§ 20-18-3. Creation of Georgia Rural Development Council; Membership; Role; Operation
The Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation shall include a council, to be known and designated as the Georgia Rural Development Council, that shall offer guidance to the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation. The Georgia Rural Development Council shall be composed of 12 members who shall be appointed as follows: Six members shall be […]
§ 20-18-4. Duty; Establishment of Satellite Offices
It shall be the duty of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation to provide a central information and research hub for rural leadership training and best practices which may include: Community planning models for proactively identifying value added gaps or strengths; Industry-specific assistance; and Cooperative efforts with nonprofit organizations, religious organizations, and other higher […]
§ 20-18-5. Funds
All funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the establishment and operation of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation, together with any funds which may be appropriated by the United States Congress or apportioned to this state from the United States Department of the Treasury for purposes substantially the same as specified in this […]
§ 20-18-6. Federal Appropriations
In the event that the United States Congress appropriates funds to this state for the conduct of work similar to that which is specified in this chapter, such work of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation shall conform to the requirements imposed as conditions for such federal appropriations and as may be accepted by […]
§ 20-18-7. Annual Reporting of Ten-Year Strategic Plan; Approval of Plan and Submission of Recommendations
The Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation shall annually prepare and submit to the General Assembly, for review by the House of Representatives’ and the Senate’s standing committees on agriculture and economic development, a ten-year strategic plan that outlines the use of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation’s resources for the upcoming fiscal years. […]
§ 20-16-3. Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority Created; Appointment of Members; Terms of Office; Officers
There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority, which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of this state and a public corporation; and by that name, style, and title such body may contract and be contracted with, bring and defend actions, and implead and […]
§ 20-17-1. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.” History. Code 1981, § 20-17-1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 377, § 1/SB 227.
§ 20-16-4. Powers
The authority shall have power: To have a seal and alter it at pleasure; To acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise and to hold, lease, and dispose of real and personal property of every kind and character for its corporate purposes; To acquire in its own name by purchase, on such terms and conditions, and […]
§ 20-17-2. Provisions of Compact
“The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children” is enacted into law and entered into by the State of Georgia with any and all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: “Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children The Contracting States solemnly agree that:
§ 20-16-5. Revenue Bonds
Revenue bonds issued by the authority shall be paid solely from the property (including, but not limited to, real property, fixtures, personal property, revenues, or other funds) pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, assigned, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered to secure or to pay such bonds. No revenue bonds shall be issued by the authority under this chapter unless […]