Georgia Code, Title 42, Chapter 4, Article 5 - Regional Jail Authorities

• § 42-4-90 - Short Title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Regional Jail Authorities Act."
• § 42-4-91 - Statement of Authority; Policy of State
  (a) This article is enacted pursuant to authority granted to the General Assembly by the Constitution of Georgia. Each authority created by this article...
• § 42-4-92 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Authority" means each public body corporate and politic created pursuant to this article. (2) "Cost of...
• § 42-4-93 - Creation of Authorities; Ordinance or Resolution Required; Agreement; Approval of Sheriff; Exemption From Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Act
  (a) Any two or more counties may jointly form an authority, to be known as the county regional jail authority for such counties. Any...
• § 42-4-94 - Board of Directors; Members; Election of Officers; Expenses; Duties; Addition of Counties or Municipalities to Authority
  (a) Control and management of the authority shall be vested in a board of directors. Each county participating in an authority shall appoint the...
• § 42-4-95 - Management Committee of County Regional Jail Authority; Management and Operation of Municipal Regional Jail Authority
  (a) The jail of a county regional jail authority shall be managed and operated by a regional jail authority management committee composed of all...
• § 42-4-96 - Quorums; Voting Requirements
  (a) A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the authority. However, any action with...
• § 42-4-97 - Powers of Authority
  Each authority shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article, including, but...
• § 42-4-98 - Duties and Responsibilities of Sheriffs and Governing Bodies Imposed Upon Management Committee and Authority
  (a) Every duty and responsibility of the sheriff of a participant county to operate a jail in an efficient and orderly manner is imposed...
• § 42-4-99 - Limitation on Liability of Members, Officers, or Employees
  Except for willful or wanton misconduct, neither the members of the authority nor any officer or employee of the authority, acting on behalf thereof...
• § 42-4-100 - Bonds or Other Obligations; Requirements and Procedure 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...
• § 42-4-101 - Bonds or Other Obligations Not Indebtedness of State or Political Subdivision; Payment
  No bonds or other obligations of and no indebtedness incurred by any authority shall constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Georgia...
• § 42-4-102 - Construction of Article; Bonds Not Subject to Regulation Under Georgia Uniform Securities Act; Power of Counties and Municipalities to Activate Authorities
  (a) This article shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. Sale or issuance of bonds by any authority shall not be subject...
• § 42-4-103 - Operation and Finance Agreement Required; Withdrawal From Authority
  (a) Failure of a participant county or participant municipality to execute an operation and finance agreement duly adopted by the authority at a regularly...
• § 42-4-104 - Authority of County or Municipality to Establish and Maintain Jail or Jail-Holding Facility
  Notwithstanding anything contained in this article, no participant county or participant municipality shall be prohibited from establishing and maintaining any jail or jail-holding facility....
• § 42-4-105 - Immunity of Authorities From Liability
  Regional jail authorities shall be carrying out an essential governmental function on behalf of participant counties or participant municipalities and are, therefore, given immunity...

Last modified: October 14, 2016