Title 36, Chapter 62, Section 9
( 36-62-9)
The purposes of this chapter are to develop and promote trade,
commerce, industry, and employment opportunities for the public good
and the general welfare and to promote the general welfare of the
state. No bonds or bond anticipation notes, except refunding bonds,
shall be issued by an authority under this chapter unless its board
of directors adopts a resolution finding that the project for which
such bonds or notes are to be issued will promote the foregoing
objectives and will increase or maintain employment in the
territorial area of such authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing
requirement: (1) Bonds or bond anticipation notes may be issued to finance
projects for air and water pollution control facilities and for
sewage and solid waste disposal facilities, as provided in this
chapter, without a finding that the project will increase or
maintain employment, so long as the appropriate certification
described in this chapter has been secured from the federal,
state, or local agency having jurisdiction in the premises; and (2) Bonds or bond anticipation notes may also be issued by an
authority to finance the acquisition or development of land as the
site for an industrial park as provided in this chapter without a
finding that the project will increase or maintain employment if
its board of directors shall adopt a resolution finding that the
tract of land to be included in the project is not intended for
use by a single enterprise; will be suitable primarily for use as
building sites for a group of enterprises engaged in industrial,
distribution, or wholesale businesses; and that either: (A) The control and administration of the tract is to be vested
in the authority or in another county or joint county and
municipal development authority (or in a corporation organized
under Chapter 3 of Title 14, the "Georgia Nonprofit Corporation
Code") having as one of its purposes the development of trade,
commerce, industry, and employment opportunities; or (B) The uses of such tract of land are to be regulated by
protective restrictions to be approved by the authority and
determined by the authority to be appropriate to encourage and
facilitate use thereof by business enterprises engaged in
industrial, distribution, or wholesale businesses. |