On or before February 1 of each year, a commission shall report to the General Assembly of this state and to each political subdivision and supporting agency within its area. The report shall include: A statement of the commission’s receipts and expenditures by category for the preceding calendar year; A budget for the calendar year […]
A commission shall keep books of account which shall be independently audited at least once in each full calendar year during which a commission functions. The auditor’s report shall be presented to the governing body of each political subdivision within the area and to the General Assembly. Each year a commission shall make a separate […]
A commission shall not submit a negative or unfavorable recommendation which is based upon any data which has been accumulated for a period of time in excess of 24 months where more current data is available. History. Code 1981, § 50-8-102 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 51.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a commission shall determine by resolution the timing and sequence of the assumption of such duties, powers, and obligations it may have under Code Sections 50-8-88, 50-8-89, and Code Sections 50-8-93 through 50-8-96 and such Code sections shall not become effective until the date specified in such resolution. […]
As used in this article, the term: “Area” means a standard metropolitan statistical area located wholly within this state as defined by the United States Executive Office of the President, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area 1967, Part I Criteria, Office of Management and Budget, subject to any changes made by the Board of Community Affairs pursuant […]
It is in the public interest to create an agency composed of officials of political subdivisions and private citizens to coordinate planning and development within each area of this state having a population of more than 1,000,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census; to designate the agency […]
There is created a metropolitan area planning and development commission in each area of this state having a population of more than 1,000,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census. The chairman of the county commission of the most populous county in an area so having a population […]
A commission shall be, for its area, a regional commission as defined in and with all the powers, duties, and obligations of a regional commission set forth in Article 2 of this chapter and any other law of general application pertaining to regional commissions on July 1, 2009; and in addition shall have all of […]
The members of a commission for an area shall consist of: The chairman of the board of commissioners of each county within the area; The mayor of the most populous municipality within the area; From each county within the area, except the most populous county within the area, the mayor of a municipality within such […]
The public members of a commission shall have terms of office concurrent with their respective terms of public office. Members at large of a commission shall serve for a term of four years, except that one-half (or if an odd number of members at large are elected to a commission, a majority of such members […]
A quorum for taking action at a meeting of a commission may be set in such manner as the bylaws of the commission shall provide, but it shall not consist of less than one-half of the total number of authorized members of the commission. The vote of any member of the commission shall be equal […]
The chairman of a commission shall be elected by the commission from among its members for a two-year term, but no person shall serve as chairman if, after his election to office, he ceases to be a member of the commission. A chairman may succeed himself. The chairman of a commission shall preside at all […]
A commission shall elect such officers as it deems necessary for the conduct of its affairs, including a secretary and treasurer, who need not be members of the commission, and shall be compensated as determined by the commission. Each member of a commission, other than the chairman, may be paid a per diem compensation not […]
A commission shall appoint an executive director to serve at the pleasure of the commission as the principal operating administrator for the commission. An executive director shall be chosen from among the citizens of the nation at large and shall be selected on the basis of his training and experience. History. Code 1981, § 50-8-89 […]
A commission may prescribe the compensation, benefits, and all terms and conditions of employment of its officers, employees, and agents. A commission may contract with private individuals or firms for professional services deemed necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this article. Officers and employees of a commission shall be public employees. Comparability with existing […]
A commission may establish and appoint persons to advisory committees to assist the commission in the performance of its duties. Members of advisory committees shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses as determined by the commission. History. Code 1981, § 50-8-91 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § […]
A commission shall prepare and adopt and from time to time amend, change, or repeal, after appropriate study and such public hearings as may be deemed necessary, comprehensive development guides for its area. The development guides shall consist of policy statements, goals, standards, programs, and maps prescribing an orderly and economic development, public and private, […]
It is in the public interest and it is provided by this article that: A commission review each area plan prepared for use in an area by a political subdivision or by a public authority, commission, board, utility, or agency; Each commission be designated as the official planning agency for all state and federal programs […]
Each municipality within an area and each county within an area shall submit to the commission for comment and recommendation thereon every area plan prepared by such municipality or county. The commission shall maintain all area plans in its files available for inspection by members of the public. No action shall be taken by any […]
A commission shall review every area plan prepared for use within the area by a public authority, public commission, public board, public utility, or public agency. Each such area plan shall be submitted to the commission by the public authority, public commission, public board, public utility, or public agency preparing the plan before any action […]
