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Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 8-3-1. Short Title - This article may be referred to as the “Housing Authorities...
§ 8-3-2. Legislative Findings and Declaration of Necessity - It is declared that there exist in the state unsanitary...
§ 8-3-3. Definitions - As used in this article, the term: (13.1) “Private enterprise...
§ 8-3-3.1. Additional Definitions - As used in this article, the term: History. Ga. L....
§ 8-3-4. Creation of Housing Authorities - In each city and in each county of the state...
§ 8-3-5. Findings Required Before Adoption of Resolution - History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 4.
§ 8-3-6. Resolution as Conclusive Evidence of Authority’s Establishment and Authority - In any action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement...
§ 8-3-7. Applicability of Local Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations to Housing Projects - All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to...
§ 8-3-8. Exemption of Authorities and Their Property From Taxes and Special Assessments; Payments in Lieu of Taxes and Special Assessments - The property of an authority is declared to be public...
§ 8-3-9. Filing Reports With Clerk; Recommending Legislation or Other Necessary Action - At least once a year, an authority shall file with...
§ 8-3-10. Vesting of Fee Simple Title Upon an Authority’s Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain - Whenever a housing authority is or has been created under...
§ 8-3-11. Renting of Housing Units — Requirements as to Fixing of Rentals by Authorities Generally - It is declared to be the policy of this state...
§ 8-3-12. Dwelling Accommodations for Persons of Low Income; Duties With Respect to Rentals and Tenant Selection - History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 10; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-13. Cooperation and Joint Operation by Authorities - History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 11; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-14. Consolidated Housing Authorities for Two or More Municipalities - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 6; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-15. Extraterritorial Operation of City Housing Authorities - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 6; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-16. Providing Housing in Rural Areas - Any housing authority which has rural areas under its jurisdiction...
§ 8-3-17. Powers of Authorities and Board of Regents as to Dormitories; Venue for Actions Regarding Rights in Projects and Questions as to Issuance of Bonds; Validation and Confirmation of Bonds - Any of such bonds may be additionally secured by a...
Part 2 - Powers of Housing Authorities Generally
§ 8-3-30. General Powers; Applicability of Laws as to Acquisition, Operation, or Disposition of Property by Other Public Bodies - History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 8; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-31. Eminent Domain - An authority shall have the right to acquire by the...
§ 8-3-31.1. “Public Use” Defined; Eminent Domain to Be Exercised Solely for Public Use - History. Code 1981, § 8-3-31.1 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 8-3-32. Borrowing Money and Accepting Grants and Other Financial Assistance From Federal Government; Taking Over, Leasing, or Managing Projects Constructed or Owned by Federal Government; Purpose and Intent of Article - An authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants...
§ 8-3-33. Contracts and Agreements With Federal Government to Obtain Federal Contributions to Housing Projects - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 6; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-34. Housing Studies and Analyses - History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 270, § 2.
§ 8-3-35. Legislative Findings; Additional Powers of Authority; Effect of Financing With Bond Proceeds; Issuance, Sale, Confirmation, and Validation of Bonds; Venue of Actions - History. Ga. L. 1982, p. 2228, § 2; Code 1981,...
§ 8-3-36. Prohibition of Nonresidents Suspected of Criminal Acts - Any housing authority created pursuant to this article, acting through...
Part 3 - Housing Authority Commissioners
§ 8-3-50. Appointment, Qualifications, and Tenure of Commissioners; Reimbursement for Expenses - History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 5; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-51. Commissioners Authority; Quorum; Voting by Commissioners; Chairman; Vice-Chairman; Employment of Personnel; Obtaining Legal Services; Delegation of Powers or Duties - History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 5; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-52. Disclosure and Abstention Requirements for Interested Commissioners and Employees - History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 6; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-53. Removal of Commissioners - For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office,...
Part 4 - Obligations on Bonds and Leases
§ 8-3-70. Bonds — Power of Authorities to Issue Bonds; Types of Bonds; Security for Bonds - An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time...
§ 8-3-71. Bonds — Liability of Commissioner, State, and Political Subdivisions; Status of Bonds in Regard to Constitutional and Statutory Debt Limitations and Restrictions - History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 14; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-72. Bonds — Exemption of Bonds and Interest From Taxation; Article as Contract by Housing Authorities and State With Bondholders and Transferees - Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for...
§ 8-3-73. Bonds — Form; Terms; Rate of Interest - Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution...
§ 8-3-74. Bonds — Public Sale of Bonds; Exceptions - The bonds of an authority may be sold at public...
§ 8-3-75. Bonds — Validity of Signatures; Negotiability - In case any of the commissioners or officers of the...
§ 8-3-76. Bonds — Effect of Recital of Purpose on Face of Bond - Any bond reciting in substance that it has been issued...
§ 8-3-77. Powers of Authorities as to Securing Payment of Bonds and Lease Obligations - In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring...
§ 8-3-78. Remedies of Obligee of an Authority Generally - An obligee of an authority shall have the right, in...
§ 8-3-79. Additional Remedies Conferrable on Obligee by an Authority - An authority shall have power by its resolution, trust indenture,...
§ 8-3-80. Exemption of Property of Authorities From Execution Sale; Charges or Liens on Property of Authorities; Enforcement of Mortgages, Pledges, or Liens by Obligees of Authorities - All real property of an authority shall be exempt from...
§ 8-3-81. Bonds and Other Obligations of Authorities as Legal Investments - Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of...
Part 5 - Regional Housing Authorities
§ 8-3-100. Procedure for Creating an Authority - If the governing body of each of two or more...
§ 8-3-101. Transfer of Property to an Authority - When any real property of a county housing authority vests...
§ 8-3-102. Conditions Precedent to Adoption of Resolution Declaring Need for an Authority - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 6.
§ 8-3-103. Public Hearings on Adoption of Resolution - The governing body of a county shall not adopt any...
§ 8-3-104. Resolution as Conclusive Evidence of an Authority’s Establishment; Sufficiency of Resolution - In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or...
§ 8-3-105. Powers of an Authority Generally - Except as otherwise provided in this part, a regional housing...
§ 8-3-106. Commissioners — Appointment by County Governing Bodies - The governing bodies of the counties desiring to form a...
§ 8-3-107. Commissioners — Appointment of Additional Commissioner - If the area of operation of a regional housing authority...
§ 8-3-108. Commissioners — Terms of Office; Removal; Record of Removal Proceedings - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 6; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-109. Commissioners — Vesting of Powers of an Authority in Commissioners; Selection of Chairman and Other Officers; Employees; Quorum; Location of Meetings - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 146, § 6; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-110. Area of Operation of County and Regional Authorities - The area of operation of a housing authority created for...
§ 8-3-111. Addition of Counties to an Authority — Procedure; Effect - History. Ga. L. 1952, p. 365, § 1.
§ 8-3-112. Addition of Counties to an Authority — Transfer of Property to Authority - When any real property of a county housing authority vests...
§ 8-3-113. Addition of Counties to an Authority — Conditions Precedent to Adoption of Resolution Declaring Need for Expansion of Authority - The governing body of each of the counties in the...
§ 8-3-114. Exclusion of Counties From Regional Authority — Procedure Generally; Effect of Reducing Area of Operation to One County - History. Ga. L. 1952, p. 365, § 1.
§ 8-3-115. Exclusion of County From Regional Authority — Conditions Precedent to Adoption of Resolution Declaring Need for Exclusion - The governing body of each of the counties in the...
§ 8-3-116. Detachment of a County by Its Own Resolution; Assumption of Regional Authority’s Bonds, Notes, and Other Obligations by an Authority Thereafter Established for County - History. Ga. L. 1952, p. 365, § 1.
§ 8-3-117. Creation of an Authority for a County After Exclusion or Detachment From a Regional Authority; Appointment of Commissioners; Scope of Powers; Subsequent Inclusion in a Regional Authority - History. Ga. L. 1952, p. 365, § 1.
§ 8-3-118. Public Hearing Prior to Adoption of Resolution - The governing body of a county shall not adopt any...
Part 6 - Providing Housing for Persons Engaged in National Defense Industries or Activities
§ 8-3-130. Declaration of Necessity - The preparation for national defense requires a great migration of...
§ 8-3-131. Definitions - As used in this part, the term: History. Ga. L....
§ 8-3-132. Conditions Precedent to Exercise of Powers by an Authority; Scope of Rights and Powers of an Authority Generally - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 161, § 2; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-133. Existence of War or National Emergency as Condition Precedent to Initiation of Project - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 161, § 9; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-134. Cooperation by an Authority With Federal Government, Other Public Bodies, and Private Agencies; Leases of Projects by an Authority From Federal Government - A housing authority may exercise any or all of its...
§ 8-3-135. Aid and Cooperation by State Public Bodies in Development and Administration of Projects - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 161, § 4; Ga. L....
§ 8-3-136. Issuance of Bonds, Notes, and Other Obligations by an Authority - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 161, §§ 5, 6; Ga....
§ 8-3-137. Authorization for an Authority to Undertake Projects and to Cooperate With or Act as Agent for Federal Government; Applicability of Limitations, Restrictions, and Requirements in Other; Scope of Powers - History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 161, § 7; Ga. L....