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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 3 - CENTRAL INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-160 — 50-16-163) › Section 50-16-161.1 - [Repealed] "Movable personal property" defined; inclusion or exclusion of items from inventory

Added by 2003 Ga. Laws 58, § 3, eff. 7/1/2003.
Repealed by 2003 Ga. Laws 58, § 6, eff. 6/30/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 3 - CENTRAL INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-160 — 50-16-163) › Section 50-16-162 - Rules and regulations

The state accounting officer is authorized and directed to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations establishing those items of personal property required to be kept on the inventory records of all offices, agencies, departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, or other entities of the state as may be necessary to carry out this part.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 22,§ 29, eff. 7/1/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 3 - CENTRAL INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-160 — 50-16-163) › Section 50-16-163 - Power to examine books, records, papers, or personal property of state entities to ensure compliance

The Department of Administrative Services or the state accounting officer shall have the power to examine books, records, papers, or personal property of offices, agencies, departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, or other entities of the state for the purposes of ensuring compliance with this part.
Amended by 2006 Ga. Laws 453,§ 50, eff. 4/14/2006.
Added by 2005 Ga. Laws 22,§ 30, eff. 7/1/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 7 - COMMISSION ON CONDEMNATION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-180 — 50-16-183) › Section 50-16-180 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"Commission" means the State Commission on the Condemnation of Public Property created by Code Section
50-16-181
.
(2)
"Public property" means any real property located within the State of Georgia in which a legal or equitable interest is held by:
(A)
The State of Georgia or any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the executive branch of state government;
(B)
Any county, municipality, county or independent school district, or other political subdivision of the state or any agency of any such political subdivision;
(C)
Any public authority or other public corporation which is a body politic of the state or of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state; or
(D)
Any governmental body or governmental entity of this state not covered by subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of this paragraph.
(3)
"State agency" means the State of Georgia; any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the executive branch of state government, excluding the Department of Transportation and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, which under the laws of the state has the power and authority to acquire private property by condemnation and the power of eminent domain; or any state authority which under the laws of the state has the power and authority to acquire private property by condemnation and the power of eminent domain.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 19,§ 50, eff. 4/7/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 7 - COMMISSION ON CONDEMNATION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-180 — 50-16-183) › Section 50-16-181 - Creation; membership; officers; quorum; voting requirements; call, notice, and minutes or transcripts of meetings; seal; bylaws; expenses

(a)
There is created the State Commission on the Condemnation of Public Property consisting of the Governor, ex officio; Lieutenant Governor, ex officio; Secretary of State, ex officio; Commissioner of Agriculture, ex officio; Commissioner of Insurance, ex officio; state auditor, ex officio; and the Commissioner of Labor, ex officio.
(b)
The Governor shall be the chairman of the commission and the Lieutenant Governor shall be the vice-chairman. Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy on the commission shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the commission. With the sole exception of approving the condemnation of public property, which approval shall require four affirmative votes of the membership of the commission present and voting at any meeting, the business, powers, and duties of the commission may be transacted, exercised, and performed by a majority vote of the commission members present and voting at a meeting when more than a quorum is present and voting or by a majority vote of a quorum when only a quorum is present and voting at a meeting. An abstention in voting shall be considered as that member not being present and not voting in the matter on which the vote is taken.
(c)
Meetings shall be held on the call of the chairman, vice-chairman, or two commission members whenever necessary to the performance of the duties of the commission. Minutes or transcripts shall be kept of all meetings of the commission. Each commission member shall be given, not less than three days prior to the meeting, written notice of the date, time, and place of each meeting of the commission.
(d)
The commission shall adopt a seal for its use and may adopt bylaws for its internal government and procedures.
(e)
Members of the commission shall receive only their traveling and other actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as commission members.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 7 - COMMISSION ON CONDEMNATION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-180 — 50-16-183) › Section 50-16-182 - Powers and duties

The commission, in addition to other powers and duties set forth in this article, shall have the power and duty to approve the acquisition of public property by condemnation and the power of eminent domain by the Department of Transportation; the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; or the State Properties Commission, acting for and on behalf of a state agency.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-2) › Section 50-17-1 - Use of facsimile signatures on public securities authorized

(a)
Public securities authorized to be issued and delivered at any one time may be executed with an engraved, imprinted, stamped, or otherwise reproduced facsimile of any signature, seal, or other means of authentication, certification, or endorsement required or permitted to be recorded thereon if so authorized by the board, body, or officer empowered by law to authorize the issuance of such securities. In addition to the foregoing, the clerk of the superior court of each county of this state may authorize the execution of any public securities, as defined in subsection (b) of this Code section, requiring or permitting his signature, with an engraved, imprinted, stamped, or otherwise reproduced facsimile of such signature and with an engraved, imprinted, stamped, or otherwise reproduced facsimile of the seal of the superior court of which he is clerk.
(b)
The term "public securities," as used in this Code section, means bonds, notes, or other obligations for the payment of money issued by this state, by its political subdivisions, or by any department, agency, or other instrumentality of this state or any of its political subdivisions.
(c)
This Code section shall be permissive only and shall in no instance be mandatory.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-2) › Section 50-17-2 - Agreements to resell or repurchase United States government obligations at stated rate of interest; delivery and safekeeping of such obligations; investment in authorized securities

(a)
Agencies, authorities, boards, public corporations, instrumentalities, retirement systems, and other divisions of state government authorized to invest in direct obligations of the United States government or in obligations unconditionally guaranteed by agencies of the United States government may do so by selling and purchasing such obligations under agreements to resell or repurchase the obligations at a date certain in the future at a specific price which reflects a premium over the purchase or selling price equivalent to a stated rate of interest. Delivery of the obligations purchased may be made by deposit through book entry in a safekeeping account maintained by the seller of the securities, in the name of the purchasing state entity or its agent, clearly indicating the interest of the purchasing state entity.
(b)
In addition to the authorization in subsection (a) of this Code section, the state treasurer may invest in the securities authorized for direct investment by subsection (b) of Code Section
50-17-63
by selling and purchasing such obligations under agreements to resell or repurchase the obligations at a date certain in the future at a specific price which reflects a premium over the purchase or selling price equivalent to a stated rate of interest. Delivery of the obligations purchased may be made by deposit through book entry in a safekeeping account maintained by the seller of the securities, in the name of the Office of the State Treasurer or its agent, clearly indicating the interest of the Office of the State Treasurer.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 2 - STATE FINANCING AND INVESTMENT (§§ 50-17-20 — 50-17-30) › Section 50-17-20 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Act."
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 462, § 50, eff. 4/18/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 2 - STATE FINANCING AND INVESTMENT (§§ 50-17-20 — 50-17-30) › Section 50-17-28 - Bond security contracts prohibited

The state and all institutions, departments, and agencies of the state are prohibited from entering into any contract, except contracts pertaining to guaranteed revenue debt, with any public agency, public corporation, authority, or similar entity if the contract is intended to constitute security for bonds or other obligations issued by any such public agency, public corporation, or authority; and, from and after September 1, 1974, in the event any contract between the state, or any institution, department, or agency of the state, and any public agency, public corporation, authority, or similar entity, or any revenues from any such contract, is pledged or assigned as security for the repayment of bonds or other obligations, then and in either such event the appropriation or expenditure of any funds of the state for the payment of obligations under any such contract shall likewise be prohibited; provided, however, that all contracts entered into prior to September 1, 1974, shall continue to have the benefit of the protection afforded by the second paragraph of Article IX, Section VI, Paragraph I(a) of the Constitution of Georgia of 1976 as fully and completely as though this article had not been adopted and for as long as any such contract shall remain in force and effect. Furthermore, nothing in this article is intended directly or by implication to have any effect upon any provision of any such contract establishing lien rights, priorities regarding revenues, or otherwise providing protection to the holders of obligations secured by such contracts.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 2 - STATE FINANCING AND INVESTMENT (§§ 50-17-20 — 50-17-30) › Section 50-17-30 - Liability of public officers and employees

Any public officer or employee and any surety on his official bond or any other person participating in any direct or indirect impairment of any fund established in connection with public debt shall be liable in any action brought by the Attorney General in the name of the state, or by any taxpayer of the state, or by the holder of any evidence of indebtedness payable in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of such fund to restore to such fund all diversions therefrom.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-50 - Creation of State Depository Board; membership; quorum; assignment for administrative purposes

The State Depository Board, referred to in this article as the "board," is created, consisting of the Governor, the state chief financial officer, the state accounting officer, the commissioner of banking and finance, the state revenue commissioner, the commissioner of transportation, and the state treasurer, who shall act as administrative officer of the board. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of the majority shall be the acts of the board. The board, in its discretion, may name and appoint, from time to time, as state depositories of state funds any bank, trust company, or savings and loan association which has its deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The board may also authorize any department, board, bureau, or other agency of the state which has a foreign office to deposit state funds for current operating expenses in certain foreign banks, the deposits of which are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, provided the balance of such deposits in any one foreign bank does not exceed limits prescribed by the State Depository Board. For the purposes of this article, "foreign bank" shall mean a bank organized under the laws of a foreign country. The board is assigned to the Department of Administrative Services for administrative purposes only as prescribed in Code Section
50-4-3
.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 176,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 684,§ 50, eff. 5/1/2012.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 140,§ 14, eff. 7/1/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-50.1 - Authority to vote

No member of the State Depository Board shall vote to name and appoint as state depositories of state funds any bank, trust company, building and loan association, federal savings and loan association, or the Georgia Credit Union Deposit Corporation in which the member is a stockholder, board member, or owner.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-51 - Meetings of State Depository Board; records; list of deposits; interest policy; cash management policies and procedures

(a)
The board shall meet at least once every 90 days. The records and proceedings of the board shall be available for inspection by each member of the General Assembly. At the end of each quarter, the board shall furnish to the chairmen of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, the chairman of the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, and the chairman of the House Banks and Banking Committee a list of all state time deposits, indicating the amount in each depository, the rates of interests contracted on such deposits, and the physical location of the depository.
(b)
Compatible with the desirability of placing all state funds on deposit among state depositories and the necessity to maximize the protection of state funds on deposit, the policy to be followed by the board shall be that there will accrue to the state an advantageous yield of interest on its funds in excess of those required for current operating expenses, in accordance with sound business management practices.
(c)
The board shall prescribe cash management policies and procedures and state agencies shall employ the cash management policies and procedures prescribed by the board. Cash management policies and procedures prescribed by the board shall be designed to maximize the efficient and effective utilization of the state's cash resources for the state as a whole. The board may require state agencies to submit reports and plans on such forms and at such times as the board may prescribe to determine whether an agency is in compliance with the cash management policies and procedures prescribed by the board. The state treasurer shall serve as cash management officer for the state on behalf of the board.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-52 - Contracts for interest on deposits; authority to remove deposits

The board shall make with depositories the most advantageous contracts for interest to be paid by them to the state for the use of the state's money which may be deposited therein, as provided by this article. In so doing, the board may authorize the state treasurer to negotiate with depositories explicit fees in payment for the state's banking services. Such fees shall be paid by the state treasurer from interest earned and shall be subject to the board's approval. In the event any depository so named shall refuse to make a satisfactory contract with the board as to interest to be paid and fees to be charged, it shall have authority to remove state funds from such depository.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-53 - Authority to determine amount to be deposited; deposit security required

To enable the board to fulfill its responsibilities of ensuring safe and effective cash management, the board shall be authorized to determine, from time to time, in respect to all state funds, whether deposited by the state treasurer or any other department or agency of the state government, any and all of the following:
(1)
The maximum amount of state money which may be deposited in a particular depository;
(2)
The maximum and minimum proportion of state funds which may be maintained in a particular depository;
(3)
The amount of state funds to be deposited in particular state depositories as time deposits, and the periods of such deposits, provided that all state depositories shall give security for state deposits as required by law, but the board, in its discretion, may choose not to require that security be given in the case of special deposits and operating funds; and
(4)
The policies and procedures governing the collection, processing, deposit, and withdrawal of state funds.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-54 - Monitoring financial condition of depositories; action in case of insolvency of depository

It shall be the duty of the board to keep itself advised, from time to time, of the financial condition of the various state depositories, as well as of the financial condition and standing of the securities on the bonds of the depositories; and, if at any time the board should become satisfied as to the insolvency of any of the depositories or that the affairs of any of the depositories are in an embarrassed financial condition, it shall be the duty of the board to direct the state treasurer to withdraw the money of the state from such depository. In case the board should be advised of the insolvency of the securities on the bond of any of the depositories, it shall be the duty of the state treasurer to notify the depository to strengthen the bond; and if, at the end of ten days, the bond is not strengthened, it shall be the duty of the board to direct the state treasurer to withdraw the money of the state from such depository. In either event, the board may also withdraw designation as a state depository.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-55 - Absolute discretion of State Depository Board in performance of duties

The board shall exercise absolute discretion in performing its duties under this article.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-56 - State treasurer to make deposits in compliance with board's determinations

The state treasurer shall deposit all state moneys in compliance with the determination of the board as to the maximum amount and proportion of deposits in particular depositories.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-57 - State treasurer to make reports

The state treasurer, as administrative officer of the board, shall furnish to the Governor and the board such information and reports relating to funds held on demand accounts and as investments, estimates of treasury receipts and withdrawals, and interest earned on investments as may be necessary or helpful to the board in the administration of its duties.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-58 - Execution of bonds by depositories

Depositories, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, by their proper officers, shall execute bonds, with good and sufficient securities, to be fixed and approved by the Governor. The bonds shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of all such duties as shall be required of them by law and for a faithful accounting for the money or effects that may come into their hands during their continuance in office. The bonds shall be filed and recorded in the Governor's office and copies thereof, certified by one of the Governor's secretaries under the seal of the executive department, shall be received in evidence in lieu of the original in any of the courts; and the bonds shall have the same binding force and effect as public officers' bonds and, in case of default, shall be enforced in like manner. In determining the amount of the bond to be given by a depository under this Code section, the Governor shall fix the same as to make it not less than the amount of money to be entrusted to the depository; and in no case shall a larger amount of money be deposited in any depository than the amount of the bond; and the Governor, at any time, may require additional bond, if necessary, to cover fully the amount deposited or intended to be deposited in such bank. The board, in its discretion, may waive the requirement of such bond as to demand deposits in a depository.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-60 - Governor to sell bonds to reimburse state for any default

Whenever any bank which has been made a state depository and has deposited bonds shall fail to perform faithfully such duties as shall be required of it by law or shall fail to account faithfully for all the public moneys or effects that may have come into its hands during its continuance in office, the Governor shall sell sufficient bonds to reimburse the state the amounts due by the state depository on account of such default.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-61 - Procedure for relief of bond sureties

Any surety desiring to be relieved from the bond of a state depository may give notice in writing to the Governor of such desire with the reasons therefor; and the Governor shall have authority, in his discretion, to relieve the surety. The consent of the cosureties first must be obtained in writing; and the principal must furnish a new surety to take the place of the surety relieved, which new surety will assume all the liabilities for past and future transactions.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-62 - Funds to be held by depositories

State depositories shall hold:
(1)
All funds deposited with them as time deposits for and on account of the state in accordance with such time deposit agreements as from time to time may be entered into between the depositories and the board pursuant to Code Section
50-17-52
, which agreements shall not be inconsistent with the statutes of the United States and regulations made pursuant thereto governing interest-bearing time deposits; and
(2)
All other funds received by them for and on account of the state, subject to the check or order of the state treasurer or the officer or employee charged with the custody of any particular bank account.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-64 - Depositories required to furnish monthly statements

State depositories shall furnish to the state official having custody of the funds a monthly statement of demand accounts and shall furnish to the responsible official or to the board such other statements as may be requested relating to funds or transactions in custody of or caused by the agencies, bureaus, boards, commissions, or departments of this state.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-65 - State officials to notify depositories of any unauthorized signatures or alterations; notification in lieu of other obligations to notify; assent to provisions by depositories

The state official or employee of any state department, board, bureau, commission, committee, authority, or other state agency to whom a depository bank sends the statement of account, paid items, and related material shall notify such depository bank of the existence of any unauthorized signature or alteration appearing on any such paid item or related material. The notification shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the depository bank as soon as the unauthorized signature or alteration is discovered, but in no event no later than 90 days from the closing date of the annual state audit for the fiscal year during which the unauthorized signature was affixed or during which the alteration occurred. The notification shall be in lieu of any other obligation to discover and report unauthorized signatures or alterations provided by contract or by law, including, but not limited to, Code Section
11-4-406
. The receipt of state funds or funds of any department, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, or other agency of the state by a depository bank shall constitute assent to the provisions of this Code section.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-66 - State officer not to receive commission, interest, compensation, or reward for depositing state money

No officer of this state shall be allowed to receive any commission, interest, compensation, or reward for himself from any source for the depositing of the state's money in depositories or for continuing such deposits. Any officer of this state who receives any such commission, interest, compensation, or reward for himself shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than seven nor more than 20 years and shall be disqualified to hold office.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 3 - STATE DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-50 — 50-17-67) › Section 50-17-67 - Depositories to serve without definite term or salary or fees; exception

Depositories appointed by the board shall serve only at the discretion of the board and without definite term. Depositories shall receive no salary or fees from the state except as authorized by Code Section
50-17-52
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 4 - STATE AUTHORITY (§§ 50-17-90 — 50-17-91) › Section 50-17-90 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"Governing body" means, with respect to the state, the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission, and with respect to a state authority, such authority's board.
(2)
"State authority" shall mean "state authority" as defined in paragraph (9) of Code Section
50-17-21
.
Added by 2004 Ga. Laws 614, § 7, eff. 5/17/2004.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 5 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-100 — 50-17-105) › Section 50-17-102 - Interest rate management plans

(a)
Prior to executing and delivering a qualified interest rate management agreement, the state party shall have adopted an interest rate management plan that includes:
(1)
An analysis of the interest rate risk, basis risk, termination risk, credit risk, market-access risk, and other risks to the state party entering into qualified interest rate management agreements;
(2)
The state party's procedure for approving and executing qualified interest rate management agreements;
(3)
The state party's plan to monitor interest rate risk, basis risk, termination risk, credit risk, market-access risk, and other risks; and
(4)
Such other provisions as may from time to time be required by the commission, including but not limited to additional provisions due to changes in market conditions for qualified interest rate management agreements.
Any interest rate management plan adopted by the state shall be approved by the commission or by a designated officer of the commission and shall have been reviewed by an independent financial adviser approved by the commission.
(b)
The state party shall conduct an annual review of its interest rate management plan as to the adequacy of the procedures set forth in such plan for the analysis and monitoring requirements set forth in subsection (a) of this Code section. A report summarizing the results of such review shall be submitted annually to the commission and, with respect to any interest rate management plan of a state authority, to the governing body of such state authority. The requirements of this subsection shall not be construed as to require the review of any existing interest rate management plan by an independent financial adviser.
Added by 2005 Ga. Laws 129,§ 2, eff. 5/2/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 5 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-100 — 50-17-105) › Section 50-17-104 - Information required in annual financial statements

The state party that has entered into a qualified interest rate management agreement shall include in its annual financial statements information with respect to each qualified interest rate management agreement it has authorized or entered into, including any information required by any accounting or regulatory standard to which the state party is subject.
Added by 2005 Ga. Laws 129,§ 2, eff. 5/2/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 17 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT, AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-1 — 50-17-105) › Article 5 - STATE DEBT, INVESTMENT AND DEPOSITORIES (§§ 50-17-100 — 50-17-105) › Section 50-17-105 - Applicability of state law; jurisdiction

When entering into any qualified interest rate management agreement authorized under this article, the agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, and jurisdiction over the state party in any matter concerning a qualified interest rate management agreement shall lie exclusively in the courts of the State of Georgia or in the applicable federal court having jurisdiction and located within the State of Georgia.
Added by 2005 Ga. Laws 129,§ 2, eff. 5/2/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 1 - INFORMATION ON STATE STATIONERY (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-2) › Section 50-18-1 - State stationery to contain telephone numbers for responses or questions; exemptions

(a)
As used in this Code section, the term "state agency" means any state department, board, bureau, commission, authority, council, or committee or any other state agency or instrumentality.
(b)
All stationery used by any state agency for correspondence with members of the public shall have printed or typed thereon one or more telephone numbers to which responses or questions concerning such correspondence may be directed.
(c)
This Code section shall not apply to:
(1)
Stationery for the use of the office of the Governor; or
(2)
Stationery for the use of any officer or agency or other entity of the judicial branch of state government.
(d)
Subsection (b) of this Code section shall apply to all stationery ordered by state agencies after July 1, 1993. Until July 1, 1995, state agencies may continue to use stationery printed before July 1, 1993, which does not comply with subsection (b) of this Code section.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 1 - INFORMATION ON STATE STATIONERY (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-2) › Section 50-18-2 - Definitions; publications in printed or electronic format; preference

(a)
As used in this Code section, the term:
(1)
"State agency" means any department, board, bureau, commission, authority, council, or committee or any other state agency or instrumentality of the executive or legislative branch of state government.
(2)
"State officer" means any officer of the executive or legislative branch of state government.
(b)
When any other provision of state law authorizes or directs any state officer or state agency to publish or provide for publication of any matter, such publication shall be made in electronic format unless the state officer or state agency determines that a printed format is necessary to achieve the purpose of publication, except that:
(1)
When another provision of state law specifically provides for publication in one or more newspapers, publication shall be in the newspaper or newspapers as provided by such other provision of law; and
(2)
When any other provision of state law makes specific reference to this Code section and requires publication in a specific manner notwithstanding the provisions of this Code section, such other provision of law shall control over this Code section.
(c)
Nothing in this Code section shall limit the applicability of Article 4 of this chapter, relating to inspection of public records, when said article by its terms is otherwise applicable.
Added by 2010 Ga. Laws 615,§ 4, eff. 6/3/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 2 - COURT REPORTS (§§ 50-18-20 — 50-18-37) › Section 50-18-20 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"Publisher" means the state publisher of court reports who has been awarded the contract as defined in this article.
(2)
"Reporter" means the reporter of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals whose duties are set forth in Chapter 4 of Title 15.
(3)
"Reports" means the official reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court or of the Court of Appeals, together with the usual title pages, indexes, etc., as well as the advance reports of the decisions of each court.
(4)
"Rules compilation" means a compilation of rules applicable in the courts of this state. The rules compilation shall include the Rules of the Supreme Court, the Rules of the Court of Appeals, the Unified Appeal, the Uniform Transfer Rules, the Uniform Rules for the various classes of courts, the Rules of the Judicial Qualifications Commission, the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct, the Bar Admissions Rules, the Rules and Regulations for the Organization and Government of the State Bar of Georgia, and any other rules or amendments as promulgated by the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, together with all applicable forms.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 245,§ 50, eff. 5/13/2011.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 615,§ 5, eff. 6/3/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 2 - COURT REPORTS (§§ 50-18-20 — 50-18-37) › Section 50-18-21 - Preparation of contract for state reports publication; public inspection

The reporter, acting upon the advice of the Governor, shall prepare a contract to be awarded every four years, or as the occasion may require, which contract is renewable annually during those four years and provides for the publication of the state reports. This contract shall be on file for public inspection in the offices of the Department of Administrative Services.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 2 - COURT REPORTS (§§ 50-18-20 — 50-18-37) › Section 50-18-22 - Advertising for and accepting bids for state reports publication; contract with lowest bidder; right to reject bids

(a)
Every four years the reporter shall present the contract provided for in Code Section
50-18-21
to the Department of Administrative Services for purposes of advertising for and accepting bids under the contract according to the established procedures of that department. After the deadline for the acceptance of bids, all bids submitted shall be turned over to the reporter by the Department of Administrative Services.
(b)
The reporter, with the approval of the Governor, shall contract with the lowest bidder who, to the satisfaction of the Governor and reporter, is capable of full and adequate performance under the contract and complies with the terms and provisions of this law.
(c)
The reporter has the right to reject any and all bids. In the event all bids are rejected, the reporter shall again advertise for bidders and follow the procedures as set forth in this Code section.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 2 - COURT REPORTS (§§ 50-18-20 — 50-18-37) › Section 50-18-23 - Contractor to give bond

The person to whom the contract is awarded shall give bond with adequate and satisfactory security in the sum of not less than $25,000.00, to be payable to the Governor and his successors in office and to be conditioned that the contractor will perform his duties promptly and faithfully under the contract and carry out all provisions of law so far as they relate to the duties arising from the contract. The bond is subject to the approval of the Attorney General.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 2 - COURT REPORTS (§§ 50-18-20 — 50-18-37) › Section 50-18-24 - State publisher of court reports; annual renewal of contract; publisher may succeed himself

(a)
The person to whom the contract is awarded shall become and be known as the state publisher of court reports when his bond is approved by the Attorney General.
(b)
The contract awarded to the publisher must be renewed each year during his four-year term. At the end of the four years, the reporter shall prepare a contract as set forth in Code Section
50-18-21
and follow the procedures set forth in Code Section
50-18-22
.
(c)
The state publisher can succeed himself as long as his bid on the contract is accepted by the reporter with the approval of the Governor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 2 - COURT REPORTS (§§ 50-18-20 — 50-18-37) › Section 50-18-25 - Publisher to act only on direction of reporter

In all matters pertaining to the publication of the reports, the publisher will act only upon the direction of the reporter.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 2 - COURT REPORTS (§§ 50-18-20 — 50-18-37) › Section 50-18-26 - Content and appearance of reports; number of volumes per year

(a)
The reports shall contain the decisions rendered in all cases presented to the Supreme Court of Georgia and to the Court of Appeals of Georgia and an index of all cases reported. No report shall contain any argument or brief of counsel beyond a statement of the major points and authorities.
(b)
The reporter has the duty to ascertain that the reports are uniform in size and appearance. Whenever it becomes necessary, due to a variance in the number of decisions rendered, the reporter, in order to maintain the desired uniformity, may provide for the production of more than one volume from either court in any one year or may consolidate decisions of either court from two different years into one volume, but in no case shall the decisions of the Supreme Court be combined in one volume with the decisions of the Court of Appeals.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 615,§ 6, eff. 6/3/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 2 - COURT REPORTS (§§ 50-18-20 — 50-18-37) › Section 50-18-27 - Responsibilities of reporter; subject to dismissal if reports not published within six months of delivery

(a)
The reporter shall furnish to the publisher the manuscript of the decisions, read the proof and correct the same, and furnish for each volume an index of the cases reported.
(b)
If the reporter shall fail to publish the volumes of reports within six months of the time of the delivery to him of the last of the decisions to be included in a particular volume, he shall be subject to immediate dismissal unless good cause for such delay is shown to the satisfaction of a panel composed of three Justices of the Supreme Court appointed by the Chief Justice and two Judges of the Court of Appeals appointed by the Chief Judge.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 615,§ 7, eff. 6/3/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 2 - COURT REPORTS (§§ 50-18-20 — 50-18-37) › Section 50-18-28 - Publisher to print and bind reports; liable for delay; opportunity to explain delay before panel

(a)
It shall be the duty of the publisher to print and bind the reports promptly within the prescribed time limit as set out in the contract.
(b)
Should there be a delay in the printing or binding beyond the time set out in the contract, the reporter shall declare, upon notice to the publisher, the contract breached and the publisher shall become liable to the state for a sum to be assessed by the reporter, not exceeding $1,000.00 per week for each week that the delay continues. If the delay is flagrant or continued more than 60 days, the reporter may declare the contract ended. The bond given by the publisher shall be liable for any sum assessed.
(c)
The reporter, prior to declaring the contract breached, shall seek the advice of a panel composed of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, an appointee of the Governor who is not the Attorney General, the executive counsel, and the legislative counsel. The publisher shall have an opportunity to appear before this panel to explain the reasons for delay and to avoid liability for any sum which might be assessed against him. The panel can decide to provide the publisher an extended time in which to produce the reports or it may declare the publisher liable for a sum assessed by the reporter. The decision of the panel is final.