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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-80-25. Financing of public projects by local entities.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-80-25. Financing of public projects by local entities.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “project” means and includes hospitals, healthcare facilities, dormitories, office buildings, clinics, housing accommodations, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, extended care facilities, and other health related facilities, whether public or private.

(b) To the extent that the Constitution of Georgia permits the General Assembly by law to further define the powers and duties of any local government authority, as defined in Code Section 36-80-16, whose purpose includes the public purpose of developing or promoting trade, commerce, or industry, and to enlarge or restrict the same, each such local government authority is authorized and shall have the power to finance (by loan, grant, lease, or otherwise), refinance, construct, erect, assemble, purchase, acquire, own, repair, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, modify, maintain, extend, improve, install, sell, equip, expand, add to, operate, or manage projects and to pay the cost of any project from the proceeds of revenue bonds of such a local government authority or any other funds of such local government authority, or from any contributions or loans by persons, corporations, limited or general partnerships, or other entities, all of which such a local government authority is authorized to receive, accept, and use. To the extent that any project serves a governmental function, the General Assembly finds and determines that such a project by its nature comprises both public and private components that are integrated so as to produce the desired public purpose and that therefore carrying out such a project is proper and authorized for such a local government authority under the Constitution of Georgia.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-80-25, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 266, § 6/HB 192; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 36(41)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Cross References

State debt, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VII, Sec. IV.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “healthcare” for “health care” in subsection (a).