§ 46-9-278. Liberal Construction to Effect Stated Purpose
The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to effect its stated purpose. The offer, sale, or issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations by the authority shall not be subject to regulation under the Georgia laws regulating the sale of securities, as heretofore and hereafter amended. No notice, proceeding, or publication except those […]
§ 46-9-279. Status of Bonds and Other Obligations as Constituting Debt or Obligation of State, County, or Other Political Subdivisions
No bonds, notes, or other obligations of and no indebtedness incurred by the authority shall constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Georgia or any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision thereof nor shall any act of the authority in any manner constitute or result in the creation of an indebtedness of the […]
§ 46-9-280. Exemption of Authority From Taxes or Assessments
The authority is created for nonprofit and public purposes; and it is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, that the authority is an institution of purely public charity and will […]
§ 46-9-190. Lien of Carrier for Fare and Baggage Charges
A carrier of passengers shall have a lien on the passengers’ baggage, not only for baggage charges but also for the passengers’ fare. This lien may be foreclosed as described in subsection (b) of this Code section. Whenever baggage has been transported to destination by any common carrier and is uncalled for or refused by […]
§ 46-9-191. Lien of Carrier for Freight Charges
When a carrier has complied with his contract as to transportation, he shall have a lien on the goods for the freight charges and may retain possession until the lien is paid, unless this right is waived by special contract or actual delivery of the goods. If the goods are delivered, the carrier acquires a […]
§ 46-9-192. Priority of Carriers’ Liens
A carrier’s liens for charges on the baggage of its passengers and on the goods and articles transported shall be superior to other liens, except liens for taxes, special liens of landlords for rent, liens of laborers, and all general liens of which the carrier had actual notice before the property claimed to be subject […]
§ 46-9-210. Duty of Railroad Companies to Put on Sale and to Sell Tickets of Connecting Roads and to Check Baggage Over Such Roads
No railroad company having an office or agency within this state shall refuse to put on sale or refuse to sell any ticket of any other railroad company with which the same may be directly or indirectly connected, at the price or rate fixed by the commission, for passage over lines of such connecting roads, […]
§ 46-9-211. Duty of Railroad Companies to Place Their Tickets for Sale With Connecting Roads; Duty to Accept Such Tickets and to Receive and Transport Baggage Checked Upon Such Tickets; Security for Tickets
No railroad company operating or doing business wholly or partly within this state shall: Refuse to put on sale with the agents of any other railroad company with which it may be connected, whether directly or indirectly, tickets for any point upon its lines of road; Refuse to receive such tickets for passage over its […]
§ 46-9-212. Switching Off and Delivering to Connecting Roads All Cars Consigned to Points Over or Beyond the Connecting Roads
All railroad companies in this state shall, at the terminus or at any intermediate point, be required to switch off and deliver to connecting roads, in the yard of such roads, all cars passing over their lines which cars contain goods or freights consigned, without rebate or deception, by any route, at the option of […]
§ 46-9-213. Discrimination by Railroad Companies in Freight-Transportation Rates Charged to Connecting Lines and Routes
No railroad company shall discriminate in its rates or tariffs for freights in favor of any line or route connected with it as against any other line or route; nor, when a part of its own line is sought to be run in connection with any other route, shall such company discriminate against such connecting […]