Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1568 - Regional development centers; membership; funding

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 50-8-33

1. Day  153rd             2. Jamieson  22nd          3. Dixon  150th
4. Thomas  148th


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HB 1568                                            LC 11 8906






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regional development
  1- 3  centers, so as to change the provisions regarding membership
  1- 4  in, dues for, and funding of such centers; to repeal
  1- 5  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 7  Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of
  1- 8  Georgia Annotated, relating to regional development centers,
  1- 9  is amended by striking Code Section 50-8-33, relating to
  1-10  membership in such centers, and inserting in its place the
  1-11  following:

  1-12    "50-8-33. (Index)

  1-13    (a) Each municipality and county in the state which pays
  1-14    its annual membership dues shall automatically be a member
  1-15    of the regional development center for the region which
  1-16    includes the municipality or county, as the case may be.

  1-17      (b)(1) Each county and municipality in the state shall
  1-18      pay the annual dues for membership in its regional
  1-19      development center. Each county and the municipalities
  1-20      within such county shall continue to use the arrangement
  1-21      for the payment of dues which was in effect on June 30,
  1-22      1989, for the payment of dues to the area planning and
  1-23      development commission which preceded the regional
  1-24      development center created by this article until a
  1-25      revised arrangement for the amount, apportionment, and
  1-26      payment of annual dues is established by the county and
  1-27      the municipalities within such county.  If an
  1-28      arrangement for the payment of such dues is structured
  1-29      so that a county pays dues only on behalf of residents
  1-30      of the unincorporated areas of the county, then the
  1-31      annual dues paid by such county shall come solely from
  1-32      revenues derived from the unincorporated areas of the
  1-33      county.  Each county and municipality is authorized but


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  2- 1      not required to pay annual dues to be a member in its
  2- 2      regional development center.

  2- 3      (2) State funds appropriated to the department and
  2- 4      available for the purpose of assisting regional
  2- 5      development centers shall be distributed in accordance
  2- 6      with this paragraph.  The department shall establish a
  2- 7      minimum funding amount for regional development centers,
  2- 8      conditioned upon the amount of state funds appropriated,
  2- 9      and a supplemental funding formula to be used for the
  2-10      distribution of available state funds in excess of the
  2-11      minimum funding amount. To be eligible for the minimum
  2-12      funding amount, each regional development center must
  2-13      assess and collect annual dues in the amount of 25› for
  2-14      each resident of each county within the regional
  2-15      development center, based upon the most recent estimate
  2-16      of population approved by the department for this
  2-17      purpose.  To be eligible for any supplemental funding,
  2-18      each regional development center shall be required to
  2-19      match the amount of the supplemental funds on a
  2-20      dollar-for-dollar basis and shall only use for the
  2-21      purpose of computing matching funds revenues of the
  2-22      regional development center in excess of the amount
  2-23      required for the minimum funding amount. The department
  2-24      may decline to provide the minimum or supplemental state
  2-25      funding, or both, to any regional development center
  2-26      whose membership does not include every municipality and
  2-27      county in the center's region.

  2-28      (3) The initial supplemental funding formula established
  2-29      by the department to be used for the distribution of
  2-30      available state funds in excess of the minimum funding
  2-31      amount shall be promulgated by the department in
  2-32      accordance with the procedures of Code Section
  2-33      50-8-7.2."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-34  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-35  repealed.










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