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GA Code § 36-38-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 38 - Bonds|Article 2 - Compromise of Bonded Debt|§ 36-38-22. Issuance and Exchange of Bonds; Contractual Effect of Ordinance

 When the authorities of a municipal corporation desire to avail themselves of the benefit of Code Sections 36-38-20 and 36-38-21 and this Code section, they are authorized and empowered to pass any ordinance or ordinances to provide for the issuance and exchange of new bonds to stand in the place and stead of outstanding bonds and coupons, to determine the mode and method of such issuance and exchange, and to fix the length of time such new bonds shall run and the rate of interest they shall bear. Such ordinance or ordinances shall have the force and effect of contracts between the municipal corporation and those who may receive or hold such new bonds so issued and exchanged.   (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 85, § 3; Code 1882, § 508m(4); Civil Code 1895, § 760; Civil Code 1910, § 907; Code 1933, § 87-503.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Estoppel to deny validity of municipal bonds issued under an unconstitutional statute, 37 A.L.R. 1310.
GA Code § 36-38-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 38 - Bonds|Article 2 - Compromise of Bonded Debt|§ 36-38-23. Sinking Funds for Redemption of New Bonds; Appointment of Commission to Manage Fund; Contractual Effect of Ordinance

 If any municipal corporation availing itself of this article desires to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of such new bonds, the authorities may pass all ordinances necessary for that purpose and create a commission for the management of such sinking fund and its proper use and application. The commission shall be composed of not less than three nor more than five residents of the municipal corporation. The ordinance or ordinances providing for the sinking fund and for the commission, along with its management and application, the mode of appointing the members thereof, and its duties, shall have the force and effect of law and shall be held and considered as part of the contract between the municipal corporation and the acceptors or holders of the new bonds.   (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 85, § 4; Code 1882, § 508m(5); Civil Code 1895, § 761; Civil Code 1910, § 908; Code 1933, § 87-504.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 5, 305.   C.J.S.   - 64A C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 2181 et seq.   ALR.    - Liability of officer for loss of sinking fund through failure of bank, 25 A.L.R. 1358.    Constitutional provisions against impairment of obligations of contract as applied to sinking funds for retirement of municipal or other public bonds, 115 A.L.R. 220.    Existing sinking fund as a factor in determining whether indebtedness or proposed indebtedness of municipality or other political subdivision exceeds constitutional or statutory limit, 125 A.L.R. 1393.
GA Code § 36-40-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 40 - Grants of State Funds to Municipal Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-40-1. Grants for Repairs on Facilities of Historical Value

  In addition to any grant to which any municipal corporation of this state is entitled under Article 2 of this chapter in any fiscal year, and any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any such municipal corporation which owns and maintains from local revenues a public facility which is found and declared by a resolution of the General Assembly to be of historical value to the state and which is in need of repairs which are reasonably estimated to cost in excess of $5 million and to require more than one year to plan and complete shall be authorized to receive an annual grant equal to one-fourth of the amount of local funds expended on or committed to such repairs by the governing body of such municipal corporation. The funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the purposes of this Code section shall be appropriated separately from funds appropriated for the purposes of Code Section 36-40-24.   Funds made available under subsection (a) of this Code section shall be distributed in the same manner as other funds are distributed under Article 2 of this chapter. The certificate required by Code Section 36-40-22 shall include a statement of the amount of the annual grant under subsection (a) of this Code section, the total amount of local funds expended on or committed to the repairs specified in subsection (a) of this Code section as of the date of the certificate, and the total amount of grant funds under subsection (a) of this Code section already distributed to the municipal corporation under Article 2 of this chapter.   No municipal corporation shall receive any grant under this Code section for a facility which was not found and declared eligible under subsection (a) of this Code section by April 24, 1977.    (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1006, §§ 1, 3, 3A; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 36.)   Cross references.   - Powers and duties of Department of Natural Resources relating to historic preservation, promotion, § 12-3-50 et seq.
GA Code § 36-40-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 40 - Grants of State Funds to Municipal Corporations|Article 2 - Grants for Public Purposes|§ 36-40-20. Legislative Intent

 It is declared to be the purpose and intent of the General Assembly that state funds be made available to the governing bodies of certain municipal corporations of this state to be expended for any public purposes, except for the purpose of paying the salaries of elected municipal corporation officers.   (Ga. L. 1967, p. 889, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Eligibility of municipalities to share in funds.   - All incorporated municipalities appearing in the 1970 United States census would be eligible to share in the distribution of the second half of funds appropriated for fiscal year 1970-71 regardless of whether the municipalities were eligible prior to that time. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-62.   Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services must make two fund computations during census years.   - Only manner in which the State Treasurer (now director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services) can compute grants to municipalities for the fiscal year 1970-71 is to make two separate computations and two separate payments of funds; one-half of available funds should be distributed to the respective municipalities based on population according to the 1960 decennial United States census; after the 1970 decennial United States census becomes effective for the purpose of affecting Georgia law (December 31, 1970), the State Treasurer (now director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services) should make computations based on the 1970 census and distribute the remaining half of money appropriated for fiscal 1970-71. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-36.    Municipalities may use funds  granted for any public purpose other than paying salaries of elected municipal officers. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-171.
GA Code § 36-40-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 40 - Grants of State Funds to Municipal Corporations|Article 2 - Grants for Public Purposes|§ 36-40-21. "Municipal Corporation" Defined

 As used in this article, the term "municipal corporation" means a municipal corporation whose population shall be based on the current United States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census, the governing body of which has held at least six regular meetings within the 12 months preceding the execution of the certificate required by Code Section 36-40-22 and which for a period of one year has levied and collected an ad valorem tax on the real property in such municipal corporation or which has, for such one-year period, performed at least two of the following municipal activities and services:    Furnished water service;   Furnished sewerage service;   Furnished garbage collection;   Furnished police protection;   Furnished fire protection;   Assessed and collected business licenses; or   Furnished municipal street-lighting facilities.    (Ga. L. 1967, p. 889, § 3.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Eligibility of municipalities to share in funds.   - All incorporated municipalities appearing in the 1970 United States census would be eligible to share in the distribution of the second half of funds appropriated for fiscal year 1970-71 regardless of whether the municipalities were eligible prior to that time. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-62.    Municipality must have been incorporated  and listed in United States decennial census in order to qualify for municipal grant. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-353.   Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services must make two fund computations during census year.   - Only manner in which the State Treasurer (now director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services) can compute grants to municipalities for the fiscal year 1970-71 is to make two separate computations and two separate payments of funds; one-half of available funds should be distributed to the respective municipalities based on population according to the 1960 decennial United States census. After the 1970 decennial United States census becomes effective for the purpose of affecting Georgia law (December 31, 1970), the State Treasurer (now director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services) should make computations based on the 1970 census and distribute the remaining half of money appropriated for fiscal 1970-71. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-36.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, §§ 1, 13, 96.   C.J.S.   - 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 1 et seq.
GA Code § 36-40-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 40 - Grants of State Funds to Municipal Corporations|Article 2 - Grants for Public Purposes|§ 36-40-23. When Certificate to Be Filed; Effect of Failure to File Certificate

 Prior to June 1 of each year, a certificate shall be filed which shall be the basis upon which payments shall be made of funds made available under this article for the immediately succeeding fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. If no certificate is filed within such time limitation in this Code section, the municipality shall not be entitled to and shall not be paid any funds for the applicable period and such municipality shall not be included in the formula for determining the amount of the grants as provided in Code Section 36-40-24.   (Ga. L. 1967, p. 889, § 5.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1967, p. 889, § 5, the basis for this Code section, was amended by Ga. L. 1982, p. 869, § 1, (effective April 13, 1982), which added a new paragraph to the end of that section of the 1967 Act, providing for the filing of a late certification by any eligible municipality which failed to file for Fiscal Year 1982 funds or which filed after the June 1 cutoff date. Section 2 of the 1982 Act provided for the repeal of the 1982 Act effective November 1, 1982.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Eligibility of municipalities to share in funds.   - All incorporated municipalities appearing in the 1970 United States census would be eligible to share in the distribution of the second half of funds appropriated for fiscal year 1970-71 regardless of whether the municipalities were eligible prior to that time. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-62.   Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services must make two fund computations during census year.   - Only manner in which the State Treasurer (now director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services) can compute grants to municipalities for the fiscal year 1970-71 is to make two separate computations and two separate payments of funds; one-half of available funds should be distributed to the respective municipalities based on population according to the 1960 decennial United States census. After the 1970 decennial United States census becomes effective for the purpose of affecting Georgia law (December 31, 1970), the State Treasurer (now director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services) should make computations based on the 1970 census and distribute the remaining half of money appropriated for fiscal 1970-71. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-36.
GA Code § 36-40-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 40 - Grants of State Funds to Municipal Corporations|Article 2 - Grants for Public Purposes|§ 36-40-25. Payment and Use of Funds

 Funds distributed under this article shall be paid to the municipal corporation in the name of the municipal treasurer or other official or officials authorized to receive municipal funds, as listed in the certificate required by Code Section 36-40-22. Funds granted under Code Section 36-40-24 shall be expended by the municipal corporation only for the purposes prescribed in Code Section 36-40-20.   (Ga. L. 1967, p. 889, § 6; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1006, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Eligibility of municipalities to share in funds.   - All incorporated municipalities appearing in the 1970 United States census would be eligible to share in the distribution of the second half of funds appropriated for fiscal year 1970-71 regardless of whether the municipalities were eligible prior to that time. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-62.   Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services must make two fund computations during census year.   - Only manner in which the State Treasurer (now director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services) can compute grants to municipalities for the fiscal year 1970-71 is to make two separate computations and two separate payments of funds; one-half of available funds should be distributed to the respective municipalities based on population according to the 1960 decennial United States census. After the 1970 decennial United States census becomes effective for the purpose of affecting Georgia law (December 31, 1970), the State Treasurer (now director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services) should make computations based on the 1970 census and distribute the remaining half of money appropriated for fiscal 1970-71. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-36.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 404 et seq.
GA Code § 36-40-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 40 - Grants of State Funds to Municipal Corporations|Article 3 - Grants for Purchase and Construction of Capital Outlay Items|§ 36-40-40. "Municipal Corporation" Defined

 The term "municipal corporation," as used in this article, means a municipal corporation, the population of which is based on the current United States decennial census, the governing body of which has held at least six regular meetings within the 12 months preceding the execution of the certificate required by Code Section 36-40-42, and which has levied taxes or levied fees of any type for the operation of the government of the municipal corporation or which has received a franchise tax from any utility, firm, or corporation within the 12 months preceding the execution of the certificate required by Code Section 36-40-42.   (Ga. L. 1965, p. 458, § 3.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Reference to "the current United States decennial census"  is a reference to the population of an otherwise qualifying incorporated municipality based on the population of that municipality as it existed at the last decennial census in 1960. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-210.    Municipality must have been incorporated  and listed in United States decennial census in order to qualify for a municipal grant. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-353.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, §§ 1, 13.   C.J.S.   - 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 1 et seq.
GA Code § 36-40-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 40 - Grants of State Funds to Municipal Corporations|Article 3 - Grants for Purchase and Construction of Capital Outlay Items|§ 36-40-42. Certificate of Eligibility for Grant; Submission; Form; Execution and Attestation; Penalty for Signing False Certificate

  Each municipal corporation, as defined in Code Section 36-40-40, shall submit to the Office of the State Treasurer a certificate showing the number of regular meetings held within the preceding 12 months by the governing body of the municipal corporation and stating that taxes or fees were levied within the 12 months preceding the execution of such certificate for the operation of the municipal government.    (b) The certificate shall be substantially in the following form:   CERTIFICATE   "The undersigned, Mayor (Chairman of the Commission) of (Official Corporate Name), does hereby certify that ____________________________________ regular meetings of the governing body were held during the past 12 months and that taxes or fees were levied during the past 12 months for the operation of the government of (Official Corporate Name). The municipal treasurer or other official or officials authorized to receive municipal funds is (are) _____________________________________________________________. __________________________ __________________________________________ Date Mayor (Chairman of Commission) Attest: ______________________________ Clerk"   The certificate shall be executed by the highest elective official, whether designated as "mayor" or by some other term or as the "chairman of the commission" in those municipal corporations having a commission form of government, and shall be attested by the clerk. The name of the municipal corporation used in the certificate shall be its official corporate name. The name of the municipal treasurer or other official or officials authorized to receive municipal funds shall be listed in the certificate and the instrument transferring funds to the municipal corporation shall be payable to such treasurer or other official or officials as listed in the certificate.   The information contained in the certificate shall constitute the basis upon which the Office of the State Treasurer shall make the distribution of funds under this article.   Any person who willfully and knowingly signs a certificate containing false information shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Ga. L. 1965, p. 458, § 4; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 2/SB 296.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 522 et seq.
GA Code § 36-40-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 40 - Grants of State Funds to Municipal Corporations|Article 3 - Grants for Purchase and Construction of Capital Outlay Items|§ 36-40-43. When Certificate to Be Filed; Effect of Failure to File Certificate

 Prior to June 1 of each year, a certificate shall be filed which shall be the basis upon which payments shall be made of funds made available under this article for the immediately succeeding fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. If no certificate is filed within the time limitation specified in this Code section, the municipality shall not be entitled to and shall not be paid any funds for the applicable period and such municipality shall not be included in the formula for determining the amount of the grants as provided in Code Section 36-40-44.   (Ga. L. 1965, p. 458, § 5.)
GA Code § 36-40-45 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 40 - Grants of State Funds to Municipal Corporations|Article 3 - Grants for Purchase and Construction of Capital Outlay Items|§ 36-40-45. Payment and Use of Funds

 Funds distributed under this article by the Office of the State Treasurer shall be paid to the municipal corporation in the name of the municipal treasurer or other official or officials authorized to receive municipal funds, as listed in the certificate required by Code Section 36-40-42. Such funds shall be expended by the municipal corporation only for the purposes prescribed in Code Section 36-40-41.   (Ga. L. 1965, p. 458, § 6; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 2/SB 296.)
GA Code § 36-45-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 45 - Municipal Training|Article 1 - In General|§ 36-45-1. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Municipal Training Act."    (Code 1981, §36-45-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1642, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 983, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, "article" was substituted for "chapter".
GA Code § 36-45-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 45 - Municipal Training|Article 1 - In General|§ 36-45-2. Legislative Findings and Intent

 The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the best interests of the citizens of this state to require newly elected members of a municipal governing authority to attend a course of training and education on matters pertaining to the administration and operation of municipal government. The purpose of such course shall be to instruct such individuals in the powers, duties, and responsibilities of their positions of public trust.    (Code 1981, §36-45-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1642, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 983, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-45-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 45 - Municipal Training|Article 1 - In General|§ 36-45-3. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Institute" means the Harold F. Holtz Municipal Training Institute.   "Municipal governing authority" means the governing authority of a municipal corporation.   "State" means the State of Georgia and any department, board, bureau, commission, or other agency thereof.   "Vinson Institute" means the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University of Georgia.     (Code 1981, §36-45-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1642, § 2; Ga. L. 1997, p. 860, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 983, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, "article" was substituted for "chapter" in the introductory language.
GA Code § 36-45-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 45 - Municipal Training|Article 1 - In General|§ 36-45-4. Training of Elected Members of Municipal Governing Authority

  All persons elected as members of a municipal governing authority who were not serving as members of a municipal governing authority on July 1, 1990, shall enroll in, attend, and satisfactorily complete a course of training and education on matters pertaining to the administration and operations of municipal governments. Such course of training and education shall include, but not be limited to, orientation in local government finance and budgeting; methods of taxation; planning; public works and utilities; parks and recreation; environmental management; public safety; personnel management; responsiveness to the community; the ethics, duties, and responsibilities of members of a municipal governing authority or a chief executive officer; and such other matters as may be deemed necessary and appropriate by the Vinson Institute.   All expenses incurred by a newly elected member of a municipal governing authority related to the course of training and education authorized and required by subsection (a) of this Code section, including the reasonable costs of housing, travel, and meals, shall be paid from public funds appropriated for such purposes. All expenses not paid for by state funds shall be paid from municipal funds by the municipal governing authority whose newly elected member or members shall attend such course.     (Code 1981, §36-45-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1642, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 983, § 1.)