Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 97 - Rural facilities economic devel; criteria for authorization

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1. Holland  157th         2. Epps  131st


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Rules Suspended to Introduce                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 50-8-216, 50-8-220                                                           


HB 97                                             LC 21 2943






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 9 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Rural Facilities Economic
  1- 3  Development Act," so as to change certain criteria for
  1- 4  authorized facilities; to delete a certain requirement that
  1- 5  grants be in equal amounts; to repeal conflicting laws; and
  1- 6  for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Article 9 of Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of
  1- 9  Georgia Annotated, the "Rural Facilities Economic
  1-10  Development Act," is amended by striking in its entirety
  1-11  subsection (a) of Code Section 50-8-216, relating to the
  1-12  preparation of comprehensive local plans for less developed
  1-13  counties, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

  1-14    "(a) Each facilities development committee, in conjunction
  1-15    with the regional development center in which the less
  1-16    developed county is located, shall review the
  1-17    comprehensive plans for facilities needs prepared by the
  1-18    less developed county and each municipality lying therein
  1-19    pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of this chapter
  1-20    and shall consolidate such comprehensive plans and prepare
  1-21    a local plan which prioritizes the combined facilities
  1-22    needs contained in each comprehensive plan.  Such local
  1-23    plan may be amended from time to time pursuant to
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  1-25    Section 50-8-215 to change the priorities or add new
  1-26    facilities.  No facility shall be added to a local plan
  1-27    unless it has previously been made a part of the
  1-28    comprehensive plan of either the less developed county or
  1-29    a municipality lying therein pursuant to Article 2 of this
  1-30    chapter."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-31  Said article is further amended by striking in its entirety
  1-32  subsection (a) of Code Section 50-8-220, relating to


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  2- 1  matching grants for the implementation of local plans, and
  2- 2  inserting in lieu thereof the following:

  2- 3    "(a) Each less developed county shall be entitled to
  2- 4    receive from the state matching grants in an equal amount
  2- 5    pursuant to this article for the implementation of all or
  2- 6    part of its local plan of facilities development as
  2- 7    approved by the board in the order of priority as
  2- 8    established in its local plan, subject to the provisions
  2- 9    of Code Section 50-8-222 and subject to the availability
  2-10    of funds appropriated by the General Assembly for such
  2-11    grants."

                         SECTION 3.

  2-12  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-13  repealed.

































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