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2018 Georgia Code 36-42-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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ARTICLE 3 GRANTS FOR PURCHASE AND CONSTRUCTION OF CAPITAL OUTLAY ITEMS

36-42-1. Short title.

This chapter may be referred to as the "Downtown Development Authorities Law."

(Ga. L. 1981, p. 1744, § 1.)

Law reviews.

- For article surveying developments in Georgia local government law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1981).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Underground Atlanta is a public works.

- Underground Atlanta was constructed under the Downtown Development Authorities Act and is a proper project under the Downtown Development Authorities Act; accordingly, the Underground Atlanta project falls within the definition of "project" in O.C.G.A. § 36-42-3(6) and the totality of the agreements between the city and Underground Festival, Inc., clearly contemplates a public works project. City of Atlanta v. United Elec. Co., 202 Ga. App. 239, 414 S.E.2d 251 (1991).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 36-42-1

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Nations v. Downtown Dev. Auth., 338 S.E.2d 240 (Ga. 1985).

Cited 17 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Dec 11, 1985 | 255 Ga. 324

...On March 3, 1982, the Atlanta City Council adopted a resolution activating the Downtown Development Authority of the City of Atlanta (DDA), pursuant to 1976 Georgia Constitution, Art. IX, Sec. VIII, Par. II (1983 Georgia Constitution, Art. IX, Sec. VI, Par. III), and OCGA § 36-42-1 et seq., The Downtown Development Authorities Law....
...[6] It might be argued that the city is lending its credit to the authority, not to the private developer. Such an argument would be full of holes, holes big enough for city funds to run through. Unlike a private business, the city is not authorized to insure the authority's bonds. Moreover, OCGA § 36-42-12 provides that no holder of downtown development authority bonds "shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the state or any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision thereof, nor to enforce the...
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Frazen v. Downtown Dev. Auth. of Atlanta, 309 Ga. 411 (Ga. 2020).

Cited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 29, 2020

...an incentive for its construction within The Gulch,7 will be secured solely by these infrastructure fees.8 Pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement 6 The Bonds will be issued pursuant to the Downtown Development Authorities Law. See OCGA § 36-42-1 et seq....