CHAPTER 8 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
- ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 50-8-1 - Creation and continuation of department
- § 50-8-10 - Coordination of policies, programs, and actions of governments; research center on intergovernmental relations; leadership and community development programs
- § 50-8-11 - Power to take action for furtherance of purposes of department; disposition of revenues
- § 50-8-12 - No limitations by article on county or municipal zoning power
- § 50-8-13 - Authorities and agencies assigned to department
- § 50-8-14 - Exemption from "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
- § 50-8-15 - Rights of state employees transferred from State Building Administrative Board; validity of board's legal contracts
- § 50-8-16 - Rights of state employees transferred from Bureau of Community Affairs; validity of bureau's legal contracts
- § 50-8-17 - Employees serve in unclassified service; election option for current classified employees
- § 50-8-18 - Energy efficient construction of major state-funded facility projects; short title; legislative findings; "major facility project" defined
- § 50-8-2 - Definitions
- § 50-8-3 - Purpose of article; duties of department
- § 50-8-3.1 - Power and duty of department
- § 50-8-4 - Board of Community Affairs
- § 50-8-5 - Commissioner; powers
- § 50-8-6 - Divisions, sections, and offices of department
- § 50-8-7 - Planning and technical assistance activities; gathering and distribution of information and studies
- § 50-8-7.1 - General powers and duties
- § 50-8-7.2 - Ratification of department standards and procedures by General Assembly
- § 50-8-7.3 - Solid waste management education program; establishment of Georgia Clean and Beautiful Advisory Committee and Interagency Council on Solid Waste Management
- § 50-8-8 - Grants, loans, and other disbursements of funds; state community development program
- § 50-8-9 - Contracts with public and private entities or individuals
- ARTICLE 2 - REGIONAL COMMISSIONS
- ARTICLE 3 - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
- § 50-8-60 - Definitions
- § 50-8-61 - Prohibited employment of employee of commission or nonprofit corporation; penalties
- § 50-8-62 - Employee's business transactions with commission or nonprofit corporation prohibited; penalties
- § 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
- § 50-8-64 - Competitive bidding requirement
- § 50-8-65 - Annual report to Board of Community Affairs
- § 50-8-66 - Civil fine for violations
- § 50-8-67 - Influence of election of council members prohibited; executive directors of regional commissions prohibited from participation in partisan political activities; adoption of disciplinary
- ARTICLE 4 - METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS
- § 50-8-100 - Annual report to General Assembly and to each political subdivision and supporting agency; contents
- § 50-8-101 - Books of account; annual population estimates; operating funds; annual program and budget
- § 50-8-102 - Submission of negative or unfavorable recommendation based upon stale data
- § 50-8-103 - Determination of effective dates of certain Code sections by resolution of commission or by operation of law
- § 50-8-80 - Definitions
- § 50-8-81 - Legislative intent
- § 50-8-82 - Creation of metropolitan area planning and development commission; first meeting
- § 50-8-83 - Powers, duties, and obligations of regional commission
- § 50-8-84 - Composition of membership of commission; redistricting of areas removed from jurisdiction of existing commission
- § 50-8-85 - Terms of office; removal from office; filling of vacancies
- § 50-8-86 - Quorum; votes equally weighted
- § 50-8-87 - Chairman; election; powers and duties; salary and expense allowances; removal
- § 50-8-88 - Election of officers; compensation of officers and members
- § 50-8-89 - Executive director; selection and appointment
- § 50-8-90 - Terms of employment of officers, employees, and agents; power to contract with private individuals; officers and employees to be public employees
- § 50-8-91 - Establishment of advisory committees; appointment of members; compensation
- § 50-8-92 - Development guides; contents
- § 50-8-93 - Review of area plans; designation as official planning agency; responsibility to carry out assigned or delegated planning functions for an area
- § 50-8-94 - Submission by municipality and county of area plan; comment and recommendation; public hearing upon request for reconsideration of recommendation
- § 50-8-95 - Submission by public entity of area plan; review; public hearing upon request for reconsideration of recommendation
- § 50-8-96 - Commission to review all applications of governmental entities for state or federal loan or grant; procedure
- § 50-8-97 - Commission to engage in continuous program of research, study, and planning of matters affecting its area
- § 50-8-98 - Determination of whether plan is area plan under Code Section 50-8-80; procedure; authorization to adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations
- § 50-8-99 - Authorization to accept gifts, loans, and grants from governments and agencies
- § 50-8-99.1 - Commission authorized to be contracting agent for certain local governments
- ARTICLE 5 - RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- ARTICLE 6 - OFFICE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT; STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- ARTICLE 7 - GRANTS PROMOTING E-85 GASOLINE
- ARTICLE 8 - REGIONAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROJECTS
- § 50-8-190 - Definitions
- § 50-8-191 - Application for REAP designation; minimum criteria; reciprocal use agreements with adjacent facilities
- § 50-8-192 - Certification of compliance; notices of noncompliance
- § 50-8-193 - State agencies encouraged to give certified projects priority in licensing and processing grants and loans
- § 50-8-194 - Annual report by project developer
- § 50-8-195 - Promulgation of rules and regulations
- ARTICLE 9 - RURAL FACILITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- § 50-8-210 - Short title
- § 50-8-211 - Legislative findings
- § 50-8-212 - Definitions
- § 50-8-213 - Designation and ranking of less developed counties
- § 50-8-214 - Membership of facilities development committee
- § 50-8-215 - Policies and procedures for facilities development committee
- § 50-8-216 - Preparation of comprehensive local plan for less developed county
- § 50-8-217 - Conflicts arising in preparation and submission of local plan
- § 50-8-218 - Submission of local plan required; applications for grants
- § 50-8-219 - Review of local plan by commissioner
- § 50-8-220 - Matching grants for implementation of local plan
- § 50-8-221 - Oversight of local plan by facilities development committee
- § 50-8-222 - Distribution of appropriated funds; ratio of matching funds; submission of consolidated report and accounting