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Chapter 126 — Social Services

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§ 126-26

Monthly appropriations; effect of institution’s refusal to receive charitable cases.

Sec. 126-26. Monthly appropriations; effect of institution’s refusal to receive charitable cases.

The amounts appropriated to charitable institutions shall be paid to these institutions in monthly installments. On failure of an institution to receive persons sent to it, as provided in section 126-28, the officer who shall have designated the institution shall report it to the chief financial officer, and it shall be unlawful for the chief financial officer to draw any further check or warrant for that institution or to approve any vouchers in its behalf. In that case, the appropriation set apart to that institution shall be stricken, and the amount appropriated for it shall be transferred to the department of contingent and grants. (Code 1977, § 14-7031)

§ 126-27

Reception by institution of persons claiming injury on streets, public places.

Sec. 126-27. Reception by institution of persons claiming injury on streets, public places.

(a)Notice required. The officers and agents in charge of all institutions of public charity to whose maintenance the city contributes shall notify the department of law at once of the reception of any person claiming to have received an injury upon the streets, avenues or public places of the city, in order that the claim may be promptly investigated and the evidence attending it ascertained for the information of the council or for defense, if suit follows.

(b)investigation. Inquiries shall be made by those officers and agents to ascertain the cause of injury, if the patient fails voluntarily to reveal it or if the circumstances suggest that injury. (Code 1977, § 14-7032)

Chapters 127—129 RESERVED Chapter 130 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT* Article I. In General Sec. 130-1. Statement of purpose and definitions. Sec. 130-2. Maintenance and inspection of property. Sec. 130-3. Deposit of solid waste on streets and sidewalks. Sec. 130-4. Cleanliness of sidewalks. Sec. 130-5. Decaying animal matter. Sec. 130-6. Throwing, depositing, or disposing of garbage, trash, yard trimmings or other solid waste upon streets, sidewalks, public places, public property and public rights-of-way. Sec. 130-7. Disposal of garbage and other solid waste on private property; un-containerized garbage on private property. Sec. 130-8. Transporting garbage, trash, solid waste, or other material in open motor vehicles; spills from motor vehicles. Sec. 130-9. Spills from vehicles; concrete, cement, gravel, sand, dirt, and asphalt hauling. Sec. 130-10. Hazardous materials. Sec. 130-11. Household hazardous materials. Sec. 130-12. Enforcement, violations, and penalties. Secs. 130-13—130-27. Reserved.

Article II. Scrap Tire Enforcement Sec. 130-28. Title. Sec. 130-29. Intent and purpose. Sec. 130-30. Georgia solid waste management code and scrap tire manage-ment regulations incorporated by reference. Sec. 130-31. Definitions. Sec. 130-32. Dumping of scrap tires. Sec. 130-33. Scrap tire management. Sec. 130-34. Authority. Sec. 130-35. Violations. Sec. 130-35.1. Penalties.

Article III. Municipal Collection and Disposal System Sec. 130-36. Sec. 130-37.

Sec. 130-38.

Sec. 130-39.

Division 1. Generally Removal of yard trimmings. Removal of residential garbage and recyclable materials from single-family dwellings. Removal of residential garbage and recyclable materials from multi-family dwellings. Containers left on streets.

*Charter reference—Authority to provide for collection and disposal of solid waste, § 1-102(c)(25). Cross references—Department of public works, § 2-461 et seq.; clean city commission, § 2-1876 et seq.; solid waste disposal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, § 22-106; littering by vendors, § 30-1412; environment, ch. 74; health and sanitation, ch. 86; property to be maintained free of unhealthful conditions, including solid waste, junk, weeds and exterior storage, § 86-6; utilities, ch. 154. State law references—Constitutional grant of home rule powers, Ga. Const. art. IX, § II; specific grant of constitutional authority relative to garbage and solid waste collection and disposal, Ga. Const. art. IX, § II, ¶ III(a)(2); statutory grant of home rule powers, O.C.G.A. § 36-35-1 et seq.; Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act, O.C.G.A. § 12-8-20 et seq.; local solid waste plans, O.C.G.A. § 12-8-31.1; littering, O.C.G.A. § 16-7-40 et seq.

Sec. 130-40. Removal of bulky items, mixed debris piles and rubbish. Sec. 130-41. Cardboard containers and similar articles. Sec. 130-42. Night garbage collection. Sec. 130-43. Removal of solid waste from commercial or industrial proper-ties. Sec. 130-44. Removal of solid waste and recyclable materials at outdoor events. Sec. 130-45. Same—Construction and demolition wastes. Sec. 130-46. Household hazardous materials. Secs. 130-47—130-50. Reserved.

Division 2. Solid Waste Collection or Transportation Sec. 130-51. Collection and transportation of residential garbage and other solid waste.

Sec. 130-52. Collection and transportation of commercial and non-residential solid waste.

Secs. 130-53—130-58. Reserved.

Division 3. Solid Waste Processing and Disposal Facilities Sec. 130-59. Statement of policy. Sec. 130-60. Permit for use. Sec. 130-61. Use without permit. Sec. 130-62. Hazardous material disposal. Sec. 130-63. Privately operated solid waste disposal facilities. Sec. 130-64. Privately operated solid waste transfer stations, processing and handling facilities. Sec. 130-65. Environmental damage insurance policy. Secs. 130-66—130-75. Reserved.

Division 4. Rates and Charges Sec. 130-76. Annual review. Sec. 130-77. Solid waste taxes, assessments, and service fees and charges. Sec. 130-78. Surcharge. Sec. 130-79. Abandoned vehicle removal charge. Sec. 130-80. Charges for disposal of solid waste at city facilities. Sec. 130-81. Reserved. Sec. 130-82. Fees for recycling. Sec. 130-83. Billing and collection. Sec. 130-84. Taxes, assessments, service fees and charges. Sec. 130-85. Administrative review of disputes. Sec. 130-86. Right of appeal. Sec. 130-87. Solid waste appeals board. Sec. 130-88. Judicial review. Secs. 130-89—130-100. Reserved.

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL

§ 126-28

Duty of institutions to receive objects of charity when sent by heads of departments, mayor.

Sec. 126-28. Duty of institutions to receive objects of charity when sent by heads of departments, mayor.

All organizations, bodies and homes organized for charitable and beneficent purposes to which the city may make appropriations, annually or otherwise, shall receive any objects of charity or persons in need of protection or aid sent to them by the head of any department of the city in the course of whose duty it may become necessary to provide for any of those persons, the institution selected each time to be the one appropriate to the particular case in hand. If there is no head of a department to give this direction, the mayor shall direct which institution shall receive and care for those persons. (Code 1977, § 14-7033)