provisions of the MARTA Act, any county, municipality, special tax or community improvement district, political subdivision of this state within the metropolitan area, or any combination thereof may execute a transportation services contract with the authority to provide public transportation services, facilities, or both, for, to, or within such county, municipality, district, subdivision, or combination thereof. A transportation services contract executed pursuant to this subsection:   Shall not be a rapid transit contract subject to the conditions established therefor in Code Sections 32-9-20 and 32-9-22 or Section 24 of the MARTA Act;   May not utilize a method of financing those public transportation services or facilities provided under the contract which involves:   The issuance of bonds under subsection (c) of Section 24 of the MARTA Act;   The levy of the special retail sales and use tax described and authorized in Section 25 of the MARTA Act; or   Both methods described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph;     Shall require that the costs of any transportation services and facilities contracted for, as determined by the board on the basis of reasonable estimates, allocations of costs and capital, and projections, shall be borne by one or more of the following:   Fares;   Other revenues generated by such services or facilities;   Any subsidy provided, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of the public entity with which the authority contracted for the services and facilities; or   A special retail sales and use tax described and authorized in Article 5B of Chapter 8 of Title 48; and     Shall be for services on the regional transit plan and approved by the Atlanta-regional Transit Link "ATL" Authority.     Notwithstanding the provisions of the MARTA Act, any county, municipality, special tax or community improvement district, political subdivision of this state outside the metropolitan area, or any combination thereof may execute a transportation services contract with the authority to provide public transportation services, facilities, or both, for, to, or within such county, municipality, district, subdivision, or combination thereof. Under a transportation services contract executed pursuant to this subsection:   The services and facilities shall be provided pursuant to a transportation services contract meeting the requirements therefor under subsection (a) of this Code section; and   The contract shall not authorize the construction of any extension of or addition to the authority's existing rapid rail system.       (Code 1981, §32-9-19, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 3-1/HB 930.)
GA Code § 32-9-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 2 - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Marta)|§ 32-9-21. Creation of Cobb County Special District for Transit Committee; Meetings; Contracting; Abolishment

 Reserved. Repealed pursuant to its own terms effective December 1, 2019.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 3-1/HB 930.   Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 32(2)/HB 497, effective May 10, 2021, part of Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, reserved the designation of this Code section.
GA Code § 32-9-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 2 - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Marta)|§ 32-9-22. Rapid Transit Contract With Cobb County on Behalf of the Cobb County Special District for Transit

 Reserved. Repealed pursuant to its own terms effective December 1, 2019.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 3-1/HB 930.   Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 32(3)/HB 497, effective May 10, 2021, part of Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, reserved the designation of this Code section.
GA Code § 32-9-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 9 - Mass Transportation|Article 2 - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Marta)|§ 32-9-23. Retail Sales and Use Tax in Gwinnett and Cobb Counties; Rate; Proceeds; Utilization

  In the event Gwinnett County and the authority enter into a rapid transit contract which is approved by a majority of voters, a retail sales and use tax shall be authorized to be levied pursuant to the conditions and limitations set forth in Section 25 of the MARTA Act, except as provided to the contrary in subsection (c) of this Code section. Such additional tax shall not count toward any local sales tax limitation provided for by Code Section 48-8-6.   Reserved.     The retail sales and use tax authorized to be levied pursuant to this Code section shall be at a rate of up to 1 percent. Any tax imposed under this Code section shall be in increments of 0.05 percent.   The proceeds of the tax authorized to be levied pursuant to this Code section shall be used solely by each local government to fulfill the obligations incurred in the contracts entered into with the authority and as contemplated by this article.   The effective date of the tax authorized to be levied pursuant to this Code section shall be the first day of the first calendar month following approval of the tax in the referendum required by Code Sections 32-9-20 and 32-9-22 unless a later effective date shall have been specified in the resolution or ordinance providing for the levy of the tax; provided that, with respect to services which are regularly billed on a monthly basis, the tax shall become effective with the first regular billing period coinciding with or following the effective date of the tax.   The tax authorized to be levied pursuant to this Code section shall not be subject to any restrictions as to rate provided for by the MARTA Act and shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (k) of Section 25 of the MARTA Act.   A tax levied pursuant to this Code section shall be added to the state sales and use tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 and the state revenue commissioner is authorized and directed to establish a bracket system by appropriate rules and regulations to collect the tax imposed under this Code section.       (Code 1981, §32-9-23, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 3-1/HB 930; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 32(4)/HB 497.)   Editor's notes.   - Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Code section provides for the repeal of the subsection in the event a rapid transit contract has not been entered into on behalf of the Cobb County Special District for Transit or the referendum required by the Code Section 32-9-22 fails to receive the requisite majority vote for approval prior to December 1, 2019. The contingency was not met and, therefore, subsection (b) has been set out as repealed.