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§ 52-2-1. Short Title - This chapter may be cited as the “Georgia Ports Authority...
§ 52-2-2. Definitions - As used in this chapter, the term: History. Ga. L....
§ 52-2-3. Projects Which May Be Considered Self-Liquidating; Lease or Sale of Manufacturing or Processing Facilities; Inclusion in Projects of Leased Facilities and Facilities Acquired for Use as Ports - Any project shall be deemed self-liquidating if, in the judgment...
§ 52-2-4. Creation of Authority; Status of Authority as an Instrumentality of State and a Public Corporation - There is created a body corporate and politic, to be...
§ 52-2-5. Composition of Authority; Appointment, Terms, and Qualifications of Members Generally; Filling of Vacancies; Election of Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Secretary-Treasurer; Quorum - History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 2; Ga. L....
§ 52-2-6. Compensation of Members and Reimbursement for Expenses - The members of the authority shall be compensated in the...
§ 52-2-7. Making of Rules and Regulations; Delegation of Powers and Duties; Perpetual Existence of Authority - The authority shall make necessary rules and regulations for its...
§ 52-2-8. Eligibility for Membership - No person shall be eligible for membership on the Georgia...
§ 52-2-9. Powers of Authority Generally - The authority shall have the following powers: History. Ga. L....
§ 52-2-10. Applicability of Traffic Laws; Enforcement by Peace Officers; Traffic Citations; Issuance of Bench Warrant Upon Failure of Offender to Appear; Enforcement of Dock Related City Ordinances; Venue - History. Ga. L. 1976, p. 1640, § 2; Ga. L....
§ 52-2-11. Power of Authority to Borrow Money, to Execute Evidences of Indebtedness, and to Secure Such Indebtedness; Sale and Other Disposition of Property; Utilization of Proceeds of Sale - The Georgia Ports Authority shall have and may exercise the...
§ 52-2-12. Funds for Acquisition of Land and Construction of Port Facilities - The Governor may make available to the Georgia Ports Authority...
§ 52-2-13. Approval and Consent of State Properties Commission for Acquisition of Real Property by Authority - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the authority shall...
§ 52-2-14. Conveyance of Medical Depot Site to Authority; Power to Sell Conveyed Surplus Lands and Improvements; Power to Borrow and to Issue Revenue Anticipation Certificates - The Governor of this state is authorized to convey, for...
§ 52-2-15. Revenue Bonds — Issuance; Payment of Principal and Interest From Special Fund; Dating of Bonds; Determination of Rate of Interest; Time of Maturity; Redemption Before Maturity - The authority shall have the power and is authorized at...
§ 52-2-16. Revenue Bonds — Form of Bonds; Denominations; Place of Payment of Principal and Interest - The authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including...
§ 52-2-17. Revenue Bonds — Signatures; Seal - In case any officer whose signature appears on any bonds...
§ 52-2-18. Revenue Bonds — Status of Bonds as Negotiable Instruments; Tax Exemption for Bonds and for Income Therefrom - All revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall have and...
§ 52-2-19. Revenue Bonds — Issuance in Coupon, Registered, or Book-Entry Form - The bonds may be issued in coupon, registered, or book-entry...
§ 52-2-20. Revenue Bonds — Determination of Price; Use and Manner of Disbursement of Proceeds; Procedure Where Proceeds Are Less Than or Greater Than Cost of Projects - The authority may sell such bonds in such manner and...
§ 52-2-21. Revenue Bonds — Issuance of Interim Receipts, Interim Certificates, and Temporary Bonds; Replacement of Mutilated, Destroyed, or Lost Bonds - Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may,...
§ 52-2-22. Revenue Bonds — Conditions Precedent to Issuance; Application of Bonds of a Single Issue to Payment of One or More Projects; Effective Date of Resolutions Providing for Issuance; Passage of Resolutions - Such revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings...
§ 52-2-23. Revenue Bonds — Aid by Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission - Whenever the authority determines to issue its bonds or other...
§ 52-2-24. Revenue Bonds — Status of Bonds as a Debt of State or a Pledge of Faith and Credit of State; Issuance as Obligating State to Levy Tax or Make Appropriation; Obligation to Pay Principal and Interest on Bonds; Recitals on Face of Bonds - Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall not be deemed...
§ 52-2-25. Revenue Bonds — Securing of Bonds by Trust Indenture - In the discretion of the authority, any issue of such...
§ 52-2-26. Revenue Bonds — Remedies of Bondholders and Trustee - Any holder of revenue bonds issued under this chapter or...
§ 52-2-27. Revenue Bonds — Protection of Rights of Bondholders - While any of the bonds issued by the authority remain...
§ 52-2-28. Revenue Bonds — Revenue Refunding Bonds - The authority is authorized to provide by resolution for the...
§ 52-2-29. Revenue Bonds — Status of Bonds as Legal Investments and as Securities for Deposits - may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their...
§ 52-2-30. Revenue Bonds — Confirmation and Validation of Bonds; Venue of Actions to Confirm and Validate Bonds or to Enforce Rights Under Chapter - Bonds of the authority shall be confirmed and validated in...
§ 52-2-31. Power of Authority to Fix, Revise, and Collect Charges; Factors Governing Determination of Amount of Rentals and Other Charges; Creation, Use, and Disposition of Sinking Fund; Cancellation of Purchased or Redeemed Bonds - The use and disposition of such sinking fund shall be...
§ 52-2-32. Status of Contracted-for Rentals as Obligations of State; Payment of Rentals; Power of Authority to Enforce Lessees’ Duty to Perform Covenants and Obligations; Assignment of Rentals Due - History. Ga. L. 1964, p. 88, § 2.
§ 52-2-33. Duty of Authority to Prescribe Rules and Regulations for Operation of Projects; Duty of Authority to Impose and Collect Rentals and Other Charges for Use of Facilities of Projects - It shall be the duty of the authority to prescribe...
§ 52-2-34. Acceptance of Grants From Federal Agencies and of Contributions of Money and Property From Other Sources - The authority, in addition to the moneys which may be...
§ 52-2-35. Requirement as to Competitive Bidding for Contracts for New Construction - The authority shall have the right to do all new...
§ 52-2-36. Status of Moneys Received Under Chapter as Trust Funds; Provision by Authority for Payment of Moneys to Designated Trustee; Investment of Moneys; Sale of Investments and Reinvestment - History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 7; Ga. L....
§ 52-2-37. Creation of Authority and Carrying Out of Authority’s Corporate Purpose as Constituting a Public Purpose; Covenant With Bondholders as to Tax-Exempt Status of Authority’s Property - It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of...
§ 52-2-38. Construction of Chapter - This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state...
§ 52-2-39. Supplemental Nature of Chapter - This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and...