Article 1. Housing Authorities

Part 1. General Provisions

• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-1 Short Title
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-2 Legislative Findings and Declaration of Necessity
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-3 Definitions
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-3.1 Additional Definitions
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-4 Creation of Housing Authorities
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-5 Findings Required Before Adoption of Resolution
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-6 [Effective Until 1/1/2013] Resolution As Conclusive Evidence of Authority's Establishment and Authority
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-6 [Effective 1/1/2013] Resolution As Conclusive Evidence of Authority's Establishment and Authority
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-7 Applicability of Local Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations to Housing Projects
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-8 Exemption of Authorities and Their Property From Taxes and Special Assessments; Payments In Lieu of Taxes and Special Assessments
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-9 Filing Reports With Clerk; Recommending Legislation Or Other Necessary Action
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-10 Vesting of Fee Simple Title Upon an Authority's Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-11 Renting of Housing Units - Requirements As to Fixing of Rentals By Authorities Generally
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-12 Dwelling Accommodations For Persons of Low Income; Duties With Respect to Rentals and Tenant Selection
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-13 Cooperation and Joint Operation By Authorities
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-14 Consolidated Housing Authorities For Two Or More Municipalities
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-15 Extraterritorial Operation of City Housing Authorities
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-16 Providing Housing In Rural Areas
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-17 Powers of Authorities and Board of Regents As to Dormitories; Venue For Actions Regarding Rights In Projects and Questions As to Issuance of Bonds; Validation and Confirmation of Bonds

Part 2. Powers of Housing Authorities Generally

• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-30 General Powers; Applicability of Laws As to Acquisition, Operation, Or Disposition of Property By Other Public Bodies
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-31 Eminent Domain
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-31.1 Public Use Defined; Exercise of Eminent Domain
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-32 Borrowing Money and Accepting Grants and Other Financial Assistance From Federal Government; Taking Over, Leasing, Or Managing Projects Constructed Or Owned By Federal Government; Purpose and Intent of Article
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-33 Contracts and Agreements With Federal Government to Obtain Federal Contributions to Housing Projects
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-34 Housing Studies and Analyses
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-35 Legislative Findings; Additional Powers of Authority; Effect of Financing With Bond Proceeds; Issuance, Sale, Confirmation, and Validation of Bonds; Venue of Actions
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-36 Prohibition of Non-Residents Suspected of Criminal Acts

Part 3. Housing Authority Commissioners

• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-50 Appointment, Qualifications, and Tenure of Commissioners; Reimbursement For Expenses
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-51 Commissioners Authority; Quorum; Voting By Commissioners; Chairman; Vice-Chairman; Employment of Personnel; Obtaining Legal Services; Delegation of Powers Or Duties
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-52 Disclosure and Abstention Requirements For Interested Commissioners and Employees
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-53 Removal of Commissioners

Part 4. Obligations On Bonds and Leases

• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-70 Bonds - Power of Authorities to Issue Bonds; Types of Bonds; Security For Bonds
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-71 Bonds - Liability of Commissioner, State, and Political Subdivisions; Status of Bonds In Regard to Constitutional and Statutory Debt Limitations and Restrictions
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-72 Bonds - Exemption of Bonds and Interest From Taxation; Article As Contract By Housing Authorities and State With Bondholders and Transferees
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-73 Bonds - Form; Terms; Rate of Interest
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-74 Bonds - Public Sale of Bonds; Exceptions
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-75 Bonds - Validity of Signatures; Negotiability
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-76 Bonds - Effect of Recital of Purpose On Face of Bond
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-77 Powers of Authorities As to Securing Payment of Bonds and Lease Obligations
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-78 Remedies of Obligee of an Authority Generally
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-79 Additional Remedies Conferrable On Obligee By an Authority
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-80 Exemption of Property of Authorities From Execution Sale; Charges Or Liens On Property of Authorities; Enforcement of Mortgages, Pledges, Or Liens By Obligees of Authorities
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-81 Bonds and Other Obligations of Authorities As Legal Investments

Part 5. Regional Housing Authorities

• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-100 Procedure For Creating an Authority
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-101 Transfer of Property to an Authority
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-102 Conditions Precedent to Adoption of Resolution Declaring Need For an Authority
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-103 Public Hearings On Adoption of Resolution
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-104 [Effective Until 1/1/2013] Resolution As Conclusive Evidence of an Authority's Establishment; Sufficiency of Resolution; Admissibility
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-104 [Effective 1/1/2013] Resolution As Conclusive Evidence of an Authority's Establishment; Sufficiency of Resolution; Admissibility
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-105 Powers of an Authority Generally
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-106 Commissioners - Appointment By County Governing Bodies
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-107 Commissioners - Appointment of Additional Commissioner
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-108 Commissioners - Terms of Office; Removal; Record of Removal Proceedings
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-109 Commissioners - Vesting of Powers of an Authority In Commissioners; Selection of Chairman and Other Officers; Employees; Quorum; Location of Meetings
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-110 Area of Operation of County and Regional Authorities
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-111 Addition of Counties to an Authority - Procedure; Effect
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-112 Addition of Counties to an Authority - Transfer of Property to Authority
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-113 Addition of Counties to an Authority - Conditions Precedent to Adoption of Resolution Declaring Need For Expansion of Authority
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-114 Exclusion of Counties From Regional Authority - Procedure Generally; Effect of Reducing Area of Operation to One County
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-115 Exclusion of County From Regional Authority - Conditions Precedent to Adoption of Resolution Declaring Need For Exclusion
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-116 Detachment of a County By Its Own Resolution; Assumption of Regional Authority's Bonds, Notes, and Other Obligations By an Authority Thereafter Established For County
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-117 Creation of an Authority For a County After Exclusion Or Detachment From a Regional Authority; Appointment of Commissioners; Scope of Powers; Subsequent Inclusion In a Regional Authority
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-118 Public Hearing Prior to Adoption of Resolution

Part 6. Providing Housing For Persons Engaged In National Defense Industries Or Activities

• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-130 Declaration of Necessity
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-131 Definitions
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-132 Conditions Precedent to Exercise of Powers By an Authority; Scope of Rights and Powers of an Authority Generally
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-133 Existence of War Or National Emergency As Condition Precedent to Initiation of Project
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-134 Cooperation By an Authority With Federal Government, Other Public Bodies, and Private Agencies; Leases of Projects By an Authority From Federal Government
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-135 Aid and Cooperation By State Public Bodies In Development and Administration of Projects
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-136 Issuance of Bonds, Notes, and Other Obligations By an Authority
• O.C.G.A. § 8-3-137 Authorization For an Authority to Undertake Projects and to Cooperate With Or Act As Agent For Federal Government; Applicability of Limitations, Restrictions, and Requirements In Other; Scope of Powers