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GA Code § 36-61-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 61 - Urban Redevelopment|§ 36-61-6. Formulation of Workable Program

 For the purposes of this chapter, a municipality or county may formulate a workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources, including those specified in Code Section 36-61-11, to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of pockets of blight, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of pockets of blight, or to undertake such of the aforesaid activities or such other feasible municipal or county activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program. Such workable program may include, without limitation, provision for the prevention of the spread of pockets of blight into areas of the municipality or county which are free from pockets of blight, through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning, and occupancy controls and standards; the rehabilitation or conservation of pockets of blight or portions thereof by replanning, removing congestion, providing parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements, including without limitation surface transportation projects, encouraging voluntary rehabilitation, and compelling the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or deteriorating structures; and the clearance and redevelopment of pockets of blight or portions thereof.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 354, § 4; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1318, § 4/HB 174; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1329, § 4/SB 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 40A Am. Jur. 2d, Housing Laws and Urban Redevelopment, § 16.
GA Code § 36-61-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 61 - Urban Redevelopment|§ 36-61-11. Repair, Closing, and Demolition of Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation

 Any municipality or county may, by ordinance, require the repair, closing, or demolition of dwellings or other structures intended for human habitation which are, as defined in the ordinance, unfit for human habitation or which may imperil the health, safety, or morals of the occupants thereof or of surrounding areas. Such ordinances may include the following:    Definition of the construction, condition, facilities, ventilation, and other conditions which shall render such structures unfit for human habitation or a nuisance;   Designation of a public official or officials with authority to enforce such ordinances and establishment of procedures therefor;   Provision for the enforcement of such ordinances by the municipal court of the municipality, as defined in Code Section 41-2-5, which may include provision for the abatement thereof as nuisances, as provided in such Code section; and   Provision for the posting of notices on dwellings and other structures intended for human habitation, indicating the actions taken by enforcement officials or the court with respect thereto, and the fixing of penalties for the defacing, destruction, or removal of such notices; provided, however, that no such notice shall be posted on any property then designated by proper governmental authority for acquisition by eminent domain.    (Ga. L. 1955, p. 354, § 18; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1052, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36.)   Cross references.   - Eminent domain, T. 22.   Condemnation procedure, T. 22, C. 2.   Law reviews.   - For article surveying developments in Georgia real property law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 219 (1981).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Ordinance unconstitutional if effect is to take property by denying right to rebuild.    - When the effect of an ordinance passed pursuant to this section and the application thereof is to take from a property owner the owner's property, not through eminent domain, but by denying the owner a right to rebuild under a zoning code and requiring the owner to demolish under a slum clearance code, the ordinance is unconstitutional, null, and void. Shaffer v. City of Atlanta, 223 Ga. 249, 154 S.E.2d 241 (1967).    Any ordinance which authorizes demolition of a structure within the city without compensation to the owner merely because the cost of repair exceeds the value of the structure or any percentage thereof, without first allowing opportunity to repair (and, if necessary, providing for discovery of the criteria which must be met to bring the structure up to a minimum standard) is unconstitutional and void. Horne v. City of Cordele, 140 Ga. App. 127, 230 S.E.2d 333 (1976).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, §§ 52, 53.   ALR.   - What constitutes "Blighted Area" within urban renewal and redevelopment statutes, 45 A.L.R.3d 1096.
GA Code § 36-61-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 61 - Urban Redevelopment|§ 36-61-13. Bonds Declared Legal Investments

 All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a municipality or county pursuant to this chapter or by any urban redevelopment agency or housing authority vested with urban redevelopment project powers under Code Section 36-61-17, provided that such bonds and other obligations shall be secured by an agreement between the issuer and the federal government, in which the issuer agrees to borrow from the federal government and the federal government agrees to lend to the issuer, prior to the maturity of the bonds or other obligations, moneys in an amount which (together with any other moneys irrevocably committed to the payment of interest on the bonds or other obligations) will suffice to pay the principal of the bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity thereon, which moneys under the terms of the agreement are required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on the bonds or other obligations at their maturity. Such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this Code section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. Nothing contained in this Code section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 354, § 11.)
GA Code § 36-61-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 61 - Urban Redevelopment|§ 36-61-14. Exemption of Property From Execution, Levy, and Sale; Tax Exemption

  All property of a municipality or county, including funds owned or held by it for the purposes of this chapter, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same, nor shall judgment against a municipality or county be a charge or lien upon such property; provided, however, that this Code section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to this chapter by a municipality or county on its rents, fees, grants, or revenues from urban redevelopment projects.   The property of a municipality, county, or any other public body, acquired or held for the purpose of this chapter, is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property shall be exempt from all taxes of the municipality, the county, the state, or any political subdivision thereof. Such tax exemption shall terminate when the municipality or county sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of property in an urban redevelopment area to a purchaser or lessee who or which is not a public body.    (Ga. L. 1955, p. 354, § 12; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1329, § 7/SB 4.)
GA Code § 36-61-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 61 - Urban Redevelopment|§ 36-61-15. Presumption as to Title of Purchaser of Property From Municipality or County

 Any instrument executed by a municipality or county and purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property under this chapter shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with this chapter insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or transferees of such property is concerned.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 354, § 14.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Sufficiency of compliance with condition of sale or lease by municipality of public utility plants, 52 A.L.R. 1052.
GA Code § 36-61-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 61 - Urban Redevelopment|§ 36-61-17. Exercise of Redevelopment Powers by Municipalities and Counties; Delegation to Redevelopment Agency or Housing Authority

  A municipality or county may itself exercise its "urban redevelopment project powers," as defined in subsection (b) of this Code section, or may, if the local governing body by resolution determines such action to be in the public interest, elect to have such powers exercised by the urban redevelopment agency created by Code Section 36-61-18 or by a housing authority, if one exists or is subsequently established in the community, or by an existing or subsequently established downtown development authority. In the event that the local governing body makes such determination, the urban redevelopment agency or the housing authority or downtown development authority, as the case may be, shall be vested with all of the "urban redevelopment project powers" of the municipality or county conferred in this chapter, in the same manner as though all such powers were conferred on the agency or authority instead of the municipality or county; and any public body may cooperate with the urban redevelopment agency or housing authority or the downtown development authority to the same extent that it could cooperate with the municipality or county itself if the municipality or county were exercising its urban redevelopment project powers. If the local governing body does not elect to make such determination, the municipality or county in its discretion may exercise its urban redevelopment project powers through a board or commissioner or through such officers of the municipality or county as the local governing body may by resolution determine.   As used in this Code section, the term "urban redevelopment project powers" shall include all of the rights, powers, functions, duties, privileges, immunities, and exemptions granted to a municipality or county under this chapter, except the following:   The power to determine an area to be a pocket of blight and to designate such area as appropriate for an urban redevelopment project;   The power to approve and amend urban redevelopment plans;   The power to establish a general plan for the locality as a whole;   The power to formulate a workable program under Code Section 36-61-6;   The powers, duties, and functions referred to in Code Section 36-61-11;   The power to make the determinations and findings provided for in Code Section 36-61-4, Code Section 36-61-5, and subsection (d) of Code Section 36-61-7;   The power to issue general obligation bonds; and   The power to appropriate funds, to levy taxes and assessments, and to exercise other powers provided for in paragraph (8) of Code Section 36-61-8.      (Ga. L. 1955, p. 354, § 16; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 36; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2533, § 15; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1318, § 8/HB 174.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 40A Am. Jur. 2d, Housing Laws and Urban Redevelopment, §§ 1 et seq., 16.
GA Code § 36-61-19 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 61 - Urban Redevelopment|§ 36-61-19. Interest by Public Official or Employee or Employee of Redevelopment Agency in Redevelopment Project or Property; Disclosure; Eligibility of Commissioners and Officers of Housing Authorities for Other Office

  No public official or employee of a municipality or county or of a board or commission thereof and no commissioner or employee of a housing authority or urban redevelopment agency which has been vested by a municipality or county with urban redevelopment project powers under Code Section 36-61-17 shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any urban redevelopment project of such municipality or county or in any property included or planned to be included in any such urban redevelopment project or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with such urban redevelopment project. Where such acquisition is not voluntary, the interest acquired shall be immediately disclosed in writing to the local governing body and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body. If any such official, commissioner, or employee presently owns or controls, or owned or controlled within the preceding two years, any interest, direct or indirect, in any property which he knows is included or planned to be included in an urban redevelopment project, he shall immediately disclose this in writing to the local governing body, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body; any such official, commissioner, or employee shall not participate in any action by the municipality or county or a board or commission thereof, the housing authority, or the urban redevelopment agency affecting such property. Any disclosure required to be made by this Code section to the local governing body shall concurrently be made to a housing authority or urban redevelopment agency which has been vested with urban redevelopment project powers by the municipality or county pursuant to Code Section 36-61-17.   Directors of a downtown development authority designated as an urban redevelopment agency pursuant to this chapter and other public officers of the municipality or county may serve as commissioners of the urban redevelopment agency, provided that such persons comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section.   Any violation of this Code section shall constitute misconduct in office.    (Ga. L. 1955, p. 354, § 17; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2533, § 17; Ga. L. 2010, p. 834, § 1/SB 456.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 248 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 195, 235, 236, 242 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, §§ 429, 430, 433, 434.
GA Code § 36-62-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 62 - Development Authorities|§ 36-62-1. Short Title

 This chapter may be referred to as the "Development Authorities Law."   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 531, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 137, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For article discussing industrial development bond financing under Georgia development authority law, see 14 Ga. St. B. J. 10 (1977). For article surveying developments in Georgia local government law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1981).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Hay v. Newton County, 246 Ga. App. 44, 538 S.E.2d 181 (2000); Sherman v. Dev. Auth., 320 Ga. App. 689, 740 S.E.2d 663 (2013).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 1 et seq. 64 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, §§ 1279, 1280.
GA Code § 36-62-6.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 62 - Development Authorities|§ 36-62-6.1. Obtaining Real Property Within Adjoining County Which Will Be Exchanged for Federal Property

 No development authority of a county or municipality within the county or joint development authority within the county shall purchase or accept title to any real property located in an adjoining county, which property will be exchanged for certain property belonging to the federal government as authorized by federal law,without the written consent of the governing authority of such adjoining county wherein the real property is located; provided, however, that the provisions of this Code section shall not apply to any agreement entered into by two or more counties, municipal corporations, consolidated governments, or development authorities or any combination thereof prior to July 1, 1994, nor shall the transfer of any land pursuant to any such agreement be affected by this Code section.    (Code 1981, §36-62-6.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1940, § 3.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1994, "this Code section" was substituted for "this Code Section" near the middle of this Code section.
GA Code § 36-62-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 62 - Development Authorities|§ 36-62-10. Obligations of Authority Not Indebtedness of State or Political Subdivisions

 No bonds or other obligations of and no indebtedness incurred by any authority shall constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Georgia or of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision thereof, nor shall any act of any authority in any manner constitute or result in the creation of an indebtedness of this state or of any such county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision. All such bonds and obligations shall be payable solely from the revenues therein pledged to such payment, including pledged rentals, sales proceeds, insurance proceeds, and condemnation awards; and no holder or holders of any such bonds or obligations shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of this state or of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision thereof, nor to enforce the payment thereof against any property of the state or of any such county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 531, § 12; Ga. L. 1969, p. 137, § 9.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Development authority can issue promissory note  for authorized purpose if note is payable solely from revenues pledged therein for such payment. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-112.
GA Code § 36-62-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 62 - Development Authorities|§ 36-62-11. Construction of Chapter Generally; Effect of Conflict Between Chapter and Other Provisions of Law; Applicability of Certain Other Provisions of Law to Proceedings Under Chapter

 This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof, and insofar as this chapter may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, including the charter of any municipal corporation, this chapter shall be controlling. The sale or issuance of bonds by any authority shall not be subject to regulation under Chapter 5 of Title 10, the "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008," or any other law. No proceeding or publication not required in this chapter shall be necessary to the performance of any act authorized in this chapter, nor shall any such act be subject to referendum.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 531, § 11; Ga. L. 1969, p. 137, § 8; Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 11/SB 358.)
GA Code § 36-62-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 62 - Development Authorities|§ 36-62-12. Previously Created Authority Not Affected by Chapter

 Any public corporation, industrial development authority, or payroll authority created prior to March 28, 1969, by legislative Act or constitutional amendment shall not be affected by this chapter but shall be entitled to continue in existence and exercise all powers heretofore or hereafter granted thereto.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 137, § 12.)
GA Code § 36-62-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 62 - Development Authorities|§ 36-62-13. Disposition of Property of Certain Authorities Dissolved by Operation of Law

 The real and personal property of any development authority which was created for a county prior to July 1, 1983, by constitutional amendment and which was dissolved by operation of law pursuant to Article XI, Section I, Paragraph IV(c) of the Constitution shall by operation of law become the property of any development authority subsequently created by such county pursuant to this chapter or, in the absence thereof, shall become the property of the county.    (Code 1981, §36-62-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 383, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-62-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 62 - Development Authorities|§ 36-62-14. Perpetual Existence of Authority; Dissolution

  Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, an authority created pursuant to this chapter shall have perpetual existence.   If an authority does not have any outstanding unpaid bonds or bond anticipation notes, the authority may be dissolved as provided in this subsection. If the authority was activated for a single county or municipal corporation as provided in Code Section 36-62-4, the authority may be dissolved by adoption of an appropriate resolution by the governing authority of such county or municipal corporation. If the authority was activated for two or more local governments as provided in Code Section 36-62-5.1, the authority may be dissolved by the adoption of appropriate concurrent resolutions by the governing authorities of all such local governments.   If an authority previously activated for a single county or municipal corporation is so dissolved, all assets and debts and rights and obligations of the former authority shall devolve to the parent county or municipal corporation. If an authority previously activated for two or more local governments is so dissolved, all assets and debts and rights and obligations of the former authority shall devolve to the parent local governments in such proportions and manner as shall be specified in the concurrent resolutions dissolving the authority.   Where an authority is dissolved as provided in this Code section, it shall cease to exist as of the effective date specified in the appropriate resolution or resolutions. The dissolution of an authority, however, shall not prevent the subsequent activation of a new authority under this chapter for the same local government or local governments, in the same manner as otherwise specified in this chapter.     (Code 1981, §36-62-14, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1336, § 2.)
GA Code § 36-63-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 63 - Resource Recovery Development Authorities|§ 36-63-1. Short Title

 This chapter may be referred to as the "Resource Recovery Development Authorities Law."   (Code 1933, § 69-1501a, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1898, § 1.)