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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-18) › Section 50-8-10 - Coordination of policies, programs, and actions of governments; research center on intergovernmental relations; leadership and community development programs

(a)
The department shall perform the duties, responsibilities, and functions and may exercise the power and authority described in this Code section. The department shall undertake and carry out such activities as may be necessary to coordinate policies, programs, and actions of governments in local government affairs and as may be specified by law. Such activities may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1)
The department may take such action as the commissioner may deem necessary, to the extent feasible and practicable as determined by the commissioner, to make the programs and policies including, but not limited to, comprehensive plans of all levels of government consistent and to minimize duplicated or inconsistent programs and policies including, but not limited to, comprehensive plans within the state government and among local governments;
(2)
The department may review, on a continuous basis, the programs and policies including, but not limited to, comprehensive plans of all governments acting within the state to determine their consistency with long-range programs and policies of the state; and
(3)
The department may consult with, meet with, confer with, and cooperate with the executive or legislative authorities of other states, with representatives of municipalities and counties of other states, with other representatives of governments, with representatives of private entities, and with others for the purpose of furthering the coordination of programs and policies affecting local government affairs within this state.
(b)
The department shall serve as the state's clearing-house and research center on intergovernmental relations, including relationships among federal, state, and local levels of government and, to this end, the department shall:
(1)
Monitor, review, analyze, and communicate with and to others with respect to actions and developments in the United States Congress, in the federal agencies, and in other states which affect local governments or which may affect relations between the state and any local governments; and
(2)
Coordinate its activities with the office of the Governor, other state agencies and authorities, and the state's members of the United States Congress.
(c)
The department may provide, supervise, or coordinate leadership and community development programs for local governments and other programs with respect to local government affairs. The department may develop pilot programs or projects designed to address the problems and needs of local government.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-18) › Section 50-8-11 - Power to take action for furtherance of purposes of department; disposition of revenues

(a)
The department shall have the duty, responsibility, power, and authority to take all action necessary to further the purposes of the department, without regard for whether any such duty, responsibility, power, or authority is specifically mentioned in this article or otherwise specifically granted by law. Without limiting the general nature of this Code section:
(1)
The department shall have all duties, responsibilities, power, and authority granted or specified under or pursuant to any other laws of the state and any executive orders issued by the Governor prior to July 1, 1989. To the extent permitted by law, the Governor may, by executive order issued on or after July 1, 1989, authorize the department to take specific action in furtherance of the purposes of the department; and in that event, the department shall take such action;
(2)
The department shall promote and encourage assistance from private entities and individuals in carrying out and performing local government services;
(3)
The department shall assist local governments in developing, promoting, and retaining trade, industry, commerce, and employment opportunities;
(4)
The department may define, identify, and establish criteria or requirements for local governments or others to participate with or to use any local government services;
(5)
The department may receive, use, and spend money received from the state for any of the purposes of the department; and
(6)
The department may investigate potential violations of and enforce the provisions of Code Section 50-7-19 as they relate to the statutory and discretionary incentives authorized by the state pursuant to Code Sections
50-8-8
and
50-34-1
through
50-34-19
.
(b)
Revenues for all fees and charges imposed or otherwise charged by the department for local government services shall be paid into the general fund of the state treasury, except that charges intended to reimburse expenses incurred by the department shall be used to reimburse the department for such expenses.
Amended by 2024 Ga. Laws 418,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-18) › Section 50-8-12 - No limitations by article on county or municipal zoning power

Nothing in this article shall limit or compromise the right of the governing authority of any county or municipality to exercise the power of zoning.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-18) › Section 50-8-13 - Authorities and agencies assigned to department

(a)
Authorities or agencies may be assigned to the department for administrative purposes in accordance with Code Section
50-4-3
. The following authorities are assigned to the department in accordance with such Code section:
(1)
The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; and
(2)
The Georgia Housing and Finance Authority.
(b)
The department may induce, by payment of state funds or other consideration, any agency or authority assigned to the department for administrative purposes to perform any local government services and to perform its own statutory function.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 634,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-18) › Section 50-8-14 - Exemption from "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."

The administration of programs, grants, and other activities covered by this chapter shall not be covered by, subject to, or required to comply with or satisfy any provision of Chapter 13 of this title, known as the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-18) › Section 50-8-15 - Rights of state employees transferred from State Building Administrative Board; validity of board's legal contracts

(a)
State employees transferred from the State Building Administrative Board on March 31, 1980, shall continue to retain all rights, entitlements, and privileges as state employees and participate in the various state personnel programs as they were previously entitled or otherwise authorized.
(b)
Any legal contracts entered into by the State Building Administrative Board which were in effect on March 31, 1980, are transferred and shall continue in effect under the Department of Community Affairs until their normally prescribed termination or expiration.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-18) › Section 50-8-16 - Rights of state employees transferred from Bureau of Community Affairs; validity of bureau's legal contracts

(a)
State employees transferred from the Bureau of Community Affairs to the Department of Community Affairs on July 1, 1977, shall retain all rights, entitlements, and privileges as state employees and shall participate in the various state personnel programs as they were previously entitled or authorized to participate.
(b)
Any legal contracts entered into by the bureau which were in effect on July 1, 1977, are transferred and shall continue in effect under the Department of Community Affairs under their normally prescribed termination or expiration.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-18) › Section 50-8-17 - Employees serve in classified and unclassified service

Employees of the department shall serve in the classified and unclassified service as defined by Code Section
45-20-2
.
Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 630,§ 2-102, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 155,§ 1, eff. 5/5/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-30 - Legislative findings; purpose and construction of article

The local governments of the State of Georgia are of vital importance to the state and its citizens. The state has an essential public interest in promoting, developing, sustaining, and assisting local governments. The natural resources, environment, and vital areas of the state are also of vital importance to the state and its citizens. The state has an essential public interest in establishing minimum standards for land use in order to protect and preserve its natural resources, environment, and vital areas. Coordinated and comprehensive planning by local governments, under direction from the state, is necessary in order to serve these essential public interests of the state. The purpose of this article is to provide for regional commissions to develop, promote, and assist in establishing coordinated and comprehensive land use, environmental, transportation, and historic preservation planning in the state, to assist local governments to participate in an orderly process for coordinated and comprehensive planning, to assist local governments to prepare and implement comprehensive plans which will develop and promote the essential public interests of the state and its citizens and advance positive governmental relations among the state, regional, and local levels, and to prepare and implement comprehensive regional plans which will develop and promote the essential public interests of the state and its citizens. This article shall be construed liberally to achieve its purpose. This article is enacted pursuant to the authority granted the General Assembly in the Constitution of the State of Georgia, including, but not limited to, the authority provided in Article III, Section VI, Paragraphs I and II(a)(1) and Article IX, Section II, Paragraphs III and IV.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 467,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-32 - Creation of regional commissions

Regional commissions are created and established as public agencies and instrumentalities of their members which shall facilitate coordinated and comprehensive planning in conformity with minimum standards and procedures established pursuant to law. Regional commissions shall function as the regional planning entity for land use, environmental, transportation, and historic preservation planning in each designated region of the state. Each such agency and instrumentality shall be known as a regional commission and shall be designated, by name for all purposes, with such identifying words before the term "regional commission" as the Board of Community Affairs may, from time to time in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of Code Section
50-8-4
, choose and designate by official action. The number of regional commissions and the region within which each regional commission shall operate shall initially be established and subsequently may be changed from time to time by the Board of Community Affairs pursuant to Code Section
50-8-4
. Each county shall be wholly within the region of one regional commission, and no county shall be divided among more than one region. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board of Community Affairs shall establish the boundaries of any region for which a metropolitan area planning and development commission, created pursuant to Article 4 of this chapter, also serves as the regional commission.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-33 - Municipal and county membership; annual dues; distribution of state funds

(a)
Each municipality and county in the state shall automatically be a member of the regional commission for the region which includes the municipality or county, as the case may be.
(b)
(1)
Each county and municipality in the state shall pay the annual dues for membership in its regional commission. Each county and the municipalities within such county shall continue to use the arrangement for the payment of dues which was in effect on June 30, 2009, for the payment of dues to the regional development centers which preceded the regional commissions created by this article until a revised arrangement for the amount, apportionment, and payment of annual dues is established by the county and the municipalities within such county. If an arrangement for the payment of such dues is structured so that a county pays dues only on behalf of residents of the unincorporated areas of the county, then the annual dues paid by such county shall come solely from revenues derived from the unincorporated areas of the county.
(2)
State funds appropriated to the department and available for the purpose of assisting regional commissions shall be distributed in accordance with this paragraph. The department shall establish a minimum funding amount for regional commissions, conditioned upon the amount of state funds appropriated, and a supplemental funding formula to be used for the distribution of available state funds in excess of the minimum funding amount. While each regional commission must assess and collect annual dues in the amount of 25¢ for each resident of each county within the regional commission, based upon the most recent estimate of population approved by the department for this purpose, to be eligible for any minimum funding from state appropriated funds, each regional commission must assess and collect annual dues in the aggregate averaging a minimum amount of $1.00 for each resident of each county within the regional commission, based upon the most recent estimate of population approved by the department for this purpose. To be eligible for any supplemental funding, each regional commission shall apply to the department in a manner established by the department to determine eligibility for funds distributed pursuant to the supplemental funding formula.
(3)
The initial supplemental funding formula established by the department to be used for the distribution of available state funds in excess of the minimum funding amount shall be promulgated by the department in accordance with the procedures of Code Section
50-8-7.2
.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-34.1 - Executive director of commission; performance standards and annual performance review

(a)
Each regional commission shall have an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the council and who shall be subject to appointment and removal by a majority vote of the members of the council. The executive director shall perform such duties as assigned by the council.
(b)
Each regional commission council shall require performance standards for measurement of the activities of the regional commission. The council shall conduct an annual performance review of the executive director of the regional commission measured by standards developed by the council.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-37 - Review of applications from governmental entities for loans or grants

A regional commission shall review all applications of municipalities, counties, authorities, commissions, boards, or agencies within the area for a loan or grant from the United States, the state, or any agency thereof if review by a region-wide agency or body is required by federal or state law, rule, or regulation. In each case requiring review, the municipality, county, authority, commission, board, or agency shall, prior to submitting its application to the United States or state or agency thereof, transmit the same to the regional commission for its review. The comments of the regional commission shall then become a part of the application, to be appended thereto when finally submitted for the consideration of the United States, the state, or any agency thereof.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-39 - Appointment of receiver of assets upon commission's ceasing operations

Upon a regional commission's ceasing operations, the local government members of the regional commission shall, within 30 days of cessation of the regional commission's operations, appoint a receiver of the assets of the regional commission for the protection of creditors. The receiver shall be authorized to marshal, sell, or transfer assets, pay liabilities, and assess counties and municipalities which were members of the regional commission. After the completion of such liquidation, a distribution shall be made to the local government members on a pro rata basis according to the amount of contributions such members made to the regional commission.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-39.1 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-40 - Notice of intent to designate area-wide or multicounty agency

When federal or state law or regulations require the designation of an area-wide or multicounty public or private corporation, organization, or agency for multicounty delivery of human service programs, the state agency administering such programs shall send a notice of intent to designate such area-wide or multicounty corporation, organization, or agency to units of local government and the regional commissions in the area to be affected. The notice shall discuss in general the details of the program and, when applicable, possible local government involvement.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-41 - Regional development centers succeeded by regional commissions

Each regional development center in existence as of June 30, 2009, shall automatically be succeeded by the regional commission for the same region as of July 1, 2009, and each such regional commission shall be governed, from and after July 1, 2009, by this article. All contractual obligations, obligations to employees, other duties, rights, and benefits of such regional development center shall automatically become duties, obligations, rights, and benefits of their respective successor regional commissions.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-42 - Remaining powers of metropolitan area planning and development commissions

Any metropolitan area planning and development commission, created pursuant to Article 4 of this chapter, shall also serve as the regional commission for the area covered by such metropolitan area planning and development commission. The duties, responsibilities, and functions and the power and authority granted the metropolitan area planning and development commission by law are, and shall be construed to be, cumulative with, and in addition to, the duties, responsibilities, and functions and the power and authority granted regional commissions by law. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of law governing metropolitan planning and development commissions and those governing regional commissions, however, the laws governing metropolitan area planning and development commissions shall control and shall govern the metropolitan area planning and development commission. For example, but without intending to limit the generality of the foregoing statement, the provisions of Code Sections
50-8-84
through
50-8-87
, regarding membership of a metropolitan area planning and development commission, terms of officers, quorums, and elections of officers, would govern a metropolitan area planning and development commission instead of the provisions covering the same subject matter under this article.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-43 - Appropriation or loan of funds, facilities, supplies, and equipment by local government entities

The governing authorities of the local governmental entities within each regional commission may appropriate or loan their funds, facilities, equipment, and supplies to the regional commission.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-44 - Exemption from taxes

Each regional commission exists for nonprofit and public purposes; and it is found and declared that the carrying out of the purposes of each regional commission is exclusively for public benefit and its property is public property. Thus, no regional commission shall be required to pay any state or local ad valorem, sales, use, or income taxes.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-45 - Authorized purchases by Department of Administrative Services; commissioner of administrative services to prescribe regulations and standards

(a)
The following provisions apply to all regional commissions. The Department of Administrative Services is authorized to permit regional commissions, on an optional basis, to purchase their motor vehicles, material, equipment, services, and supplies through the state and to issue purchase orders for regional commissions for motor vehicles, material, equipment, services, and supplies.
(b)
The regional commissions of this state are authorized to purchase stock from the state's central supply system operated by the Department of Administrative Services.
(c)
The regional commissions of this state are authorized to purchase under state-wide term contracts and price agreements established by the Department of Administrative Services.
(d)
The regional commissions of this state are authorized to receive directly from the Department of Administrative Services personal property declared surplus by the state.
(e)
The commissioner of administrative services shall prescribe regulations necessary for implementation of this Code section and is authorized to establish minimum standards and uniform standard specifications and procedures for the purchase and distribution and disposition of motor vehicles, material, equipment, services, and supplies for the regional commissions of this state.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-46 - No limits by article on county or municipal zoning power

Nothing in this article shall limit or compromise the right of the governing authority of any county or municipality to exercise the power of zoning.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-47) › Section 50-8-47 - Transfer of outstanding assets, liabilities, contracts, staff, records, or debts

The outstanding assets, liabilities, contracts, staff, records, or debts of any regional development center not existing after July 1, 2009, shall thereafter be transferred or disposed of by the commission the boundaries of which contain the boundaries of any former regional development district.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 2 - COMMISSION ON REGIONAL PLANNING (§§ 50-8-50 — 50-8-52) › Section 50-8-50 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2024 Ga. Laws 609,§ 12-1, eff. 5/6/2024.
Added by 2010 Ga. Laws 467,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 2 - COMMISSION ON REGIONAL PLANNING (§§ 50-8-50 — 50-8-52) › Section 50-8-51 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2024 Ga. Laws 609,§ 12-1, eff. 5/6/2024.
Added by 2010 Ga. Laws 467,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-30 — 50-8-52) › Part 2 - COMMISSION ON REGIONAL PLANNING (§§ 50-8-50 — 50-8-52) › Section 50-8-52 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2024 Ga. Laws 609,§ 12-1, eff. 5/6/2024.
Added by 2010 Ga. Laws 467,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 3 - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (§§ 50-8-60 — 50-8-67) › Section 50-8-60 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"Business" means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, trust, or other legal entity.
(2)
"Commission" means a regional commission established pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter.
(3)
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of community affairs.
(4)
"Council member" means any member of the council of a regional commission established under Article 2 of this chapter.
(5)
"Employee" means any person who, pursuant to a written or oral contract, is employed by a regional commission or by a nonprofit corporation.
(6)
"Family" means spouse and dependents.
(7)
"Nonprofit corporation" means any nonprofit corporation created or controlled by a regional commission as expressly authorized by law, or as administratively authorized pursuant to subsection (f) of Code Section
50-8-35
.
(8)
"Person" means any person, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, or other legal entity.
(9)
"Substantial interest" means the direct or indirect ownership of more than 25 percent of the assets or stock of any business.
(10)
"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; 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; or to obtain loans or loan packaging services on behalf of oneself or any third party as an agent, dealer, broker, or representative.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 3 - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (§§ 50-8-60 — 50-8-67) › Section 50-8-61 - Prohibited employment of employee of commission or nonprofit corporation; penalties

(a)
For the purposes of this chapter, when a commission or nonprofit corporation administers a contract in which it procures goods or services or makes loans or otherwise directs the expenditure of funds, no employee who is compensated for his or her services by either the commission or nonprofit corporation or any member of a board or advisory committee of the commission or nonprofit corporation that plays a role in determining such contracts, loans, or procurement decisions shall also serve, during the period of any such contract, loan, or procurement decision, as a board member, officer, independent contractor, or paid employee of the entity contracting with, borrowing from, or otherwise receiving funds from the commission or nonprofit corporation.
(b)
This Code section shall not preclude an employee of a commission from serving, without compensation, as an officer of a nonprofit corporation for the purposes of executing loan transactions; nor shall this Code section preclude a commission and any nonprofit corporation that it creates or controls from entering into a contract with the other for the provision of staff services. In addition, this Code section shall not preclude an employee of a private financial institution from serving on a loan review or other advisory committee of a nonprofit corporation even when such financial institution participates in a loan of the nonprofit corporation. Further, this Code section shall not preclude a board member of a commission from also serving as a member of a board or advisory committee of a nonprofit corporation created pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (f) of Code Section
50-8-35
.
(c)
Any person who knowingly violates this Code section shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Code Section
50-8-66
.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 8,§ 50, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 3 - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (§§ 50-8-60 — 50-8-67) › Section 50-8-62 - Employee's business transactions with commission or nonprofit corporation prohibited; penalties

It shall be unlawful for any employee, any member of an employee's family, or any business in which such employee or member of his family has substantial interest, individually or collectively, to transact any business with either the commission or nonprofit corporation by which such employee is employed or affiliated. Any person who knowingly violates this Code section shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Code Section
50-8-66
.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 8,§ 50, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 3 - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (§§ 50-8-60 — 50-8-67) › Section 50-8-63 - Disclosure of employee's business transactions with local government; exempt transactions; disclosure of loan transactions by member of board or advisory committee; penalties

(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, any employee, any member of such employee's family, or any business in which such employee or any member of his family has a substantial interest, individually or collectively, who transacts business with any local government shall disclose such transactions annually. Such disclosures shall be submitted to the board of directors of the commission and to the commissioner prior to January 31 each year on such forms as are prescribed by the commissioner. At a minimum, the disclosures shall include an itemized list of the previous year's transactions with the dollar amount of each transaction reported and totaled. Such disclosure statements shall be public records.
(b)
The requirement to disclose certain transactions as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to any transaction when the amount of a single transaction does not exceed $100.00 and when the aggregate of all transactions does not exceed $2,000.00 per calendar year.
(c)
Any member of a board or advisory committee of the commission or nonprofit corporation who plays a role in determining loan transactions or any member of such person's family who obtains a loan or loan packaging services from such commission or nonprofit corporation shall disclose such transaction at the time of application for such loan or loan packaging services to the board of directors of the commission and to the commissioner. Such disclosure statements shall be public records.
(d)
Any person who fails to file a disclosure statement as required in subsections (a) and (c) of this Code section shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Code Section
50-8-66
.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 8,§ 50, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 3 - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (§§ 50-8-60 — 50-8-67) › Section 50-8-64 - Competitive bidding requirement

Each commission shall develop a system for competitive bidding relating to the purchase of supplies, equipment, and services and the letting of other contracts and submit written procedures governing such systems to the board of directors of the commission and to the commissioner. Such procedures must accommodate any applicable fund source requirements relating to procurement and must provide, at a minimum, that contracts let out for bid shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 8,§ 50, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 3 - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (§§ 50-8-60 — 50-8-67) › Section 50-8-65 - Annual report to Board of Community Affairs

Within 30 days after the completion of its fiscal year, each commission shall provide to the Board of Community Affairs a report containing the following information:
(1)
The name and address of each contractor, public or private, with which the commission contracted and which received more than a total of $500.00 from the commission; and
(2)
The amount of public funds received by the contractor from the commission.
Amended by 2009 Ga. Laws 8,§ 50, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 3 - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (§§ 50-8-60 — 50-8-67) › Section 50-8-66 - Civil fine for violations

Any employee who violates Code Section
50-8-61
,
50-8-62
, or
50-8-63
shall be subject to a civil fine not to exceed $10,000.00.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 3 - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (§§ 50-8-60 — 50-8-67) › Section 50-8-67 - Prohibition of election influence and partisan political activities; disciplinary measures

A member of a regional commission's council or executive director of a regional commission shall not actively or directly attempt to influence the election of persons as members of the council of such regional commission. An executive director of a regional commission shall not participate in any partisan political activities. The council of a regional commission may adopt, as part of its personnel policies, disciplinary measures to be imposed for noncompliance with this Code section.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 4 - METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-80 — 50-8-103) › Section 50-8-80 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"Area" means a standard metropolitan statistical area located wholly within this state as defined by the United States Executive Office of the President, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area 1967, Part I Criteria, Office of Management and Budget, subject to any changes made by the Board of Community Affairs pursuant to Code Section
50-8-30
. No area, county, or municipality may be designated as an "area" and added to this commission and come under the effective operation of this article without the affirmative vote of such area, county, or municipality or its governing body.
(2)
"Area plan" means a written proposal that involves governmental action, expenditure of public funds, use of public property, or the exercise of franchise rights granted by any public body and which affects the citizens of more than one political subdivision of an area and which may have a substantial effect on the development of an area. Area plans may involve, but shall not be limited to, such matters as land use (not including zoning), water and sewerage systems, storm drainage systems, parks and open spaces, airports, highways and transit facilities, hospitals, public buildings, and other community facilities and services.
(3)
"Commission" means a metropolitan area planning and development commission created in accordance with Code Section
50-8-82
.
(4)
"Development guides" means the comprehensive development guides adopted by a commission in accordance with Code Section
50-8-92
.
(5)
"District" means a district created pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Code Section
50-8-84
.
(6)
"Governing body" means the board of commissioners of a county or the mayor and city council of a municipality or other legislative body which governs a county or municipality.
(7)
"Members at large" means those members of a commission elected pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Code Section
50-8-84
.
(8)
"Municipality" means an incorporated municipality of this state lying primarily within the area.
(9)
"Political subdivision" means a county or municipality of this state lying wholly or partially within the area.
(10)
"Public members" means those members of a commission holding office pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a) of Code Section
50-8-84
.
(11)
"Redistricting" means a redistricting of an area after publication of a United States decennial census in accordance with paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Code Section
50-8-84
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 4 - METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-80 — 50-8-103) › Section 50-8-81 - Legislative intent

It is in the public interest to create an agency composed of officials of political subdivisions and private citizens to coordinate planning and development within each area of this state having a population of more than 1,000,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census; to designate the agency as the regional commission under Article 2 of this chapter to make the agency the official metropolitan agency for comprehensive research, study, advice, and review concerning area plans; to improve relationships between political subdivisions and public agencies within areas; and to provide policy direction for the solution of common problems through short and long-range comprehensive planning within areas.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 18, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 4 - METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-80 — 50-8-103) › Section 50-8-82 - Commissions created

There is created a metropolitan area planning and development commission in each area of this state having a population of more than 1,000,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census. The chairman of the county commission of the most populous county in an area so having a population of more than 1,000,000 shall, within ten days after July 1, 1971, or within 30 days after the publication of the first United States decennial census which reports that an area has a population of more than 1,000,000, as the case may be, activate the commission to serve that area by convening a meeting of the members provided for by paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) of Code Section
50-8-84
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 4 - METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-80 — 50-8-103) › Section 50-8-83 - Powers, duties, and obligations

A commission shall be, for its area, a regional commission as defined in and with all the powers, duties, and obligations of a regional commission set forth in Article 2 of this chapter and any other law of general application pertaining to regional commissions on July 1, 2009; and in addition shall have all of the other powers, duties, and obligations set forth in this article.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 436,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2009.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 4 - METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-80 — 50-8-103) › Section 50-8-86 - Quorum; votes equally weighted

A quorum for taking action at a meeting of a commission may be set in such manner as the bylaws of the commission shall provide, but it shall not consist of less than one-half of the total number of authorized members of the commission. The vote of any member of the commission shall be equal to the vote of any other member in considering or acting upon any question, proposal, or other matter before the commission.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 4 - METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-80 — 50-8-103) › Section 50-8-87 - Chairman; election; powers and duties; salary and expense allowances; removal

(a)
The chairman of a commission shall be elected by the commission from among its members for a two-year term, but no person shall serve as chairman if, after his election to office, he ceases to be a member of the commission. A chairman may succeed himself.
(b)
The chairman of a commission shall preside at all meetings of the commission. The chairman shall appoint all officers and committees of the commission, subject to the approval of the commission, and be responsible for carrying out all policy decisions of the commission. The chairman's salary and expense allowances shall be fixed by the commission.
(c)
A chairman may be removed from office by the commission.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 4 - METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-80 — 50-8-103) › Section 50-8-88 - Election of officers; compensation of officers and members

A commission shall elect such officers as it deems necessary for the conduct of its affairs, including a secretary and treasurer, who need not be members of the commission, and shall be compensated as determined by the commission. Each member of a commission, other than the chairman, may be paid a per diem compensation not to exceed $44.00 for each meeting which he attends and additional compensation for such other services as are specifically authorized by the commission, and may be reimbursed for his actual expenses. No commission member, other than the chairman, shall receive compensation in excess of $2,400.00 per year.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 4 - METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-80 — 50-8-103) › Section 50-8-89 - Executive director; appointment

A commission shall appoint an executive director to serve at the pleasure of the commission as the principal operating administrator for the commission. An executive director shall be chosen from among the citizens of the nation at large and shall be selected on the basis of his training and experience.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-301) › Article 4 - METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS (§§ 50-8-80 — 50-8-103) › Section 50-8-90 - Personnel

A commission may prescribe the compensation, benefits, and all terms and conditions of employment of its officers, employees, and agents. A commission may contract with private individuals or firms for professional services deemed necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this article. Officers and employees of a commission shall be public employees. Comparability with existing wage classifications, pay plans, and other benefits of political subdivisions in its area shall be considered by a commission when carrying out this Code section.