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GA Code § 36-80-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-4. Delegation of Governing Body's Investment Authority to Financial Officer

 The governing body may delegate the investment authority provided by Code Section 36-80-3 to the treasurer or other financial officer charged with custody of the funds of the local government, who shall thereafter assume full responsibility for such investment transactions until the delegation of authority terminates or is revoked.   (Ga. L. 1964, p. 741, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Phrase "certificates of deposit" as used in former Code 1933, § 32-942 (see now O.C.G.A. § 20-2-411) applied to certificates of deposit issued by commercial banks and to certificates of deposit issued by federal or state chartered savings and loan associations. The investment of school funds in "certificates of deposit" issued by institutions other than those named would present a question of whether such investment would be prudent and in the exercise of sufficient care and diligence. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-306.   Responsibility of school officials.   - Local school officials, in making legally authorized investments of local school funds, are not responsible if that investment results in a loss rather than a gain so long as the investment, at the time the investment was made, was reasonably prudent and cautious under the circumstances, and especially if the loss is occasioned by economic conditions over which the officials have no control. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-306.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 195.   ALR.    - Extent of power of school district to provide for the comfort and convenience of teachers and pupils, 7 A.L.R. 791; 52 A.L.R. 249.    Municipal funds and credits as subject to levy under execution or garnishment on judgment against municipality, 89 A.L.R. 863.    Requirement of prior appropriation by municipal authorities as condition of making a contract or incurring expense as applicable to local improvements, or bond issue payable only out of special funds and not constituting an obligation of the municipality, 124 A.L.R. 1467.    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 § 36-80-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-5. Relief From or Composition of Debts Under Federal Statute Prohibited

  No county, municipality, school district, authority, division, instrumentality, political subdivision, or public body corporate created under the Constitution or laws of this state shall be authorized to file a petition for relief from payment of its debts as they mature or a petition for composition of its debts under any federal statute providing for such relief or composition or otherwise to take advantage of any federal statute providing for the adjustment of debts of political subdivisions and public agencies and instrumentalities.   No chief executive, mayor, board of commissioners, city council, board of trustees, or other governmental officer, governing body, or organization shall be empowered to cause or authorize the filing by or on behalf of any county, municipality, school district, authority, division, instrumentality, political subdivision, or public body corporate created under the Constitution or laws of this state of any petition for relief from payment of its debts as they mature or a petition for composition of its debts under any federal statute providing for such relief or composition or otherwise to take advantage of any federal statute providing for the adjustment of debts of political subdivisions and public agencies and instrumentalities.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 1557, §§ 1, 2.)   Law reviews.   - For comment, "Federalism, States, and the Power to Regulate Municipal Bankruptcies: Who May be a Debtor under Section 109(c)?," see 9 Bank. Dev. J. 621 (1993).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - What amounts to "indebtedness" to state within constitutional or statutory provision as to release or compromise of same, 108 A.L.R. 376.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Bankruptcy.    - Debtor, a Georgia county hospital authority, was ineligible for Chapter 9 relief because the State of Georgia, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 36-80-5(a), had not specifically authorized the authority to file for relief under Chapter 9. United States v. Hosp. Auth. of Charlton County (In re Hosp. Auth. of Charlton County), 56 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (LRP) 220 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. July 3, 2012).
GA Code § 36-80-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-6. State Furnished Services, Assistance, Funds, Property, and Other Incentives for Consolidated Programs

 The state and all departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and other agencies thereof are authorized and empowered, within the limitations of the Constitution of Georgia, to furnish and make available services, assistance, funds, property, and other incentives to any two or more counties, municipal corporations, public corporations, and other political subdivisions of this state or any combination thereof, in connection with any program of services, benefits, administration, or other undertaking in which the state or any of its agencies participates, by furnishing supervision, services, property, administration, or funds, where such counties, municipal corporations, public corporations, or other political subdivisions are thereby able and willing to provide for the consolidation, combining, merger, or joint administration of such program or any part or function thereof by the two or more units, so as to effectuate economy or simplification in the administration or financing thereof. The incentives referred to in this Code section shall also include the assuming by the state or its agencies of a greater share or, where funds are available and such is deemed feasible, the entire cost of such participating program.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 354, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Payment for preparation of study.   - State Planning and Programming Bureau (now Department of Community Affairs) can use money from Governor's emergency fund to prepare municipal planning study itself or, in the alternative, contract with a third party, such as a planning consultant, for preparation of the study by the latter. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-312.
GA Code § 36-80-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-7. Execution of Contracts, Plans, and Documents for Consolidated Programs

 The state and all of its agencies are authorized to execute such contracts, plans, or other documents as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes of Code Section 36-80-6, this Code section, and Code Sections 36-80-8 and 36-80-9.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 354, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 36.)
GA Code § 36-80-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-8. Establishment of Area Offices for Consolidated Programs

 The state and all of its agencies are empowered to establish and maintain area offices for such combined, consolidated, or merged undertakings.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 354, § 3.)
GA Code § 36-80-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-9. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations for Consolidated Programs; Requirement of Submission of Plans and Reports

 The state and its agencies are authorized to prescribe such reasonable rules, regulations, and requirements and to require the submission of such plans and reports from the participating units as may be deemed necessary or desirable to the proper administration of Code Sections 36-80-6 through 36-80-8 and this Code section.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 354, § 4; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 36.)
GA Code § 36-80-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-10. Election for Unbonded Debt - Requirement and Procedure

 When any county, municipality, or political subdivision desires to incur any debt, within the purview and meaning of Article IX, Section V, Paragraph I or II of the Constitution of Georgia other than a bonded debt, the election required shall be called and held in accordance with Code Sections 36-80-11 through 36-80-14.   (Ga. L. 1904, p. 85, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 463; Code 1933, § 87-601; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 57.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Majority of voters participating necessary.   - In municipal elections to incur debt, approval of a majority of qualified voters participating in the election is required to incur debt rather than approval of a majority of all qualified voters. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 491.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, §§ 534, 544.   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, §§ 310, 311. 64A C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 2057.   ALR.    - Requirement of prior appropriation by municipal authorities as condition of making a contract or incurring expense as applicable to local improvements, or bond issue payable only out of special funds and not constituting an obligation of the municipality, 124 A.L.R. 1467.    Constitutional or statutory requirement of prior approval by electors of issuance of bonds or incurring of indebtedness, by municipality, county, or state, as applicable to bonds or other instruments not creating indebtedness, 146 A.L.R. 604.
GA Code § 36-80-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-11. Notice of Election for Unbonded Debt

 The officers charged with levying taxes, contracting debts, and the like for the county, municipality, or political subdivision shall give notice, for a period of 30 days next preceding the day of the election, in the newspaper in which sheriff's advertisements for the county are published, notifying the qualified voters that on the day named an election will be held to determine whether the debt desired or proposed to be incurred shall be incurred by the county, municipality, or political subdivision. The notice shall specify the amount of the debt to be incurred, the purposes for which it is to be incurred, the amount of the debt to be paid annually or at shorter periods, the terms of the contract under which the debt is to be incurred, and the wording of the ballots to be used in the election for or against incurring the debt.   (Ga. L. 1904, p. 85, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 463; Code 1933, § 87-601.)
GA Code § 36-80-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-12. Voting in Election for Unbonded Debt; Returns and Declaration of Election Result

 The election shall be held at all the voting or election precincts within the limits of the county, municipality, or political subdivision. It shall be held by the same persons, in the same manner, and under the same rules and regulations as elections for officers of the county, municipality, or political subdivision are held. The returns shall be made to the officers calling or ordering the election, who shall, in the presence of and together with the several managers who bring up the returns, consolidate the returns and declare the result.   (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 40, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 378; Ga. L. 1904, p. 85, § 2; Civil Code 1910, § 464; Code 1933, § 87-602.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 130 et seq.
GA Code § 36-80-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-13. Authorization to Incur Unbonded Debt Following Favorable Vote

 When the notice is given and the election is held in accordance with Code Section 36-80-12, if the requisite majority of the qualified voters of the county, municipality, or political subdivision voting at the election vote for incurring the debt, the authority to incur the debt in accordance with Article IX, Section V, Paragraph I or II of the Constitution of Georgia is given to the proper officers of the county, municipality, or political subdivision.   (Ga. L. 1904, p. 85, § 3; Civil Code 1910, § 465; Code 1933, § 87-604; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 57.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Counties and municipalities may incur debts,  including bank loans, if approved by a majority of qualified voters, as Ga. Const. 1976, Art. IX, Sec. VII, Para. I (see now Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. V, Paras. I and II), amended the two-thirds vote requirement in the statute to require only a simple majority. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-51.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Inclusion in assessment for public improvement of amount to cover delinquencies as contrary to constitutional guaranties, 40 A.L.R. 1352; 42 A.L.R. 1185.
GA Code § 36-80-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-14. Annual Sinking Fund for Unbonded Debt

 Any county, municipality, or political subdivision of this state which incurs an indebtedness under Code Sections 36-80-10 through 36-80-13 and this Code section shall, on or before so doing, or annually thereafter, provide, without incurring further debt thereby, an annual sum sufficient in amount to pay the principal and interest of the debt within 30 years from the date of the incurring of the indebtedness.   (Ga. L. 1904, p. 85, § 5; Civil Code 1910, § 467; Code 1933, § 87-605; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 36.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 5, 323, 324.   ALR.    - Liability of officer for loss of sinking fund through failure of bank, 25 A.L.R. 1358.    Constitutional provisions against impairment of obligations of contract as applied to sinking funds for retirement of municipal or other public bonds, 115 A.L.R. 220.    Existing sinking fund as a factor in determining whether indebtedness or proposed indebtedness of municipality or other political subdivision exceeds constitutional or statutory limit, 125 A.L.R. 1393.
GA Code § 36-80-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-15. Allocation and Expenditure of Proceeds From Timber Sales From Military Installations and Facilities

  The purpose of this Code section is to grant and prescribe the manner of expenditure of funds received by this state from the federal government from sales of timber from military installations and military facilities of the United States, as authorized by subsection (e) of Section 2665 of Title 10 of the United States Code, as amended by the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1982.   The amount of such funds received by the state from sales from each military installation or facility shall be allocated to the county in which the installation or facility is located. If an installation or facility is located in more than one county, the amount allocated to each such county shall be the total amount derived from sales from that installation or facility times a fraction the numerator of which is the number of acres of the installation or facility in the county and the denominator of which is the number of acres of the installation or facility in the state.   Of the amount allocated to each county, 50 percent shall be paid to the county governing authority and 50 percent shall be paid to the county board of education. If, however, there is an independent school district in any county to which funds are allocated, then 50 percent of the funds allocated to the county shall be paid to the county governing authority and the remaining 50 percent shall be proportionally divided among the county school district and each independent school district in the county according to the ratio which the average daily attendance for each system bears to the total average daily attendance for all systems in the county, except that if pupils in one district attend school in another district they shall for purposes of determining average daily attendance be considered as attending school in the district in which they reside.   Funds received by a county governing authority shall be used only on the county road system. Funds received by a board of education may be used for any purpose for which the board may lawfully expend public funds.   Funds received by the state as described in this Code section shall be administered by the state treasurer and distributed by the state treasurer as provided in this Code section not less often than annually.     (Ga. L. 1982, p. 853, § 1; Code 1981, §36-80-15, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 853, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, §§ 3, 4/SB 296.)
GA Code § 36-80-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-17. Authorization to Contract for Utility Services; Conditions and Limitations

  As used in this Code section, the term "local authority" means an instrumentality of one or more local governments created to fulfill a specialized public purpose or any other legally created organization that has authority to issue debt for a public purpose independent of a county or municipality, regardless of name; provided, however, that the term "local authority" does not include a state authority. A local authority may have been created by local constitutional amendment, general statute, or local law.   The governing body of any local authority which is authorized to provide electric, natural gas, or water utility services in this state may authorize the execution of one or more contracts which specify the rates, fees, or other charges which will be charged and collected by the local authority for electric, natural gas, or water utility services to be provided by the local authority to one or more of its utility customers. Any such contract shall be subject to the following conditions and limitations:     Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, no such contract shall be for a term in excess of ten years.   No such contract for solar utility services or for wind utility services shall be for a term in excess of 20 years;     Any such contract which is for a term in excess of two years shall include commercially reasonable provisions under which the rates, fees, or other charges shall be adjusted with respect to inflationary or deflationary factors affecting the provision of the utility service in question; and   Any such contract shall include commercially reasonable provisions relieving the local authority from its obligations under the contract in the event that the local authority's ability to comply with the contract is impaired by war, natural disaster, catastrophe, or any other emergency creating conditions under which the local authority's compliance with the contract would become impossible or create a substantial financial burden upon the local authority or its taxpayers.       (Code 1981, §36-80-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1113, § 3; Ga. L. 2019, p. 605, § 3/SB 95.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective July 1, 2019, rewrote paragraph (b)(1), which read: "No such contract shall be for a term in excess of ten years;".
GA Code § 36-80-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-18. Environmental Assessment Required Prior to Acquiring Real Property for Recreational Area; Continuing Assessment

  A county, municipality, local board of education, or public authority created by local or general law may not accept a gift of or otherwise acquire real property which is intended to be used for a park or recreational area unless, prior to such acceptance or acquisition, such political subdivision or authority retains an environmental health engineer for a phase 1 environmental assessment to examine the property for contaminants, hidden methane gas, and similar hazards which would be dangerous to public use of such property and receives a report regarding any discovered dangers. If such report discloses significant dangers, the property shall not be accepted or acquired unless the danger is eliminated; otherwise, such property may be accepted or acquired.   At least every 20 years after property has been accepted or acquired pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, the political subdivision or authority shall retain an environmental health engineer to retest the property for hazards.     (Code 1981, §36-80-18, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 556, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-80-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|§ 36-80-20. Decal or Seal Required on Vehicles Owned or Leased by Any County, Municipality, Regional Commission, School System, Commission, Board, or Public Authority

  Every motor vehicle which is owned or leased by any county, municipality, regional commission, county or independent school system, commission, board, or public authority or which has been purchased or leased by any public official or public employee with public funds shall have affixed to the front door on each side of such vehicle a clearly visible decal or seal containing the name of or otherwise identifying such governmental entity.   The requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to:   Any vehicle used for law enforcement or prosecution purposes; or   Any vehicle owned or leased by a county, municipality, or public housing authority expressly excepted from the provisions of this Code section by ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing authority of a county, municipality, or public housing authority following a public hearing on the subject held no more than 14 days prior to the adoption of the resolution or ordinance. Any such public hearing shall be advertised one time in the legal organ of the county at least seven days prior to the hearing date. Any such exemption under this paragraph shall be for a period of no more than 12 months at a time and may be renewed annually following a public hearing as required by this paragraph and advertisement as required by this paragraph.       (Code 1981, §36-80-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 486, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1059, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 181, § 16/HB 1216.)   Cross references.   - Operation of vehicle owned or leased by the state or any branch, department, agency, commission, board, or authority of the state unless decal or seal affixed to front door, § 50-19-2.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, Code Section 36-89-1, as enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 486, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 36-80-20.   Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2001, "or" was added at the end of paragraph (b)(1).   Law reviews.   - For article, "Local Government Law," see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 389 (2001).