O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 45-15-13 (2019)

Representation of state authorities by Attorney General

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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As used in Code Sections 45-15-14 through 45-15-16, the term ‘‘state authorities’’ means the following instrumentalities of the state: Georgia Building Authority, Georgia Education Authority (Schools), Georgia Education Authority (University), Georgia Highway Authority, Georgia Ports Authority, State Road and Tollway Authority, Jekyll Island - State Park Authority, and Stone Mountain Memorial Association.

History

(Ga. L. 1969, p. 484, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1251, § 2-1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 45/HB 942; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 45/SB 340.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Local hospital authorities, housing authorities, and development authorities are not ‘‘state authorities’’ of the genus defined by this section. Gaither v.

Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth., 144 Ga. App. 16, 240 S.E.2d 560 (1977), rev’d on other grounds, 241 Ga. 572, 247 S.E.2d 89 (1978).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorney General, §§ 6, 17 et seq.

C.J.S. - 7A C.J.S., Attorney General, §§ 4, 37.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2003–2018 · leading case: Perdue v. Baker, 586 S.E.2d 606 (Ga. 2003).
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Perdue v. Baker, 586 S.E.2d 606 (Ga. 2003). · cites it 4× “[49] OCGA § 45-15-13. [50] OCGA § 45-15-7. [51] OCGA § 45-15-9.”
Ga. Ports Auth. v. Lawyer, 821 S.E.2d 22 (Ga. 2018). · cites it 2× “See also OCGA § 45-15-13. Although the Ports Authority is authorized to incur debt, it may do so only with the approval of the State Financing and Investment *32 Commission, see OCGA § 50-17-22 (f) (1), of which the Governor serves as chair.”
Georgia Ports Auth. v. Lawyer, 304 Ga. 667 (Ga. 2018). · cites it 2× “See also OCGA § 45-15-13. Although the Ports Authority is authorized to incur debt, it may do so only with the approval of the State Financing and Investment Commission, see OCGA § 50-17-22 (f) (1), of which the Governor serves as chair.”
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