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GA Code § 46-9-253 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 8 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 46-9-253. Transportation of Gunpowder, Dynamite, or Other Explosives

 Any person who causes more than five pounds of gunpowder, or any amount of dynamite or other dangerous explosive, to be transported upon water, by railroad, or otherwise shall have the word "Gunpowder," "Dynamite," or other name of the explosive marked in large letters upon each package so transported. Gunpowder, dynamite, or other dangerous explosive transported in violation of this Code section are declared contraband and shall be forfeited in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 16 of Title 9.   (Laws 1831; Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 850; Code 1863, §§ 1412, 1413; Code 1868, §§ 1469, 1470; Code 1873, §§ 1463, 1464; Code 1882, §§ 1463, 1464; Civil Code 1895, §§ 2291, 2292; Civil Code 1910, §§ 2745, 2746; Code 1933, § 18-317; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 3-27/HB 233.)    The 2015 amendment,  effective July 1, 2015, substituted "in violation of this Code section are declared contraband and shall be forfeited in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 16 of Title 9" for "in violation of said provision shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture by any officer who may execute a criminal warrant, under warrant for that purpose, issued by any officer who may issue such first-named warrants, one-half of the same to go to the informer, the other half to go to the military fund of the state, after public sale by order of the officer issuing the warrant, or one of like authority". See Editor's notes for applicability.   Cross references.   - Penalty for carrying explosives aboard public transit bus or rapid rail car, § 16-12-120.    Transportation of motor fuel, § 48-9-9.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure."   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2015).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Simpson v. DuPont Powder Co., 143 Ga. 465, 85 S.E. 344, 1915E L.R.A. 430 (1915); Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Dean, 43 Ga. App. 67, 157 S.E. 878 (1931).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Carriers, § 307.   ALR.    - Liability for damages by explosives transported along highway, 31 A.L.R. 725; 44 A.L.R. 124.   Lawfulness of seizure of property used in violation of law as prerequisite to forfeiture action or proceeding, 8 A.L.R.3d 473.   Carrier's "public duty" exception to absolute or strict liability arising out of carriage of hazardous substances, 31 A.L.R.4th 658.
GA Code § 46-9-270 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 9 - Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Law|§ 46-9-270. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Law."    (Code 1981, §46-9-270, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1283, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-9-271 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 9 - Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Law|§ 46-9-271. Legislative Purpose

 There is created the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority for the purpose of construction, financing, operation, and development of rail passenger service and other public transportation projects within and without the State of Georgia.    (Code 1981, §46-9-271, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1283, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-9-274 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 9 - Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Law|§ 46-9-274. Membership of Authority; Filling of Vacancies; Disclosure of Pecuniary Interests; Election of Officers; Expense Allowance and Travel Costs

  The authority shall be composed of members appointed by the Governor.One member shall be appointed from and shall be a resident of each of the congressional districts and two members shall be appointed from the state at large. All members shall be appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.The Governor, in making appointments to the authority, shall consider obtaining reasonable representation thereon of persons from the tourism and hospitality industry, the manufacturing industry, the banking and finance industry, citizens and consumers, labor, and the transportation industry, but it is specifically provided that the appointments shall be at the discretion of the Governor.In the event of a vacancy on the authority, the Governor shall fill such vacancy for the unexpired term.   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 on 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.   At its first meeting in each year, the members of the authority shall elect from among themselves a chairman and such other officers of the authority as may be required by the authority, for a term of one year.   Each member of the authority shall receive an expense allowance and reimbursement for travel costs as provided in Code Section 45-7-21. A like sum shall be paid to a member of the authority who attends an approved meeting, event, or other function other than an authority meeting as an official representative of the authority.     (Code 1981, §46-9-274, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1283, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1903, § 11; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1041, § 3.)
GA Code § 46-9-275 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 9 - Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Law|§ 46-9-275. Issuance of Revenue Bonds, Notes, or Other Obligations; Refunding Bonds

 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 date, 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 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 bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any other purpose permitted under this article. 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 any 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 an authority.    (Code 1981, §46-9-275, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1283, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-9-277 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 9 - Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Law|§ 46-9-277. Public Purpose of Article

 The implementation of rail passenger service and public transportation projects 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 climate favorable to the location of new industry, trade, and commerce and the development of existing industry, trade, and commerce within the State of Georgia. Implementation of rail passenger service and public transportation projects within this state under the article will develop and promote, for the public good and general welfare, trade, commerce, tourism, industry, and employment opportunities and will promote the general welfare of the state. 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 article to so develop public transportation projects within this state. No bonds, notes, or other obligations, except refunding bonds, shall be issued by the authority pursuant to this article 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, §46-9-277, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1283, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-9-278 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 9 - Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Law|§ 46-9-278. Liberal Construction to Effect Stated Purpose

 The provisions of this article 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 Georgia laws regulating the sale of securities, as heretofore and hereafter amended. No notice, proceeding, or publication except those required by this article shall be necessary to the performance of any act authorized by this article, nor shall any such act be subject to referendum.    (Code 1981, §46-9-278, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1283, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-9-279 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 9 - Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Law|§ 46-9-279. Status of Bonds and Other Obligations as Constituting Debt or Obligation of State, County, or Other 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.    (Code 1981, §46-9-279, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1283, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-9-280 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 9 - Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Law|§ 46-9-280. Exemption of Authority From Taxes or Assessments

 The authority is created for nonprofit and public purposes; and it is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, that the authority is an institution of purely public charity and will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this article, and for such reasons the state covenants with the holders from time to time of the bonds, notes, and other obligations issued hereunder 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 upon 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, §46-9-280, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1283, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-9-281 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 9 - Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Law|§ 46-9-281. Effect of Article on Other Authorities

 This article shall not affect any other authority now or hereafter existing under general or local constitutional amendment or general or local law.    (Code 1981, §46-9-281, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1283, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-9-290 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 9A - Railway Passenger Service Corridor System|§ 46-9-290. Designated Georgia Rail Passenger Corridors

  For purposes of state planning and development of service there is created a comprehensive and coordinated state-wide system of railway passenger service corridors for providing railway passenger service to the general public and connecting points within and throughout this state and to nearby states, which shall be known as the Designated Georgia Rail Passenger Corridors and shall include the following:   Atlanta-Athens;   Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport-Macon;   Macon-Jesup-Brunswick;   Macon-Americus-Albany;   Macon-Houston County-Valdosta;   Macon-Douglas-Waycross-Jacksonville, Florida;   Macon-Savannah;   Atlanta-Columbus;   Atlanta-Augusta;   Atlanta-Gainesville;   Atlanta-Bremen;   Atlanta-Canton;   Atlanta-Cartersville;   Jesup-Waycross-Jacksonville, Florida;   Gainesville-Greenville, South Carolina;   Albany-Tallahassee, Florida;   Bremen-Birmingham, Alabama; and   Atlanta-Chattanooga, Tennessee.       Nothing in this Code section shall preclude or delay state involvement in the planning and development of high speed rail for the Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee, railway passenger service corridor, should federal or private funds be made available for such high speed rail.   For the purposes of this subsection, "high speed rail" is defined as involving trains traveling at maximum speeds in excess of 110 miles per hour.       (Code 1981, §46-9-290, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1699, § 2.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, the subsection designations were added, paragraph designations were added in subsection (b), and "subsection" was substituted for "provision" in paragraph (b)(2).
GA Code § 46-9-291 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 9A - Railway Passenger Service Corridor System|§ 46-9-291. Planning and Development

  Any and all railway passenger service plans or programs of any and all state departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, or authorities having responsibility for the same shall be conducted and coordinated so as to conform planning and development of service to the railway passenger service corridors of the program provided by this article. It is the intent of the General Assembly that planning and development of railway passenger service shall include every metropolitan statistical area of the state to the extent that revenues of the state for such planning or development are made available from either dedicated revenue sources or the general fund.   Any state department, agency, board, bureau, commission, or authority having responsibility for any railway passenger service planning or programming may recommend any additional railway passenger service corridor or corridors to the General Assembly for inclusion in the Designated Georgia Rail Passenger Corridors after completion of a feasibility study for such proposed additional railway passenger service corridor or corridors, but no additional railway passenger service corridor shall be studied for inclusion unless federal or state funding is made available for such study. No railway passenger service corridor shall be a part of the Designated Georgia Rail Passenger Corridors unless and until it is included in the list provided by Code Section 46-9-290.     (Code 1981, §46-9-291, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1699, § 2.)
GA Code § 46-9-300 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 10 - Rapid Rail Transit Compact|§ 46-9-300. Authority of Governor to Execute Compact for a Designated State; Legislative Approval of Compact; Text of Compact

 The Governor, on behalf of this state, is authorized to execute a compact in substantially the following form with the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama and the General Assembly, by this article, signifies in advance its approval of such compact, which compact is as follows:
GA Code § 46-9-320 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 11 - Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority|§ 46-9-320. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority Law."    (Code 1981, §46-9-320, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1117, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-9-321 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 11 - Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority|§ 46-9-321. Creation; Administrative Assignment

  There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority, which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the state and a public corporation, for the purposes of construction, financing, operation, and development of rail passenger excursion projects utilizing any state owned railway in Crisp and Sumter counties and any nearby county which may be included within the service area as provided by this article.   The authority shall be assigned to the Department of Natural Resources for administrative purposes only.     (Code 1981, §46-9-321, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1117, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 988, § 1.)    The 2002 amendment,  effective July 1, 2002, substituted "Department of Natural Resources" for "Department of Transportation" in the middle of subsection (b).
GA Code § 46-9-325 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 11 - Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority|§ 46-9-325. Members Accountable as Trustees; Records

 The members of the authority shall be accountable in all respects as trustees.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 the books, together with a proper statement of the authority's financial position, once a year on or about June 30 to the state auditor.    (Code 1981, §46-9-325, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1117, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 988, § 2.)    The 2002 amendment,  effective July 1, 2002, substituted "June 30" for "December 31" near the end of the last sentence.
GA Code § 46-9-326 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally|Article 11 - Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority|§ 46-9-326. Revenue Bonds, Notes, and Other Obligations

 Revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the 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 date, 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 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 bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any other purpose permitted under this article. 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 any authority may issue. Any limitation 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, §46-9-326, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1117, § 1.)