§ 8-3-36. Prohibition of Nonresidents Suspected of Criminal Acts
Any housing authority created pursuant to this article, acting through its director or his or her designee, is authorized to prohibit, without breaching the peace, any person who is reasonably suspected of committing a criminal act on the premises of a housing project and who is not a resident of said project from entering, loitering, […]
§ 8-3-81. Bonds and Other Obligations of Authorities as Legal Investments
Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of this state, the state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies; all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business; all insurance companies, […]
§ 8-3-50. Appointment, Qualifications, and Tenure of Commissioners; Reimbursement for Expenses
When the governing body of a city adopts a resolution as provided in Code Section 8-3-5, it shall promptly notify the mayor of such adoption. Upon receiving such notice, the mayor shall appoint five persons as commissioners of the authority created for such city. In the event the mayor fails or refuses to submit appointments […]
§ 8-3-100. Procedure for Creating an Authority
If the governing body of each of two or more contiguous counties by resolution declares that there is a need for one housing authority to be created for all of such counties to exercise in such counties powers and other functions prescribed for a regional housing authority, a public body corporate and politic to be […]
§ 8-3-51. Commissioners Authority; Quorum; Voting by Commissioners; Chairman; Vice-Chairman; Employment of Personnel; Obtaining Legal Services; Delegation of Powers or Duties
The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners thereof in office from time to time. Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum of the authority for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote of a […]
§ 8-3-52. Disclosure and Abstention Requirements for Interested Commissioners and Employees
No commissioner or employee of the authority shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any project. Where the acquisition is not voluntary, such commissioner or employee shall immediately […]
§ 8-3-53. Removal of Commissioners
For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor or, in the case of an authority for a county, by the governing body of said county, provided that a commissioner shall be removed only after he shall have been given a copy of […]
§ 8-3-70. Bonds — Power of Authorities to Issue Bonds; Types of Bonds; Security for Bonds
An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time, in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, […]
§ 8-3-71. Bonds — Liability of Commissioner, State, and Political Subdivisions; Status of Bonds in Regard to Constitutional and Statutory Debt Limitations and Restrictions
Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority shall not be a debt of the city, the county, the state, or any political subdivision of the state; and such bonds […]
§ 8-3-72. Bonds — Exemption of Bonds and Interest From Taxation; Article as Contract by Housing Authorities and State With Bondholders and Transferees
Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities. All such bonds shall be exempt from state, county, municipal, or other taxation in the State of Georgia; and interest on such bonds shall be exempt from income taxation or other taxation by the […]