Georgia Code, Title 2, Chapter 3 - Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority

• § 2-3-1 - Short Title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority Act."
• § 2-3-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Authority" means the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority. (2) "Cost of the project" means the cost of...
• § 2-3-3 - Creation of Authority; Membership; Vacancies; Compensation and Reimbursement; Record Keeping
  (a) There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority which shall be deemed to be...
• § 2-3-4 - Purpose and General Business of Authority
  The corporate purpose and the general nature of the business of the authority shall be: (1) The provision of a facility for the agricultural...
• § 2-3-5 - Powers of Authority Generally
  The authority is authorized: (1) To have a seal and alter it at pleasure; (2) To acquire, hold, and dispose of personal property for...
• § 2-3-6 - Public Purpose of Authority; Tax and Assessment Exemptions
  It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes are in all respects...
• § 2-3-7 - Exercise of Police Powers by Authority
  The authority is authorized to exercise such of the police powers of the state as may be necessary to maintain peace and order and...
• § 2-3-8 - Authorization for Security Force
  The authority is authorized to contract for or to provide for and maintain a security force with respect to the facilities and property owned,...
• § 2-3-9 - Receipts Deemed Trust Funds
  All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as grants or other contributions or as revenues, rents, and earnings, shall be...
• § 2-3-10 - Setting Rentals and Other Charges
  The authority is authorized to fix rentals and other charges which any user, exhibitor, concessionaire, franchisee, or vendor shall pay to the authority for...
• § 2-3-11 - Legal Services of Attorney General
  The Attorney General shall provide legal services for the authority and in connection therewith the provisions of Code Sections 45-15-13 through 45-15-16 shall be...
• § 2-3-12 - Venue and Jurisdiction for Actions Under Chapter or Against Authority
  Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this chapter shall be brought in the Superior Court of Houston County, Georgia; and such...
• § 2-3-13 - Conflict of Interest; Full Disclosure
  (a) Every member of the authority and every employee of the authority who knowingly has any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract to...
• § 2-3-14 - Power of Authority to Issue Revenue Bonds
  (a) The authority or any authority or body which may succeed to the powers, duties, and liabilities vested in the authority is authorized at...
• § 2-3-15 - Authorization for Department Construction and Acquisition of Projects
  The Department of Agriculture is authorized to construct, erect, acquire, and own the project, as defined in this chapter. The costs of any such...

Last modified: October 14, 2016