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GA Code § 36-69-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69 - Mutual Aid|§ 36-69-5. Responsibility for Expenses and Compensation of Employees

 Unless otherwise provided by contract, the political subdivision or institution within the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia which furnishes any equipment pursuant to this chapter shall bear the loss or damage to such equipment and shall pay any expense incurred in the operation and maintenance thereof.Unless otherwise provided by contract, the political subdivision or institution within the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia furnishing aid pursuant to this chapter shall compensate its employees during the time of rendering of such aid and shall defray the actual travel and maintenance expenses of such employees while they are rendering such aid. Such compensation shall include any amounts paid or due for compensation due to personal injury or death while such employees are engaged in rendering such aid.    (Code 1981, §36-69-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 887, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1959, § 4; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, inserted "or the Technical College System of Georgia" after "University System of Georgia" throughout this Code section.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407, which amended this Code section, purported to amend Code Section 36-36-5 but actually amended Code Section 36-69-5.
GA Code § 36-69-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69 - Mutual Aid|§ 36-69-6. Applicability of Privileges, Immunities, Exemptions, and Benefits

 All of the privileges and immunities from liability; exemption from laws, ordinances, and rules; and all pension, insurance, relief, disability, workers' compensation, salary, death, and other benefits which apply to the activity of such officers, agents, or employees of any such political subdivision or institution within the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia when performing their respective functions within the territorial limits of their respective political subdivisions or campuses shall apply to such officers, agents, or employees to the same degree, manner, and extent while engaged in the performance of any of their functions and duties extraterritorially under the provisions of this chapter relating to mutual aid.The provisions of this Code section shall apply with equal effect to paid, volunteer, and auxiliary employees.    (Code 1981, §36-69-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 887, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1959, § 5; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, inserted "or the Technical College System of Georgia" after "University System of Georgia" in the first sentence of this Code section.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407, which amended this Code section, purported to amend Code Section 36-36-6 but actually amended Code Section 36-69-6.
GA Code § 36-69-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69 - Mutual Aid|§ 36-69-7. Liability for Acts or Omissions of Responding Agency Employees

 Neither a public safety agency which requests assistance pursuant to Code Section 36-69-3 nor the political subdivision or institution of the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia in which the public safety agency is located shall be liable for any acts or omissions of employees of a responding public safety agency rendering assistance extraterritorially under the provisions of this chapter.    (Code 1981, §36-69-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 887, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1959, § 6; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, inserted "or the Technical College System of Georgia" after "University System of Georgia" in this Code section.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407, which amended this Code section, purported to amend Code Section 36-36-7 but actually amended Code Section 36-69-7.
GA Code § 36-69-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69 - Mutual Aid|§ 36-69-8. Construction of Chapter

  The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as creating a duty on the part of any public safety agency of a local political subdivision or institution within the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia to respond to a request from any public safety agency of another local political subdivision or institution of the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia as authorized in Code Section 36-69-3.   Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (e) of Code Section 36-69-3, the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as creating a duty on the part of a public safety agency rendering assistance extraterritorially to stay at the scene of a local emergency for any length of time. Such responding public safety agency may depart the scene of a local emergency at any time at the discretion of the officer in command of the public safety agency rendering assistance extraterritorially at the scene of the local emergency.     (Code 1981, §36-69-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 887, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1959, § 7; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, inserted "or the Technical College System of Georgia" after "University System of Georgia" in subsection (a).   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407, which amended this Code section, purported to amend Code Section 36-36-8 but actually amended Code Section 36-69-8.
GA Code § 36-69-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69 - Mutual Aid|§ 36-69-9. Cumulative Authority of Chapter

  The authority of this chapter shall be cumulative to and in addition to mutual aid resource pacts authorized under Chapter 6 of Title 25 or contracts between political subdivisions for the provision of services authorized under Section II of Article IX of the Constitution.   The authority of this chapter shall be cumulative to and in addition to any rights, powers, or authority exercised by the sheriffs of this state as of July 1, 1988.     (Code 1981, §36-69-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 887, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-69-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69 - Mutual Aid|§ 36-69-10. Emergencies to Which Chapter Not Applicable

 The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any emergency in which the chief executive of a political subdivision assigns or makes available for duty the employees, property, or equipment of the subdivision relating to fire fighting, engineering, rescue, health, medical and related services, and to police, transportation, construction, and similar items or services for emergency management purposes outside of the physical limits of the subdivision as provided in Code Section 38-3-27.    (Code 1981, §36-69-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 887, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-69A-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69A - Interlocal Cooperation|§ 36-69A-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Interlocal Cooperation Act."    (Code 1981, §36-69A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 686, § 1/HB 570.)
GA Code § 36-69A-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69A - Interlocal Cooperation|§ 36-69A-2. Purpose

 It is the purpose of this chapter to permit counties and municipalities in this state the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with localities in other states on a basis of mutual advantage and provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population, and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities.    (Code 1981, §36-69A-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 686, § 1/HB 570.)
GA Code § 36-69A-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69A - Interlocal Cooperation|§ 36-69A-3. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Public agency" means:   Any political subdivision of this state other than a county school district or independent school district;   Any volunteer fire department;   Any volunteer rescue squad;   Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and   Any political subdivision of another state.     "State" means a state of the United States.     (Code 1981, §36-69A-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 686, § 1/HB 570.)
GA Code § 36-69A-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69A - Interlocal Cooperation|§ 36-69A-5. Preservation of Sovereign Immunity

 An agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter between or among one or more counties or municipalities of this state and one or more public agencies of another state or of the United States shall not constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity. All of the privileges and immunities from liability; exemption from laws, ordinances, and rules; and all pension, insurance, relief, disability, workers' compensation, salary, death, and other benefits which apply to the activity of such officers, agents, or employees of any such political subdivision or institution within the University System of Georgia when performing their respective functions within the territorial limits of their respective political subdivisions or campuses shall apply to such officers, agents, or employees to the same degree, manner, and extent while engaged in the performance of any of their functions and duties extraterritorially under the provisions of this chapter relating to mutual aid. The provisions of this Code section shall apply with equal effect to paid, volunteer, and auxiliary employees. In any case or controversy involving performance or interpretation thereof or liability thereunder, no action may be brought except in the state or superior court of the county in this state which executed the agreement or the county in this state in which a city in this state is located which executed the agreement.    (Code 1981, §36-69A-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 686, § 1/HB 570.)   Law reviews.   - For comment, "Keeping the Arms in Touch: Taking Political Accountability Seriously in the Eleventh Amendment Arm of the State Doctrine," see 64 Emory L.J. 819 (2015).
GA Code § 36-69A-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69A - Interlocal Cooperation|§ 36-69A-6. Submission of Agreements to and Approval by Officers or Agencies With Applicable Powers of Control

 In the event that an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the state officer or agency having such power of control and shall be approved or disapproved by such state officer or agency as to all matters within such officer's or agency's jurisdiction.    (Code 1981, §36-69A-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 686, § 1/HB 570.)
GA Code § 36-69A-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69A - Interlocal Cooperation|§ 36-69A-7. Powers of Counties or Municipalities in Carrying Out Agreements

 Any county or municipality entering into an agreement pursuant to this chapter may appropriate funds and may sell, lease, give, or otherwise supply the administrative joint board or other legal or administrative entity created to operate the joint or cooperative undertaking by providing such personnel or services therefor as may be within its legal power to furnish.    (Code 1981, §36-69A-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 686, § 1/HB 570.)
GA Code § 36-69A-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69A - Interlocal Cooperation|§ 36-69A-8. Contracts With Agencies of Other States for the Performance of Governmental Services, Activities, or Undertakings

 Any one or more counties or municipalities in this state may contract with any one or more public agencies of another state to perform any governmental service, activity, or undertaking which each public agency entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform; provided, however, that such contract shall be authorized by the governing body of each party to the contract. Such contract shall set forth fully the purposes, powers, rights, objectives, and responsibilities of the contracting parties.    (Code 1981, §36-69A-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 686, § 1/HB 570.)
GA Code § 36-69A-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 69A - Interlocal Cooperation|§ 36-69A-9. Cumulative Authority

 The authority of this chapter shall be cumulative to and in addition to any rights, powers, or authority otherwise authorized under the Constitution or general laws of this state.    (Code 1981, §36-69A-9, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 686, § 1/HB 570.)
GA Code § 36-71-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 71 - Development Impact Fees|§ 36-71-3. Imposition of Development Impact Fees

  Municipalities and counties which have adopted a comprehensive plan containing a capital improvements element are authorized to impose by ordinance development impact fees as a condition of development approval on all development pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. After the transition period provided in this chapter, development exactions for other than project improvements shall be imposed by municipalities and counties only by way of development impact fees imposed pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, that portion of a project for which a valid building permit has been issued prior to the effective date of a municipal or county development impact fee ordinance shall not be subject to development impact fees so long as the building permit remains valid and construction is commenced and is pursued according to the terms of the permit.   Payment of a development impact fee shall be deemed to be in compliance with any municipal or county requirement for the provision of adequate public facilities or services in regard to the system improvements for which the development impact fee was paid.     (Code 1981, §36-71-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 692, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-71-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 71 - Development Impact Fees|§ 36-71-5. Development Impact Fee Advisory Committee

  Prior to the adoption of a development impact fee ordinance, a municipality or county adopting an impact fee program shall establish a Development Impact Fee Advisory Committee.   Such committee shall be composed of not less than five nor more than ten members appointed by the governing authority of the municipality or county and at least 50 percent of the membership shall be representatives from the development, building, or real estate industries. An existing planning commission or other existing committee that meets these requirements may serve as the Development Impact Fee Advisory Committee.   The Development Impact Fee Advisory Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to assist and advise the governing body of the municipality or county with regard to the adoption of a development impact fee ordinance. In that the committee is advisory, no action of the committee shall be considered a necessary prerequisite for municipal or county action in regard to adoption of an ordinance.     (Code 1981, §36-71-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 692, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 72, § 36/SB 465; Ga. L. 2007, p. 414, § 3/HB 232.)
GA Code § 36-71-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 71 - Development Impact Fees|§ 36-71-6. Hearings on Proposed Fee Ordinance

 Prior to the adoption of an ordinance imposing a development impact fee pursuant to this chapter, the governing body of a municipality or county shall cause two duly noticed public hearings to be held in regard to the proposed ordinance.The second hearing shall be held at least two weeks after the first hearing.    (Code 1981, §36-71-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 692, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-71-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 71 - Development Impact Fees|§ 36-71-7. Credit for Present Value of Construction Accepted by Municipality or County From Developer

  In the calculation of development impact fees for a particular project, credit shall be given for the present value of any construction of improvements or contribution or dedication of land or money required or accepted by a municipality or county from a developer or his predecessor in title or interest for system improvements of the category for which the development impact fee is being collected.Credits shall not be given for project improvements.   In the event that a developer enters into an agreement with a county or municipality to construct, fund, or contribute system improvements such that the amount of the credit created by such construction, funding, or contribution is in excess of the development impact fees which would otherwise have been paid for the development project, the developer shall be reimbursed for such excess construction, funding, or contribution from development impact fees paid by other development located in the service area which is benefited by such improvements.     (Code 1981, §36-71-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 692, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For annual survey of local government law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 267 (2006).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Impact fee credits.    - Because O.C.G.A. § 36-71-13(b) permitted an owner and a city to enter into a private development agreement and the agreement unambiguously provided for reimbursement in the form of impact fee credits under O.C.G.A. § 36-71-7(b) and not cash, the trial court properly granted partial summary judgment to the city. Fulton Greens, L.P. v. City of Alpharetta, 272 Ga. App. 459, 612 S.E.2d 491 (2005).
GA Code § 36-71-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 71 - Development Impact Fees|§ 36-71-9. Refunds

 Any municipality or county which adopts a development impact fee ordinance shall provide for refunds in accordance with the following provisions:    Upon the request of an owner of property on which a development impact fee has been paid, a municipality or county shall refund the development impact fee if capacity is available and service is denied or if the municipality or county, after collecting the fee when service is not available, has failed to encumber the development impact fee or commence construction within six years after the date that the fee was collected. In determining whether development impact fees have been encumbered, development impact fees shall be considered encumbered on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis;   When the right to a refund exists due to a failure to encumber development impact fees, the municipality or county shall provide written notice of entitlement to a refund to the feepayor who paid the development impact fee at the address shown on the application for development approval or to a successor in interest who has given notice to the municipality or county of a transfer or assignment of the right or entitlement to a refund and who has provided a mailing address.Such notice shall also be published within 30 days after the expiration of the six-year period after the date that the development impact fees were collected and shall contain the heading "Notice of Entitlement to Development Impact Fee Refund";   An application for a refund shall be made within one year of the time such refund becomes payable under paragraph (1) or (2) of this Code section or within one year of publication of the notice of entitlement to a refund under this Code section, whichever is later;   A refund shall include a refund of a pro rata share of interest actually earned on the unused or excess development impact fee collected;   All refunds shall be made to the feepayor within 60 days after it is determined by a municipality or county that a sufficient proof of claim for a refund has been made; and   The feepayor shall have standing to sue for a refund under the provisions of this chapter if there has been a timely application for a refund and the refund has been denied or has not been made within one year of submission of the application for refund to the collecting municipality or county.     (Code 1981, §36-71-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 692, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-71-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 71 - Development Impact Fees|§ 36-71-10. Appeal of Fee Determination; Arbitration

  A municipality or county which adopts a development impact fee ordinance shall provide for administrative appeals to the governing body or such other body as designated in the ordinance of a determination of the development impact fees for a particular project.   A developer may pay a development impact fee under protest in order to obtain a development approval or building permit, as the case may be.A developer making such payment shall not be estopped from exercising the right of appeal provided by this chapter, nor shall such developer be estopped from receiving a refund of any amount deemed to have been illegally collected.   A municipality or county development impact fee ordinance may provide for the resolution of disputes over the development impact fee by binding arbitration through the American Arbitration Association or otherwise.     (Code 1981, §36-71-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 692, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-71-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 71 - Development Impact Fees|§ 36-71-11. Intergovernmental Agreements

 Municipalities and counties which are jointly affected by development are authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements with each other, with authorities, or with the state for the purpose of developing joint plans for capital improvements or for the purpose of agreeing to collect and expend development impact fees for system improvements, or both, provided that such agreement complies with any applicable state laws.    (Code 1981, §36-71-11, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 692, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For survey article on real property law for the period from June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 397 (2003).
GA Code § 36-71-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 71 - Development Impact Fees|§ 36-71-12. Existing Municipal and County Laws to Be Brought Into Conformance With Chapter

 This chapter shall not repeal any existing laws authorizing a municipality or county to impose fees or require contributions or property dedications for capital improvements; provided, however, that all local ordinances or resolutions imposing development exactions for system improvements on April 4, 1990, shall be brought into conformance with this chapter no later than November 30, 1992.    (Code 1981, §36-71-12, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 692, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 905, § 2.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1990, "April 4, 1990," was substituted for "the effective date of this chapter".