(a) There shall be created within the State Road and Tollway Authority an instrumentality of the state to be known as the Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank.(b) The bank shall be governed by the board of the State Road and Tollway Authority as provided in this chapter.(c) The corporate purpose of the bank is to assist in financing qualified projects by providing loans and other financial assistance to government units for constructing and improving highway and transportation facilities necessary for public purposes, including economic development. The exercise by the bank of a power conferred in this part is an essential public function.(d) The bank shall establish and maintain at least the four following accounts in the authority fund: (1) State and local roadway account;(2) State and local nonroadway account;(3) Federal roadway account; and(4) Federal nonroadway account.Added by 2008 Ga. Laws 393,§ 2, eff. 4/9/2008.
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