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.
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§ 42-4-102. Construction of article; bonds not subject to regulation under Georgia Uniform Securities Act; power of counties and municipalities to activate authorities.
This article shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. Sale or issuance of bonds by any authority shall not be subject to regulation under Chapter 5 of Title 10, the "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008," or any other law. A county or any number of counties or a municipality or any number of municipalities shall have the right to activate any authority under this article, notwithstanding the existence of any other authority having similar powers or purposes within the county or a municipal corporation created pursuant to any general law or amendment to the Constitution of this state. However, nothing in this article shall be construed as repealing, amending, superseding, or altering the organization of or abridging the powers of such authorities as are now in existence. (Code 1981, § 42-4-102 , enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 292, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1098, § 7; Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 10/SB 358.)
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