There is established the Georgia Technology Authority as a body corporate and politic, an instrumentality of the state, and a public corporation; and by that name the authority may contract and be contracted with and bring and defend actions. The Georgia Technology Authority shall be the successor in interest to the public corporation created by […]
All moneys received by the authority pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. History. Code 1981, § 50-25-9 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1566, § 1; Code 1981, § 50-25-10 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. […]
The foregoing Code sections of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any […]
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to effect a transfer of ownership of any data from any department, agency, board, bureau, commission, or authority to the authority. History. Code 1981, § 50-25-11 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1566, § 1; Code 1981, § 50-25-12 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. […]
This chapter, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. History. Code 1981, § 50-25-12 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1566, § 1; Code 1981, § 50-25-13 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1431, § 1.
The authority shall provide for the distribution in electronic format of the legislative information provided to the authority pursuant to Code Section 28-3-24.1. Such information may be made available in a dial-up bulletin board format or in such other formats as may be determined to be appropriate by the authority. Such legislative information shall be […]
The Georgia Technology Authority Overview Committee is created. The committee shall consist of three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House and three members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate. The members shall serve for terms as members of the committee concurrent with their terms […]
The committee shall periodically inquire into and review the operations, contracts, financing, organization, and structure of the Georgia Technology Authority, as well as periodically review and evaluate the success with which said authority is accomplishing its legislatively created purposes. History. Code 1981, § 50-25-16 , enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 974, § 1.
The authority shall consist of 11 members as follows: two members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and seven members appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall designate a member of the authority to serve as chairperson of the authority. All of the aforesaid members […]
The authority shall be assigned for administrative purposes to the Department of Administrative Services, as provided for in Code Section 50-4-3. The Attorney General shall provide legal services for the authority, in the same manner provided for in Code Sections 45-15-13 through 45-15-16. History. Code 1981, § 50-25-3 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. […]
The authority shall have the following powers: To have a seal and alter the same at its pleasure; To make and execute contracts, lease agreements, and all other instruments necessary or convenient to exercise the powers of the authority or to further the public purpose for which the authority is created; To acquire by purchase, […]
All state departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, and authorities are authorized to make available to the authority access to public records or data which are available in electronic format upon terms mutually agreed to by the authority and any such department, agency, board, bureau, commission, or authority; provided, however, that no department, agency, board, bureau, […]
There is created the position of the chief information officer for the State of Georgia who shall be both appointed and removed by a vote of a majority of the full membership to which the authority is entitled. The authority shall determine the compensation of the chief information officer. The chief information officer shall serve […]
As used in this Code section, the term: “Agency” means: The Governor in the exercise of all executive powers; Each other state officer, department, departmental unit, board, bureau, or commission expressly authorized by law to make rules and regulations; and The General Assembly. “Meeting” means an open and public meeting of an agency to which […]
The authority shall have exclusive authority to sell or execute license agreements on behalf of the executive branch of state government for an entire file of public information in any electronic medium or format; provided, however, that nothing contained in this subsection shall preclude the Department of Transportation from exercising its authority under subparagraph (a)(2)(B) […]
The authority is authorized and directed to establish a technology empowerment fund to be administered by the authority. The fund shall consist of such moneys appropriated or otherwise available to the authority as the board may determine from time to time to deposit therein. Subject to the appropriations process, the decision-making and priority-setting responsibilities for […]
The executive director shall publish in print or electronically an annual state information technology report that shall include: A report on the state’s current and planned information technology expenditures, in cooperation with the Office of Planning and Budget and the state accounting officer, that shall include, but not be limited to, line-item detail expenditures on […]
The Governor shall have the authority to transfer the technology resources as provided in this chapter of all state agencies, except those under the authority, direction, or control of the General Assembly or state-wide elected officials other than the Governor, to the authority. This Code section shall be implemented by executive order of the Governor, […]
The authority shall adopt procedures to ensure that the authority and agencies do not acquire, reproduce, distribute, or transmit computer software in violation of United States copyright laws and applicable licensing restrictions. The authority shall establish procedures to ensure that each agency has present on its computers and uses only computer software that complies with […]
Nothing exempting any purchase from the competitive bidding laws set forth in Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of this title shall exempt any technology resource purchase from the technical standards and specifications established by the authority unless specifically provided by action of the authority; provided, however, that technical standards established by the […]
