Georgia Code
Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)
§ 20-2-555. Authority to Issue Revenue Bonds; Terms

The authority, or any authority or body which has or which may in the future succeed to the powers, duties, and liabilities vested in the authority created by this part, shall have power, at one time or from time to time, to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds in an unlimited amount for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost, as defined in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-551, of any one project or combination of projects. The principal and interest, if any, of such revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund provided in this part for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated; shall bear interest, if any, at such rate or rates, payable on a date or dates certain; shall mature at such time or times not exceeding 30 years from their date or dates; shall be payable in such medium of payment as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the authority; and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority in the resolution provided for the issuance of the bonds.
History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 5; Ga. L. 1960, p. 775, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1001, § 4/HB 936.
Cross references.
Revenue bonds generally, § 36-82-60 et seq.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 20 - Education

Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education

Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities

Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)

§ 20-2-550. Short Title

§ 20-2-551. Definitions; When Project Deemed Self-Liquidating

§ 20-2-552. Creation; Members, Officers, and Staff; Quorum; Procedural Rules and Regulations; Assignment to Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission

§ 20-2-553. Powers of Authority

§ 20-2-554. Functions and Powers of Vocational Trade School Building Authority and School Building Authority for the Deaf and Blind Transferred to Authority

§ 20-2-555. Authority to Issue Revenue Bonds; Terms

§ 20-2-556. Form of Bonds; Denominations; Place of Payment; Registration

§ 20-2-557. Signing, Sealing, and Attesting Bonds

§ 20-2-558. Bonds Negotiable

§ 20-2-559. Manner of Sale and Price of Bonds

§ 20-2-560. Use of Bond Proceeds; Additional Bonds

§ 20-2-561. Issuance of Interim Receipts or Certificates or Temporary Bonds

§ 20-2-562. Replacement of Mutilated, Destroyed, or Lost Bonds

§ 20-2-563. Compliance With Part Sufficient for Issuance of Bonds; Single Issue for One or More Projects; Adoption of Bond Resolution

§ 20-2-564. Bonds Not State Debt; Use of Appropriations and Other Funds for Leases From Authority; Collection of Rentals; Assignment of Payments

§ 20-2-565. Trust Indentures to Secure Bonds; Contents of Indentures or Bond Resolutions; Expenses of Carrying Out Indentures

§ 20-2-566. Trustee for Bond Proceeds

§ 20-2-567. Sinking Fund

§ 20-2-568. Remedies of Bondholders, Receivers, or Indenture Trustees

§ 20-2-569. Refunding Bonds

§ 20-2-570. Bonds Legal Investments; Depositing Bonds

§ 20-2-571. Tax Exemption of Authority’s Property, Activities, Charges, and Bonds

§ 20-2-572. Procedure for Validating Bonds

§ 20-2-573. Venue and Jurisdiction of Actions to Enforce Rights or Validate Bonds

§ 20-2-574. Interests of Bondholders Protected

§ 20-2-575. Acceptance of Grants and Contributions From Federal and Other Sources

§ 20-2-576. Moneys Received Deemed Trust Funds

§ 20-2-577. Fixing Rentals, Installment Payments, and Charges for Use of Projects

§ 20-2-578. Authority of State and Other Boards of Education to Bargain, Sell, Transfer, Convey, Rent, and Lease Property to Authority

§ 20-2-579. Rules and Regulations for Operation of Projects

§ 20-2-580. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds Not Affected

§ 20-2-581. Part Supplemental and Additional to Other Laws

§ 20-2-582. Part to Be Liberally Construed