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GA Code § 12-3-277 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 1 - Jekyll Island-State Park Authority|§ 12-3-277. Construction of Part

 This part, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.   (Ga. L. 1950, p. 152, § 23.)
GA Code § 12-3-290 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 2 - North Georgia Mountains Authority|§ 12-3-290. Creation of Authority as Constituting Instrumentality of State and Public Corporation; Delegation of Powers and Duties; Duration of Authority's Existence

  There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the North Georgia Mountains Authority, which shall be deemed an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation, and by that name, style, and title such body may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts.   The authority may delegate to one or more of its members, or to its agents and employees, such powers and duties as it may deem proper.   The authority shall exist for 99 years.   The authority is assigned to the Department of Natural Resources for administrative purposes only.    (Ga. L. 1968, p. 297, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 1522.)   Cross references.   - Effect of assignment for administrative purposes, § 50-4-3.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 8, 42 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 17 et seq., 73.
GA Code § 12-3-292 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 2 - North Georgia Mountains Authority|§ 12-3-292. Membership of Authority; Officers; Bylaws; Quorum; Action by Majority Vote; Vacancies; Reimbursement for Expenses; Compensation of Employees

  The authority shall consist of nine members who shall serve terms of four years from the date of their appointment and shall be appointed by the Governor from the same persons who comprise the Board of Natural Resources.   The Governor shall appoint the chairperson of the authority for a term of one year from among the members of the authority. A member may serve no more than two consecutive terms as chairperson nor more than two terms as chairperson in any one four-year term as a member of the authority. The authority shall elect one of its members as vice chairperson. It shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer who need not be members. The office of secretary and treasurer may be combined in one person.   The authority may make such bylaws for its government as is deemed necessary but is under no duty to do so.   Any five members of the authority shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction of business; and a majority vote of those present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be sufficient to do and perform any action permitted by this part. No vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of a quorum to transact any and all business as aforesaid.   The unexpired term of any member who ceases to serve from any cause shall be filled in the same manner that such member was originally appointed to the authority.   The members shall receive no compensation for their services, but all members shall be entitled to be reimbursed for actual expenses, including travel and any other expenses, incurred while in the performance of their duties. Employees of the authority shall receive reasonable compensation, to be determined by the members of the authority, for their services.    (Ga. L. 1968, p. 297, § 3; Ga. L. 1973, p. 319, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1683, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 105, § 15.)   Cross references.   - Legal mileage allowance, § 50-19-7.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1995, in subsection (b), "four-year" was hyphenated in the second sentence and a hyphen was removed from "vice chairperson" in the third sentence.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 8.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 70.
GA Code § 12-3-293 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 2 - North Georgia Mountains Authority|§ 12-3-293. Accountability of Members as Trustees; Maintenance of Financial Records and Books; Submitting Records, Books, and Statement of Financial Position to State Auditor

 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 the proper statement of the authority's financial position at the close of its fiscal year each year to the state auditor. The books and records shall be inspected and audited by the state auditor at least once in each year.   (Ga. L. 1968, p. 297, § 4; Ga. L. 1995, p. 105, § 16.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 242 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 26 et seq.
GA Code § 12-3-295 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 2 - North Georgia Mountains Authority|§ 12-3-295. Security Officers

 The North Georgia Mountains Authority is authorized to appoint security officers to safeguard the property of the authority and the safety of the general public. The duly appointed security officers of the authority are authorized, while on the premises over which the authority exercises dominion and control, to carry weapons, to make arrests, and to exercise such of the police power of the state as may be necessary to maintain peace and order and to enforce any and all lawful zoning, user, and personal conduct regulations.   (Ga. L. 1971, p. 315, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Security officers not required to become certified as peace officers.   - Security officers of the authority are neither required nor authorized to become certified as peace officers. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-27 (See also 1990 Op. Att'y Gen. 90-11).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 59 Am. Jur. 2d, Parks, Squares, and Playgrounds, § 12.
GA Code § 12-3-296 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 2 - North Georgia Mountains Authority|§ 12-3-296. Provision of Legal Services by Attorney General

 The Attorney General shall provide legal services for the authority, and in connection therewith Code Sections 45-15-13 through 45-15-16 shall be fully applicable.   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 319, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorney General, § 5.
GA Code § 12-3-297 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 2 - North Georgia Mountains Authority|§ 12-3-297. Lease of State Lands to Authority

 The Governor is authorized to execute for and on behalf of the state a lease of lands owned by the state, or any part or parcel thereof, to the authority for a period not to exceed 50 years.   (Ga. L. 1964, p. 369, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 297, § 6; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1683, § 4.)   Cross references.   - Revenue bonds generally, § 36-82-60 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 207, 212 et seq.
GA Code § 12-3-299 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 2 - North Georgia Mountains Authority|§ 12-3-299. Jurisdiction of Authority

 The North Georgia Mountains Authority shall exercise all of its powers and engage in the business of its projects within the territorial boundaries and jurisdiction of Banks, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White, and Whitfield counties and such other counties as may from time to time be admitted by resolution of the authority.   (Ga. L. 1968, p. 297, § 7.)
GA Code § 12-3-300 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 2 - North Georgia Mountains Authority|§ 12-3-300. Approval of Indebtedness by Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission

 Any other provision of this part to the contrary notwithstanding, the authority shall not incur any debt of any kind, whether through contract, mortgage, or otherwise, or encumber any real or personal property in any manner unless such action has been approved in advance, in writing, by the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission as defined by Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph VII of the Constitution and Article 2 of Chapter 17 of Title 50, the "Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Act."    (Code 1981, §12-3-300, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1683, § 6.)
GA Code § 12-3-310 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 3 - Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority|§ 12-3-310. Definitions

 As used in this part, the term:    "Authority" means the Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority.   "Cost of project" means the cost of construction; the cost of all lands, properties, rights, easements, and franchises acquired; the cost of all machinery and equipment; financing charges; interest prior to and during construction, and for one year after completion of construction; cost of engineering; architectural and legal expenses, cost of plans and specifications, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the project; administrative expense; and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing authorized by this part. The term also means the construction of any project, the placing of the same in operation, and the condemnation of property necessary for such construction and operation. Any obligation or expense incurred for any of the foregoing purposes shall be regarded as a part of the cost of the project and may be paid or reimbursed as such out of the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under this part for such project.   "Islands" means such islands in Lake Lanier as were held by the state under a license from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on March 9, 1962.  (3.1) "Master plan" means that document to be created under the auspices of and adopted by the authority of one of its projects and as that master plan may be amended from time to time pursuant to Code Section 12-3-314.1.    "Project" means and includes one or a combination of two or more of the following: buildings, facilities, and all structures; electric, gas, steam, water, and sewerage utilities; and improvements of every kind and character deemed by the authority necessary or convenient for its purposes.    (Ga. L. 1968, p. 1132, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 397, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 105, § 19.)
GA Code § 12-3-311 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 3 - Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority|§ 12-3-311. Creation of Authority; Delegation of Powers and Duties; Duration of Authority's Existence

  There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority, which shall be deemed an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation and by that name, style, and title such body may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts.   The authority may delegate to one or more of its members, or to its agents and employees, such powers and duties as it may deem proper.   The authority shall exist for 99 years and, upon the expiration thereof, shall exist for an additional 40 years.   The authority is assigned to the Department of Natural Resources for administrative purposes only.    (Ga. L. 1962, p. 736, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 1523; Ga. L. 2020, p. 827, § 1-1/HB 998.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective August 5, 2020, added "and, upon the expiration thereof, shall exist for an additional 40 years" at the end of subsection (c).   Cross references.   - Effect of assignment for administrative purposes, § 50-4-3.
GA Code § 12-3-312 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 3 - Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority|§ 12-3-312. Membership of Authority; Election of Officers; Bylaws; Quorum; Action by Majority Vote; Voting by Proxy; Effect of Vacancy; Reimbursement for Expenses; Compensation of Employees

  The authority shall consist of nine members as follows: the commissioner of natural resources or his or her designee and eight additional members appointed by the Governor as follows:   Five members from the state at large;   One member from Forsyth County;   One member from Hall County; and   One member from Gwinnett County.  Each member appointed by the Governor under this Code section shall serve for a term of four years, with the beginning and ending dates of terms to be specified by the Governor, and until his or her successor is appointed and has qualified.      The Governor shall appoint the chairperson of the authority for a term of one year from among the members of the authority. A member may serve no more than two consecutive terms as chairperson nor more than two terms as chairperson in any one four-year term as a member of the authority. The members of the authority shall elect one of their members as vice chairperson. They shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer who need not be members. The office of secretary and treasurer may be combined in one person.   The authority may make such bylaws for its government as is deemed necessary, but it is under no obligation to do so.   Any five members of the authority shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction of business; and a majority vote of those present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be sufficient to do and perform any action permitted to the authority by this part. However, no person shall be entitled to exercise or cast a proxy vote for any member. No vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of a quorum to transact any and all business as aforesaid.   The members shall receive no compensation for their services, but all members shall be entitled to be reimbursed for actual expenses, including travel and any other expenses, incurred while in the performance of their duties. Employees of the authority shall receive reasonable compensation, to be determined by the members of the authority, for their services.   All members of the authority shall immediately enter upon their duties without further act or formality.    (Ga. L. 1962, p. 736, § 2; Ga. L. 1964, p. 731, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 765, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 12; Ga. L. 1990, p. 872, § 4; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1692, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 105, § 20.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1995, in subsection (b), "four-year" was hyphenated in the second sentence and the hyphen was deleted from "vice chairperson" in the third sentence.
GA Code § 12-3-313 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 3 - Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority|§ 12-3-313. Accountability of Members as Trustees; Maintenance of Financial Records and Books; Submitting Records, Books, and Statement of Financial Position to State Auditor

 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 the books together with the proper statement of the authority's financial position once a year on or about December 31 to the state auditor. The books and records shall be inspected and audited by the state auditor at least once in each year.   (Ga. L. 1962, p. 736, § 3; Ga. L. 1995, p. 105, § 21.)
GA Code § 12-3-316 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 3 - Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority|§ 12-3-316. Security Force

 The authority shall have the power to contract for or to provide for and maintain a security force with respect to the facilities and property owned, leased, operated, or under the control of the authority, and within the territory thereof. The security force shall have the duty to protect persons and property, dispense unlawful or dangerous assemblages, control pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and otherwise preserve and protect the public peace, health, and safety. For these purposes, a member of such force shall be a peace officer and, as such, shall have authority equivalent to the authority of a policeman or law enforcement officer of the county in which he is discharging his duties.   (Ga. L. 1968, p. 1132, § 5.)
GA Code § 12-3-317 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 3 - Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority|§ 12-3-317. Lease Payments by Authority as Constituting Good, Valuable, and Sufficient Consideration

 It is found, determined, and declared that the consideration paid and given and to be paid and given to the State of Georgia by the authority for its leasehold, and privileges thereunder, is good and valuable and sufficient consideration therefor and that this action on the part of the authority and the state is in the interest of the public welfare of the State of Georgia and its citizens.   (Ga. L. 1962, p. 736, § 6.)
GA Code § 12-3-318 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 3 - Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority|§ 12-3-318. Purposes for Which Income, Gifts, Grants, Appropriations, Bonds, or Loans May Be Used; Consultation With Others; Projects for Lake Lanier Watershed Area

  All income, revenues, gifts, grants, appropriations, bond or loan proceeds, and rights and privileges of value of every nature accruing to the authority shall be used:   Primarily for the purpose of beautifying, improving, developing, maintaining, administering, managing, and promoting the islands in Lake Lanier; and   Secondarily for the purpose of beautifying, improving, developing, maintaining, administering, managing, and promoting any other real property which is:   Under the management and control of the department or the North Georgia Mountains Authority whether held in fee simple or under or through a contract, license, lease, or other similar agreement with an agency of the federal government; and   Adjacent to any lake or reservoir in this state that is under the management and control of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.       The authority shall accomplish the purposes provided in subsection (a) of this Code section at the lowest rates reasonable and possible for the benefit of the people of the State of Georgia for recreational purposes.   Prior to authorizing the expenditure of funds for any of the secondary purposes set forth in subsection (a) of this Code section, the authority shall consult with the Senate Economic Development Committee, the House Committee on Game, Fish, and Parks, and the Governor for the purpose of assistance in establishing the priority of needs among the real properties eligible to receive the benefit of such expenditure.   Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, with regard to revenues received by the authority from property management contracts or agreements or leases of real property by the authority, 75 percent of all such revenues shall be retained by the authority for use in projects in the Lake Lanier Watershed area.    (Ga. L. 1962, p. 736, § 5; Ga. L. 1999, p. 835, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 222, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 303, § 5/HB 117.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2003, subsection (c), as enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 222, § 1, was redesignated as subsection (d).   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2009, p. 303, § 20/HB 117, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act is intended to reflect the current internal organization of the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives and is not otherwise intended to change substantive law. In the event of a conflict with any other Act of the 2009 General Assembly, such other Act shall control over this Act."
GA Code § 12-3-319 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 3 - Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority|§ 12-3-319. Location, Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways, Streets, Roads, and Rights of Way

  The State Transportation Board, or its successors, and the Department of Transportation are authorized to make such studies and estimates in connection with the location and relocation of highways, roads, streets, and rights of way in connection with the islands, whether within or without the islands, as may be necessary to the location or relocation of any roads, streets, or highways within or without the islands. The board and the department may, at the expense of the department, locate or relocate such roads, streets, and highways so as to conform to the plan of the authority for the development and improvement of the islands.   The authority may grant rights of way and easements for highways and roads within the islands to the Department of Transportation, and the department is authorized and empowered to lay out, construct, improve, and maintain any such roads and rights of way. The cost of any such undertaking shall be deemed to be a proper and legitimate expense of the department.   The State Transportation Board, or its successors, and the Department of Transportation are empowered to acquire, in any manner now permitted by law, real property, any interest therein, or rights of way for the location and relocation of highways and roads located in proximity to the islands and are authorized and empowered to expend any funds available to such board or such department for the purpose of such locating and relocating, and for constructing, improving, and maintaining any such highways and roads. The cost of any such undertaking shall be deemed a proper and legitimate expense of such board or such department.    (Ga. L. 1969, p. 397, § 3.)
GA Code § 12-3-320 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation|Article 7 - Public Authorities|Part 3 - Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority|§ 12-3-320. Power of Authority to Survey, Subdivide, Improve, and Lease Island Property

 The authority is empowered to survey, subdivide, improve, and lease as subdivided any of the property of the islands in Lake Lanier.   (Ga. L. 1962, p. 736, § 7.)