§ 36-92-2. Maximum Waiver Amount; Exceptions; Liability; Recovery of Interest
The sovereign immunity of local government entities for a loss arising out of claims for the negligent use of a covered motor vehicle is waived up to the following limits: $100,000.00 because of bodily injury or death of any one person in any one occurrence, an aggregate amount of $300,000.00 because of bodily injury or […]
§ 36-92-3. No Employee Liability; Parties to Litigation; Evidence; Bar to Further Recovery
Any local government officer or employee who commits a tort involving the use of a covered motor vehicle while in the performance of his or her official duties is not subject to lawsuit or liability therefor. Nothing in this chapter, however, shall be construed to give the local government officer or employee immunity from suit […]
§ 36-92-4. Regulation of Settlement of Actions Against Local Government Entities; Exclusion of Punitive and Exemplary Damages; Rules of Disclosure of Documents; Recovery Against Local Governments; Jurisdiction
Local government entities may provide for the payment of claims, settlements and judgments, and their associated costs through any method including, but not limited to, self-insurance, use of a fund within the local government’s budget for the payment of claims, the purchase of liability insurance, participation in an interlocal risk management agency organized pursuant to […]
§ 36-92-5. Applicability
This chapter shall apply to all claims and causes of actions arising out of events occurring on or after January 1, 2005. History. Code 1981, § 36-92-5 , enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 579, § 3.
§ 36-91-102. Planning, Finance, Construction, Acquisition, Leasing, Operation, and Maintenance of Projects; Implementation; Lobbying Restrictions
In addition to other methods of procurement authorized by law, local governing authorities and local authorities shall be authorized to utilize the procedures of this article to provide for the planning, finance, construction, acquisition, leasing, operation, and maintenance of projects. The provisions of this article shall be an alternative to such other methods to be […]
§ 36-93-1. Through 36-93-26
Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2007, p. 739, § 5/SB 200, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall only become effective on January 1, 2009, upon the ratification of a resolution at the November, 2008, state-wide general election that amends the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general […]
§ 36-91-110. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Comprehensive agreement” means the written agreement between the private entity and the local government required by Code Section 36-91-115. “Develop” or “development” means to plan, design, develop, finance, lease, acquire, install, construct, operate, maintain, or expand. “Local authority” means any local authority created pursuant to a local or […]
§ 36-91-52. Bid and Bidder Defined; Withdrawal of Bids for Appreciable Errors; Resubmission
As used in this Code section, the term “bid” includes proposal and the term “bidder” includes offeror. Any governmental entity receiving bids subject to this article shall permit a bidder to withdraw a bid from consideration after the bid opening without forfeiture of the bid security if the bidder has made an appreciable error in […]
§ 36-91-53. Affiliated Corporation Defined; Forfeit of Security by Affiliated Corporation
As used in this Code section, the term: “Affiliated corporation” means, with respect to any corporation, any other corporation related thereto: As a parent corporation; As a subsidiary corporation; As a sister corporation; By common ownership or control; or By control of one corporation by the other. The term “bid” includes proposals. In any case […]
§ 36-91-54. Action on Breach of Bond
The obligee in any bid bond required to be given in accordance with this article shall be entitled to maintain an action thereon at any time upon any breach of such bond; provided, however, that no action may be instituted on the bonds or security deposits after one year from the completion of the contract […]