§ 2-10-23. General powers of authority.  


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  • Said board shall have general supervision and control over the entire water system or systems that may be constructed and placed in operation for said county, together with the right to expand or curtail such operations as it may deem advisable. The board shall regulate and provide for the use of its water, fix the time, place and rates for such usage, and in default may cause such services to be discontinued until all arrears are fully paid, and may issue executions for any amount that may be past due and the secretary or clerk of said board is hereby authorized and empowered to issue execution therefor, which may be levied and collected as other executions. The board shall have power to construct, alter, expand and maintain such water system with the funds made available to it by the county governing authority by the issuance and sale of bonds, or revenue-anticipation certificates issued by said county, and by funds arising from the operation of said water system. The authority shall have the right to join with the county in the issuance of revenue-anticipation certificates and pledge the revenues of the authority to the payment of any such certificates so issued.

(Ga. Laws 1961, P. 2588, Act No. 211, § 5)