Georgia Code, Title 50, Chapter 25 - Georgia Technology Authority

• § 50-25-1 - Establishment of Georgia Technology Authority
  (a) There is established the Georgia Technology Authority as a body corporate and politic, an instrumentality of the state, and a public corporation; and...
• § 50-25-2 - Membership
  (a) The authority shall consist of 11 members as follows: two members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; two members appointed by the Speaker of...
• § 50-25-3 - Administration; Legal Services
  (a) The authority shall be assigned for administrative purposes to the Department of Administrative Services, as provided for in Code Section 50-4-3.(b) The Attorney...
• § 50-25-4 - General Powers
  (a) The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have a seal and alter the same at its pleasure; (2) To make and...
• § 50-25-5 - Access to Records of State Departments, Agencies, Boards, Bureaus, Commissions, and Other Authorities
  All state departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, and authorities are authorized to make available to the authority access to public records or data which...
• § 50-25-5.1 - Chief Information Officer; Appointment and Removal; Compensation; Powers and Duties
  (a) There is created the position of the chief information officer for the State of Georgia who shall be both appointed and removed by...
• § 50-25-6 - Georgia Register
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Agency" means: (A) The Governor in the exercise of all executive powers; (B) Each...
• § 50-25-7 - Sale of Files of Public Information; Receipt of Data in Electronic Format From Public; Application of Statutory Restrictions on Confidentiality to Authority
  (a) The authority shall have exclusive authority to sell or execute license agreements on behalf of the executive branch of state government for an...
• § 50-25-7.1 - Technology Empowerment Fund; Appropriations; Initiatives; Steering Committee
  (a) The authority is authorized and directed to establish a technology empowerment fund to be administered by the authority. The fund shall consist of...
• § 50-25-7.2 - Adherence to Technical Standards and Specifications Established by the Authority
  Nothing exempting any purchase from the competitive bidding laws set forth in Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of this title shall...
• § 50-25-7.3 - Through 50-25-7.6
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 117, §§ 4-7/HB 312, effective July 1, 2005.
• § 50-25-7.7 - Conflicts of Interest; Violations; Penalties
  (a) Neither the executive director nor any employee of the authority shall be financially interested or have a personal beneficial interest in an amount...
• § 50-25-7.8 - Contracts for Purchases Contrary to Chapter Shall Be Void; Personal Liability of Official Making Such Purchases; Recovery of State Funds
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 117, § 8/HB 312, effective July 1, 2005.
• § 50-25-7.9 - "Person" Defined; Purchase of Articles for Personal or Individual Ownership Prohibited; Sale of Articles for Personal or Individual Ownership Prohibited; Violation a Misdemeanor
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 117, § 9/HB 312, effective July 1, 2005.
• § 50-25-7.10 - Annual State Information Technology Report; Requirements; Standards
  (a) The executive director shall publish in print or electronically an annual state information technology report that shall include: (1) A report on the...
• § 50-25-7.11 - Authority of Governor; Implementation by Executive Order
  The Governor shall have the authority to transfer the technology resources as provided in this chapter of all state agencies, except those under the...
• § 50-25-7.12 - Joint Development of Budgeting and Accounting System
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2009, p. 133, § 4/HB 436, effective April 21, 2009.
• § 50-25-7.13 - Adoption of Procedures to Ensure Compliance With United States Copyright Laws and Applicable Licensing Restrictions
  (a) The authority shall adopt procedures to ensure that the authority and agencies do not acquire, reproduce, distribute, or transmit computer software in violation...
• § 50-25-8 - Tax Exemption
  It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes are in all respects...
• § 50-25-9 - Jurisdiction of Actions Brought Against Authority
  Any action against the authority shall be brought in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, and such court shall have exclusive, original jurisdiction...
• § 50-25-10 - Moneys Received by Authority Deemed to Be Trust Funds
  All moneys received by the authority pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as...
• § 50-25-11 - Chapter As Supplemental and Additional to Other Powers
  The foregoing Code sections of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of things authorized thereby...
• § 50-25-12 - Ownership of Data Not Affected
  Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to effect a transfer of ownership of any data from any department, agency, board, bureau, commission, or...
• § 50-25-13 - Liberal Construction of Chapter
  This chapter, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.
• § 50-25-14 - Distribution of Legislative Information
  (a) The authority shall provide for the distribution in electronic format of the legislative information provided to the authority pursuant to Code Section 28-3-24.1....
• § 50-25-15 - Georgia Technology Authority Overview Committee Created; Membership; Organization
  (a) The Georgia Technology Authority Overview Committee is created. The committee shall consist of three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the...
• § 50-25-16 - Inquiry and Review
  The committee shall periodically inquire into and review the operations, contracts, financing, organization, and structure of the Georgia Technology Authority, as well as periodically...

Last modified: October 14, 2016