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Resolution Act No. 211 House Resolution No. 474-942 A RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so a$ to create a body corporate and politic to be known as the “White County Industrial Building Authority”; to provide for powers, authority, funds, pur¬ poses and procedures provide connected therewith; to for the sub¬ mission of this amendment for rati¬ fication or rejection; and for other purposes. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEOR¬ GIA] ■00*' SCETION 1 Article V, Section IX, Paragraph I of the Constitution, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof new paragraph which shall read as follows: “There is hereby created Cleveland a body corporate and politic in the White Georgia, County to Industrial be known Building as Au¬ thority, which shall be an instru¬ mentality of Cleveland, Georgia and a public corporation and which in this amendment is hereafter re¬ ferred to as the ‘Authority.' of “The Authority shall consist five members. The President of the White County Redevelopment Corporation, the Mayor of the Cleveland City Council, and the Chairman of the White County Board of Education shall be ex officio members of the Authority. In addition the Chairman of Com¬ missioners of Roads and Revenues of White County shall appoint two members and they shall be eligible for a term of five years and shall be eligible for reappointment. Va¬ cancies shall be filled for the un¬ expired term by the said Chairman of Board of County Commissioners. A majority of the members shall constiute a quorum and a majority may act for the Authority in any matter. No vacancy shall impair the power of the Authority to act. “The property, obligations and the interest on the obligations of the Authority shall have the same immunity from taxation as the property, obligations, and interest on the obligations of Cleveland Georgia. “The powers of the Authority shall include, but not be limited to, the power: (1) To receive and administer gifts, grants and donations and to administer trusts; (2) To borrow money, to issue notes, bonds and revenue certifi¬ cates, to execute trust agreements or indentures, and to sell, convey mortgage, pledge and assign any and all of its funds, property and income as security therefor; (3) To contract with political subdivisions of the State of Georgia and with private persons and cor¬ porations and to sue and be sued in its corporate name; (4) To have and exercise usual powers of private corporation, ex¬ cept such as are inconsistent with this amendment, including the power to appoint and hire officers, agents and employees and to pro¬ vide their compensation and duties, which officers and agents may or may not be members of the Au¬ thority, and the power to adopt and amend a corporate seal and by¬ laws and regulations for the con¬ duct and management of the Au¬ thority; (5) To encourage and promote the expansion and development of industrial and commercial facilities in White County and the City of Cleveland, so as to relieve insofar as possible unemployment within its acquire boundaries, and to that end to by structure within the limits of White County, suitable for and intended for use as a factory, mill, shop, processing plant, as¬ sembly plant, or fabricating plant, including all necessary and appur¬ tenant lands and appurtenances thereto, and all necessary or useful furnishing, machinery ana equip¬ ment. Such acquisition may be through the acquisition of land and the construction thereon ot a build¬ ing, including the demolition of existing structure, or through the acquisition and of an existing building the remodeling, renovating, re¬ constructing, furnishing and equip¬ ping of such building; ( 6 ) No building acquired here¬ under shall be operated by the Au¬ thority but shall be leased or sold to one or more persons, firms or corpoations. If s-old, the purchase price may be paid at one time or in installments falling due in not more than thirty (30) years from the date of transfer of possession. The lessee or purchaser shall be required to pay all costs of operat¬ ing and maintaining the building or buildings and to p rentals or installments sufficient, together with other revenues whicit may be pledged for the purpose, to retire terest, and to pay all other ey penses which the Authority may penses whirh the Authority may have incurred in connection win. the undertaking. (7) To accumulate its funds from year to year and lu invest accumulated funds in any mannei ■ that public funds of the State of Georgia or any of its political sub¬ divisions may be invested; (8) To designate officers to sign and act for the Authority generally on in any specific matter; (9) To do any and all acts and things necessary or convenient to accomplish the purpose and powers of the Authority as herein stated, “The Authority shall not be au¬ thorized to create in any manner any debt, liability or obligation against the State of Georgia or White County, or the City of Cleve¬ land, Georgia. “The members of the Authority shall receive no compensation for their services to the Authority. “In order to finance any under¬ taking within the scope of its power or to refund any bonds then out¬ standing, the Authority is hereby authorized to issue bonds nearing rate or rates of interest and matur¬ ity at the years and amounts de¬ termined by the Authority and procedure of validations, issuance and delivery shall be in all respects in accordance with the Revenue Bond Law (Ga. Laws 1937, p. 761), as amended, Georgia Code 87-8, as if said obligations had been originally authorized to be issued thereunder, provided, however, that any property, real or personal, pledged of the Authority may be mortgaged, conveyed, assigned, hy¬ pothecated, or otherwise encum¬ bered as security for any lawful debt of the Authority. The Au thority may execute any trust agreement or indenture not in con flict with the provisions of this amendment to provide security for any bonds issued as provided here in, and such trust agreement or in denture may provide for forecios ure or forced sale of any property of the Authority upon default on such bonds either in payment of principal or interest or under any term or condition under which such bonds are issued. Nothing herein contained shall be construed bo create a right to compel any White exer cise of the taxing power of County or the City of Cleveland to pay any such bonds or the in¬ terest thereon nor to enforce pay¬ ment thereof against any property of White County or the City of Cleveland. authorize “The Authority may extensions and additional bonds, for permanent improvements acquired to hereun¬ any in¬ dustrial building and to der, to be placed in escrow be negotiated from time to time as proceeds for that Bonds purpose may become necessary. so placed in escrow shall, when sold and de¬ livered, have such standing with the bonds of the same issue as may be provided in the authorizing pro¬ ceedings. bonds, except refunding “No hereunder, oonds, shall be issued mless the Authority shall have .ound and declared that: (1) The undertaking for which the bonds are to be issued will in¬ crease employment in White County and in the vicinity of the City of Cleveland. of (2) To lessee or purchaser involved .he building or buildings establishing will not by virtue of operations in said county or in said city, reduce the number of em¬ ployees employed by said lessee or purchaser elsewhere in the State of Georgia. derived by the Au¬ “No moneys than thority from any source other gifts and contributions from pri¬ vate individuals, firms or corpora¬ tions shall at any time be used for entertainment, or other promo¬ tional expenses. “Should said Authority for any reason be dissolved, title to all property of every kind and nature, real and personal, held by the Au¬ thority at the time of such dissolu¬ tion should revert to the City of Cleveland, Georgia, subject to other any mortgages, liens, leases, or encumbrances outstanding against or in respect to, said property at that time. “This amendment is adopted for the purpose of promoting and ex¬ panding for the public good and welfare industry and trade within White County and in the vicinity of the City of Cleveland and reduc¬ ing unemployment to the greatest extent possible, and this amendment and any law enacted with reference to the Authority shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes. “This amendment shall be effec¬ tive immediately upon proclamation of its ratification by the Governor, and the first members of the Au¬ thority shall be appointed within thirty (30) days after such proc¬ lamation. “The General Assembly may, by law, further define and prescribe the powers and duties of the Au¬ thority and the exercise thereof, and may enlarge and restrict the same, and may likewise further regulate the management and con¬ duct of the Authority. The Au¬ thority shall be an instrumentality of White County and the City of Cleveland, Georgia, and the scope of its operations shall be limited to the territory embraced within jaid county. The General Assembly shall not extend the jurisdiction of the Authority nor the scope of its operations beyond such limits.” SECTION 2 When the above proposed amend¬ ment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the “Ayes” and “Nays” taken thereon, such pro¬ posed amendment shall be pub¬ lished and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section 1, Para¬ graph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. „ Ihe ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the fol¬ lowing: “For ratification of amendment to the Constitution so as to create ihe ‘White County Industrial Build¬ ing Authority’. “Against ratification of amend¬ ment to the Constitution so as to create the ‘White County Industrial Building Authority’.” desiring All persons to vote in t avor of adopting the porposed amendment shall vote for ratifica¬ tion of the amendment, and all per ons desiring to vote against the adoption ...... of the proposed amend¬ ment shall vote against ratification. If a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting there¬ on in White County shall vote for ratification thereof, this amend¬ ment shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The re¬ turns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elec¬ tion for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascer¬ tain and certify the result to the Governor, who shall, if such amend¬ ment be ratified, issue his procla¬ mation thereon. GEO. L. SMITH H THE CLEVELAND (GA.T COURIER Speaker of the House GLENN W. ELLARD Clerk of the House GARLAND T. BYRD President of the Senate GEORGE D. STEWART Secretary of the Senate Resolution Act No. 200 House Resolution No. 364-763 A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph y 0 f the Constitution of the State 0 f Georgia to authorize any county, mun icipal corporation or political subdivision of the State to issue anc j se u revenue bonds subject to anc j j n accordance with the terms anc j provisions of the Aci of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia approved March 31, 1937, known as the Revenue Bond Law 0 f 1937 , as amended, ana as the same may hereafter be amended, an( j t 0 re fund any such bonds to prov ide funds for the purpose of carrying out slum clearance and re¬ development work, including the acquisition and clearance of areas which are predominantly slum or blighted areas, the preparation of such areas for re-use, and the sale or other disposition of such areas to private enterprise for private uses or to public bodies for public uses, and to provide that the is¬ suing body may pledge to the pay¬ ment of the principal of and the interest on any such bonds and to create reasonable reserves in con¬ nection therewith, as well as to establish a fund for future work, all or any part of the taxes received (except such taxes which by law are required to be used only for specific purposes) by such body from any real property involved in any slum clearance or redevelop¬ ment work, including work hereto¬ fore, or hereafter done, together with any or all other revenues from any such work and to the extent that such taxes and revenues so pledged are insufficient to pay the principal of and the interest on such revenue bonds and to create reasonable reserves in connection therewith such issuing body may pledge the full faith and credit of such issuer to make up any deficit and the issuance of any such bonds and the pledge of the full faith and credit of the issuer shall be an authorized indebtedness but no vote of the people shall be required prior to incurring the same nor shall such bonds or such pledge be considered as an indebtedness in determining the limitations on in¬ debtedness imposed by the provis¬ ions of Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph J of the Constitution as now or hereafter amended; and provided further that any county, municipal corporation or political subdivision other than 5 the issuer benefiting from any such slum clearance or redevelopment work may contract With the issuer of any such revenue bonds and agree to pay to such issuer all or any part of the taxes received (except such taxes which by law are re¬ quired to be used only for specific purposes) by such body from any real property involved in any slum clearance or redevelopment work, after including done, work heretofore or here¬ so that the same may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds and to create reason¬ able reserves in connection there¬ with, as well as to establish a fund for future work; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification; and for other pur¬ poses, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEOR¬ GIA, and it is hereby resolyed by authority of the same, that: SECTION 1 Article VII, Section VII, Para¬ graph V of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, as hereto¬ fore amended, is mereby further amended by adding thereto the fol¬ lowing proviso: Provied that any county, mu¬ corporation or political sub¬ division of the State shall be authorized to issue and to sell bonds subject to and in accoidance with the terms and pro¬ of the Act of the General of the State of Georgia March 31, 1937, known me revenue Bond Law of 1937, amended, and as the same may be amended, anu to re¬ any such bonds, to provide for the purpose of carrying slum clearance and redevelop¬ work, including the acquisi¬ and clearance of areas which predominantly the preparation slum or blighted of such areas re-use, and the sale or other of such areas to private enterprise for private uses or to bodies ior public uses. As for the payment of the of and the interest on any such bonds and to create reasonable reserves in connection therewith, as well as to establish a fund for future work, the issuer may pledge all or any part of the taxes received (except such taxes which by law are required to be used only for specific pur¬ poses) by such body from any real property involved in any slum clearance or redevelopment work, including work heretofore or here after done, together with any or all other revenues from any such project and to the extent that such taxes and revenues so pledged are insufficient to pay the principal of and the interest on such revenue bonds and to create reasonable re serves in connection therewith, as well as to establish a fund for future work, such issuing body may pledge the full faith and credit of such issuer to make up any deficit which may exist. The issuance of any such bonds and the pledge of the full faith and credit of the issuer shall be an authorized in debtedness but no vote of the people shall be required prior to incurring the same nor shall such bonds or such pledge be considered as an indebtedness in determining the limitation on indebtedness imposed by the provisions of Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph I of the Constitution, as now or hereafter amended. Provided further that any county, municipal corporation or political subdivision other than the issuer benefiting from any such slum clearance or redevelop¬ ment work may contract with the issuer of any such revenue bonds and agree to pay to such issuer all or any part of the taxes re¬ ceived (except such taxes which by law are required to be used only for specific purposes) by such body from any real property involved in any slum clearance or redevelop¬ ment work, including work hereto¬ fore or hereafter done, so that the same may be pledged to the pay¬ ment of the principal of and in¬ terest on such bonds and to create reasonable reserves in connection therewith, as well as t^» establish a fund for future work. SECTION 2 When this resolution shall have been agreed to by two-third (2-3) of the members elected to both houses of the Genral Assembly of Georgia, the same shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon and shall be submitted to the people for ratification or rejection at the next general election for members of the General Constitution Assembly as pro¬ the vided by the of State of Georgia. At said general election, those desiring to vote in favor of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballot the words: “For ratification of amendment to Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph V of the Constiu tion of the State of Georgia, as amended, authorizing any county municipal corporation or political subdivision of the State to issue and sell revenue bonds and to re¬ fund any such bonds to provide funds for the purpose of carrying out slum clearance and redevelop¬ ment work and to pledge certain taxes for the purpose.” Those de¬ siring to vote against ratification of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballot the amendment words: “Against to Article ratification VII, Section of VII, Paragraph V of the Constitu¬ tion of the State of Georgia, as amended, authorizing any county municipal corporation or political subdivision of the State to issue and sell revenue bonds and to re¬ fund any such bonds to provide funds for the purpose of carrying out slum clearance and redevelop¬ ment work and to pledge certain taxes for the purpose.” SECTION 3 This proposed amendment shall be published before said general election as now provided by law. If at said general election the majority of provided qualified voters voting thereon as in the Constitu¬ tion of the State of Georgia, as amended, vote in favor of the rati¬ fication of this amendment the same being shall, ascertained, upon the result thereof consolidated and certified as provided by law, be come a part of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof as pro¬ vided by law. GEO. L, SMITH II Speaker of the House GLENN W, ELLARD Clerk of the House GARLAND T. BYRD President of the Senate GEORGE D. STEWART Secretary of the Senate Resolution Act No. 201 House Resolution No. 424-891 A RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to increase and change the provisions relating to the authorized payment for the bringing in of the first commercial oil or gas well in this State; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or re¬ jection; and for other purposes. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEOR GIA: SECTION l Article VII, Section 1, Paragraph II of the Constitution is hereby amended by striking said para¬ graph in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new Paragraph if to read as follows: “The General Assembly shall not oy vote, resolution, or order, grant donation or gratuity in favor any person, corporation or as¬ The General Assembly is the to provide of five by law for payment hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to the person, firm or corporation, or combination thereof, which puts and brings in the first com¬ oil or gas well in this State. Such well must be a commercial producing well for a period of 30 days and the determination as to whether a well qualifies is hereby vested in the Director of the State epartmnet of Mines, Mining and eology, who shall seek the advice Of experts on this subject. Such law shall provide for the distribu¬ tion of said amount in any manner which the General Assembly may provide.” SECTION 2 When the above proposed amend ment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the “Ayes” and “Nays” taken thereon, such pro¬ posed amendment shall be pub lished and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section 1 , Para graph I of the Contituuon of Georgia of 1945, as amended, The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the fol lowing: “For ratification of amendment to the Constitution so as to increase and change the provisions relating to the payment authorized for 1 bringing in the first commercial oil well. “Against ratification of amend¬ ment to the Constitution so as to increase and change the provisions relating to the payment authorized for bringing in the first commer¬ cial oil well.” All persons desiring to vote in favor of adopting the proposed amendment shall vote for ratifica¬ tion of the amendment, and all per sons desiring to vote against the adoption of the proposed amend¬ ment shall vote against ratifica¬ tion. rati¬ If such amendment shall be fied as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as xeturns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. GEO. L. SMITH II Sfeaker of the House GLENN W. ELLARD Jierk of the House GARLAND T. BYRD President of the Senate GEORGE D. STEWART Secretary of the Senate Resolution Act No. 228 House Resolution No. 575-1110 A RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Geor o-: a as heretofore amended, by add °ng’ , at the Paragraph end of Article I thereof VII, Sec lion IV, appropriately a new paragraph to be numbered, to grant to the General Assembly the power to delegate to my county the right to levy a tax c build, acquire, maintain and iperate and to participate with ther counties, municipalities, build¬ pub dc or private corporations in ing, acquiring, maintaining and op .rating a system or systems of public transportations, iccluding the payment of preliminary investiga¬ te expenses, the payment of all or iny part of the principal of and the interest on any obligations is ;ued to finance the construction or acquisition of any such public transportation system or systems nd to establish and maintain rea onable reserves in connection with the issuance of any such obliga ions and reasonable reserves for he future operations, development, mprovement and expansion of such facilities, and to declare that the onstruction, acquisition, mainte nance and operation is of public ransportation governmental systems function an es sential un- for lertaken for public taxation purposes and which the powers of eminent domain may be exercised ,nd public funds expended; and for ther purposes. EE IT RESOLVED by the Gen eral Assembly of Georgia, authority and it is hereby resolved by the aforesaid, as follows; SECTION 1 The Constitution of the State of Georgia as heretofore amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end of Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph I thereof a new aragraph to be appropriately numbered, reading as follows: To build, acquire, maintain and operate and to participate with other counties, municipalities, build- pub lie or private corporations in ng, acquiring, maintaining and jderating a system or systems of lublic transportation, including the oayment of preliminary investiga .ive expenses, the payment of all or iny part of the principal of and the interest on any obligations is :ued to finance the construction or acquisition of any such public transportatipn system maintain or systems and to establish aqd connection rea onable reserves in with he issuance of any such obliga tions and reasonable reserves for he future operations, development, mprovement and expansion Of such facilities. The costruction, acqui ition, maintenance and operation if public transportation systems :• herebf declared to be an essen .<J governmental function under aken for public purposes for which he powers of taxation and eminent lomain may be exercised and pub funds expended, Section 2 When this resolution shall have jeen agreed to by two-thirds (2/3) jf the members elected to both .ouses of the General Assembly of Georgia, the same shall be entered n their journals with the yeas and taken thereon and shall be to the people for ratifi¬ or rejection at the next gen¬ election for members of the Constitution Assembly as provided by of the State of At said general election, desiring to vote in favor of amendment shall have written printed on their ballot the words “For ratification of amendment to Constitution of the State of Assembly authorizing delegate the General to to counties the right to levy taxes for public transportation and declaring the same to be an essential govern¬ mental function.” Those desiring to vote against ratification of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words “Against ratification of amend¬ ment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia, authorizing the General Assembly to delegate to counties the right to levy taxes for public transportation, and declar¬ ing the same to be an essential governmental function. SECTION 3 This proposed amendment shall be published before said general election as now provided by law. If at said general election the ma jority of qualified voters voting thereon as provided in the Consti¬ tution of the State of Georgia, as amended, vote in favor of the rati¬ fication of this amendment the same shall, upon the result thereof being ascertained, consolidated and certified as provided by law, be¬ come a part of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof as pro¬ vided by SMITH law. II GEO. L. Speaker of the House GLENN W. ELLARD Clerk of the House GARLAND T. BYRD President of the Senate GEORGE D. STEWART 4 Secretary of the Senate Resolution Act No. 203 House Resolution No. 420-875 A RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the* Constitution, so as to disqualify a write-in vote candidate unless ho announced his intention or can¬ didacy ten ( 10 ) or mope days prior to the election; to provide his the* method of announcing candi¬ dacy; to authorize the General As¬ sembly to enact other regulations pertaining to holding public office; of to provide for the submission this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE: GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEOR¬ GIA: SECTION 1 Article II, Section IV, of the Con¬ stitution, relating to persons dis qualified to hold office is hereby amended by adding thereof, a new para- read: graph at the end to “No person elected on a write-in vote shall be eligible to hold office unless notice of his intention or candidacy was given ten (10) or nore days prior to the election by he person to be a write-in candi date, or by some other person or group of persons qualified to vote in the subject election, as follows: In a state general election, to the Secretary of State and by publi¬ cation in a paper of general circu¬ lation in the state; in a general election of county officers, to the Ordinary of the County in which he is to be a candidate and by pub¬ lication in the official organ of the same County; in municipal general election, to the Mayor or imilar officer thereof and by pub¬ lication in the official gazette of the municipality holding the elec¬ tion. The General Assembly may enact other reasonable regulations nd require compliance therewith as a condition of eligibility to hold office in this State,” SECTION 2 When the above proposed amend ment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thiras of the members elected to each of the two ^ranches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the “Ayes” and “Nays” taken thereon, such pro posed amendment shall be pub lished and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Para graph I of the Constitution of GGeorgia of 1945, as amended, The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the fol lowing: “For ratification of amendment to the Constitution so as to dis qualify write-in candidates unless they have given notice of candidacy ten ( 10 ) days prior to election and to authorize the General Assembly to enact other regulations, “Against ratification of amend ment to the Constitution so as to disqualify write-in candidates un less they have given notice of can didacy ten ( 10 ) days prior to elec tion, and to authorize the General Assembly to enact other regula tions.” All persons desiring to vote in favor of adopting the proposed amendment shall vote for ratifica tion of the amendment, and all per sons desiring to vote against the adoption of the proposed amend ment shall vote against ratification, If such amendment shall be rati , ie d provided in said Paragraph as °f the Constitution, it shall become a Part of the Constitution of this The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as re turns for election for members of the General Assembly, and it shall State the duty of the Secretary of to ascertain the result and ^° tify the result to the Governor, shall issue his proclamation L. 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