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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 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

(a)
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:
(1)
Primarily for the purpose of beautifying, improving, developing, maintaining, administering, managing, and promoting the islands in Lake Lanier; and
(2)
Secondarily for the purpose of beautifying, improving, developing, maintaining, administering, managing, and promoting any other real property which is:
(A)
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
(B)
Adjacent to any lake or reservoir in this state that is under the management and control of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
(d)
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.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 74,§ 5, eff. 4/30/2009.
Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws 34, § 1, eff. 7/1/2003.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-319 - Location, construction, improvement, and maintenance of highways, streets, roads, and rights of way

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-321 - Restrictions under lease; restrictions on subleasing

The leasing of the property shall be for not more than 50 years under stringent restrictive limitations as to use, the style and character of the structures allowable thereon, and such other limitations as the authority may deem wise; and all such restrictions shall be incorporated in the leases as covenants providing for forfeiture upon breach. No sublease by any tenant of the authority shall be legal without the approval of the authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-322 - Leasing of property by competitive bidding

Only after notice is published once a week for four weeks in the official organs of all the counties bordering Lake Lanier and in the official organ of Fulton County, the property described in this part shall be leased as deemed appropriate by the authority at public auction or by sealed competitive bids. The authority shall have the privilege of setting minimum prices below which no bid for lease shall be accepted. When in the opinion of the authority the public welfare demands it, the authority may conclude any authorized lease by private negotiation after first giving notice to the Attorney General of the particulars.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-323 - Revenue bonds - Power of authority to issue bonds; payment of principal and interest; dating of bonds; determination of maturity dates, interest rates, and medium of payments; redemption before maturity

The authority, or any authority or body which has succeeded or which may in the future succeed to the powers, duties, and liabilities vested in the authority, shall have power and is authorized at one time, or from time to time, to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost, as defined in this part, of any one project or a combination of projects. The principal and interest of such revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund provided in Code Section
12-3-334
for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated and shall mature at such times and bear interest at such rates as may be determined by the authority, payable in such medium of payment as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the authority, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-324 - Revenue bonds - Form of bonds; interest coupons; denominations; place of payment; issuance in coupon or registered form; registration of coupon bonds

The authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest thereof, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. The bonds may be issued in coupon or registered form, or both, as the authority may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bond as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-325 - Revenue bonds - Signatures; seal

In case any officer whose signature appears on any bonds or whose facsimile signature appears on any coupon ceases to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. All such bonds shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the authority, and the official seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto and attested by the secretary or assistant secretary of the authority; and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the signature or facsimile signature of the chairman or vice-chairman of the authority. Any coupon may bear the facsimile signature of such person, and any bond may be signed, sealed, and attested on behalf of the authority by such persons as at the actual time of the execution of such bonds shall be duly authorized or hold the proper office, although at the date of such bonds such persons may not have been so authorized or shall not have held such office.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-326 - Revenue bonds - Status as negotiable instruments; tax exemption for bonds and income therefrom

All revenue bonds issued under this part shall have and are declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments. Such bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the state.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-327 - Revenue bonds - Manner of sale; determination of price; use and manner of disbursement of proceeds

(a)
The authority may sell bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority.
(b)
The proceeds of bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of project and shall be disbursed upon requisition or order of the chairman or vice-chairman of the authority under such restrictions, if any, as provided by the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or by the trust indenture mentioned in Code Section
12-3-332
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-328 - Revenue bonds - Issuance of interim receipts, interim certificates, and temporary bonds

Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts, interim certificates, or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of the latter.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-329 - Revenue bonds - Replacement of mutilated, destroyed, or lost bonds

The authority may provide for the replacement of any bond which becomes mutilated or is destroyed or lost.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-330 - Revenue bonds - Bonds; application of bonds of a single issue as payment for one or more projects; immediate effectiveness of resolutions providing for issuance of bonds; time and manner of passage of resolutions

Revenue bonds may be issued without the conducting of any proceedings, the existence of any conditions, or the happening of any events other than those proceedings, conditions, and events which are specified or required by this part. 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 institution or any number of institutions. Any resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds under this part shall become effective immediately upon its passage and need not be published or posted. Any such resolution may be passed at any regular, special, or adjourned meeting of the authority by a majority of its members.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-331 - Revenue bonds - Status as constituting debt or pledge of faith or credit of state; effect of issuance on obligation of state to tax or make appropriations; recitals on face of bonds

Revenue bonds issued under this part shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the State of Georgia or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state. Such bonds shall be payable solely from the fund provided for in Code Section
12-3-334
, 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. All such bonds shall contain recitals on their faces covering substantially the foregoing provisions of this Code section. Anything in this Code section to the contrary notwithstanding, such funds as may be received from state appropriations or from any other source are declared to be available and may be used by any department, board, commission, or agency of the State of Georgia for the performance of any lease contract entered into by such department, board, commission, or agency.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-332 - Revenue bonds - Securing by trust indenture

(a)
In the discretion of the authority, any issue of revenue bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state. Such trust indenture may pledge or assign rents, revenues, and earnings to be received by the authority.
(b)
Either the resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds or the trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the acquisition of property, the construction of the project, the maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the project, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys. The resolution or indenture may also provide that any project shall be constructed and paid for under the supervision and approval of consulting engineers or architects employed or designated by the authority and satisfactory to the original purchasers of the bonds issued therefor. The resolution or indenture may also require that the security given by contractors and by any depository of the proceeds of the bonds or revenues or other moneys be satisfactory to such purchasers and may also contain provisions concerning the conditions, if any, upon which additional revenue bonds may be issued.
(c)
The indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee and may restrict the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of corporations. In addition to the foregoing provisions of this Code section, the trust indenture may contain such other provisions as the authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders.
(d)
It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state to act as such depository and to furnish such indemnifying bonds or pledge such securities as may be required by the authority.
(e)
All expenses incurred in carrying out the trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repair of the project and of the cost of project affected by such indenture.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-333 - Revenue bonds - Designation of recipient of bond proceeds

The authority shall, in the resolution providing for issuance of revenue bonds or in the trust indenture, provide for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds to any officer or person who, or any agency, bank, or trust company which, shall act as trustee of such funds and shall hold and apply the same to the purposes expressed in this part, subject to such regulations as this part and such resolution or trust indenture may provide.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-334 - Revenue bonds - Establishment of sinking fund for payment of principal, interest, and other costs

(a)
The revenues, rents, and earnings derived from any particular project or combined project; any and all funds from any source received by any department, board, commission, or agency of the State of Georgia, and pledged and allocated by it to the authority as security for the performance of any lease or leases; or, unless otherwise pledged and allocated, any and all revenues, rents, and earnings received by the authority, regardless of whether or not such rents, earnings, and revenues were produced by a particular project for which bonds have been issued, may be pledged and allocated by the authority to the payment of the principal and interest on revenue bonds of the authority as the trust indenture or the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide.
(b)
Such funds so pledged from whatever source received, which pledge may include funds received from one or more or all sources, shall be set aside at regular intervals, as may be provided in the resolution or trust indenture, into a sinking fund which shall be pledged to and charged with the payment of:
(1)
The interest upon such revenue bonds as such interest shall fall due;
(2)
The principal of the bonds as the same shall fall due;
(3)
The necessary charges of paying agents for paying principal and interest; and
(4)
Any premium upon bonds retired by call or purchase.
(c)
The use and disposition of such sinking fund shall be subject to such regulations as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the revenue bonds or in the trust indenture, but, except as may otherwise be provided in such resolution or trust indenture, such sinking fund shall be a fund for the benefit of all revenue bonds without distinction or priority of one over another.
(d)
Subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, or subject to the trust indenture, surplus moneys in the sinking fund may be applied to the purchasing or redemption of bonds, and any such bonds so purchased or redeemed shall forthwith be canceled and shall not again be issued.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-335 - Revenue bonds - Remedies of bondholders, coupon holders, and trustees

Except to the extent the rights given in this Code section may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of bonds or by a trust indenture, any holder of revenue bonds or interest coupons issued under this part, any receiver for such holders, or any indenture trustee, if any, may either at law or in equity, by action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the State of Georgia or granted by this part or under such resolution or trust indenture. Such holder, receiver, or trustee may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this part, or by resolution or trust indenture, to be performed by the authority or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of revenues, rents, and other charges for the use of the project or projects. In the event of default of the authority upon the principal and interest obligations of any revenue bond issue, such holder, receiver, or trustee shall be subrogated to each and every right, specifically including the contract rights of collecting rental, which the authority may possess against the state or any department, agency, or institution of the state and, in the pursuit of his or its remedies as subrogee, may proceed either at law or in equity, by action, mandamus, or other proceedings, to collect any sums by such proceedings due and owing to the authority and pledged or partially pledged directly or indirectly to the benefit of the revenue bond issue of which such holder, receiver, or trustee is representative. No holder, receiver, or trustee shall have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the state to pay any such bond or the interest thereon, or to enforce the payment thereof against any property of the state, nor shall any such bond constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon the property of the state.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-336 - Revenue bonds - Revenue refunding bonds

The authority is authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds issued under this part and then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon. The issuance of such revenue refunding bonds, the maturities, and all other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the duties of the authority in respect to the same shall be governed by the foregoing provisions of this part insofar as the same may be applicable.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-337 - Revenue bonds - Protection of bondholders; part as constituting a contract with bondholders

While any of the bonds issued by the authority remain outstanding, the powers, duties, or existence of the authority, or of its officers, employees, or agents, or of any department, board, commission, or agency of the state, shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will affect adversely the interests and rights of the holders of such bonds, and no other entity, department, division, agency, or authority will be created which will compete with the authority to such an extent as to affect adversely the interests and rights of the holders of such bonds, nor will the state itself so compete with the authority. This part shall be for the benefit of the state, the authority, and the holders of any such bonds and, upon the issuance of bonds under this part, shall constitute a contract with the holders of such bonds.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-338 - Revenue bonds - Validation

Bonds of the authority shall be confirmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of Article 3 of Chapter 82 of Title 36. The petition for validation shall also make party defendant to such action any authority, division, subdivision, instrumentality, or agency of the State of Georgia which, or any person who, has contracted with the Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority for the use of any building, structure, or facilities for which bonds have been issued and sought to be validated. Such authority, division, subdivision, instrumentality, agency, or person shall be required to show cause, if any, why such contract or contracts and the terms and conditions thereof should not be inquired into by the court, the validity of the terms thereof determined, and the contract adjudicated as security for the payment of any such bonds of the authority. The bonds when validated and the judgment of validation shall be final and conclusive with respect to such bonds and against the authority issuing the same and against any authority, division, subdivision, instrumentality, department, agency, or person contracting with the authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-339 - Authority property, activities, income, and bonds exempt from taxation and assessment

It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes are in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and constitute a public purpose and that the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the power conferred upon it by this part. 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 upon any fees, rentals, or other charges for the use of such buildings, or upon other income received by the authority. Further, this state covenants that the bonds of the authority, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the state. The exemption provided in this Code section shall include an exemption from state and local sales and use tax on property purchased by the authority for use exclusively by the authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-340 - Conflicts of interest; applicability of other laws regulating conduct; contracts voidable by authority

(a)
Every member of the authority and every employee of the authority who knowingly has any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract to which the authority is or is about to become a party, or in any other business of the authority, or in any firm or corporation doing business with the authority, shall make full disclosure of such interest to the authority. Failure to disclose such an interest shall constitute cause for which an authority member may be removed or an employee discharged or otherwise disciplined at the discretion of the authority.
(b)
Provisions of Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 16, Code Sections
16-10-21
,
16-10-22
, and Code Sections
16-10-92
and
16-10-93
, regulating the conduct of officers, employees, and agents of political subdivisions, municipal and other public corporations, and other public organizations, shall be applicable to the conduct of members, officers, employees, and agents of the authority.
(c)
Any contract or transaction of the authority involving a conflict of interest not disclosed under subsection (a) of this Code section, or involving a violation of Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 16, Code Sections
16-10-21
,
16-10-22
, and Code Sections
16-10-92
and
16-10-93
, or involving a violation of any other provision of law regulating conflicts of interest which is applicable to the authority or its members, officers, or employees shall be voidable by the authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 3 - LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (§§ 12-3-310 — 12-3-341) › Section 12-3-341 - Venue and jurisdiction of actions under part

Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this part shall be brought in the Superior Court of Hall County, Georgia, and any action pertaining to validation of any bonds issued under this part shall likewise be brought in such court, which shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of such actions.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 4 - RESERVED (§ 12-3-360) › Section 12-3-360 - through 12-3-378 - [Reserved]

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1015, § 3/SB 344, effective May 14, 2008.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-400 - Short title

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Oconee River Greenway Authority Act."
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-401 - Definitions

As used in this part, the term:
(1)
"Authority" means the Oconee River Greenway Authority.
(2)
"Cost of the 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; the cost of engineering, architectural, and legal expenses and of plans and specifications and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the project; administrative expenses; and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing authorized in this part, the construction of any project, and the placing of the same in 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 such bonds or obligations as may be issued by any authority, department, commission, or agency of the State of Georgia.
(3)
"Geographic jurisdiction of the authority" means Baldwin County and, subject to approval and upon such terms as agreed to by the authority and the governing authority of any county to be added, any other county bordered by or through which flows the Oconee River or any impounded waters thereof.
(4)
"Project" means real property which borders, or is contiguous to real property which borders, the Oconee River or any impounded waters thereof in any county or counties within the geographic jurisdiction of the authority and improvements thereto of every kind and character deemed by the authority necessary or convenient for its corporate purpose.
Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws 190, § 1, eff. 7/1/2003.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-402 - Creation; membership; compensation; qualifications; accountabilities; assignment

(a)
There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Oconee River Greenway Authority which shall be deemed to be 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 of this state.
(b)
The authority shall consist of the commissioner of natural resources or the designee thereof, the director of the State Forestry Commission or the designee thereof, the mayor of Milledgeville, the president of Georgia Military College, the chairperson of the governing authority of each county which is in the geographic jurisdiction of the authority or the designee thereof, and no more than four residents of each county which is in the geographic jurisdiction of the authority who have training or experience in biology, botany, or environmental science and who shall be appointed by the chairperson of the governing authority of such county.
(c)
The authority shall elect its own officers. No vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise all rights and perform all duties of the authority.
(d)
The members of the authority shall receive no compensation for their services on the authority but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred while discharging the duties imposed upon them by this part.
(e)
The authority shall have perpetual existence. Any change in name or composition of the authority shall in no way affect the vested rights of any person under this part or impair the obligations of any contracts existing under this part.
(f)
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, to the state auditor.
(g)
The authority is assigned to the Department of Natural Resources for administrative purposes only in accordance with Code Section
50-4-3
.
Amended by 2013 Ga. Laws 250,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws 190, § 2, eff. 7/1/2003.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-403 - Purpose and nature of authority

The corporate purpose and the general nature of the business of the authority shall be the acquisition or establishment of projects consistent with but not limited to one or more of the goals specified in paragraph (5) of Code Section
12-6A-2
; their maintenance and protection; and their development or restoration. The authority's purpose also shall be to engage in such other activities as it deems appropriate to promote use of any project by means of promoting tourism and educational, entertainment, recreational, athletic, or other events within the state and to promote the use of the educational, historical, cultural, recreational, and natural resources of the state by persons using or visiting any project.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 398,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2008.
Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws 190, § 3, eff. 7/1/2003.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-405 - Exemption from taxation

It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes are in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and constitute a public purpose and that the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this part. The State of Georgia covenants that the authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of the property acquired by it or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision or upon its activities in the operation or maintenance of the facilities erected, maintained, or acquired by it or any fees, rentals, or other charges for the use of such facilities or other income received by the authority; provided, however, that in no event shall the exemptions granted in this Code section extend to any lessee or other private person or entity.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-406 - Police powers

The authority is authorized to exercise such of the police powers of the state as may be necessary to maintain peace and order and to enforce any and all zoning, use, and personal conduct restrictions upon the properties, facilities, and persons under its jurisdiction to the extent that such is lawful under the laws of the United States and this state. The authority may delegate all or any part of the performance of these functions temporarily or permanently to the state or to any county within the geographic jurisdiction of the authority.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-407 - Security force

The authority is authorized 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, disperse 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 police officer or law enforcement officer of the county in which he or she is discharging his or her duties.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-408 - Receipt of moneys deemed to be trust funds

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this part, whether 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 part.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-409 - Authority to fix rentals and other charges for use of project

The authority is authorized to fix rentals and other charges which any user, exhibitor, concessionaire, franchisee, or vendor shall pay to the authority for the use of the project or part thereof or combination thereof, and to charge and collect the same, and to lease and make contracts with political subdivisions and agencies with respect to use of any part of the project. The rentals and other charges shall be so fixed and adjusted in respect to the aggregate thereof from the project or any part thereof so as to provide a fund sufficient with other revenues of such project, if any, to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the project, including the reserves for extraordinary repairs and insurance, unless such cost shall be otherwise provided for, which cost shall be deemed to include the expenses incurred by the authority on account of the project for water, light, sewer, and other services furnished by other facilities at the site of the project.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-410 - Attorney General providing legal services

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 the same as if the authority were identified therein as a state authority.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-411 - Jurisdiction of actions under this part

Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this part or pertaining to validation of any bonds issued under this part shall be brought in the Superior Court of Baldwin County, Georgia; and such court shall have exclusive, original jurisdiction of such actions. Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to impair any rights afforded the state under the Constitution of the United States.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6) › Chapter 3 - PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION (§§ 12-3-1 — 12-3-680) › Article 7 - PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (§§ 12-3-230 — 12-3-580) › Part 6 - OCONEE RIBER GREENWAY AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 12-3-400 — 12-3-414) › Section 12-3-412 - Applicability of Chapter 10 of Title 45

Members and employees of the authority shall be subject to the applicable provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 45.
Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 833, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Former Part 6 consisting of §§ 400 through 427 was repealed and reserved by 2001 Ga. Laws 280, § 2.