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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 14 - ALLIANCE OF EDUCATION AGENCY HEADS (§§ 20-14-1 — 20-14-97) › Article 3 - EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY (§§ 20-14-96 — 20-14-97) › Section 20-14-97 - Appeals by public schools or systems of accrediting agency findings

(a)
In the event of a dispute between an accrediting agency and a public school or school system regarding the findings and recommendations of an assessment by the accrediting agency, the public school or school system shall have the right to appeal as follows:
(1)
The public school or school system may appeal the findings and recommendations within 70 days to an accreditation committee established by the State Board of Education for such appeal and may provide evidence in support of such appeal. The accrediting agency's findings and recommendations which are the subject of such appeal shall be suspended from public access or disclosure during the pendency of such appeal and any arbitration or subsequent appeal;
(2)
The accreditation committee shall work with the parties to seek a resolution; and
(3)
Should the parties fail to agree to a resolution, the appealing public school or school system shall have the right to submit the dispute to arbitration under the provisions of Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 9, the "Georgia Arbitration Code." The public school or school system and the accrediting agency shall be the parties to such arbitration. The accrediting agency shall be responsible for the costs of such arbitration.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an arbitrator's decision rendered pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Code section may be appealed by either party to the State Board of Education, the ruling of which shall be binding on the parties.
(c)
Failure by an accrediting agency to comply without appeal to a decision under subsection (a) of this Code section or failure to comply with a ruling under subsection (b) of this Code section shall disqualify such agency from accrediting public schools or school systems in this state. The accreditation committee shall be granted the authority by the State Board of Education to:
(1)
Create general accreditation standards applicable to all parties before it; and
(2)
Grant accreditation directly to a public school or school system appealing under the provisions of this Code section.
(d)
Failure of a public school or school system to comply with a final ruling of the State Board of Education shall cause such public school or school system to be placed on probationary accreditation status until compliance is achieved.
Added by 2023 Ga. Laws 256,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2023.
Added by 2023 Ga. Laws 252,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2023.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 15 - GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER AUTHORITY ACT (§ 20-15-1) › Section 20-15-1 - through 20-15-16 - [Reserved]

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2014, p. 175, § 1/HB 513, effective April 15, 2014.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-1 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority Act."
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-2 - Definitions; "self-liquidating" projects

(a)
As used in this chapter, the term:
(1)
"Authority" means the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority.
(2)
"Board of regents" means the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
(3)
Reserved.
(4)
"Bonds" or "revenue bonds" means any bonds issued by the authority under this chapter, including refunding bonds.
(5)
"Construction" means construction, renovation, improvement, rehabilitation, or restoration.
(6)
"Cost of the project" means the cost of construction; the cost of all lands, real properties, personal properties, fixtures, 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 in this chapter, the construction of any project, or the placing of it 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 chapter for such project.
(7)
"Project" means facilities of every kind, type, and character deemed by the authority necessary or convenient for the efficient operation of any unit.
(8)
"Unit" means any institution, school, academy, university, or experiment station at any particular location which forms a part of the university system or is under the control of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia.
(9)
"University system" means the University System of Georgia.
(b)
Any project or combination of projects shall be deemed "self-liquidating" if, in the judgment of the authority, the revenues, rents, or earnings to be derived by the authority therefrom will be sufficient to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the project and to pay the principal of and interest on revenue bonds which may be issued for the cost of such project, projects, or combination of projects.
Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 684,§ 20, eff. 5/1/2012.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 225,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2011.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-5 - Revenue bonds

(a)
Revenue bonds issued by the authority shall be paid solely from the property (including, but not limited to, real property, fixtures, personal property, revenues, or other funds) pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, assigned, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered to secure or to pay such bonds. No revenue bonds shall be issued by the authority under this chapter unless its members adopt a resolution finding that the project or combination of projects for which such bonds are to be issued will be self-liquidating.
(b)
All revenue bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, adopted by a majority vote of the full membership of the authority at a regular or special meeting.
(c)
Revenue bonds shall bear such date or dates, shall mature at such time or times (not more than 40 years from their respective dates), shall bear interest at such rate or rates (which may be fixed or may fluctuate or otherwise change from time to time), shall be subject to redemption on such terms, and shall contain such other terms, provisions, covenants, assignments, and conditions as the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds may permit or provide. The terms, provisions, covenants, assignments, and conditions contained in or provided or permitted by any resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of such revenue bonds shall bind the members of the authority then in office and their successors.
(d)
The authority shall have power from time to time and whenever it deems it expedient to refund any bonds by the issuance of new bonds, whether or not the bonds to be refunded have matured, and may issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any other purpose permitted under this chapter. The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded, with such cash adjustments as may be agreed upon, or may be sold and the proceeds applied to the purchase or redemption of the bonds to be refunded.
(e)
Any limitations with respect to interest rates or any maximum interest rate or rates found in the usury laws of this state or any other laws of this state shall not apply to revenue bonds of the authority.
(f)
The authority shall not have outstanding at any one time bonds and notes exceeding $500 million.
Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 732,§ 1, eff. 5/2/2012.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-6 - Confirmation and validation of bonds; exchangeability and transferability; certificate of validation

(a)
Bonds of the authority shall be confirmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of Article 3 of Chapter 82 of Title 36.
(b)
Bonds issued by the authority may be in such form, either coupon or fully registered, or both coupon and fully registered, and may be subject to such exchangeability and transferability provisions, as the bond resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or any indenture or trust agreement may provide.
(c)
Bonds shall bear a certificate of validation. The signature of the clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County may be made on the certificate of validation of such bonds by facsimile or by manual execution, stating the date on which such bonds were validated; and such entry shall be original evidence of the fact of judgment and shall be received as original evidence in any court in this state.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-7 - Provisions of agreements or instruments; use of bond proceeds; subsequent bond issues; issuance of bond anticipation notes

(a)
Subject to the limitations and procedures provided by this Code section and by Code Section
20-16-6
, the agreements or instruments executed by the authority may contain such provisions not inconsistent with law as shall be determined by the members of the authority.
(b)
The proceeds derived from the sale of all bonds issued by the authority shall be held and used for the ultimate purpose of paying, directly or indirectly as permitted in this chapter, all or part of the cost of any project, or for the purpose of refunding any bonds or bond anticipation notes issued in accordance with this chapter.
(c)
Issuance by the authority of one or more series of bonds or bond anticipation notes for one or more projects shall not preclude it from issuing other bonds in connection with the same project or with any other projects; but the proceeding wherein any subsequent bonds are issued shall recognize and protect any prior loan agreement, mortgage, deed to secure debt, trust deed, security agreement, or other agreement or instrument made for any prior issue of bonds, unless in the resolution authorizing such prior issue the right is expressly reserved to the authority to issue subsequent bonds on a parity with such prior issue.
(d)
The authority shall have the power and is authorized, whenever bonds of the authority shall have been validated as provided in this chapter, to issue from time to time its notes in anticipation of such bonds as validated and to renew from time to time any such notes by the issuance of new notes, whether or not the notes to be renewed have matured. The authority may issue such bond anticipation notes only to provide funds which would otherwise be provided by the issuance of the bonds as validated. Such notes may be authorized, sold, executed, and delivered in the same manner as bonds. As with its bonds, the authority may sell such notes at public sale or at private sale. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing notes of the authority or any issue thereof may contain any provisions which the authority is authorized to include in any resolution or resolutions authorizing bonds of the authority or any issue thereof; and the authority may include in any notes any terms, covenants, or conditions which the authority is authorized to include in any bonds. Validation of such bonds shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of such notes, but it shall not be required that such notes be judicially validated. Bond anticipation notes shall not be issued in an amount exceeding the par value of the bonds in anticipation of which they are to be issued.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-8 - Sale of bonds

The authority may sell its bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority. Whenever the authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall request the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission to approve the bonds and carry out other services for the authority as provided by Article 2 of Chapter 17 of Title 50.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-9 - Timing of issuance of revenue bonds

Revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this chapter. In the discretion of the authority, revenue bonds of a single issue may be issued for the purpose of paying the cost of any one or more, including a combination of, projects at any one unit or any number of units. Any resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds under this chapter shall become effective immediately upon its passage and need not be published or posted. Any such resolution may be passed at any regular or special or adjourned meeting of the authority by a majority of its full membership.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-10 - Bonds do not create a debt of the state; recitals on face of bonds

Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the property provided for in Code Section
20-16-5
; and the issuance of such revenue bonds shall not directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the state to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment; and all such bonds shall contain recitals on their face covering substantially the foregoing provisions of this Code section.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-11 - Investment in bonds by public officers and public bodies

The bonds authorized in this chapter are made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of this state and all municipalities and all political subdivisions; all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business; all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business; all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries; and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state may properly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are also made securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and public bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for any purpose for which the deposit of the bonds or other obligations of this state is authorized.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-12 - Bonds and income therefrom exempt from taxation

The creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose is in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and is a public purpose, and the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the power conferred upon it by this chapter; and this state covenants with the holders of the bonds that the authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of the property acquired or leased by it or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision or upon its activities in the operation or maintenance of the buildings erected or acquired by it or any fees, rentals, or other charges for the use of such buildings or other income received by the authority, and that the bonds of the authority, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the state.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-13 - Attorney General to provide legal services for the authority; accountability

(a)
The Attorney General shall provide legal services for the authority and in connection therewith the provisions of Code Sections
45-15-13
through
45-15-16
shall be fully applicable.
(b)
The members of the authority shall be accountable in all respects as trustees. The authority shall keep suitable books and records of all actions and transactions and shall submit such books together with a statement of the authority's financial position to an independent auditing firm selected by the authority on or about the close of the state's fiscal year for the purpose of obtaining an audit of the authority's finances.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-14 - Jurisdiction

Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this chapter shall be brought in the Superior Court of Fulton County; and any action pertaining to validation of any bonds issued under this chapter shall likewise be brought in such court, which shall have exclusive, original jurisdiction of such actions.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-15 - Funds received pursuant to this chapter to be held in trust

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds, as grants or other contributions, or as revenues, rents, and earnings, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-16 - Additional and alternative method

This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized by this chapter, shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 16 - GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES (§§ 20-16-1 — 20-16-18) › Section 20-16-17 - Liberal construction of chapter

This chapter, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 762,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 17 - INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN (§§ 20-17-1 — 20-17-2) › Section 20-17-1 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children."
Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 627,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 18 - CENTER FOR RURAL PROSPERITY AND INNOVATION (§§ 20-18-1 — 20-18-7) › Section 20-18-1 - Creation; location; director; other personnel

(a)
There is created at and in connection with the University System of Georgia, the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation to be physically located within a college or institution of the University System of Georgia which awards Bachelor of Science degrees in rural community development.
(b)
(1)
The director of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation shall be appointed by the president of the college or institution in which said center is physically located, provided that such appointment shall be subject to approval by a majority vote of the Georgia Rural Development Council. The director shall continue to serve in such position until his or her resignation or until the appointment of a new director by the president of the college or institution in which said center is physically located and such appointment is approved by a majority vote of such council.
(2)
Subject to appropriations, the director shall be authorized to employ such personnel as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Added by 2018 Ga. Laws 300,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2018.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 18 - CENTER FOR RURAL PROSPERITY AND INNOVATION (§§ 20-18-1 — 20-18-7) › Section 20-18-2 - Assumption of business and responsibilities of the Centers of Innovation Agribusiness; collaboration with other entities

(a)
The Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation shall assume the business and responsibilities of the Centers of Innovation Agribusiness administered by the Department of Economic Development.
(b)
The Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation, the Department of Economic Development, and the Georgia Department of Agriculture shall collaborate as necessary to achieve the mission provided by Code Section
20-18-4
.
Added by 2018 Ga. Laws 300,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2018.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 18 - CENTER FOR RURAL PROSPERITY AND INNOVATION (§§ 20-18-1 — 20-18-7) › Section 20-18-4 - Duty; establishment of satellite offices

(a)
It shall be the duty of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation to provide a central information and research hub for rural leadership training and best practices which may include:
(1)
Community planning models for proactively identifying value added gaps or strengths;
(2)
Industry-specific assistance; and
(3)
Cooperative efforts with nonprofit organizations, religious organizations, and other higher education partners.
(b)
The Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation may establish such satellite offices as are necessary to accomplish its mission.
Added by 2018 Ga. Laws 300,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2018.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 18 - CENTER FOR RURAL PROSPERITY AND INNOVATION (§§ 20-18-1 — 20-18-7) › Section 20-18-5 - Funds

All funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the establishment and operation of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation, together with any funds which may be appropriated by the United States Congress or apportioned to this state from the United States Department of the Treasury for purposes substantially the same as specified in this chapter, shall be paid to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and then forwarded to the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation for its work, provided that the board of regents formally presents to the Governor its acceptance of the conditions of this chapter.
Amended by 2019 Ga. Laws 321,§ 20, eff. 5/12/2019.
Added by 2018 Ga. Laws 300,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2018.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 18 - CENTER FOR RURAL PROSPERITY AND INNOVATION (§§ 20-18-1 — 20-18-7) › Section 20-18-6 - Federal appropriations

In the event that the United States Congress appropriates funds to this state for the conduct of work similar to that which is specified in this chapter, such work of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation shall conform to the requirements imposed as conditions for such federal appropriations and as may be accepted by the General Assembly in order that such scientific, engineering, and industrial research work may be aided and extended by means of such federal appropriations.
Added by 2018 Ga. Laws 300,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2018.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 20 - EDUCATION (§§ 20-1-1 — 20-18-7) › Chapter 18 - CENTER FOR RURAL PROSPERITY AND INNOVATION (§§ 20-18-1 — 20-18-7) › Section 20-18-7 - Annual reporting of ten-year strategic plan; approval of plan and submission of recommendations

(a)
The Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation shall annually prepare and submit to the General Assembly, for review by the House of Representatives' and the Senate's standing committees on agriculture and economic development, a ten-year strategic plan that outlines the use of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation's resources for the upcoming fiscal years.
(b)
Said committees may, by majority vote, approve the plan and submit recommendations to the Senate Appropriations Committee and the House Committee on Appropriations for their consideration in developing the budget.
Added by 2018 Ga. Laws 300,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2018.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 1 - CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-1-3) › Section 21-1-1 - [Reserved] Definitions and descriptions for use in designating congressional districts

Reserved by 2011SP Ga. Laws 3,§ 3, eff. 9/6/2011.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 1 - CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-1-3) › Section 21-1-2 - Designation of congressional districts

The General Assembly shall by general law divide the state into 14 congressional districts. There shall be elected one representative to the Congress of the United States from each such district by the electors of such district.
Amended by 2011SP Ga. Laws 3,§ 4, eff. 9/6/2011.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 146,§ 2, eff. 5/3/2005.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 146,§ 1, eff. 5/3/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-1 - Short title; references to Chapter 3 of Title 21 or the municipal election code

(a)
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Election Code."
(b)
References in general and local law to the "Georgia Municipal Election Code," the "Municipal Election Code," or "Chapter 3 of Title 21" shall be deemed to refer to this chapter.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-3 - Telephone hotline for electors reporting voter intimidation or illegal election activities

The Attorney General shall have the authority to establish and maintain a telephone hotline for the use of electors of this state to file complaints and allegations of voter intimidation and illegal election activities. Such hotline shall, in addition to complaints and reports from identified persons, also accept anonymous tips regarding voter intimidation and election fraud. The Attorney General shall have the authority to review each complaint or allegation of voter intimidation or illegal election activities within three business days or as expeditiously as possible and determine if such complaint or report should be investigated or prosecuted.
Added by 2021 Ga. Laws 9,§ 4, eff. 3/25/2021.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-4.1 - [Repealed] Continuation in office, dismissal, or appointment of members of constitutional or statutory boards or bodies for which membership based on residency within congressional district

Repealed by 2011SP Ga. Laws 3,§ 6, eff. 9/6/2011.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-7 - Eligibility of subversive persons for nomination or election to public office

No person who has been adjudged a "subversive person," as defined in Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 16, the "Sedition and Subversive Activities Act of 1953," shall be nominated or elected in accordance with this chapter.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-8 - Eligibility for party nomination, public office, or performance of certain official acts of persons convicted and sentenced for certain crimes; illegally holding any public funds; effect of disqualification of superintendent

No person shall be eligible for party nomination for or election to public office, nor shall he or she perform any official acts or duties as a superintendent, registrar, deputy registrar, poll officer, or party officer, as set forth in this chapter, in connection with any election or primary held under this chapter, if under the laws of this state, any other state, or the United States he or she has been convicted and sentenced, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for fraudulent violation of primary or election laws, malfeasance in office, or felony involving moral turpitude, unless such person's civil rights have been restored and at least ten years have elapsed from the date of the completion of the sentence without a subsequent conviction of another felony involving moral turpitude. Additionally, the person shall not be holding illegally any public funds. In the event of the disqualification of the superintendent as described in this Code section, the clerk of the superior court shall act in his or her stead. Notwithstanding the above, the governing authority of a municipality shall appoint an individual to serve as superintendent for municipal elections or municipal primaries in the event of the disqualification of the municipal superintendent, unless the municipality has contracted with a county government for the provision of election services, in which event the clerk of the superior court shall act in place of a disqualified superintendent.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 53,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2005.
Amended by 2001 Ga. Laws 165, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-9 - Date of election for offices

(a)
The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Labor, members of Congress, district attorneys, members of the General Assembly, and county officers not elected pursuant to Code Section
21-2-139
shall be elected in the November election next preceding the expiration of the term of office.
(b)
Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, judges of the superior courts, and county judicial officers, offices of local school boards, and nonpartisan offices elected pursuant to Code Section
21-2-139
shall be elected in the nonpartisan general election next preceding the expiration of the term of office.
(c)
All general municipal elections to fill municipal offices shall be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year. Public notice of such elections shall be published by the governing authority of the municipality in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality at least 30 days prior to the elections. In addition, the municipality shall immediately transmit a copy of such notice to the Secretary of State.
(d)
Whenever a municipal general primary or election is held in conjunction with the general primary or November general election in even-numbered years, the time specified for the closing of the registration list, the time within which candidates must qualify for the municipal primary or election, and the time specified for the holding of any runoff necessary shall be the same as specified for general elections.
Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 719,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 718,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2008.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 53,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-10 - Election of presidential electors

At the November election to be held in the year 1964 and every fourth year thereafter, there shall be elected by the electors of this state persons to be known as electors of President and Vice President of the United States and referred to in this chapter as presidential electors, equal in number to the whole number of senators and representatives to which this state may be entitled in the Congress of the United States.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-11 - Performance of duties by presidential electors

The presidential electors chosen pursuant to Code Section
21-2-10
shall assemble at the seat of government of this state at 12:00 Noon of the day which is, or may be, directed by the Congress of the United States and shall then and there perform the duties required of them by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-12 - Procedure for filling presidential elector vacancies

If any such presidential elector shall die, or for any cause fail to attend at the seat of government at the time appointed by law, the presidential electors present shall proceed to choose by voice vote a person of the same political party or body, if any, as such deceased or absent presidential elector, to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby; and immediately after such choice the name of the person so chosen shall be transmitted by the presiding officer of the college to the Governor, who shall immediately cause notice of his or her election in writing to be given to such person. The person so elected, and not the person in whose place he or she shall have been chosen, shall be a presidential elector and shall, with the other presidential electors, perform the duties required of them by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-13 - Compensation of presidential electors; payment of expenses of electoral college

Each presidential elector shall receive from the state treasury the sum of $50.00 for every day spent in traveling to, remaining at, and returning from the place of meeting and shall be entitled to mileage at the rate of 10¢ per mile to and from his or her home. The reasonable expenses of the electoral college shall likewise be paid by the state treasurer, in both cases upon warrants drawn by the presiding officer of the college.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-14 - Computation of time as to exercise of privilege or discharge of duty under chapter

Unless otherwise stated in a specific Code section of this chapter, time periods under this chapter include Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. When the last day for the exercise of any privilege or the discharge of any duty prescribed or required by this chapter shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the next succeeding business day shall be the last day for the exercise of such privilege or the discharge of such duty.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-15 - Applicability of chapter

This chapter shall apply to any general or special election in this state to fill any federal, state, county, or municipal office, to any general or special primary to nominate candidates for any such office, and to any federal, state, county, or municipal election or primary for any other purpose whatsoever, unless otherwise provided.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-16 - Construction of chapter

The provisions of this chapter, so far as they are the same as those of existing laws, are intended as a continuation of such laws and not as new enactments. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, this chapter shall repeal any conflicting provision or provisions of any municipal act in conflict with this chapter. The repeal by this chapter of any Act of the General Assembly or any municipal corporation, or part thereof, shall not revive any Act, or part thereof, heretofore repealed or superseded. This chapter shall not affect any act done, liability or penalty incurred, right accrued or vested, or nomination made prior to the taking effect of this chapter; nor shall they affect any action or prosecution then pending or to be instituted, to enforce any right or penalty then accrued or to punish any offense theretofore committed.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-17 - Designation of candidate's chief deputy clerk in elections for clerk of state court of certain counties

(a)
This Code section shall apply only to counties with a population of 425,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future such census.
(b)
When a candidate for election to clerk of the state court of a county is required by law at any time before election to name the person whom such candidate will appoint as chief deputy if elected to office, the ballot for office shall include, below the name of the candidate, the name of each candidate's designated chief deputy, labeled as such.
(c)
This Code section shall not be construed to require any action to fill a vacancy in the position of chief deputy of clerk of the state court of a county.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-18 - Payment for costs of elections; no solicitation of additional funding

(a)
As used in this Code section, the term:
(1)
"Government employee" means any individual, committee, entity, or group acting in concert who are employed by a county or municipal government. Such term shall include, but not be limited to, election superintendents, registrars, poll workers, and the agents and employees thereof.
(2)
"Person" means any individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, labor union, business trust, company, association, committee, corporation, whether operated for profit or not, or any other organization of a group of persons acting in concert, or any other nongovernmental third-party entity.
(b)
All costs and expenses related to conducting primaries, elections, runoffs, or other undertakings authorized or required by this chapter shall be paid from lawfully appropriated public funds.
(c)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no county or municipal government, government employee, or election official shall solicit, take, or otherwise accept from any person a contribution, donation, service, or anything else of value for the purpose of conducting primaries or elections or in support of performing his or her duties under this chapter.
(d)
This Code section shall not apply to the donation or use of locations for voting purposes, services provided by individuals without remuneration, or goods that have nominal value of less than $500.00.
(e)
Violation of this Code section shall constitute a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year and by a fine of not less than $10,000.00.
Added by 2023 Ga. Laws 273,§ 2, eff. 5/3/2023.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-19) › Section 21-2-19 - [Unlawful transaction of business]

(a)
As used in this Code section, the term:
(1)
"Business" means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, trust, or other legal entity.
(2)
"Family" means spouse and dependents.
(3)
"Full-time" means 30 hours of work for the state per week for more than 26 weeks per calendar year.
(4)
"Part-time" means any amount of work other than full-time work.
(5)
"Substantial interest" means the direct or indirect ownership of more than 5 percent of the assets or stock of any business.
(6)
"Transact business" or "transact any business" means to sell or lease any personal property, real property, or services on behalf of oneself or on behalf of any third party as an agent, broker, dealer, or representative and to purchase surplus real or personal property on behalf of oneself or on behalf of any third party as an agent, broker, dealer, or representative.
(b)
In addition to and notwithstanding any contrary provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 45, it shall be unlawful for any member of the State Board of Elections, the Secretary of State, a county or municipal superintendent or registrar, or any full-time, part-time, or contractual employee of such officer or official, for himself or herself or on behalf of any business, or for any business in which such officer, official, or employee or member of his or her family has a substantial interest to transact any business with a business that has contracted with the state, or any county or municipal government, to provide goods or services related to voting equipment or any other equipment related to the tabulation, auditing, processing, or scanning of ballots.
Added by 2024 Ga. Laws 697,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 2 - SUPERVISORY BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 21-2-30 — 21-2-108) › Part 1 - STATE ELECTION BOARD, COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AND COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION (§§ 21-2-30 — 21-2-45.1) › Subpart 1 - STATE ELECTION BOARD (§§ 21-2-30 — 21-2-36) › Section 21-2-33 - Hearings before board

The State Election Board may examine under oath any person concerning any matter connected with or bearing on the proper discharge of its duties; and any member of the board may administer such oath. The board shall have full power to subpoena persons and papers and to compel the witnesses to answer under oath touching any questions which may properly come before the board and to take, through its agent, the depositions of witnesses. The board, in investigating the administration of primary and election laws within a county or any frauds or irregularities in primaries and elections held therein, shall conduct each hearing concerning same at a place within such county. No witness shall be compelled to attend if he or she should reside more than 100 miles from the place of hearing by the nearest practical route; provided, however, that the board may compel the taking of his or her testimony by deposition in the county of the residence of the witness. The sheriff of any county, or his or her deputy, or agent of the board shall serve all processes issued by the board; or the same may be served by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery; and the production of an appropriate return receipt issued by the post office or commercial delivery firm shall constitute prima-facie evidence of such service. In case of the refusal of any person subpoenaed to attend or testify, such facts shall be reported forthwith by the board to the appropriate superior court, or to a judge thereof, and such court or judge shall order such witness to attend and testify. On failure or refusal to obey such order, such witness shall be dealt with as for contempt. Any witness so subpoenaed, and after attending, shall be allowed and paid the same mileage and fee as now allowed and paid witnesses in civil actions in the superior court.
Amended by 2001 Ga. Laws 3, § 1, eff. 2/12/2001.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 2 - SUPERVISORY BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 21-2-30 — 21-2-108) › Part 1 - STATE ELECTION BOARD, COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AND COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION (§§ 21-2-30 — 21-2-45.1) › Subpart 1 - STATE ELECTION BOARD (§§ 21-2-30 — 21-2-36) › Section 21-2-34 - Compensation and expenses of members

Each member of the State Election Board shall receive a per diem in an amount equal to the per diem received by members of the General Assembly for each day or portion thereof spent in serving as members of the State Election Board. Each member of the State Election Board shall be paid his or her necessary traveling expenses while engaged in the business of the State Election Board.