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GA Code § 6-4-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 4 - Georgia Airport Development Authority|§ 6-4-5. Appointment of Members; Terms; Filling of Vacancies; Officers; Quorum; Reimbursement for Expenses; Compensation of Employees; Legal Services

  The authority shall consist of eight members as follows:   Five members to be appointed by the Governor, at least three of whom shall have expertise in the field of aviation;   One member to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall not be a member of the General Assembly;   One member to be appointed by the President of the Senate, who shall not be a member of the General Assembly; and   The commissioner of transportation, who shall serve as chairman.  Two members appointed by the Governor and the members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate shall serve for initial terms of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.The remaining members appointed by the Governor shall serve for initial terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Thereafter, all members shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Any vacancy among the members so appointed, whether caused by expiration of term, death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled in the same manner as the membership position so vacated was last regularly filled.When the vacancy occurs other than by expiration of term, it shall be filled for the unexpired term and until a successor is appointed and qualified.      The authority shall elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not necessarily be members of the authority. 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 chapter. The chairman shall vote only in the event of a tie.   No vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of the quorum to transact any and all business as stated in this Code section. If any member of the authority has any pecuniary interest in a project, the fact of such interest shall be disclosed by such member and recorded in the minutes of the authority.The member shall abstain from urging the approval of or voting on any project in which the member has a pecuniary interest.   The members of the authority shall receive no compensation for their services but all members shall be entitled to the expense allowance and travel cost reimbursement provided for members of certain boards and commissions pursuant to Code Section 45-7-21 while in the performance of their duties. Employees of the authority shall receive reasonable compensation for their services, the amount to be determined by the members of the authority.   The Attorney General shall provide legal services for the authority. In connection therewith, Code Sections 45-15-13 through 45-15-16 shall be fully applicable.     (Code 1981, §6-4-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1615, § 1.)
GA Code § 6-4-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 4 - Georgia Airport Development Authority|§ 6-4-6. Members Accountable as Trustees; Conflict of Interests; Books and Records

  The members of the authority shall be accountable in all respects as trustees.   Every member of the authority and every employee of the authority who knowingly has any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract to which the authority is or is about to become a party, or in any other business of the authority, or in any firm or corporation doing business with the authority, shall make full disclosure of such interest to the authority. Failure to disclose such an interest shall constitute cause for which an authority member may be removed or an employee discharged or otherwise disciplined at the discretion of the authority.   Provisions of Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 and Code Sections 16-10-21 and 16-10-22, regulating the conduct of officers, employees, and agents of political subdivisions, municipal and other public corporations, and other public organizations, shall be applicable to the conduct of members, officers, employees, and agents of the authority.   Any contract or transaction of the authority involving a conflict of interest not disclosed under subsection (b) of this Code section, or involving a violation of Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 and Code Sections 16-10-21 and 16-10-22, or involving a violation of any other provision of law regulating conflicts of interest which is applicable to the authority or its members, officers, or employees shall be voidable by the authority.   The authority shall keep suitable and proper books and records of all receipts, income, and expenditures of every kind and shall submit for inspection all of such books, together with a proper statement of the authority's financial position, on or about December 31 of each year, to the state auditor.     (Code 1981, §6-4-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1615, § 1.)
GA Code § 6-4-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 4 - Georgia Airport Development Authority|§ 6-4-8. Requirements for Issuance of Revenue Bonds, Notes, or Other Obligations

 Revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by an authority shall be paid solely from the property, including, but not limited to, real property, fixtures, personal property, revenues, or other funds pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, assigned, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered to secure or to pay such bonds, notes, or other obligations.All revenue bonds, notes, and other obligations shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, adopted by a majority vote of the members of the authority at a regular or special meeting. Such revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations shall bear such date or dates, shall mature at such time or times not more than 40 years from their respective dates, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, which may be fixed or may fluctuate or otherwise change from time to time, shall be subject to redemption on such terms, and shall contain such other terms, provisions, covenants, assignments, and conditions as the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, notes, or other obligations may permit or provide.The terms, provisions, covenants, assignments, and conditions contained in or provided or permitted by any resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of such revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations shall bind the members of the authority then in office and their successors. The authority shall have the power from time to time and whenever it deems refunding expedient to refund any bonds by the issuance of new bonds, whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and may issue partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any other purpose permitted under this chapter.The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded with such cash adjustments as may be agreed upon or may be sold and the proceeds applied to the purchase or redemption of the bonds to be refunded.There shall be no limitation upon the amount of revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations which the authority may issue. Any limitations with respect to interest rates or any maximum interest rate or rates found in the usury laws of the State of Georgia, or any other laws of the State of Georgia, shall not apply to revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations of the authority.    (Code 1981, §6-4-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1615, § 1.)
GA Code § 6-4-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 4 - Georgia Airport Development Authority|§ 6-4-10. Development of Air Transportation Projects

 The implementation of new air transportation projects that are planned to accommodate 14 C.F.R. Part 121 aircraft operations within the State of Georgia develops and promotes for the public good and general welfare, trade, commerce, tourism, industry, and employment opportunities and promotes the general welfare of the state by creating a favorable climate for the location of new industry, trade, and commerce and the development of existing industry, trade, and commerce within the State of Georgia.It is therefore in the public interest and is vital to the public welfare of the people of Georgia and it is declared to be the public purpose of this chapter to so develop such air transportation projects within this state.No bonds, notes, or other obligations, except refunding bonds, shall be issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter unless its membership adopts a resolution finding that the project for which such bonds, notes, or other obligations are to be issued will promote the foregoing objectives.    (Code 1981, §6-4-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1615, § 1.)
GA Code § 6-4-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 4 - Georgia Airport Development Authority|§ 6-4-11. Liberal Construction of Chapter

 The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its stated purpose.The offer, sale, or issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations by the authority shall not be subject to regulation under the laws of the State of Georgia regulating the sale of securities, as heretofore and hereafter amended.No notice, proceeding, or publication except those required by this chapter shall be necessary to the performance of any act authorized by this chapter nor shall any such act be subject to referendum.    (Code 1981, §6-4-11, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1615, § 1.)
GA Code § 6-4-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 4 - Georgia Airport Development Authority|§ 6-4-12. Obligations or Indebtedness Not to Constitute Indebtedness of State or Political Subdivisions

 No bonds, notes, or other obligations of and no indebtedness incurred by the authority shall constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Georgia or any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision thereof nor shall any act of the authority in any manner constitute or result in the creation of an indebtedness of the state or any such county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision.No holder or holders of any such bonds, notes, or other obligations shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the state or any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision thereof nor to enforce the payment thereof against the state or any such county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision; and all such bonds shall contain recitals on their face covering substantially the foregoing provisions of this Code section.    (Code 1981, §6-4-12, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1615, § 1.)
GA Code § 6-4-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 4 - Georgia Airport Development Authority|§ 6-4-13. Tax Exemption

 It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the Georgia Airport Development Authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes are in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and constitute 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.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 nor upon any fees, rentals, or other charges for the use of such facilities or other income received by the authority. The state covenants with the holders from time to time of the bonds, notes, and other obligations issued under this chapter that the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments imposed by the state or any of its counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, or taxing districts on any property acquired by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision or leased by it to others or upon its activities in the operation or maintenance of any such property or on any income derived by the authority in the form of fees, recording fees, rentals, charges, purchase price, installments, or otherwise, and that the bonds, notes, and other obligations of the authority, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the state.    (Code 1981, §6-4-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1615, § 1.)
GA Code § 6-4-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 4 - Georgia Airport Development Authority|§ 6-4-14. Police Powers

 The authority is empowered to exercise such of the police powers of the state as may be necessary to maintain peace and order and to enforce any and all restrictions upon its properties and facilities, to the extent that such is lawful under the laws of the United States and this state; however, the authority may delegate the exercise of this function for a time or permanently to the state or to the county in which its projects are located.    (Code 1981, §6-4-14, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1615, § 1.)
GA Code § 6-4-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 4 - Georgia Airport Development Authority|§ 6-4-15. Other Authorities Unaffected by Provisions of Chapter

 This chapter shall not affect any other authority now or hereafter existing under general or local constitutional amendment or general or local law.    (Code 1981, §6-4-15, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1615, § 1.)
GA Code § 6-4-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 4 - Georgia Airport Development Authority|§ 6-4-16. Venue and Jurisdiction of Actions

 Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this chapter and any action pertaining to validation of any bonds issued under this chapter brought in the courts of this state shall be brought in the Superior Court of Fulton County, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction of such actions.    (Code 1981, §6-4-16, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1615, § 1.)
GA Code § 6-5-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Georgia Aviation Authority|§ 6-5-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Aviation Authority Act."    (Code 1981, §6-5-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 848, § 1/SB 85.)
GA Code § 6-5-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Georgia Aviation Authority|§ 6-5-2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Authority" means the Georgia Aviation Authority.   "State aircraft" means any aircraft, including equipment, owned, leased, rented, chartered, or otherwise obtained by the authority.     (Code 1981, §6-5-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 848, § 1/SB 85.)
GA Code § 6-5-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Georgia Aviation Authority|§ 6-5-3. Georgia Aviation Authority Created; Membership and Personnel; Administrative Purposes

  There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Aviation Authority which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the state and a public corporation, and by that name, style, and title the body may contract and be contracted with, implead and be impleaded, and bring and defend actions in all courts. The authority shall consist of the Governor or his or her designee, the Lieutenant Governor or his or her designee, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee, the commissioner of transportation, the commissioner of public safety, the commissioner of economic development, the commissioner of natural resources, the director of the State Forestry Commission, and two persons from the aviation business community with one such member of the aviation business community to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the other such member of the aviation business community to be appointed by the President of the Senate. The chairperson of the authority shall be a member of the authority elected for a two-year term by a majority vote of the members of the authority. A chairperson may not serve more than two consecutive terms as chairperson. The authority shall make rules and regulations for its own governance. It shall have perpetual existence.   The authority is assigned to the Department of Administrative Services for administrative purposes only as prescribed in Code Section 50-4-3.   The authority may in its discretion employ an executive director and other personnel. The authority may also by agreement with any department or agency of state government make use of personnel of such department or agency.   The authority shall be subject to Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."   The authority may designate personnel positions employed by the authority as peace officers who shall be required by the terms of their employment to give their full time to the preservation of public order, the protection of life and property, the detection of crime, and such other duties as may be specified by the authority. Personnel in such positions shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 8 of Title 35, the "Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act," and shall have the power of arrest in the performance of their duties.     (Code 1981, §6-5-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 848, § 1/SB 85; Ga. L. 2011, p. 409, § 1/HB 414.)    The 2011 amendment,  effective May 11, 2011, inserted "the commissioner of economic development," in the second sentence in subsection (a).
GA Code § 6-5-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Georgia Aviation Authority|§ 6-5-6. Moneys Received Deemed Trust Funds

 All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter shall be deemed trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.    (Code 1981, §6-5-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 848, § 1/SB 85.)
GA Code § 6-5-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Georgia Aviation Authority|§ 6-5-7. Public Purpose of Authority; Responding to Emergencies

  It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose are in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and are a public purpose and the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the power conferred upon it by this chapter.   In order to ensure that addressing emergency law enforcement needs is the authority's first priority, the authority, in coordination with the Board of Public Safety, shall adopt policies and procedures to ensure that responding to emergencies, imminent threats to individual and public safety, natural disasters, or other emergency law enforcement needs is met. The authority shall be exempt from all sales and use tax on property purchased, leased, or used by the authority.     (Code 1981, §6-5-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 848, § 1/SB 85.)
GA Code § 6-5-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Georgia Aviation Authority|§ 6-5-8. Jurisdiction for Action

 Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this chapter shall be brought in the Superior Court of Fulton County.    (Code 1981, §6-5-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 848, § 1/SB 85.)
GA Code § 6-5-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Georgia Aviation Authority|§ 6-5-9. Liberal Construction

 This chapter, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.    (Code 1981, §6-5-9, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 848, § 1/SB 85.)
GA Code § 6-5-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 6 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Georgia Aviation Authority|§ 6-5-10. Termination

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 409, § 3/HB 414, effective May 11, 2011.
GA Code § 7-2-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 7 - Banking and Finance|Chapter 2 - Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation|§ 7-2-1. Incorporation Procedures

  Within one year after July 1, 1974, the duly authorized representatives of not less than three credit unions chartered and existing under the laws of this state may petition the Secretary of State for incorporation of a nonprofit credit union deposit insurance corporation, hereinafter referred to as the "corporation." Such petition shall be accompanied by articles of incorporation in triplicate which shall include the following:   The name of the proposed corporation, which shall include the words "deposit insurance corporation," and no corporation other than one incorporated pursuant to this chapter shall use the words in sequence "deposit insurance corporation";   The location of its initial registered office;   The purpose and nature of the business of the corporation, which shall be to aid and assist any member financial institution which is in liquidation or facing liquidation due to insolvency in order that the deposits and shares of any member shall be insured or guaranteed against loss in such amounts as may from time to time be established by the board of directors of the corporation pursuant to this chapter;   Membership in the corporation, which shall be limited, except as otherwise expressly provided, to financial institutions, approved for membership by the directors of the corporation upon recommendation of the Department of Banking and Finance of this state, hereinafter referred to as the "department"; and   The term of existence of the corporation, which shall be perpetual unless otherwise limited.     Upon receipt of the articles, the Secretary of State shall forward one copy to the department.   Before the articles are approved by the department, an appropriate investigation shall be made by the department for the purpose of determining:   Whether the articles conform to this chapter;   The general character and fitness of the petitioners;   The economic advisability of establishing the proposed corporation; and   Whether such corporation would cause undue harm to a corporation already existent under this chapter.  Upon approval of the articles in writing by the department, such written approval shall be delivered to the Secretary of State.      Upon receipt of the approval of the department, the Secretary of State shall thereupon issue a certificate of incorporation to the petitioners.    (Ga. L. 1974, p. 545, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1241, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 952, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For comment, "If It Quacks Like a Duck: In Light of Today's Financial Environment, Should Credit Unions Continue to Enjoy Tax Exemptions?," see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1367 (2012).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 241.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 47 et seq.
GA Code § 7-2-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 7 - Banking and Finance|Chapter 2 - Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation|§ 7-2-2. Amendments to Articles

 Amendments to the articles of incorporation, adopted by a vote of two-thirds of the member financial institutions present at an annual meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose, shall be filed with the Secretary of State in the same manner as the original articles and shall become effective upon approval by the department and subsequent notification of the Secretary of State.   (Ga. L. 1974, p. 545, § 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 952, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 86 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 57, 58.