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GA Code § 8-4-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 4 - Clearance and Rehabilitation of Blighted Areas|§ 8-4-8. Acquisition and Development by Authorities of Lands Not Within Blighted Areas for Redevelopment Projects; Findings Required Prior to Acquisition; Projects Involving More Than One City

  Upon a determination, by resolution, of the governing body of the city in which such land is located that the acquisition and development of undeveloped vacant land, not within a blighted area, is essential to the proper clearance or redevelopment of blighted areas or a necessary part of the general slum clearance program of the city, the acquisition, planning, preparation for development, or disposal of such land shall constitute a redevelopment project which may be undertaken by the authority in the manner provided in this chapter. The determination by the governing body shall not be made until such body finds that there is a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the city; that such undeveloped vacant land will be developed for predominantly residential uses; and that the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary housing on such undeveloped vacant land is necessary to the relocation of families to be displaced from blighted areas in the city which are under redevelopment.   In the undertaking of redevelopment projects on a regional or unified metropolitan basis, which projects involve the acquisition and development of undeveloped vacant land in one city as an adjunct to the redevelopment of blighted areas in another city, each determination or finding required in this Code section shall be made by the governing body of the city with respect to which the determination or finding relates.    (Ga. L. 1951, p. 683, § 7.)
GA Code § 8-4-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 4 - Clearance and Rehabilitation of Blighted Areas|§ 8-4-9. Cooperation by State Public Bodies in Aid of Redevelopment Projects

 Any state public body, as defined in Code Section 8-3-152, shall have the same rights and powers to cooperate with and assist housing authorities with respect to redevelopment projects that such state public body has pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 3 of this title, the "Housing Cooperation Law," for the purpose of assisting the development or administration of slum clearance and housing projects, in the same manner as though Article 2 of Chapter 3 of this title were applicable to redevelopment projects undertaken under this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1946, p. 157, § 6.)
GA Code § 8-4-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 4 - Clearance and Rehabilitation of Blighted Areas|§ 8-4-10. Financial Aid From Federal Government; Security for Aid

 An authority may borrow money or accept contributions from the federal government to assist in its undertakings and redevelopment projects. An authority may do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure such financial aid (including obligating itself, in any contract with the federal government for financial assistance, to convey to the federal government the project to which said contract relates upon the occurrence of a substantial default thereunder), in the same manner as though it were securing such aid in connection with slum clearance and housing projects under Article 1 of Chapter 3 of this title, the "Housing Authorities Law."   (Ga. L. 1946, p. 157, § 9; Ga. L. 1951, p. 683, § 4.)   Cross references.   - Programs for relocation of persons and businesses displaced by federal-aid public works projects, § 22-4-1 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 40A Am. Jur. 2d, Housing Laws and Urban Redevelopment, §§ 16, 17.
GA Code § 8-4-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 4 - Clearance and Rehabilitation of Blighted Areas|§ 8-4-11. Bonds and Other Obligations as Legal Investments and Security

 Bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority in connection with a redevelopment project pursuant to this chapter, which bonds or obligations are secured by a contract with the federal government for financial assistance, shall be security for public deposits and legal investments to the same extent and for the same persons, institutions, associations, corporations, and other bodies and officers as bonds or other obligations which are secured by a contract with the federal government for annual contributions issued pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 3 of this title, the "Housing Authorities Law," in connection with the development of slum clearance or housing projects.   (Ga. L. 1946, p. 157, § 10; Ga. L. 1951, p. 683, § 5.)
GA Code § 8-4-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 4 - Clearance and Rehabilitation of Blighted Areas|§ 8-4-12. Investment in Projects; Acquisition, Development, and Sale of Lands and Improvements in Project Areas

 Notwithstanding any restriction or limitation on investments contained in any other laws of this state, any building and loan association, any savings and loan association, any investment company, or any insurance company or association is authorized:    To invest its funds in projects contemplated by this chapter;   To acquire and hold land;   To acquire or erect apartment, tenement, or other dwelling houses, not including hotels but including accommodations for retail stores, shops, offices, and other community services reasonably incidental to such projects; to own, maintain, manage, and collect or receive income from such apartment, tenement, or other dwelling houses; and   To sell or convey such land and the improvements thereon.    (Ga. L. 1946, p. 157, § 10; Ga. L. 1951, p. 683, § 6.)
GA Code § 8-5-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 5 - Art in State Buildings|§ 8-5-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Art in State Buildings Program."    (Code 1981, §8-5-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 891, § 1.)
GA Code § 8-5-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 5 - Art in State Buildings|§ 8-5-2. Legislative Purpose

 The General Assembly finds and declares that the State of Georgia has a responsibility for expanding public experience with art. The General Assembly recognizes that other states have enacted legislation requiring the expenditure of 1 percent of funds allocated for the construction of state buildings for works of art for such buildings.    (Code 1981, §8-5-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 891, § 1.)
GA Code § 8-5-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 5 - Art in State Buildings|§ 8-5-3. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Acquisition" means acquisition by purchase, lease, or commission.   "Council" means the Georgia Council for the Arts.   "State buildings" means state office buildings, hospitals, prisons, buildings of state authorities, and such other state buildings which the Georgia Council for the Arts deems appropriate for the inclusion of art as provided in this chapter but shall not mean either the state capitol or the capitol education center.   "Work of art" means any work of visual art, including, but not limited to, a drawing, painting, mural, fresco, sculpture, mosaic, or photograph; a work of calligraphy; a work of graphic art, including an etching, lithograph, offset print, silk screen, or a work of graphic art of like nature; crafts, including crafts in clay, textile, fiber, wood, metal, plastic, glass, or like materials; or mixed media, including a collage, assemblage, or any combination of the foregoing art media. The term "work of art" does not include environmental landscaping placed about a state building.     (Code 1981, §8-5-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 891, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1332, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Georgia Council for the Arts, § 50-12-20 et seq.
GA Code § 8-5-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 5 - Art in State Buildings|§ 8-5-4. Gifts and Appropriations

  Financing of works of art in state buildings shall be subject to appropriations by the General Assembly. The Governor shall include a budget item for art in state buildings in the budget of the Office of Planning and Budget in the annual budget submitted to the General Assembly.   The council may accept grants, gifts, donations, bequests, or federal money made in connection with the art in state buildings program and expend such funds for the purposes of this chapter.     (Code 1981, §8-5-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 891, § 1.)
GA Code § 8-5-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 5 - Art in State Buildings|§ 8-5-6. Purchases and Commissions Exempt From Bidding Requirements

 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the selection and commissioning of artists and the purchase and execution of works of art for state buildings shall be exempt from the provisions of law relating to bidding requirements in connection with state buildings.    (Code 1981, §8-5-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 891, § 1.)
GA Code § 8-5-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 5 - Art in State Buildings|§ 8-5-7. Ownership Rights; Rights of Artists

  The state shall receive sole ownership of each work of art acquired pursuant to this chapter, including all tangible rights and privileges thereof, subject to the following intangible rights retained by the artist:   The right to claim authorship of the work of art;   The right to reproduce such work of art, including all rights to which the work of art may be subject under copyright laws. Such rights may be limited by written contract; and   If provided by written contract, the right to receive a specified percentage of the proceeds if the work of art is subsequently sold by the state to a third party other than as part of the sale of the building in which the work of art is located.     The rights granted to the artist by subsection (a) of this Code section may by written contract be extended to such artist's heirs, assigns, or personal representatives until after the end of the twentieth year following the death of such artist.   Prior to execution of a written contract, the artist shall be informed in writing of the rights specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section which may be granted by contract to the artist or to the artist's heirs, assigns, or personal representatives.     (Code 1981, §8-5-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 891, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For note, "How to Get the Mona Lisa in your Home Without Breaking the Law: Painting a Picture of Copyright Issues with Digitally Accessible Museum Collections," see 18 J. Intell. Prop. L. 567 (2011). For comment, "Pay What You Like - No, Really: Why Copyright Law Should Make Digital Music Free for Noncommercial Uses," see 58 Emory L.J. 1495 (2009).
GA Code § 8-5-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 5 - Art in State Buildings|§ 8-5-8. Annual Report

 In consultation with the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, the council shall prepare an annual report relative to the art in state buildings program pursuant to this chapter. The council shall not be required to distribute copies of the annual report to the members of the General Assembly but shall notify the members of the availability of the annual report in the manner which it deems to be most effective and efficient.Such report may be submitted as part of a report on the activities and programs of the council.    (Code 1981, §8-5-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 891, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1036, § 1/SB 49.)   Cross references.   - Annual report of Georgia Council for the Arts, § 50-12-24.
GA Code § 8-5-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 5 - Art in State Buildings|§ 8-5-9. Sale of Works of Art by State

 If a work of art acquired pursuant to this chapter is to be sold by the state, such sale shall be made to the highest bidder, conditioned on the work of art first being offered to the artist at the bid price.    (Code 1981, §8-5-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 891, § 1.)
GA Code § 8-6-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 6 - Construction Activity Prohibition on Abandoned Landfills|§ 8-6-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Construction Activity Prohibition on Abandoned Landfills Act of 1988."    (Code 1981, §8-6-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 821, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Requirements for deeds conveying interest in real property used as commercial landfill, § 44-5-48.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, "This chapter" was substituted for "This Act" at the beginning of the Code section.
GA Code § 8-6-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 6 - Construction Activity Prohibition on Abandoned Landfills|§ 8-6-2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Construction activity" means to erect or build an enclosed building or structure of any type, kind, or design.   "Division" means the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources.   "Landfill" means any location operated as a commercial venture for profit or operated by a county or municipality for the disposal of solid wastes or any location where a private owner accepts solid wastes for compensation from sources other than his own property for disposal.   "Solid waste" means putrescible and nonputrescible wastes, except water carried body waste, and shall include garbage, rubbish (paper, cartons, boxes, wood, tree branches, yard trimmings, furniture and appliances, metal, tin cans, glass, crockery, or dunnage), ashes, street refuse, dead animals, sewage sludges, animal manures, industrial wastes (waste materials generated in industrial operations), residue from incineration, food processing wastes, demolition wastes, abandoned automobiles, dredging wastes, construction wastes, and any other waste material in a solid or semisolid state not otherwise defined in this article.     (Code 1981, §8-6-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 821, § 1.)
GA Code § 8-6-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 6 - Construction Activity Prohibition on Abandoned Landfills|§ 8-6-3. Division Landfill Records; Filing Notice of Existence of Landfill

  The division shall maintain records on each landfill operated now or in the future in this state, which records shall include an accurate legal description of the boundaries of the landfill and the dates of its operation.   The division shall file notice of the existence of the landfill with the clerk of the superior court of the county or counties within which the landfill is located.     (Code 1981, §8-6-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 821, § 1.)
GA Code § 8-6-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 8 - Buildings and Housing|Chapter 6 - Construction Activity Prohibition on Abandoned Landfills|§ 8-6-4. Permit Required for Construction of Building or Enclosed Structure; Exception

  No person shall construct any building or enclosed structure of any type, kind, or design on any real property on which a landfill on the public records has been located without first obtaining a permit for such construction from the local governing authority.   This Code section shall not apply to construction activity by public service corporations or to the construction of roads, highways, or bridges.     (Code 1981, §8-6-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 821, § 1.)
GA Code § 9-4-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 9 - Civil Practice|Chapter 4 - Declaratory Judgments|§ 9-4-1. Purpose and Construction of Chapter

 The purpose of this chapter is to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations; and this chapter is to be liberally construed and administered.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 137, § 13.)   Law reviews.   - For survey article on administrative law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2008). For annual survey of law on real property, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 283 (2010).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Application    RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Declaratory Judgments, §§ 5, 6, 11.   C.J.S.   - 26 C.J.S., Declaratory Judgments, § 7 et seq.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (U.L.A.) § 12.   ALR.    - Declaration of rights or declaratory judgments, 12 A.L.R. 52; 19 A.L.R. 1124; 50 A.L.R. 42; 68 A.L.R. 110; 87 A.L.R. 1205; 114 A.L.R. 1361; 142 A.L.R. 8.   What constitutes plain, speedy, and efficient state remedy under Tax Injunction Act (28 USCS § 1341), prohibiting federal district courts from interfering with assessment, levy, or collection of state business taxes, 31 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 237.
GA Code § 9-4-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 9 - Civil Practice|Chapter 4 - Declaratory Judgments|§ 9-4-3. Further Relief; Interlocutory Extraordinary Relief to Preserve Status Quo

  Further plenary relief, legal or equitable, including but not limited to damages, injunction, mandamus, or quo warranto, may be sought in a petition seeking declaratory judgment, and in such case, the action shall be governed as to process, service, and procedure by Code Section 9-4-5. In all such cases, the court shall award to the petitioning party such relief as the pleadings and evidence may show him to be entitled; and the failure of the petition to state a cause of action for declaratory relief shall not affect the right of the party to any other relief, legal or equitable, to which he may be entitled.   The court, in order to maintain the status quo pending the adjudication of the questions or to preserve equitable rights, may grant injunction and other interlocutory extraordinary relief in substantially the manner and under the same rules applicable in equity cases.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 137, § 2; Ga. L. 1959, p. 236, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 9.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Declaratory Judgments, §§ 96, 100.   C.J.S.   - 26 C.J.S., Declaratory Judgments, §§ 1 et seq., 159.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (U.L.A.) § 8.   ALR.    - Declaration of rights or declaratory judgments, 12 A.L.R. 52; 19 A.L.R. 1124; 50 A.L.R. 42; 68 A.L.R. 110; 87 A.L.R. 1205; 114 A.L.R. 1361; 142 A.L.R. 8.    Decree or order which merely declares rights of parties without an express command or prohibition as basis of contempt proceeding, 29 A.L.R. 134.    Remedy or procedure to make effective rights established by declaratory judgment, 101 A.L.R. 689.    Joinder of causes of action and parties in suit under Declaratory Judgment Act, 110 A.L.R. 817.    May declaratory and coercive or executory relief be combined in action under Declaratory Judgment Act, 155 A.L.R. 501.
GA Code § 9-4-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 9 - Civil Practice|Chapter 4 - Declaratory Judgments|§ 9-4-7. Only Parties Affected; When Municipality Made Party; When Attorney General Served and Heard

  No declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceeding.   In any proceeding involving the validity of a municipal ordinance or franchise, the municipality shall be made a party and shall be entitled to be heard as a party.   If a statute of the state, any order or regulation of any administrative body of the state, or any franchise granted by the state is alleged to be unconstitutional, the Attorney General of the state shall be served with a copy of the proceeding and shall be entitled to be heard.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 137, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorney General, §§ 22, 27 et seq. 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Declaratory Judgments, §§ 72, 78, 99.   C.J.S.   - 26 C.J.S., Declaratory Judgments, § 123 et seq.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (U.L.A.) § 11.   ALR.    - Declaration of rights or declaratory judgments, 12 A.L.R. 52; 19 A.L.R. 1124; 50 A.L.R. 42; 68 A.L.R. 110; 87 A.L.R. 1205; 114 A.L.R. 1361; 142 A.L.R. 8.    Determination of constitutionality of statute or ordinance, or proposed statute or ordinance, as proper subject of judicial decision under declaratory judgment acts, 114 A.L.R. 1361.    Interest necessary to maintenance of declaratory determination of validity of statute or ordinance, 174 A.L.R. 549.   Extent to which principles of res judicata are applicable to judgments in actions for declaratory relief, 10 A.L.R.2d 782.
GA Code § 9-4-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 9 - Civil Practice|Chapter 4 - Declaratory Judgments|§ 9-4-8. When Court May Refuse Declaratory Judgment

 The court may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment or decree where the judgment or decree, if rendered or entered, would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 137, § 9.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Declaratory Judgments, § 7.   C.J.S.   - 26 C.J.S., Declaratory Judgments, § 11 et seq.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (U.L.A.) § 6.   ALR.    - Declaration of rights or declaratory judgments, 12 A.L.R. 52; 19 A.L.R. 1124; 50 A.L.R. 42; 68 A.L.R. 110; 87 A.L.R. 1205; 114 A.L.R. 1361; 142 A.L.R. 8.    Doctrine of in pari delicto as applicable to suits for declaratory relief, 141 A.L.R. 1427.   Extent to which principles of res judicata are applicable to judgments in actions for declaratory relief, 10 A.L.R.2d 782.
GA Code § 9-4-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 9 - Civil Practice|Chapter 4 - Declaratory Judgments|§ 9-4-9. Costs

 In any proceeding under this chapter the court may make such award or division of costs as may seem equitable and just.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 137, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Declaratory Judgments, § 97.   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Costs, § 9.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (U.L.A.), § 10.
GA Code § 9-4-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 9 - Civil Practice|Chapter 4 - Declaratory Judgments|§ 9-4-10. Equity Jurisdiction Not Impaired

 Nothing in this chapter is intended to impair the equity jurisdiction of the superior courts of the state or of the Georgia State-wide Business Court.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 137, § 10; Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 3-3/HB 239.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective May 7, 2019, added "or of the Georgia State-wide Business Court" at the end of this Code section.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2019).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Limits on declaratory judgment not applicable to petition for equitable relief.    - Rule that courts generally will not entertain an action for declaratory judgment as to questions which may be determined in a pending action is not applicable when the petitioners are seeking equitable relief. Todd v. Conner, 220 Ga. 173, 137 S.E.2d 614 (1964).    Cited in Shippen v. Folsom, 200 Ga. 58, 35 S.E.2d 915 (1945).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Declaratory Judgments, § 65.   C.J.S.   - 26 C.J.S., Declaratory Judgments, § 114.
GA Code § 9-4-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 9 - Civil Practice|Chapter 4 - Declaratory Judgments|§ 9-4-11. Combining Proceedings in Probate Court

 A declaratory judgment proceeding brought in the probate court as provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-9-127 may be combined with or made a part of any proceeding properly before the probate court to the greatest extent that does not infringe the exclusive jurisdiction of the superior courts pursuant to Article VI, Section IV, Paragraph I of the Constitution of this state.    (Code 1981, §9-4-11, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 2-6/HB 865.)