• § 12-8-50 - Short Title
  This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Regional Solid Waste Management Authorities Act."
• § 12-8-51 - Authority for Enactment; Nonprofit and Public Purposes of Authorities; Tax Exemption; State Policy; Unfair Competition With Private Sector Prohibited
  (a) This part is enacted pursuant to authority granted to the General Assembly by the Constitution of Georgia. Each authority created by this part...
• § 12-8-52 - Definitions
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Authority" means each public corporation created pursuant to this part. (2) "Collection" means the aggregating of...
• § 12-8-53 - Creation of Authorities
  (a) There is created in and for each county and municipal corporation in this state a public body corporate and politic, to be known...
• § 12-8-54 - Board of Directors
  (a) Control and management of the authority shall be vested in a board of at least five directors who shall be residents of the...
• § 12-8-55 - Quorum; Majority Vote Requirement
  A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the authority. However, any action with respect to any...
• § 12-8-56 - Powers of Authority
  Each authority shall have all of the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part, including,...
• § 12-8-57 - Limitation on Liability of Members, Officers, or Employees of Authority
  Except for gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, neither the members of the authority nor any officer or employee of the authority, acting...
• § 12-8-58 - Bonds or Other Obligations; Limitations and Procedures for Issuance
  (a) Subject to the limitations and procedures provided by this Code section, the obligations of any authority evidenced by bonds, bond anticipation notes, trust...
• § 12-8-59 - Bonds or Other Obligations Not Indebtedness of State or Political Subdivision
  No bonds or other obligations of and no indebtedness incurred by any authority shall constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Georgia...
• § 12-8-59.1 - Liberal Construction of Part; Bonds Not Subject to Other State Law; Other Authorities
  (a) This part shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. Sale or issuance of bonds by any authority shall not be subject...
• § 12-8-59.2 - Resolutions or Ordinances Declaring Functioning of Previously Activated Authority Unnecessary
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "project" shall mean any interest of the authority in a project as otherwise defined in...

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