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GA Code § 52-2-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-26. Revenue Bonds - Remedies of Bondholders and Trustee

 Any holder of revenue bonds issued under this chapter or any of the coupons appertaining thereto and the trustee under the trust indenture, if any, except to the extent the rights given in this chapter may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of the bonds or by the trust indenture, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights granted under the laws of this state, granted under this chapter, or granted under such resolution or trust indenture, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this chapter or by such resolution or trust indenture to be performed by the authority, or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of revenues and other charges for the use of the project or projects; but no holder of any such bond shall have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the state to pay any such bond or the interest thereon or to enforce the payment thereof against any property of the state nor shall any such bond constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the state. Any provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any such bondholder or trustee shall have the right by appropriate legal or equitable proceedings (including, without being limited to, mandamus) to enforce compliance by the appropriate public officials with Article VII, Section IV of the Constitution of the State of Georgia and permission is given for the institution of any such proceedings to compel the payment of lease obligations.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 11; Ga. L. 1963, p. 342, § 5; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 67; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 52.)
GA Code § 52-2-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-27. Revenue Bonds - Protection of Rights of Bondholders

 While any of the bonds issued by the authority remain outstanding, the powers, duties, or existence of the authority or of its officers, employees, or agents shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will affect adversely the interest and rights of the holders of such bonds; and no other entity, department, agency, or authority will be created which will compete with the authority to such an extent as to affect adversely the interests and rights of the holders of the bonds nor will the state itself so compete with the authority. This chapter shall be for the benefit of the state, the authority, and the holders of any such bonds and, upon the issuance of bonds under this chapter, shall constitute a contract with the holders of the bonds.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 17.)
GA Code § 52-2-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-28. Revenue Bonds - Revenue Refunding Bonds

 The authority is authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds issued under this chapter and then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon. The issuance of such revenue refunding bonds, the maturities and all other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the duties of the authority in respect to the same shall be governed by the foregoing provisions of this chapter insofar as the same may be applicable.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 13.)
GA Code § 52-2-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-29. Revenue Bonds - Status of Bonds as Legal Investments and as Securities for Deposits

  The bonds authorized in this chapter are made securities in which:   All public officers and bodies of this state;   All municipalities and all municipal subdivisions;   All insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business;   All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business;   All administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries; and   All other persons whatsoever who are authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state  may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them.      The bonds authorized in this chapter are also made securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions for any purpose for which the deposit of the bonds or other obligations of this state is authorized.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 14; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 52.)   Law reviews.   - For note discussing and comparing the prudent man rule and the legal list rule in trustee investment, see 15 Mercer L. Rev. 530 (1964).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Rights and liabilities of municipality as to interest earned on improvement assessments or other special funds collected or held by it, 143 A.L.R. 1341.
GA Code § 52-2-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-30. Revenue Bonds - Confirmation and Validation of Bonds; Venue of Actions to Confirm and Validate Bonds or to Enforce Rights Under Chapter

 Bonds of the authority shall be confirmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of Chapter 82 of Title 36, the "Revenue Bond Law." Any such action and any action to protect or enforce any rights under this chapter and any suit or action against the authority shall be brought in the Superior Court of Chatham County, which shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of such actions; provided, however, the venue of an action for a tort shall be brought in the county wherein committed if the authority has a facility located therein, otherwise Chatham County.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 16; Ga. L. 1963, p. 342, § 6; Ga. L. 1986, p. 164, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, a comma was inserted following "provided" in the second sentence.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1986, p. 164, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provided: "This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor [approved March 18, 1986] or upon its becoming law without such approval and shall be applicable to any suit or action filed on or after such date. The provisions of this Act shall not affect any suit or action filed prior to the effective date of this Act in the Superior Court of Fulton County."   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Venue in tort actions.    - Suit for property damage, i.e. civil injury, involving cargo damaged in a marine port terminal, was not brought to enforce any rights of the Marine Port Terminals "under this chapter"; hence, venue was determined by the usual constitutional provisions in Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. II or by statutory provisions. Marine Port Terms. v. Georgia Ports Auth., 180 Ga. App. 380, 348 S.E.2d 896 (1986) (decided under law existing prior to March 1986 amendment specifically providing for venue in tort actions against the authority).    Cited in M.A.R.T.A. v. McCain, 135 Ga. App. 460, 218 S.E.2d 122 (1975).
GA Code § 52-2-32 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-32. Status of Contracted-for Rentals as Obligations of State; Payment of Rentals; Power of Authority to Enforce Lessees' Duty to Perform Covenants and Obligations; Assignment of Rentals Due

  The rentals contracted to be paid by the state or any department, agency, or institution of the state to the authority under leases entered upon pursuant to this chapter 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 state or any department, agency, or institution thereof 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 chapter, 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. 1964, p. 88, § 2.)
GA Code § 52-2-33 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-33. Duty of Authority to Prescribe Rules and Regulations for Operation of Projects; Duty of Authority to Impose and Collect Rentals and Other Charges for Use of Facilities of Projects

 It shall be the duty of the authority to prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of each project constructed under this chapter, including rules and regulations to ensure maximum use of each such project, and to impose rentals and other charges for the use of the facilities furnished by or related to the use of such project and to collect the same from all persons, firms, or corporations using the same.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 10; Ga. L. 2010, p. 897, § 8/HB 1060.)
GA Code § 52-2-34 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-34. Acceptance of Grants From Federal Agencies and of Contributions of Money and Property From Other Sources

 The authority, in addition to the moneys which may be received from the sale of revenue bonds and from the collection of revenues and earnings derived under this chapter, shall have authority to accept from any federal agency grants for or in aid of the construction of any project or for the payment of bonds and to receive and accept contributions from any source of either money or property or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which such grants or contributions may be made.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 12.)
GA Code § 52-2-35 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-35. Requirement as to Competitive Bidding for Contracts for New Construction

 The authority shall have the right to do all new construction under an agency or construction management form of contract without the necessity of taking competitive bids.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 9.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Requirement that public contract be awarded on competitive bidding as applicable to contract for public utility, 80 A.L.R.3d 979.
GA Code § 52-2-36 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-36. Status of Moneys Received Under Chapter as Trust Funds; Provision by Authority for Payment of Moneys to Designated Trustee; Investment of Moneys; Sale of Investments and Reinvestment

  All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds, as grants or other contributions, or as revenues and earnings, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. The authority shall, in the resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds or in the trust indenture, provide for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the earnings and revenues to be received to any officer who or any agency, bank, or trust company which shall act as trustee of such funds and shall hold and apply the funds to the purposes of this chapter, subject to such regulations as this chapter and the resolution or trust indenture may provide.   Subject to such restriction as provided by resolution passed before the issuance of its bonds or by the trust indenture securing the bonds, the authority may invest any moneys received by it pursuant to authority of this chapter in obligations which are eligible as security for the investment of trust funds; and the authority may, by resolution, provide for the sale of any such investment and for the reinvestment of the proceeds thereof.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 7; Ga. L. 1946, p. 60, § 3; Ga. L. 2010, p. 897, § 9/HB 1060.)
GA Code § 52-2-37 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-37. Creation of Authority and Carrying Out of Authority's Corporate Purpose as Constituting a Public Purpose; Covenant With Bondholders as to Tax-Exempt Status of Authority's Property

 It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose is in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and is a public purpose and that the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the power conferred upon it by this chapter; and this state covenants with the holders of the bonds that the authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of the property acquired by it or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision or upon its activities in the operation or maintenance of the facilities erected, maintained, or acquired by it or any fees, rentals, or other charges for the use of such facilities or other income received by the authority and that the bonds of the authority, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the state. The exemption from taxation provided for in this Code section shall include an exemption from sales and use tax on tangible personal property purchased by the authority for use exclusively by the authority.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 15; Ga. L. 1970, p. 629, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 309, § 15/HB 219.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Georgia Ports Authority is subject to the sales and use tax.  1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-324 (rendered prior to 2007 amendment).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Bond or warrant of governmental subdivision as subject of taxation or exemption, 44 A.L.R. 510.
GA Code § 52-2-38 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-38. Construction of Chapter

 This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 18.)
GA Code § 52-2-39 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority|§ 52-2-39. Supplemental Nature of Chapter

 This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws; it shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 20.)
GA Code § 52-3-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 3 - Intracoastal Waterway|§ 52-3-1. Purpose of Chapter

 It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to provide for the construction and maintenance by the United States government of the intracoastal waterway and its salt-water tributaries, hereinafter referred to as the intracoastal waterway, from the state boundary line in the Savannah River to the state boundary line in Cumberland Sound, as authorized by the Congress of the United States by the River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938, authorizing the construction of the intracoastal waterway to a depth of 12 feet from the Savannah River, Georgia, to Cumberland Sound, Georgia, in accordance with the project described in House Document No. 618, Seventy-fifth Congress, third session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document, and by the River and Harbor Act approved August 26, 1937, authorizing the construction of a protected route as part of the intracoastal waterway, around St. Andrew Sound, Georgia, to a depth of seven feet in accordance with the project described in Senate Committee Print, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, and subject to the conditions set forth in that document. The Governor and the Secretary of State are authorized to issue to the United States of America a grant or grants of a perpetual right and easement to enter upon, cut away, and remove any and all of the land, including submerged lands, composing a part of the channel rights of way, anchorage areas, and turning basins as may be required at any time for construction and maintenance of the intracoastal waterway and to maintain the portions excavated, thereby created as a part of the navigable waters of the United States. The Governor and the Secretary of State are authorized to issue to the United States of America a further perpetual right and easement to enter upon, occupy, and use any portion of the land, including submerged land, composing a part of the spoil disposal area not so cut away and converted into public navigable waters described in this Code section, for the deposit of dredged material and for such other purposes as may be needed in the construction, maintenance, and improvement of the intracoastal waterway, insofar as such lands, including submerged lands, are subject to grant by the State of Georgia. The grant is to be issued upon a certificate showing the location and description of the rights of way and spoil disposal areas furnished to the Governor by the secretary of the army or by any authorized officer of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army or by any other authorized official exercising control over the construction or maintenance of the projects.   (Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 1.)
GA Code § 52-3-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 3 - Intracoastal Waterway|§ 52-3-2. And 52-3-3

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1017, § 2, effective April 9, 1981.   Editor's notes.   - These Code sections were based on Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 2.   Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 53/HB 142, reserved the designation of these Code sections, effective May 13, 2011.
GA Code § 52-3-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 3 - Intracoastal Waterway|§ 52-3-4. Cooperation With Federal Government; Acquisition of Property and Rights

 The Department of Transportation shall work in cooperation with the officers and departments of the United States government in acquiring rights of way, spoil disposal areas, and other necessary property and rights for the intracoastal waterway and may in its own name acquire, by purchase, gift, or condemnation, property and rights to such lands as are necessary for such purpose.   (Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1017, § 1.)
GA Code § 52-3-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 3 - Intracoastal Waterway|§ 52-3-5. Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain

 If for any reason the Department of Transportation is unable to secure any such property or rights required by the United States government for the construction and maintenance of the intracoastal waterway from the Savannah River to Cumberland Sound by voluntary agreement with the owner or owners thereof on terms and conditions satisfactory to it, the department is vested with the power to condemn the same and in so doing to employ the way, means, method, and procedure of Chapter 2 of Title 22 and Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 22, relating to the acquisition of property by condemnation on the part of the State of Georgia and of the United States; and in all instances any general and specific benefits to the owner or owners of such property or lands shall be offset against any damages to such property or lands. When the easement or property is thus acquired, a deed shall be executed conveying it to the United States. All easements granted under the authority of this Code section shall be approved by the State Transportation Board and shall be executed by the commissioner of transportation.   (Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1017, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Eminent domain: possibility of overcoming specific obstacles to contemplated use as element in determining existence of necessary public use, 22 A.L.R.4th 840.
GA Code § 52-3-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 3 - Intracoastal Waterway|§ 52-3-6. Seal; Election of Officers

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1017, § 2, effective April 9, 1981.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 2.   Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 53/HB 142, reserved the designation of this Code section, effective May 13, 2011.
GA Code § 52-3-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 3 - Intracoastal Waterway|§ 52-3-7. Right of Department of Transportation to Receive and Use Gifts and Donations of Money and Property

 The Department of Transportation may receive gifts and donations of money or property from individuals, firms, corporations, and political subdivisions and may use the same in defraying expenses of the department and the costs of acquiring the property and rights necessary for the construction, maintenance, and improvement of the intracoastal waterway.   (Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1017, § 1.)
GA Code § 52-3-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 3 - Intracoastal Waterway|§ 52-3-8. Procedure in Cases Where Property Required for Right of Way or Spoil Disposal Areas Has Been Leased for Cultivation and Gathering of Oysters

 If any of the lands or property, the use of which is required for right of way and spoil disposal areas, shall have been leased by the Department of Natural Resources to any individual, firm, or corporation for the cultivation and gathering of oysters, the department is authorized and directed to substitute for such leased areas lying within the rights of way and spoil disposal areas other equal areas lying outside the rights of way and spoil disposal areas which are also suitable for the cultivation and gathering of oysters.   (Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 4.)   Cross references.   - Lease of oyster and clam beds by Department of Natural Resources generally, § 27-4-198.
GA Code § 52-3-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 3 - Intracoastal Waterway|§ 52-3-9. Claims for Damages to Oysters

 Any person, firm, or corporation or their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns who may be compensated for damages to oysters during construction of the intracoastal waterway shall be estopped from making further claims for damage to oysters in or upon the same area on account of dredging operations during maintenance of the intracoastal waterway.   (Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 5.)
GA Code § 52-3-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 3 - Intracoastal Waterway|§ 52-3-10. Power of Governor to Assign Assistant Attorney General to Assist Commission

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1017, § 2, effective April 9, 1981.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 6.   Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 53/HB 142, reserved the designation of this Code section, effective May 13, 2011.