Bill Text: GA HB561 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Bill 561 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Pike County; Recreation Authority; change name to Pike County Parks and Recreation Authority; provisions

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-05-11 - Effective Date [HB561 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB561-Introduced.html

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House Bill 561 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representative Maddox of the 127th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend an Act creating the Pike County Recreation Authority, approved March 18, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 4070), as amended, so as to change the name of the authority to the Pike County Parks and Recreation Authority; to clarify provisions relating to tax exemptions of the authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

An Act creating the Pike County Recreation Authority, approved March 18, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 4070), as amended, is amended by revising Section 1 as follows:

"SECTION 1.

There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Pike County Parks and Recreation Authority, which shall be deemed to be a political subdivision of the State of Georgia and a public corporation; and by that name, style, and title, said body may contract and be contracted with, bring and defend actions, and implead and be impleaded in all courts of law and equity."

SECTION 2.

Said Act is further amended by revising Section 3 as follows:

"SECTION 3.

It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, that the authority is an institution of purely public charity, and that all property of said authority is declared and shall in all respects be considered to be public property, and title to such property shall be held by the authority only for the benefit of the public. The use of such property pursuant to the terms of this Act shall be and is declared to be for public and governmental purposes, that is, for the promotion of the public general welfare in matters of pleasure and recreation of the public at large, in an effort to better the general condition of society, or that considerable part of society residing in Pike County, which promotion is declared to be a public beneficence for the good of humanity and for the general improvement and happiness of society; and all the property, income, obligations, and interest on the obligations of the authority and the transfer thereof shall be and are declared to be nontaxable for any and all purposes. The tax exemption provided for in this section shall include an exemption from all sales and use taxes on property and products purchased or used by the authority and on income or revenue generated or derived from any sales conducted by the authority."

SECTION 3.

Said Act is further amended by revising paragraphs (1) and (2) of Section 4 as follows:

"(1) 'Authority' means the Pike County Parks and Recreation Authority created by this Act.

(2) The word 'project' shall be deemed to mean and include the acquisition, construction, equipping, maintenance, and operation of an athletic stadium or stadiums and the usual facilities related thereto; concession stands and the usual facilities related thereto; recreation centers and areas, including, but not limited to, playgrounds, parks, hiking, camping, and picnicking areas and facilities, swimming and wading pools, lakes, golf courses, tennis courts, athletic fields and courts, clubhouses, gymnasiums, auditoriums, gymnatoriums, and related buildings, and the usual and convenient facilities appertaining to such undertakings and extensions and improvements of such facilities; the acquisition of parking facilities or parking areas in connection therewith; the acquisition of the necessary property for such facilities, both real and personal; and the lease and sale of any part or all of such facilities, including real and personal property, so as to assure the efficient and proper development, maintenance, and operation of such recreational facilities and areas deemed by the authority to be necessary, convenient, or desirable."

SECTION 4.

This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 5.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.