First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to railroads, so as to authorize counties and municipalities to seek injunctions and damages, including attorney's fees, for a railroad's violating its duty to permit passage at certain railroad crossings; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 8 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to construction, improvement, and repair of rail lines, depots, and roads, so as to change certain provisions relating to obstructions located at crossing, disrepair of crossing, and removal of obstruction or repair of crossing by county or municipality upon failure of company to remove obstruction or repair crossing; and for other purposes.

Code Sections Amended

32-6-190 \ 46-8-128