Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1509 - County and municipal roads; contract amount; increase

Page Numbers - 1/ 2/ 3

Code Sections - 32-4-63/ 32-4-113

1. Benefield  96th


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                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Chapter 4 of Title 32 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to state, county, and municipal
  1- 3  road systems, so as to provide for an increase in the amount
  1- 4  for which a county may execute a negotiated contract; to
  1- 5  provide for an increase in the amount for which a
  1- 6  municipality may execute a negotiated contract; to repeal
  1- 7  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 9  Chapter 4 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-10  Annotated, relating to state, county, and municipal road
  1-11  systems, is amended by striking Code Section 32-4-63,
  1-12  relating to limitations on a county's power to contract, and
  1-13  inserting in lieu thereof a new Code Section 32-4-63 to read
  1-14  as follows:

  1-15    "32-4-63. (Index)

  1-16    A county is prohibited from negotiating a contract except
  1-17    a contract:

  1-18      (1) Involving the expenditure of less than $20,000.00
  1-19      $50,000.00;

  1-20      (2) With a state agency or county or municipality with
  1-21      which a county is authorized to contract in accordance
  1-22      with the provisions of Code Sections 32-4-61 and
  1-23      32-4-62;

  1-24      (3) For the purchase of those materials, supplies, and
  1-25      equipment necessary for the county's construction and
  1-26      maintenance of its public roads and for the support and
  1-27      maintenance of the county's forces used in such work, as
  1-28      authorized by Code Section 36-10-4;

  1-29      (4) Subject to Article 6 of Chapter 6 of this title,
  1-30      with a railroad or railway company or a publicly or
  1-31      privately owned utility concerning relocation of its



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  2- 1      line, tracks, or facilities where the same are not then
  2- 2      located in a public road and such relocation or
  2- 3      grade-crossing elimination is necessary as an incident
  2- 4      to the construction of a new public road or to the
  2- 5      reconstruction or maintenance of an existing public
  2- 6      road.  Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be
  2- 7      construed as requiring a county to furnish a site or
  2- 8      right of way for railroad or railway lines or tracks of
  2- 9      public utility facilities required to be removed from a
  2-10      public road;

  2-11      (5) For engineering or other kinds of professional or
  2-12      specialized services;

  2-13      (6) For emergency maintenance requiring immediate
  2-14      repairs to a public road, including but not limited to
  2-15      bridge repairs, snow and ice removal, and repairs due to
  2-16      flood conditions; or

  2-17      (7) Otherwise expressly authorized by law."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-18  Said chapter is further amended by striking Code Section
  2-19  32-4-113, relating to limitations on a municipality's power
  2-20  to contract, and inserting in lieu thereof a new Code
  2-21  Section 32-4-113 to read as follows:

  2-22    "32-4-113. (Index)

  2-23    A municipality is prohibited from negotiating a contract
  2-24    except a contract:

  2-25      (1) Involving the expenditure of less than $20,000.00
  2-26      $50,000.00;

  2-27      (2) With a state agency or political subdivision as
  2-28      authorized by Code Sections 32-4-111 and 32-4-112;

  2-29      (3) With a railroad or railway company or a publicly or
  2-30      privately owned utility as authorized by Article 6 of
  2-31      Chapter 6 of this title;

  2-32      (4) For engineering or other kinds of professional or
  2-33      specialized services;

  2-34      (5) For emergency maintenance requiring immediate
  2-35      repairs to a public road, including but not limited to
32-4-63	32-4-113N     snow and ice removal, and repairs due to
  2-37      flood conditions; or

  2-38      (6) Otherwise expressly authorized by law."



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                         SECTION 3.

  3- 1  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  3- 2  repealed.













































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