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GA Code § 32-10-62 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-62. Membership; Compensation; Officers; Bylaws; Quorum; Record of Proceedings

  The members of the authority shall be ex officio the Governor, the commissioner of transportation, the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, one member to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and to serve during the term of office of the Lieutenant Governor and until a successor is duly appointed and qualified, and one member to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to serve during the term of office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and until a successor is duly appointed and qualified; and membership shall be a separate and distinct duty for which they shall receive no additional compensation. All members of the authority shall be entitled to all actual expenses necessarily incurred while in the performance of duties on behalf of the authority. The authority shall elect one of its members as chairman. It shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not necessarily be members of the authority. The authority may make such bylaws for its government as is deemed necessary but it is under no duty to do so. A majority of the members of the authority shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction of business, and a majority vote of those present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be sufficient to do and perform any action permitted to the authority by this article.   No vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of the quorum to transact any and all business as stated in this Code section. Members of the authority shall be accountable as trustees. They shall cause to be kept adequate books and records of all transactions of the authority, including books of income and disbursements of every nature. The books and records shall be inspected and audited by the state auditor at least once a year.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 2; Ga. L. 1962, Ex. Sess., p. 31, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 283, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 179, § 2; Code 1933, § 95A-1240, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1251, § 1-8.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2001, "term of office" was substituted for "term in office" in the first sentence of subsection (a).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Campbell v. State Rd. & Tollway Auth., 276 Ga. 714, 583 S.E.2d 32 (2003).
GA Code § 32-10-63.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-63.1. Exemption for Transit Service Buses, Motor Vehicles, and Rapid Rail Systems From Requirements Relating to Identification and Regulation of Motor Vehicles

 No provision of Chapter 1 of Title 40 shall apply to any bus, other motor vehicle, or rapid rail system of the authority which provides transit services.    (Code 1981, §32-10-63.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 254, § 1/SB 391.)
GA Code § 32-10-65 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-65. Fixing, Revising, Charging, and Collecting Tolls; Use and Disposition of Tolls Generally

 The authority is authorized to fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for the use of each project. Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted as to carry out and perform the terms and provisions of any resolution, trust indenture, or contract with or for the benefit of bondholders; and such tolls shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any other commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state. Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, if the repayment of financing is not the primary or exclusive purpose for the exercise of the authority's toll power, the authority shall not be required to issue or have outstanding bonds or other indebtedness with respect to a project in order to fix, revise, charge, enforce, or collect tolls for such project. The use and disposition of tolls and revenues shall be subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of the trust indenture securing the same, if there are any.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 33; Code 1933, § 95A-1270, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1058, § 2/SB 125; Ga. L. 2016, p. 864, § 32/HB 737.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 40 Am. Jur. 2d, Highways, Streets, and Bridges, § 692 et seq.
GA Code § 32-10-65.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-65.1. Expiration of Tolls

 Every toll established under this article must expire after a specified period of time and may be extended beyond said time by approval of the State Road and Tollway Authority.    (Code 1981, §32-10-65.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 32; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1251, § 2-1.)
GA Code § 32-10-65.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-65.2. Annual Reporting

 The authority shall submit an annual report to the House Committee on Transportation and the Senate Transportation Committee detailing the amount of funds collected pursuant to the exercise of the authority's toll powers and how such funds have been used or disposed of by the authority.    (Code 1981, §32-10-65.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 760, § 3/SB 183.)   Law reviews.   - For annual survey on administrative law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 15 (2017).
GA Code § 32-10-66 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-66. Duty of Authority to Prescribe Rules and Regulations for Projects Generally

 It shall be the duty of the authority to prescribe rules and regulations as approved by the department for the operation of each project constructed under this article, including rules and regulations to ensure maximum use of such project. The authority is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations for the use and occupancy of the project as may be necessary and proper for the public's safety and convenience, for the preservation of its property, and for the collection of tolls.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 11; Ga. L. 1972, p. 179, § 18; Code 1933, § 95A-1248, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-10-67 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-67. Study, Financing, Construction, and Operation of New Projects; Cooperation and Assistance of Department of Transportation

  The Governor, in his discretion or upon the recommendation of the State Transportation Board, is authorized and empowered to call a joint meeting of the authority and the board for the purpose of initiating all projects which may be considered under the authority of this article. Upon the concurrence of the Governor, a majority of the board, and the authority, the board or the authority is authorized and empowered to commence the study of any given project or projects and to provide for their construction. An appropriate resolution of such joint meeting shall provide for divisions of duties and responsibilities between the authority and the board in connection with such studies. In keeping with such resolution or resolutions, the authority and the board are authorized, in the performance of their assigned duties, to expend from any sums available such sums as may be necessary for the survey and study and completion of any project or projects; and such expenditures may include those necessary for all traffic surveys, expert studies, and all other expense reasonably necessary in establishing the feasibility of any given project and in the execution of all plans, specifications, and all other things necessary for revenue bond financing and construction, including all supervision of every kind required in its completion. If such expenditures, or any part of them, shall be undertaken by the board, the board shall keep proper records which shall reflect the amounts spent on each and every project study. Upon completion of any given project or projects financed by any given revenue bond issued, so long as there shall be funds available in the hands of the authority from the issue of revenue bonds to finance such project or projects, the board may demand the reimbursement of such expenditures; however, if not reimbursed, said expenditures shall be legitimate expenses of operation of the board. The authority, upon the completion or receipt of such studies or plans and specifications or other aids, shall proceed, if such project or projects are possible, to finance, acquire rights of way, construct, and operate such projects pursuant to its purposes, powers, and duties.   Upon the concurrence of the board, the Department of Transportation shall have the right to provide maintenance and operational assistance to the authority as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article, including but not limited to authorizing employees of the department to assist the authority in the collection of tolls on authority projects. The authority shall reimburse the department for such assistance.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 6; Code 1933, § 95A-1243, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 635, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-10-68 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-68. Letting of Contracts by Competitive Bids

 All contracts of the authority for the construction of any project authorized by this article shall be let to the reliable bidder submitting the lowest sealed bid upon plans and specifications approved by the department, except as otherwise provided for projects authorized under any provisions of Code Sections 32-2-78 through 32-2-81. The procedures for letting such bids shall conform to those prescribed for the department in Code Sections 32-2-64 through 32-2-72 and 32-2-78 through 32-2-81.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 13; Code 1933, § 95A-1242, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 760, § 4/SB 183.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, added ", except as otherwise provided for projects authorized under any provisions of Code Sections 32-2-78 through 32-2-81" at the end of the first sentence, and added "and 32-2-78 through 32-2-81" at the end of the second sentence.   Law reviews.   - For annual survey on administrative law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 15 (2017).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Right or duty of public authorities to require single bid or to let single contract for entire improvement or for two or more separate improvements, 123 A.L.R. 577.   Contract for personal services as within requirement of submission of bids as condition of public contract, 15 A.L.R.3d 733.   Requirement that public contract be awarded on competitive bidding as applicable to contract for public utility, 80 A.L.R.3d 979.   Right of bidder for state or municipal contract to rescind bid on ground that bid was based upon his own mistake or that of his employee, 2 A.L.R.4th 991.   Encroachment of trees, shrubbery, or other vegetation across boundary line, 65 A.L.R.4th 603.
GA Code § 32-10-70 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-70. Transfer of Real and Personal Property to Authority by Public Bodies and Officers

 All counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of the state and all public agencies and officers of the state, notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the law, are authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant, or convey to the authority, upon its request and upon such terms and conditions as the authority and the proper officials of such counties, cities, other political subdivisions, or public agencies or officials may agree upon as reasonable and fair, and without necessity for any advertisement, order of court, or other action or formality other than the regular execution of the proper instrument, any real or personal property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the purpose of this article, including real or personal property devoted to public use.   (Code 1933, § 95A-1244.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1091, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, a comma was inserted following "municipalities" near the beginning of this Code section.
GA Code § 32-10-71 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-71. Acquisition, Maintenance, and Operation of Tollway Projects; Collection of Parking Fees for Public Beaches

  The authority is authorized and empowered to acquire, maintain, repair, improve, and operate a tollway project whose status at the time of acquisition is a toll facility or which was operated as a toll facility at some point in its existence. For the purpose of earning sufficient revenue to make possible the maintenance, repair, and improvement of the acquired project, the authority is authorized to collect tolls on each and every project it acquires.   When an existing state tollway facility has been acquired from a local government by the authority or the department, and the state tollway facility provides access to an island with public beaches that arein need of maintenance, repair, or restoration, the State Road and Tollway Authority may assist the local government in the collection of a parking fee for each vehicle entering the island. The local government is authorized to set a fee on roads, streets, and parking facilities owned by the local government for such purposes and may contract with the authority to collect the fee.The department is authorized to assist the authority in the collection of the fee.The local government shall reimburse the department and the authority for any costs associated with executing the terms of the contract.   When a state highway provides access to an island with public beaches that are in need of maintenance, repair, or restoration, the Department of Transportation may, if consistent with federal law and regulations, authorize the local government to set and collect a parking fee for the purpose of providing funding for such maintenance, repair, or restoration.The department is authorized to allow the authority to collect such parking fee on the state highway system, provided that the collection point shall lie within the corporate limits of the local government setting the parking fee.The authority is authorized to contract with the local government for the collection of the fee.The local government shall reimburse the authority for any costs associated with executing the terms of the contract.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 8; Ga. L. 1972, p. 179, § 8; Code 1933, § 95A-1245.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1091, § 3; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1409, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1251, § 2-1.)
GA Code § 32-10-72 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-72. Authority Fund for Excess Toll and Other Revenue

 All revenue in excess of all obligations of the authority of any nature, together with all unused receipts and gifts of every kind and nature whatsoever, shall be and become the authority fund. The authority, in its discretion, is charged with the duty of pledging, utilizing, or expending the authority fund for the following purposes:    Pledges to the payment of any revenue bond issue requirements, sinking or reserve funds, as may be provided for under Code Section 32-10-102;   The payment of any outstanding unpaid revenue bond obligations or administrative expenses;   The construction of all or any part of projects, the need for which is concurred in by the Governor and the board;   The most advantageous obtainable redemptions and retirements of the authority's bonds pursuant to the prepayment redemption privileges accorded to the authority upon the various issues of bonds outstanding;   The most advantageous open market purchase of the authority's bonds that the authority may accomplish;   Investment in such securities and in such manner as it determines to be in its best interest; and   Subject to the terms of any resolution or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds, the transfer of funds to the department to be used by the department for department purposes.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 10; Ga. L. 1972, p. 179, § 17; Code 1933, § 95A-1247, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1251, § 1-11.)
GA Code § 32-10-73 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-73. Designation of Moneys Received Pursuant to Article as Trust Funds

 All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this article, whether as proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds or as revenues, tolls, and earnings, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this article. The bondholders paying or entitled to receive the benefits of such bonds shall have a lien on all such funds until applied as provided for in any resolution or trust indenture of the authority, provided that revenue bonds issued for the use and benefit of a person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, or other type of private entity shall be a limited obligation of the authority and in the event of default, the remedies of the bondholders shall be limited to the funds identified in the resolution or trust indenture and not the funds held by the authority as trust funds or otherwise.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 32; Code 1933, § 95A-1269, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 760, § 5/SB 183.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, added the proviso at the end of the second sentence.   Law reviews.   - For annual survey on administrative law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 15 (2017).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Campbell v. State Rd. & Tollway Auth., 276 Ga. 714, 583 S.E.2d 32 (2003).
GA Code § 32-10-74 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-74. Effect of Article

 This article 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 and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 34; Code 1933, § 95A-1271, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-10-75 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-75. Construction of Article

 This article, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this article.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 35; Code 1933, § 95A-1272, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 32.)
GA Code § 32-10-76 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-76. Grant Programs; Street Car Transportation Pilot Program Formation; Requirements

 Reserved. Redesignated as Code Section 50-39-53 pursuant to Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 4-4/HB 930, effective July 1, 2021.    The 2018 amendment,  effective May 3, 2018, substituted "Atlanta-region Transit Link 'ATL' Authority" for "Georgia Regional Transportation Authority" in the middle of subsection (e); and, effective July 1, 2021, redesignates this Code section as Code Section 50-39-53.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2006, p. 498, § 1/SB 150, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Community Streetcar Development and Revitalization Act."'   Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 32(5)/HB 497, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, reserved the designation of this Code section, effective July 1, 2021.
GA Code § 32-10-77 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-77. General Assembly Approval of Funding for Street Car Projects

 No funding by issuing bonds, any other state funds, or federal funds administered by the Department of Transportation shall be allowed for streetcar projects by any state entity or authority, including, but not limited to, the Department of Transportation or the State Road and Tollway Authority, or any other subsidiary of the state, without specific prior approval by passage of a general Act by the General Assembly.    (Code 1981, §32-10-77, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 498, § 3/SB 150.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2006, p. 498, § 1/SB 150, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Community Streetcar Development and Revitalization Act."'
GA Code § 32-10-90 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 2 - State Road and Tollway Authority|Part 2 - Revenue Bonds|§ 32-10-90. Form and Issuance of Bonds; Pledging of Tolls and Other Project Revenues

 The authority shall have the power and is authorized, at one time or from time to time, to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds of the authority for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost, as defined in paragraph (4) of Code Section 32-10-60, of any one or a combination of projects. The principal and interest of such revenue bonds shall be payable from and may be secured by a pledge of tolls and other revenues of all or any part of the project financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such issue or with the proceeds of bonds refunded or to be refunded by such issue or by a pledge of any other revenues of the authority that are legally available for such purpose. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest as provided for in Code Section 32-10-91, shall mature not later than 40 years from the date of issue, shall be payable in such media of payments as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the authority, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 12; Ga. L. 1972, p. 179, § 19; Code 1933, § 95A-1249, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1251, § 1-12.)   Cross references.   - Revenue bonds generally, § 36-82-60 et seq.