2025 Code of Georgia
Title 50 - State Government (Chs. 1 — 40)
Chapter 8 - Department of Community Affairs (Arts. 1 — 13)
Article 1 - General Provisions (§§ 50-8-1 — 50-8-19)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 1988, p. 38, § 1, effective February 24, 1988, repealed the Code sections formerly codified as this article and enacted the current article. The former article consisted of Code Sections 50-8-1 through 50-8-12 and was based on Ga. L. 1957, p. 446; Ga. L. 1967, p. 252; Ga. L. 1970, p. 321; Ga. L. 1976, p. 648; Ga. L. 1976, p. 658; Ga. L. 1977, p. 381; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1542; Ga. L. 1978, 1592; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1063; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1316; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code Enactment Act) and Ga. L. 1982, p. 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2310; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3; Ga. L. 1984, p. 378; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1177; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149; and Ga. L. 1987, p. 345.
Research References & Practice Aids
Law reviews.For article, “Georgia Wetlands: Values, Trends, and Legal Status,” see 41 Mercer L. Rev. 791 (1990).
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 50
O. C. G. A. Title 50, Ch. 8
- § 50-8-1. Creation and continuation of department
- § 50-8-2. Definitions
- § 50-8-3. Purpose of article; duties of department
- § 50-8-3.1. Department to investigate fraud in federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
- § 50-8-4. Board of Community Affairs
- § 50-8-5. Commissioner; powers
- § 50-8-6. Divisions, sections, and offices of department
- § 50-8-7. Planning and technical assistance activities; gathering and distribution of information and studies
- § 50-8-7.1. General powers and duties
- § 50-8-7.2. Ratification of department standards and procedures by General Assembly
- § 50-8-7.3. Solid waste management program; Georgia Clean and Beautiful Advisory Committee and Interagency Council on Solid Waste Management
- § 50-8-8. Grants, loans, and other disbursements of funds; state community development program
- § 50-8-9. Contracts with public and private entities or individuals
- § 50-8-10. Coordination of policies, programs, and actions of governments; research center on intergovernmental relations; leadership and community development programs
- § 50-8-11. Power to take action for furtherance of purposes of department; disposition of revenues
- § 50-8-12. No limitations by article on county or municipal zoning power
- § 50-8-13. Authorities and agencies assigned to department
- § 50-8-14. Exemption from "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
- § 50-8-15. Rights of state employees transferred from State Building Administrative Board; validity of board’s legal contracts
- § 50-8-16. Rights of state employees transferred from Bureau of Community Affairs; validity of bureau’s legal contracts
- § 50-8-17. Employees serve in classified and unclassified service
- § 50-8-18. Energy efficient construction of major state-funded facility projects
- § 50-8-19. Privately funded outreach service organizations required to participate in the Georgia Homeless Management Information System (HMIS); violations
