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GA Code § 20-3-318 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-318. Authority Administration Fund

 The authority shall maintain an administration fund for itself and of the corporation as provided for in this Code section to which shall be credited state moneys, federal moneys, other moneys, and earned income of the authority available for and determined by the authority to be applied for the purpose of paying administration costs of the authority. The authority is authorized to pay from the fund administration costs incurred by the authority and to pay to the commission such amounts as may be necessary to cover administration costs of the authority paid or to be paid by the commission for or on behalf of the authority. Unless otherwise prohibited by state or federal law or by the terms of any trust agreement entered into or resolution providing for the issuance of obligations pursuant to Subpart 2 of this part or by the terms of any other agreement entered into by the authority, the authority is authorized to pay from the fund administration costs incurred by the corporation and pay to the commission such amounts as may be necessary to cover administration costs of the corporation paid or to be paid by the commission for or on behalf of the corporation.   (Code 1933, § 32-3709, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)
GA Code § 20-3-319 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-319. Temporary Transfer of Authority State Funds to Corporation to Accelerate Federal Payments

 In the event the United States makes the federal payments referred to in Code Section 20-3-272 to lenders through the corporation, any available state funds appropriated for use by the authority during any fiscal year for purposes of any financial assistance program provided for in this part may be temporarily transferred by the authority to the corporation for use by the corporation for the purposes prescribed in Code Section 20-3-272 pending receipt by the corporation of the federal payments. Upon receipt of the federal payments, the corporation shall transfer back to the authority the amount of funds previously received by it from the authority.   (Code 1933, § 32-3710, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)
GA Code § 20-3-320 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-320. Audits of Authority; Distribution of Audit Reports

 The state auditor shall make an annual financial audit of the books, accounts, and records of the authority. The state auditor shall maintain a copy of the audit report on file in his or her office, make copies of the report available for inspection by the general public, and furnish a copy of the report to the authority, to members of the board of directors of the authority, to the Governor, and to such other persons as may be required pursuant to Subpart 2 of this part and shall notify the members of the General Assembly of the availability of the report in the manner which he or she deems to be most effective and efficient. The authority is further authorized to have independent audits made of such books, accounts, and records of the authority as may be required pursuant to Subpart 2 of this part.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 683, § 46; Code 1933, § 32-3725, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1036, § 17/SB 49.)
GA Code § 20-3-321 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-321. School Audits; Program Reviews; Corrective Actions

 The authority is authorized:    To examine and audit accounts and records of schools relative to financial assistance provided to students enrolled therein under this part;   To conduct program reviews with appropriate officers and personnel of schools as may be necessary or appropriate to assure compliance with this part; and   To take or require that such corrective, remedial, or preventive actions be taken as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of the authority, the state, the United States, schools, students, and the public at large.    (Code 1933, § 32-3712, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)
GA Code § 20-3-322 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-322. Contributions Deductible for Tax Purposes

 Notwithstanding any general or special law or any certificate of incorporation, charter, or other articles of organization, all domestic or domesticated corporations, associations, and other taxable entities carrying on business in this state and any person are authorized to make contributions of money, property, or other thing of value to the authority for any of its corporate purposes. The value of such contribution shall be allowed as a deduction in computing the taxable income of the donor for the purpose of any income tax imposed by the state or by any political subdivision of the state.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 683, § 44; Code 1933, § 32-3713, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 71 Am. Jur. 2d, State and Local Taxation, §§ 489, 516.   C.J.S.   - 85 C.J.S., Taxation, § 1219.
GA Code § 20-3-323 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-323. Conflicts of Interest Involving Directors, Officers, or Employees of Authority

 If any director, officer, or employee of the authority shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, or shall be a director, officer, or employee of or have an ownership interest in, other than a noncontrolling stockholder interest, or the substantial equivalent thereof, in a lender or school, any firm or corporation interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract with the authority, except any agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the state, such interest shall be disclosed to and shall be set forth in the minutes of the authority; and the director, officer, or employee having such interest therein shall not participate on behalf of the authority or such party in the negotiation or the authorization of the contract. No provision of this part shall be construed, however, to prevent any otherwise eligible director, officer, or employee of the authority or member of his family from being eligible to apply for and receive financial aid assistance provided for under this part.   (Code 1933, § 32-3715, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)   Cross references.   - Conflicts of interest involving state officers and employees generally, § 45-10-20 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-324 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-324. Authority Assigned to Commission

 The authority created by subsection (a) of Code Section 20-3-313 is assigned to the commission created by subsection (a) of Code Section 20-3-233 for administrative purposes as prescribed in Code Section 50-4-3.   (Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 1903; Code 1933, § 32-3720, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)
GA Code § 20-3-325 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-325. Dissolution of Authority

 Upon dissolution of the authority, all of its assets, rights, and property shall pass to and be vested in the state to be used for educational purposes, subject to Code Section 20-3-357.   (Code 1933, § 32-3721, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)
GA Code § 20-3-326 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-326. Venue of Proceedings Against Authority

 The venue for any legal proceeding brought against the authority shall be Fulton County, regardless of the county in which the principal office or any other office of the authority may be located.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 683, § 38; Code 1933, § 32-3722, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)
GA Code § 20-3-327 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-327. General Banking Business by Authority Prohibited

 Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to mean that the authority is engaged in or is authorized to engage in the general banking business.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 683, § 43; Code 1933, § 32-3723, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)
GA Code § 20-3-328 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-328. Operations Reports by Authority

 The authority is authorized to publish in print or electronically annually, or at more or less frequent intervals determined by the board of directors, an operations report covering the activities of the authority, including, without limitation, a reporting of revenues and expenditures of the authority and a statement of the financial condition of the authority, and to furnish copies of such report to the Governor and members of the General Assembly and to other public and private persons and agencies as it may deem appropriate. The authority is further authorized to prepare and publish in print or electronically such other reports as may be required pursuant to Subpart 2 of this part.   (Code 1933, § 32-3724, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.)
GA Code § 20-3-329 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-3-329. Employees of Commission Transferred to Authority; Status of Authority Employees Hired After July 1, 1996; Status of Transferred Employees; Benefits of Transferred Employees Not Impaired

  All employees of the commission shall, on July 1, 1996, become employees of the authority, subject to the operating needs of the authority. Any employees of the commission whom the director gives the opportunity to elect to be transferred to the authority on July 1, 1996, shall be subject to the operating needs of the authority.   Except for persons who transfer to the authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, no person who becomes an employee of the authority on or after July 1, 1996, shall be considered a state employee, no such person shall be considered an "employee" within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Title 47, and no such person shall be entitled to membership in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia.   All persons who transfer to the authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section and who, immediately prior to such transfer, are state employees in the unclassified service as defined in Code Section 45-20-2 shall remain in the unclassified service. All such persons who, immediately prior to the transfer, are state employees in the classified service as defined in Code Section 45-20-2 may elect to remain in the classified service; provided, however, that if any such person accepts a promotion or transfer to another position, he or she shall become an employee in the unclassified service as defined by Code Section 45-20-2.   The rights and benefits in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia and any employee benefits of any employee transferring to the authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall not be impaired.     (Code 1981, §20-3-329, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 837, § 5; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-26/HB 642.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act." This Act became effective July 1, 2012.   Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90."
GA Code § 20-3-340 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 2 - Educational Loans Financed by Revenue Bonds|§ 20-3-340. Legislative Findings; Purpose of Subpart

 The General Assembly finds that students and parents are not always able to obtain educational loan assistance from a commercial lender under the Georgia Higher Education Loan Program provided for in Part 2 of this article; that a need exists to make additional educational loan funds available to students and parents; and that a need exists to provide for secondary financing and servicing of educational loans made by other lenders in order to enable such lenders to maintain or expand their participation in the Georgia Higher Education Loan Program. The purpose of the General Assembly, as provided for in this subpart, is to enable the authority to make additional educational loan funds available for students and parents and to make secondary financing and servicing of educational loans available to other commercial lenders.   (Code 1933, § 32-3726, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 735, § 35.)
GA Code § 20-3-341 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 2 - Educational Loans Financed by Revenue Bonds|§ 20-3-341. Definitions

 As used in this subpart, the term:    "School" means a "school" as such term is defined in paragraph (18) of Code Section 20-3-262.   "Student" or "eligible student" means a "student" or "eligible student" as such term is defined in paragraph (21) of Code Section 20-3-262 and regulations of the authority.    (Code 1933, § 32-3727, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)
GA Code § 20-3-343 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 2 - Educational Loans Financed by Revenue Bonds|§ 20-3-343. Credit of State Not Pledged for Payment of Authority Obligations; Revenues and Assets Available for Payment

 Bonds and other obligations issued under this subpart shall not be deemed to constitute a debt, liability, or obligation of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or any political subdivision thereof, including the authority, but shall be payable solely from the revenues or assets of the authority which may be pledged for such payment and from the proceeds of any refunding bonds. Such revenues and assets may include the proceeds of the bonds, revenues derived by the authority from or in respect of educational loans made or purchased from the proceeds of the bonds, including proceeds from the sale of such educational loans and including any loan guaranty proceeds received in respect thereof, and investment earnings of the authority and other revenues received by the authority in connection with its program of financing, holding, or selling educational loans pursuant to this subpart. Such revenues and assets may also include, to the extent specified in the resolution authorizing issuance of such bonds or other obligations or the trust indentures securing them and in accordance with all other resolutions, indentures, or contracts of the authority and in accordance with law, educational loans financed and held by the authority with funds made available to it pursuant to Subpart 3 of this part and revenues derived therefrom. Each obligation of the authority issued under this subpart shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the authority shall not be obligated to pay the obligation nor the interest thereon except from the revenues or assets pledged therefor and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such obligation.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 683, § 28; Code 1933, § 32-3729, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 367, 374, 386 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 219, 220, 236, 239.
GA Code § 20-3-346 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 2 - Educational Loans Financed by Revenue Bonds|§ 20-3-346. Lien of Pledge of Revenues or Assets of Authority

 The pledge of any revenues or assets of the authority to the payment of the principal of or the interest on any obligations of the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; and any such assets or revenues shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether such parties have notice of such pledge. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to prohibit the authority from selling any assets subject to any pledge, except to the extent that any such sale may be restricted by a trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of obligations of the authority.   (Code 1933, § 32-3732, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)
GA Code § 20-3-347 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 2 - Educational Loans Financed by Revenue Bonds|§ 20-3-347. Moneys Received by Authority Deemed Trust Funds; Investment

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all moneys received by the authority pursuant to this subpart shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this subpart. The resolution authorizing any obligations or the trust agreement securing such obligations may provide that any of such moneys may be temporarily invested pending the disbursement thereof and shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply them for the purposes of this subpart, subject to this subpart and to such resolution or trust agreement. Any such moneys or any other moneys of the authority derived from its operations and functions under this subpart may be invested as provided in paragraph (10) of subsection (b) of Code Section 20-3-342.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 683, §§ 30, 34; Code 1933, § 32-3733, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Funds, §§ 2, 5 et seq., 33 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 263, 346.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 269 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-348 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 2 - Educational Loans Financed by Revenue Bonds|§ 20-3-348. Rights of Holders of Obligations of Authority

 Any holder of obligations issued by the authority under this subpart or of any coupons appertaining thereto and any trustee under any resolution authorizing the issuance of such obligations or trust indenture securing such obligations, except to the extent the rights given in this Code section may be restricted by such resolution or trust indenture, may, by action, mandamus, or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state, including those granted under this Code section, under such resolution or trust indenture, or under any other contract executed by the authority pursuant to this subpart and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this subpart or by such resolution or trust indenture to be performed by the authority or by any officer thereof.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 683, § 37; Code 1933, § 32-3734, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 250, 251.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 271.
GA Code § 20-3-349 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 2 - Educational Loans Financed by Revenue Bonds|§ 20-3-349. Obligations of Authority Are Negotiable Instruments

 Notwithstanding Code Sections 20-3-340 through 20-3-348 or any recitals in any obligations issued by the authority under this subpart, all such obligations and interest coupons appertaining thereto shall be and are made negotiable instruments under the laws of the state, subject only to any applicable provisions for registration.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 683, § 24; Code 1933, § 32-3735, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)   Cross references.   - Investment securities, § 11-8-101 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-350 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 7 - Scholarships, Loans, and Grants|Part 3 - Georgia Student Finance Authority|Subpart 2 - Educational Loans Financed by Revenue Bonds|§ 20-3-350. Obligations of Authority Are Legal Investments and Deposits

 Obligations issued by the authority under this subpart are made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions and all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such obligations are made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds, notes, or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law and may constitute proper and legal collateral for any deposit made by any such officer, agency, or subdivision for which collateral must be pledged according to law.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 683, § 26; Code 1933, § 32-3736, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.)