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08 LC 18 6707
Senate Bill 397
By: Senators Bulloch of the 11th, Staton of the 18th and Meyer von Bremen of the 12th

AS PASSED SENATE

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT


To amend Code Section 8-3-35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers of housing authorities and issuance of bonds, so as to change certain provisions regarding bond issuance and validation; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.
Code Section 8-3-35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers of housing authorities and issuance of bonds, is amended by revising subsection (f) as follows:
"(f) Any action pertaining to issuance of bonds of an authority issued for the purposes described in this Code section, the rights of the holders thereof or the security therefor, and any action pertaining to the validation of any such bonds, shall be brought in the superior court of the county in which the eligible housing units to be financed with proceeds of such bonds are located, or if such eligible housing units shall be located in more than one county, in either the superior court of the county in which the authority is located or in the superior court of any county where any of such eligible housing units are situated."

SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.