O.C.G.A. § 32-10-37 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-37
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-37
Status: in_force

The authority may also provide for the replacement of any bond which becomes mutilated or which is destroyed or lost.
O.C.G.A. § 32-5-27 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-27
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-5-27
Status: in_force

(a) The Planning Division of the department and the director of planning shall develop an allocation formula for: (1) A state-wide transportation asset management program; (2) A state-wide transportation asset improvement program; and (3) A local maintenance and improvement grant program. Funds from the State Public Transportation Fund shall be allocated by the department pursuant to such formula as further defined in subsections (b) through (d) of this Code section and as appropriated by the General Assembly. Every four years, concurrent with the renewal of the state-wide strategic transportation plan, the division and the director shall update the data used in the allocation formula and shall review the distributional components of the formula and at such time may amend the formula as necessary to support implementation of the plans provided for in Code Section 32-2-22 .

(a) The Planning Division of the department and the director of planning shall develop an allocation formula for:

(1) A state-wide transportation asset management program;

(1) A state-wide transportation asset management program;

(2) A state-wide transportation asset improvement program; and

(2) A state-wide transportation asset improvement program; and

(3) A local maintenance and improvement grant program.

(3) A local maintenance and improvement grant program.

Funds from the State Public Transportation Fund shall be allocated by the department pursuant to such formula as further defined in subsections (b) through (d) of this Code section and as appropriated by the General Assembly. Every four years, concurrent with the renewal of the state-wide strategic transportation plan, the division and the director shall update the data used in the allocation formula and shall review the distributional components of the formula and at such time may amend the formula as necessary to support implementation of the plans provided for in Code Section 32-2-22 .

(b) Funds appropriated for the state-wide transportation asset management program shall be allocated pursuant to the long-range state-wide strategic transportation plan and shall be available for administration, maintenance, operations, and rehabilitation of infrastructure.

(b) Funds appropriated for the state-wide transportation asset management program shall be allocated pursuant to the long-range state-wide strategic transportation plan and shall be available for administration, maintenance, operations, and rehabilitation of infrastructure.

(c)(1) Funds allocated for the state-wide transportation asset improvement program shall be allocated for capital construction projects, which may include new capacity, expansion of current infrastructure, safety improvements, or completion of, additions to, and capital improvement of state strategic corridors and economic development highways, including but not limited to those identified pursuant to Code Section 32-4-22 . Recommendations for appropriation to the state-wide transportation asset improvement program shall include consideration of current and future regional population and regional employment. Local funding matches may be required. (2) A portion of this allocation shall be a specific itemized and prioritized project list and such portion shall be not less than 10 percent nor more than 20 percent of the aggregate allocation from the State Public Transportation Fund, subject to and consistent with the provisions of the state-wide transportation improvement program, for such fiscal year. In developing such project list the division and the director may accept project recommendations from the Transportation Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Governor, metropolitan planning organizations, and nonmetropolitan areas. Such projects shall be prioritized in accordance with the state-wide strategic transportation plan. The division and the director shall submit such prioritized capital construction projects to the Governor for consideration in advance of the legislative session each year. The Governor shall submit all or a portion of such capital construction project requests as part of the Governor's budget recommendations to the General Assembly. The General Assembly may appropriate funds to any project on the prioritized project list. (3) In addition to the portion of the state-wide transportation asset improvement program subject to the 10 percent limitation in paragraph (2) of this subsection, additional funds from the State Public Transportation Fund may be allocated to the state-wide transportation asset improvement program that are not subject to specific project selection.

(c)(1) Funds allocated for the state-wide transportation asset improvement program shall be allocated for capital construction projects, which may include new capacity, expansion of current infrastructure, safety improvements, or completion of, additions to, and capital improvement of state strategic corridors and economic development highways, including but not limited to those identified pursuant to Code Section 32-4-22 . Recommendations for appropriation to the state-wide transportation asset improvement program shall include consideration of current and future regional population and regional employment. Local funding matches may be required.

(c)(1) Funds allocated for the state-wide transportation asset improvement program shall be allocated for capital construction projects, which may include new capacity, expansion of current infrastructure, safety improvements, or completion of, additions to, and capital improvement of state strategic corridors and economic development highways, including but not limited to those identified pursuant to Code Section 32-4-22 . Recommendations for appropriation to the state-wide transportation asset improvement program shall include consideration of current and future regional population and regional employment. Local funding matches may be required.

(2) A portion of this allocation shall be a specific itemized and prioritized project list and such portion shall be not less than 10 percent nor more than 20 percent of the aggregate allocation from the State Public Transportation Fund, subject to and consistent with the provisions of the state-wide transportation improvement program, for such fiscal year. In developing such project list the division and the director may accept project recommendations from the Transportation Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Governor, metropolitan planning organizations, and nonmetropolitan areas. Such projects shall be prioritized in accordance with the state-wide strategic transportation plan. The division and the director shall submit such prioritized capital construction projects to the Governor for consideration in advance of the legislative session each year. The Governor shall submit all or a portion of such capital construction project requests as part of the Governor's budget recommendations to the General Assembly. The General Assembly may appropriate funds to any project on the prioritized project list.

(2) A portion of this allocation shall be a specific itemized and prioritized project list and such portion shall be not less than 10 percent nor more than 20 percent of the aggregate allocation from the State Public Transportation Fund, subject to and consistent with the provisions of the state-wide transportation improvement program, for such fiscal year. In developing such project list the division and the director may accept project recommendations from the Transportation Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Governor, metropolitan planning organizations, and nonmetropolitan areas. Such projects shall be prioritized in accordance with the state-wide strategic transportation plan. The division and the director shall submit such prioritized capital construction projects to the Governor for consideration in advance of the legislative session each year. The Governor shall submit all or a portion of such capital construction project requests as part of the Governor's budget recommendations to the General Assembly. The General Assembly may appropriate funds to any project on the prioritized project list.

(3) In addition to the portion of the state-wide transportation asset improvement program subject to the 10 percent limitation in paragraph (2) of this subsection, additional funds from the State Public Transportation Fund may be allocated to the state-wide transportation asset improvement program that are not subject to specific project selection.

(3) In addition to the portion of the state-wide transportation asset improvement program subject to the 10 percent limitation in paragraph (2) of this subsection, additional funds from the State Public Transportation Fund may be allocated to the state-wide transportation asset improvement program that are not subject to specific project selection.

(d) Funds allocated for the local maintenance and improvement grant program shall replace funds formerly available under the local assistance road program and state-aid program and shall be allocated by the Local Grants Division of the department to local governing authorities as grants or otherwise according to a funding formula developed by the division and the director. Such formula shall include considerations of paved and unpaved lane miles and vehicle miles traveled and may include population, employment, and local funding matches available, as well as other factors as may be determined by the division and the director. Funds allocated each fiscal year for the local maintenance and improvement grant program shall be not less than 10 percent nor more than 20 percent of the money derived from motor fuel taxes received by the state in the immediately preceding fiscal year, less the amount of refunds, rebates, and collection costs authorized by law and shall be used only for the purposes available for the proceeds of such taxes. Grants of such funds shall include provisions requiring adherence to adequate roadway standards, accounting practices, and applicable transportation plans. Additional allocations to this program from other funding sources shall be allocated subject to the requirements for usage attached to such funds.

(d) Funds allocated for the local maintenance and improvement grant program shall replace funds formerly available under the local assistance road program and state-aid program and shall be allocated by the Local Grants Division of the department to local governing authorities as grants or otherwise according to a funding formula developed by the division and the director. Such formula shall include considerations of paved and unpaved lane miles and vehicle miles traveled and may include population, employment, and local funding matches available, as well as other factors as may be determined by the division and the director. Funds allocated each fiscal year for the local maintenance and improvement grant program shall be not less than 10 percent nor more than 20 percent of the money derived from motor fuel taxes received by the state in the immediately preceding fiscal year, less the amount of refunds, rebates, and collection costs authorized by law and shall be used only for the purposes available for the proceeds of such taxes. Grants of such funds shall include provisions requiring adherence to adequate roadway standards, accounting practices, and applicable transportation plans. Additional allocations to this program from other funding sources shall be allocated subject to the requirements for usage attached to such funds.

(e) Funds allocated or appropriated pursuant to the provisions of this Code section shall not be subject to redirection or reservation pursuant to Chapter 12 of Title 45 or to budgetary reduction except as provided by subparagraph (b) of Paragraph VI of Section IX of Article III of the Constitution .

(e) Funds allocated or appropriated pursuant to the provisions of this Code section shall not be subject to redirection or reservation pursuant to Chapter 12 of Title 45 or to budgetary reduction except as provided by subparagraph (b) of Paragraph VI of Section IX of Article III of the Constitution .

(f) Information pertaining to all funds received and expended by, through, or from the department, including but not limited to project numbers, let dates, estimated costs, actual costs, estimated completion date, status, priority ranking, congressional, House, and Senate districts, vendor names, contract amounts, and other pertinent contract information, shall be published on the website of the department as data in structured format. As used in this subsection, “ structured format ” means data that is presented in machine readable format.

(f) Information pertaining to all funds received and expended by, through, or from the department, including but not limited to project numbers, let dates, estimated costs, actual costs, estimated completion date, status, priority ranking, congressional, House, and Senate districts, vendor names, contract amounts, and other pertinent contract information, shall be published on the website of the department as data in structured format. As used in this subsection, “ structured format ” means data that is presented in machine readable format.
O.C.G.A. § 32-2-7 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-7
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-2-7
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “external violence, accident, or injury” means any act of violence, an accident, or an injury that is caused by a person other than: (1) One who is an employee of the department; or (2) One who is an employee of a contractor or subcontractor performing duties under a contract with the department.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “external violence, accident, or injury” means any act of violence, an accident, or an injury that is caused by a person other than:

(1) One who is an employee of the department; or

(1) One who is an employee of the department; or

(2) One who is an employee of a contractor or subcontractor performing duties under a contract with the department.

(2) One who is an employee of a contractor or subcontractor performing duties under a contract with the department.

(b) Any employee of the department who, on or after July 1, 1987, is injured in the line of duty by an act of external violence, accident, or injury shall be entitled to receive compensation as provided in this Code section. Going to and from work shall not be considered in the line of duty. For the purposes of this Code section, “line of duty” means working in the proximity of traffic movements or equipment movements doing maintenance, construction, or other activities which may be construed as hazardous.

(b) Any employee of the department who, on or after July 1, 1987, is injured in the line of duty by an act of external violence, accident, or injury shall be entitled to receive compensation as provided in this Code section. Going to and from work shall not be considered in the line of duty. For the purposes of this Code section, “line of duty” means working in the proximity of traffic movements or equipment movements doing maintenance, construction, or other activities which may be construed as hazardous.

(c) An employee injured in the line of duty as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section shall continue to receive his regular compensation for the period of time that the employee is physically unable to perform the duties of his employment; provided, however, that such benefits provided in this Code section shall not be granted for injuries resulting from a single incident for more than a total of 180 working days. An employee shall be required to submit to his department head satisfactory evidence of such disability.

(c) An employee injured in the line of duty as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section shall continue to receive his regular compensation for the period of time that the employee is physically unable to perform the duties of his employment; provided, however, that such benefits provided in this Code section shall not be granted for injuries resulting from a single incident for more than a total of 180 working days. An employee shall be required to submit to his department head satisfactory evidence of such disability.

(d) Benefits made available under this Code section shall be subordinate to any workers' compensation benefits for which the employee is eligible and shall be limited to the difference between the amount of available workers' compensation benefits and the amount of the employee's regular compensation.

(d) Benefits made available under this Code section shall be subordinate to any workers' compensation benefits for which the employee is eligible and shall be limited to the difference between the amount of available workers' compensation benefits and the amount of the employee's regular compensation.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-1 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-1
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-1
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct, encroach upon, solicit the sale of any merchandise on, or injure materially any part of any public road. For purposes of this Code section, the term “obstruct” shall include without limitation the causing of any buildup of rock, gravel, mud, dirt, chemicals, or other materials by continued ingress or egress of vehicles or of any natural waters dammed or redirected by diversion to an extent which presents a hazard to the traveling public.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct, encroach upon, solicit the sale of any merchandise on, or injure materially any part of any public road. For purposes of this Code section, the term “obstruct” shall include without limitation the causing of any buildup of rock, gravel, mud, dirt, chemicals, or other materials by continued ingress or egress of vehicles or of any natural waters dammed or redirected by diversion to an extent which presents a hazard to the traveling public.

(b) Any person who unlawfully obstructs, encroaches upon, or injures said public road shall be responsible for reimbursing the Department of Transportation or the applicable local governing authority in the case of a road which is part of a county road system or municipal street system for the costs of removal of said obstructions or encroachments and the costs of repairs to the public road incurred by such department or local governing authority, including any costs associated with traffic management; provided, however, that such costs shall be limited to those costs which are directly incurred from such damages. Costs incurred for traffic management may include, but not be limited to, costs incurred for flagging, signing, or provision of detours, provided that these activities are directly caused by the obstruction, encroachment, or injury to the public road system. The court may, in addition to any other sentence authorized by law, order a person convicted of violating this Code section to make such restitution for the offense.

(b) Any person who unlawfully obstructs, encroaches upon, or injures said public road shall be responsible for reimbursing the Department of Transportation or the applicable local governing authority in the case of a road which is part of a county road system or municipal street system for the costs of removal of said obstructions or encroachments and the costs of repairs to the public road incurred by such department or local governing authority, including any costs associated with traffic management; provided, however, that such costs shall be limited to those costs which are directly incurred from such damages. Costs incurred for traffic management may include, but not be limited to, costs incurred for flagging, signing, or provision of detours, provided that these activities are directly caused by the obstruction, encroachment, or injury to the public road system. The court may, in addition to any other sentence authorized by law, order a person convicted of violating this Code section to make such restitution for the offense.

(c) Nothing in this Code section shall abridge or limit any authority provided by law for the installation and operation of vending machines at welcome centers, tourist centers, and safety rest areas. Nothing in this Code section shall limit in any way the department's authority to lease property to state or federal agencies, counties, or municipalities as provided for in Code Section 32-7-5 , or limit the Department of Transportation's ability to grant a license to any utility or railroad corporation as defined in Code Section 46-1-1 .

(c) Nothing in this Code section shall abridge or limit any authority provided by law for the installation and operation of vending machines at welcome centers, tourist centers, and safety rest areas. Nothing in this Code section shall limit in any way the department's authority to lease property to state or federal agencies, counties, or municipalities as provided for in Code Section 32-7-5 , or limit the Department of Transportation's ability to grant a license to any utility or railroad corporation as defined in Code Section 46-1-1 .
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-125 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-125
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-125
Status: in_force

(a) The following sources may be used to capitalize the bank and for the bank to carry out its purposes: (1) Appropriations by the General Assembly; (2) Federal funds available to the state, as approved by the Department of Transportation; (3) Contributions, donations, and deposits from government units, private entities, and any other source as may become available to the bank; (4) All moneys paid or credited to the bank, by contract or otherwise, payments of principal and interest on loans or other financial assistance made from the bank, and interest earnings which may accrue from the investment or reinvestment of the bank's moneys; (5) Proceeds from the issuance of bonds as provided in this part; and (6) Other lawful sources not already dedicated for another purpose as determined appropriate by the board.

(a) The following sources may be used to capitalize the bank and for the bank to carry out its purposes:

(1) Appropriations by the General Assembly;

(1) Appropriations by the General Assembly;

(2) Federal funds available to the state, as approved by the Department of Transportation;

(2) Federal funds available to the state, as approved by the Department of Transportation;

(3) Contributions, donations, and deposits from government units, private entities, and any other source as may become available to the bank;

(3) Contributions, donations, and deposits from government units, private entities, and any other source as may become available to the bank;

(4) All moneys paid or credited to the bank, by contract or otherwise, payments of principal and interest on loans or other financial assistance made from the bank, and interest earnings which may accrue from the investment or reinvestment of the bank's moneys;

(4) All moneys paid or credited to the bank, by contract or otherwise, payments of principal and interest on loans or other financial assistance made from the bank, and interest earnings which may accrue from the investment or reinvestment of the bank's moneys;

(5) Proceeds from the issuance of bonds as provided in this part; and

(5) Proceeds from the issuance of bonds as provided in this part; and

(6) Other lawful sources not already dedicated for another purpose as determined appropriate by the board.

(6) Other lawful sources not already dedicated for another purpose as determined appropriate by the board.

(b) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section, it shall be specifically provided that any local government may use the proceeds of any local funds which may be hereafter made available by law for the purposes of this part, including without limitation the funding of eligible projects and contributions, donations, and deposits to the bank.

(b) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section, it shall be specifically provided that any local government may use the proceeds of any local funds which may be hereafter made available by law for the purposes of this part, including without limitation the funding of eligible projects and contributions, donations, and deposits to the bank.
O.C.G.A. § 32-2-41-2 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-41-2
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-2-41.2
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall develop and publish in print or electronically benchmarks, based upon the type and scope of a construction project, that detail a realistic time frame for completion of each stage of a construction project, including preliminary engineering and design, environmental permitting and review, and right of way acquisition.

(a) The commissioner shall develop and publish in print or electronically benchmarks, based upon the type and scope of a construction project, that detail a realistic time frame for completion of each stage of a construction project, including preliminary engineering and design, environmental permitting and review, and right of way acquisition.

(b) The director shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairpersons of the House and Senate Transportation Committees detailing the progress of every construction project valued at $10 million or more against the benchmarks. This report shall include an analysis explaining the discrepancies between the benchmarks and actual performance on each project as well as an explanation for delays. This report shall also be published on the website of the department.

(b) The director shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairpersons of the House and Senate Transportation Committees detailing the progress of every construction project valued at $10 million or more against the benchmarks. This report shall include an analysis explaining the discrepancies between the benchmarks and actual performance on each project as well as an explanation for delays. This report shall also be published on the website of the department.

(c) The department shall create and maintain on its website a detailed status report on each project under planning or construction. This status report shall include, but not be limited to, the name and contact information of the project manager, if applicable.

(c) The department shall create and maintain on its website a detailed status report on each project under planning or construction. This status report shall include, but not be limited to, the name and contact information of the project manager, if applicable.

(d) Value engineering studies shall be performed on all projects whose costs exceed $50 million, except for any project procured in accordance with Code Sections 32-2-79 , 32-2-80 , and 32-2-81 , and the director shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairpersons of the House and Senate Transportation Committees detailing the amount saved due to the value engineering studies. This report shall also be published on the website of the department.

(d) Value engineering studies shall be performed on all projects whose costs exceed $50 million, except for any project procured in accordance with Code Sections 32-2-79 , 32-2-80 , and 32-2-81 , and the director shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairpersons of the House and Senate Transportation Committees detailing the amount saved due to the value engineering studies. This report shall also be published on the website of the department.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-65-2 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-65-2
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-65.2
Status: in_force

The authority shall submit an annual report to the House Committee on Transportation and the Senate Transportation Committee detailing the amount of funds collected pursuant to the exercise of the authority's toll powers and how such funds have been used or disposed of by the authority.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-65 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-65
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-65
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized to fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for the use of each project. Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted as to carry out and perform the terms and provisions of any resolution, trust indenture, or contract with or for the benefit of bondholders; and such tolls shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any other commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state. Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, if the repayment of financing is not the primary or exclusive purpose for the exercise of the authority's toll power, the authority shall not be required to issue or have outstanding bonds or other indebtedness with respect to a project in order to fix, revise, charge, enforce, or collect tolls for such project. The use and disposition of tolls and revenues shall be subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of the trust indenture securing the same, if there are any.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-199 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-199
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-199
Status: in_force

Whenever an existing underpass or overpass involving railroads is unsafe or inadequate to serve reasonably the traffic for which it was constructed, the department, the county, or the municipality may proceed to bring about improvement of said existing structure. In such event the procedure, division of the costs of construction, and maintenance responsibilities in regard to such improvement shall be as provided in Code Sections 32-6-194 through 32-6-198 .
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-6 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-6
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-6
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this Code section, the term “ camping ” means temporary habitation outdoors as evidenced by one or more of the following actions: the erection or use of tents or other shelters; the laying down of sleeping bags, blankets, or other materials used for bedding; the placing or storing of personal belongings; the making of a fire; or the act of cooking.

(a) For purposes of this Code section, the term “ camping ” means temporary habitation outdoors as evidenced by one or more of the following actions: the erection or use of tents or other shelters; the laying down of sleeping bags, blankets, or other materials used for bedding; the placing or storing of personal belongings; the making of a fire; or the act of cooking.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly use any portion of road on the state highway system or any property owned by the department for camping.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly use any portion of road on the state highway system or any property owned by the department for camping.

(c) Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit the normal, customary, and temporary use of safety rest areas, welcome centers, tourist centers, and other property of the department or state highway system specifically designated for purposes of resting, sleeping, eating, or other similar activities by persons traveling by vehicle.

(c) Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit the normal, customary, and temporary use of safety rest areas, welcome centers, tourist centers, and other property of the department or state highway system specifically designated for purposes of resting, sleeping, eating, or other similar activities by persons traveling by vehicle.

(d) This Code section shall not apply to state or local government officials or employees acting in their official capacity and while performing activities as part of their official duties and shall not apply to any employee of a contractor or subcontractor performing duties under a contract with the department.

(d) This Code section shall not apply to state or local government officials or employees acting in their official capacity and while performing activities as part of their official duties and shall not apply to any employee of a contractor or subcontractor performing duties under a contract with the department.

(e) Any person convicted of violating this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(e) Any person convicted of violating this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
O.C.G.A. § 32-2-67 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-67
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-2-67
Status: in_force

A bidder shall be required to pay to the department a reasonable sum sufficient to cover the cost to the department of copies of the bid proposal form of the department, the standard specifications of the department, and the plans of the contract if such plans are required because the particular contract calls for construction.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-74 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-74
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-74
Status: in_force

This article shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-197 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-197
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-197
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the department to maintain all overpasses involving railroads on the state highway system.

(a) It shall be the duty of the department to maintain all overpasses involving railroads on the state highway system.

(b) It shall be the duty of the county or the municipality to maintain at its own expense the drainage, surface, pavement, approaches, and guardrails of all overpasses involving railroads on its respective public road system. It shall be the duty of the railroad involved to maintain at its own expense any floors constructed of wood and the foundations, piers, abutments, and superstructures of all overpasses on the county or municipal public road system.

(b) It shall be the duty of the county or the municipality to maintain at its own expense the drainage, surface, pavement, approaches, and guardrails of all overpasses involving railroads on its respective public road system. It shall be the duty of the railroad involved to maintain at its own expense any floors constructed of wood and the foundations, piers, abutments, and superstructures of all overpasses on the county or municipal public road system.

(c) It shall be the duty of the railroad or railroads involved to maintain all underpasses except the lighting, drainage, and pavement of the public roads thereunder, which shall be maintained by the department, counties, or municipalities on their respective public road systems.

(c) It shall be the duty of the railroad or railroads involved to maintain all underpasses except the lighting, drainage, and pavement of the public roads thereunder, which shall be maintained by the department, counties, or municipalities on their respective public road systems.

(d) All maintenance required by this Code section of the department shall be at the expense of the department, and all maintenance required by this Code section of the railroad shall be at the expense of such railroad, provided that the duty of maintenance imposed upon the department by this Code section shall not operate to subject the department to liability for damages resulting from any failure to maintain properly.

(d) All maintenance required by this Code section of the department shall be at the expense of the department, and all maintenance required by this Code section of the railroad shall be at the expense of such railroad, provided that the duty of maintenance imposed upon the department by this Code section shall not operate to subject the department to liability for damages resulting from any failure to maintain properly.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 32-6-195 , nothing in this article shall be construed as voiding agreements executed prior to July 1, 1973.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 32-6-195 , nothing in this article shall be construed as voiding agreements executed prior to July 1, 1973.
O.C.G.A. § 32-1-9 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 32-1-9
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-1-9
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all state and local law enforcement officers to enforce any provision of this title which states that any act or omission is unlawful.
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-67 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-67
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-67
Status: in_force

(a) No bid, other than a bid solely for engineering or other kinds of professional services, will be considered by a county unless it is accompanied by a proposal guaranty in the form of a certified check or other acceptable security payable to the county for an amount deemed by the county in the public interest necessary to ensure that the successful bidder will execute the contract on which he bid.

(a) No bid, other than a bid solely for engineering or other kinds of professional services, will be considered by a county unless it is accompanied by a proposal guaranty in the form of a certified check or other acceptable security payable to the county for an amount deemed by the county in the public interest necessary to ensure that the successful bidder will execute the contract on which he bid.

(b) A proposal guaranty will be returned to a bidder upon receipt by the county of the bidder's written withdrawal of his bid if such receipt is before the time scheduled for the opening of bids. Upon the determination by a county of the lowest reliable bidder, the county will return the proposal guaranties to all bidders except that of the lowest reliable bidder. If no contract award is made within 30 days after the date set for the opening of bids, all bids shall be rejected and all proposal guaranties shall be returned unless the county and the successful bidder agree in writing to a longer period of time.

(b) A proposal guaranty will be returned to a bidder upon receipt by the county of the bidder's written withdrawal of his bid if such receipt is before the time scheduled for the opening of bids. Upon the determination by a county of the lowest reliable bidder, the county will return the proposal guaranties to all bidders except that of the lowest reliable bidder. If no contract award is made within 30 days after the date set for the opening of bids, all bids shall be rejected and all proposal guaranties shall be returned unless the county and the successful bidder agree in writing to a longer period of time.
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-94 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-94
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-94
Status: in_force

(a) The standard for construction of curbs on each side of any municipal street or of any connecting street or road for which curbs have been prescribed by the governing body of the municipal corporation having jurisdiction thereover shall be not less than one ramp per lineal block giving on the crosswalks at intersections. Such ramps shall be at least 40 inches wide and shall be so constructed as to allow reasonable access to the crosswalk for physically disabled persons.

(a) The standard for construction of curbs on each side of any municipal street or of any connecting street or road for which curbs have been prescribed by the governing body of the municipal corporation having jurisdiction thereover shall be not less than one ramp per lineal block giving on the crosswalks at intersections. Such ramps shall be at least 40 inches wide and shall be so constructed as to allow reasonable access to the crosswalk for physically disabled persons.

(b) Standards set for curb ramping under subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to any curb existing on July 1, 1974, but shall apply to all new curb construction and to all replacement curbs constructed at any point in a block which gives reasonable access to a crosswalk; provided, however, that the standards set for curb ramping under subsection (a) of this Code section shall apply to curbs on each side of the street circling the state capitol; provided, further, that the standard for construction of curbs on each side of the street circling the state capitol shall be not less than two ramps per lineal block giving on the crosswalks at intersections.

(b) Standards set for curb ramping under subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to any curb existing on July 1, 1974, but shall apply to all new curb construction and to all replacement curbs constructed at any point in a block which gives reasonable access to a crosswalk; provided, however, that the standards set for curb ramping under subsection (a) of this Code section shall apply to curbs on each side of the street circling the state capitol; provided, further, that the standard for construction of curbs on each side of the street circling the state capitol shall be not less than two ramps per lineal block giving on the crosswalks at intersections.
O.C.G.A. § 32-2-78 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-78
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-2-78
Status: in_force

As used in this part, the term:

(1) “ Alternative contracting method ” means a method of contracting authorized by Code Section 32-2-82 .

(1) “ Alternative contracting method ” means a method of contracting authorized by Code Section 32-2-82 .

(2) “ Construction manager/general contractor ” means a person the department has selected to perform project delivery pursuant to Code Section 32-2-82 .

(2) “ Construction manager/general contractor ” means a person the department has selected to perform project delivery pursuant to Code Section 32-2-82 .

(3) “ Participating local governing authority ” includes the governing authority of any county or municipality whose geographical jurisdiction includes the project.

(3) “ Participating local governing authority ” includes the governing authority of any county or municipality whose geographical jurisdiction includes the project.

(4) “ Project ” means an undertaking, including intermodal rail-related and multimodal transportation solutions, which the department deems appropriate for pursuing or letting based upon the authority granted in this part.

(4) “ Project ” means an undertaking, including intermodal rail-related and multimodal transportation solutions, which the department deems appropriate for pursuing or letting based upon the authority granted in this part.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-94 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-94
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-94
Status: in_force

All revenue bonds issued under this article shall have and are declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments law of the state. Such bonds, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in this state.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-193 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-193
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-193
Status: in_force

When it is reasonably necessary in the interest of public safety, the department, in respect to the state highway system, a county, in respect to its county road system, or a municipality, in respect to its municipal street system, may authorize and direct the elimination of a grade crossing by construction of an underpass or overpass or by physical removal of the grade crossing and barricading or removing the approaches thereto without construction of an underpass or overpass, provided that any grade crossing elimination shall be in accordance with this part and that no grade crossing on a county road system or municipal street system shall be eliminated by construction of an underpass or overpass upon order of the county or municipality until and unless the department shall approve the plans and specifications of the proposed construction. No grade crossing on a public road shall be permanently closed except by elimination in accordance with this part.
O.C.G.A. § 32-11-1 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11 / Section 32-11-1
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-11-1
Status: in_force

The interstate rail passenger network compact is ratified, enacted, and entered into by the State of Georgia with all other states joining the compact in the form substantially as this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-69 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-69
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-69
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor is authorized and empowered to convey to the authority, on behalf of the state, any real property or interest therein or any rights of way owned by the state, including property or rights of way acquired in the name of the department or board, which is used at the time or may, upon completion of any action committed to the authority by this article, be used as a project. The consideration for such conveyance shall be determined by the Governor and expressed in the deed of conveyance; however, such consideration shall be nominal, the benefits flowing to the state and its citizens constituting full and adequate actual consideration, provided that in the event of the inability of the authority to issue or sell the revenue bonds required for financing the completion of any given project or projects, then, subject to the intervening rights of any innocent party, all rights, titles, and interests so conveyed shall forever revert to the department or agency from which it came.

(a) The Governor is authorized and empowered to convey to the authority, on behalf of the state, any real property or interest therein or any rights of way owned by the state, including property or rights of way acquired in the name of the department or board, which is used at the time or may, upon completion of any action committed to the authority by this article, be used as a project. The consideration for such conveyance shall be determined by the Governor and expressed in the deed of conveyance; however, such consideration shall be nominal, the benefits flowing to the state and its citizens constituting full and adequate actual consideration, provided that in the event of the inability of the authority to issue or sell the revenue bonds required for financing the completion of any given project or projects, then, subject to the intervening rights of any innocent party, all rights, titles, and interests so conveyed shall forever revert to the department or agency from which it came.

(b) The governing authority of any county or incorporated municipality of this state is authorized and empowered on behalf of such political subdivision to convey to the authority any real property or interest therein or any rights of way owned by such political subdivision, which is used at the time or may, upon completion of any action committed to the authority by this article, be used as a project if conveyed by a county or incorporated municipality. The consideration for such conveyance shall be determined by the governing authority of such political subdivision and expressed in the deed of conveyance. Such consideration, however, shall be nominal, the benefits flowing to the political subdivisions and its citizens constituting full and adequate actual consideration. However, nothing in this subsection shall prevent the authority from reimbursing a political subdivision, as authorized in Code Section 32-10-70 .

(b) The governing authority of any county or incorporated municipality of this state is authorized and empowered on behalf of such political subdivision to convey to the authority any real property or interest therein or any rights of way owned by such political subdivision, which is used at the time or may, upon completion of any action committed to the authority by this article, be used as a project if conveyed by a county or incorporated municipality. The consideration for such conveyance shall be determined by the governing authority of such political subdivision and expressed in the deed of conveyance. Such consideration, however, shall be nominal, the benefits flowing to the political subdivisions and its citizens constituting full and adequate actual consideration. However, nothing in this subsection shall prevent the authority from reimbursing a political subdivision, as authorized in Code Section 32-10-70 .

(c) The board or its successors and the department are empowered to acquire, in any manner now permitted to them by law, and to expend funds available to them for such acquisition, real property, interests therein, or rights of way which upon acquisition may be conveyed by the Governor as provided in this Code section to the authority.

(c) The board or its successors and the department are empowered to acquire, in any manner now permitted to them by law, and to expend funds available to them for such acquisition, real property, interests therein, or rights of way which upon acquisition may be conveyed by the Governor as provided in this Code section to the authority.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-35 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-35
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-35
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or combined projects and shall be disbursed upon requisition or order of the chairman of the authority or its duly bonded agents under such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust indenture may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation, or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the project or combined projects, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit which, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same purpose. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which such bonds were issued, all surplus shall be paid into the sinking fund provided for the payment of principal and interest of such bonds or shall be used for construction of additional projects as the resolution creating such bonds and the trust indenture securing them may provide.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-246 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-246
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-246
Status: in_force

Any junkyard which comes into existence after April 6, 1967, the establishment, operation, or maintenance of which is made unlawful by Code Section 32-6-241 , is declared to be a public and private nuisance and may be forthwith removed, obliterated, or abated at the order of the commissioner. The department may then submit by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery a statement of the expenses of such removal, obliteration, or abatement to the person owning or operating such junkyard; and, if payment is not made to the department within 60 days of receipt thereof, the department shall certify the amount for collection to the Attorney General.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-78 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-78
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-78
Status: in_force

No public service sign authorized by paragraph (1) of Code Section 32-6-72 or paragraph (1) of Code Section 32-6-73 shall be erected or maintained which:

(1) Is attached to a school bus shelter, the construction of which is not authorized by state law or local ordinance;

(1) Is attached to a school bus shelter, the construction of which is not authorized by state law or local ordinance;

(2) Is attached to a school bus shelter located at a place not approved by the governmental agency having jurisdiction of the highway along which said shelter is located;

(2) Is attached to a school bus shelter located at a place not approved by the governmental agency having jurisdiction of the highway along which said shelter is located;

(3) Contains an area, to be measured by the smallest square, rectangle, triangle, circle, or combination thereof, which encompasses the entire sign, in excess of 32 square feet; or

(3) Contains an area, to be measured by the smallest square, rectangle, triangle, circle, or combination thereof, which encompasses the entire sign, in excess of 32 square feet; or

(4) Creates a situation in which there is more than one sign facing in any one direction on each shelter.

(4) Creates a situation in which there is more than one sign facing in any one direction on each shelter.
O.C.G.A. § 32-5-1 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-1
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-5-1
Status: in_force

(a) The state treasurer is designated a proper authority to receive any of the federal-aid funds apportioned by the federal government under 23 U.S.C. and to receive any other federal funds apportioned to the State of Georgia for public road and other public transportation purposes, unless designated otherwise by the federal government and except as such funds may be directed by the federal government to the State Road and Tollway Authority.

(a) The state treasurer is designated a proper authority to receive any of the federal-aid funds apportioned by the federal government under 23 U.S.C. and to receive any other federal funds apportioned to the State of Georgia for public road and other public transportation purposes, unless designated otherwise by the federal government and except as such funds may be directed by the federal government to the State Road and Tollway Authority.

(b) If any provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with or contrary to any laws, rules, regulations, or other requirements of the United States Department of Transportation or other federal agencies, the Georgia Department of Transportation is authorized and empowered to waive such provisions of this chapter in order to resolve any such inconsistency or conflict, it being the purpose of this chapter to enable the department to comply with any requirement of the federal government in order to procure all possible federal aid and assistance for the construction or maintenance of the public roads of Georgia and other public transportation purposes.

(b) If any provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with or contrary to any laws, rules, regulations, or other requirements of the United States Department of Transportation or other federal agencies, the Georgia Department of Transportation is authorized and empowered to waive such provisions of this chapter in order to resolve any such inconsistency or conflict, it being the purpose of this chapter to enable the department to comply with any requirement of the federal government in order to procure all possible federal aid and assistance for the construction or maintenance of the public roads of Georgia and other public transportation purposes.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-71 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-71
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-71
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is authorized and empowered to acquire, maintain, repair, improve, and operate a tollway project whose status at the time of acquisition is a toll facility or which was operated as a toll facility at some point in its existence. For the purpose of earning sufficient revenue to make possible the maintenance, repair, and improvement of the acquired project, the authority is authorized to collect tolls on each and every project it acquires.

(a) The authority is authorized and empowered to acquire, maintain, repair, improve, and operate a tollway project whose status at the time of acquisition is a toll facility or which was operated as a toll facility at some point in its existence. For the purpose of earning sufficient revenue to make possible the maintenance, repair, and improvement of the acquired project, the authority is authorized to collect tolls on each and every project it acquires.

(b) When an existing state tollway facility has been acquired from a local government by the authority or the department, and the state tollway facility provides access to an island with public beaches that are in need of maintenance, repair, or restoration, the State Road and Tollway Authority may assist the local government in the collection of a parking fee for each vehicle entering the island. The local government is authorized to set a fee on roads, streets, and parking facilities owned by the local government for such purposes and may contract with the authority to collect the fee. The department is authorized to assist the authority in the collection of the fee. The local government shall reimburse the department and the authority for any costs associated with executing the terms of the contract.

(b) When an existing state tollway facility has been acquired from a local government by the authority or the department, and the state tollway facility provides access to an island with public beaches that are in need of maintenance, repair, or restoration, the State Road and Tollway Authority may assist the local government in the collection of a parking fee for each vehicle entering the island. The local government is authorized to set a fee on roads, streets, and parking facilities owned by the local government for such purposes and may contract with the authority to collect the fee. The department is authorized to assist the authority in the collection of the fee. The local government shall reimburse the department and the authority for any costs associated with executing the terms of the contract.

(c) When a state highway provides access to an island with public beaches that are in need of maintenance, repair, or restoration, the Department of Transportation may, if consistent with federal law and regulations, authorize the local government to set and collect a parking fee for the purpose of providing funding for such maintenance, repair, or restoration. The department is authorized to allow the authority to collect such parking fee on the state highway system, provided that the collection point shall lie within the corporate limits of the local government setting the parking fee. The authority is authorized to contract with the local government for the collection of the fee. The local government shall reimburse the authority for any costs associated with executing the terms of the contract.

(c) When a state highway provides access to an island with public beaches that are in need of maintenance, repair, or restoration, the Department of Transportation may, if consistent with federal law and regulations, authorize the local government to set and collect a parking fee for the purpose of providing funding for such maintenance, repair, or restoration. The department is authorized to allow the authority to collect such parking fee on the state highway system, provided that the collection point shall lie within the corporate limits of the local government setting the parking fee. The authority is authorized to contract with the local government for the collection of the fee. The local government shall reimburse the authority for any costs associated with executing the terms of the contract.
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-32 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 32-3-32
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-3-32
Status: in_force

The rights of way acquired by the department may, at the option of the department, be a fee simple title; and the nature and extent of the rights of way and easements so acquired shall be designated upon an official county map showing the location of the rights of way across each county in this state.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-31 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-31
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-31
Status: in_force

All bonds of the authority shall be sold by public competitive bidding at not less than par plus accrued interest to the date of delivery. However, the authority may obligate itself to deliver any given issue of bonds to the purchasers thereof within any reasonable period of time after the date of sale and may pay as a penalty for delay in such delivery such reasonable sums as may be agreed upon in advance in writing with the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds. All bonds of the authority shall be advertised and offered prior to the fixing of the interest rates thereon, and bids thereon shall be competitive as to the interest rate offered by each bidder, provided that on any issue the authority may make rules limiting the number of divisions into which the bonds of various maturity dates may be divided and limiting the number and percentage spreads of the different interest rates which may be bid to apply to such divisions of the bonds; and provided, further, that the authority may require reasonable security for the performance of the contract of purchase of any successful bidder at any public bidding held.
O.C.G.A. § 32-2-62 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-62
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-2-62
Status: in_force

The advertising of all nonnegotiated department construction contracts shall have the prior approval of the board. When the board is not in session, the commissioner may approve negotiated construction contracts. In determining public roads most in need of work and also the type, class, width, location, and order of priority of each project, the board shall take into consideration such factors as the use of the public road in question; the present need and anticipated development of the area traversed by it; whether or not it is a school bus or mail route; and its use for agricultural or industrial purposes. The board shall also take into consideration the information disclosed by the records required by Code Section 32-4-2 to be maintained by the department.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-74 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-74
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-74
Status: in_force

(a) Applications for permits authorized by subsections (a) through (d) of Code Section 32-6-79 shall be made to the department upon forms prescribed by the department. The applications shall contain the signature of the applicant and such other information as may be required by the department and shall be verified under oath by the person, firm, or corporation making the application. Permits and renewals thereof shall be issued for and shall be valid only if the sign is erected and maintained in accordance with this part during the 12 month period next following the date of issuance. As to permits for the initial erection of an outdoor advertising sign, one 12 month extension may be granted so long as a written request is submitted to the department at least 30 days prior to expiration along with a fee of $35.00. Any denial of an extension request shall be sent to the applicant before the expiration date and shall state the basis for denial. Multiple extensions shall not be granted as to the same permit, and the applicant shall not be allowed to reapply for the same site until the extension has expired; however, modifications to the application which do not extend the term of the permit shall be allowed. There shall be an initial outdoor advertising permit fee and an annual renewal fee. On and after July 1, 2011, the outdoor advertising application fee shall be $300.00, and the renewal fee for each sign shall be $85.00. The department may adjust future application and renewal fees through the formal rule making process so long as notice of any proposed increase is sent to the House and Senate Transportation Committees at least 30 days prior to final adoption by the department. Such fees shall be limited to amounts sufficient to offset the administrative costs to the department. An annual report on the expenditures and revenues of the department related to the outdoor advertising program shall be sent to the House and Senate Transportation Committees no later than October 31 of each year. Upon receipt of a properly executed application and the appropriate fee for the erection or maintenance of a sign which may be lawfully erected or maintained pursuant to this part, the department shall, within 60 days, issue a permit authorizing the erection or maintenance, or both, of the sign for which application was made except when a person, firm, or corporation is maintaining or allowing the maintenance of an illegal sign as provided for in subsection (f) of Code Section 32-6-79 . All outdoor advertising permits and renewals shall expire on the first day of April in the year following issuance. Renewal of such permits shall be made to the department between January 1 and April 1 of each calendar year. Notice of such renewal period shall be mailed to each outdoor advertising permit holder along with an itemized list of all permits maintained by such person or entity in the month of December. In response, each permit holder should clearly indicate any permits not being renewed and return a copy to the department along with payment for all permits being renewed. If a permit holder believes the itemized list is incomplete or inaccurate, such permit holder shall clearly note such discrepancies on the list and return a copy to the department with supporting documentation. The permit holder shall submit the renewal and any suggested corrections within 60 days of the date of the department notice or by April 1, whichever occurs last. If the department fails to receive the renewal before the expiration date, the department shall notify the permit holder by certified mail that the renewal is overdue and shall give the permit holder 45 days from the date of the postmark on such notice to send the department the renewal. If the applicant does not send the permit renewal and fee within 45 days after the postmark date on such notice, the permit shall expire and the sign shall then become an illegal sign. Signs shall become illegal by operation of law after the expiration of the permit followed by notice to the permit holder and a failure to submit for the renewal within 45 days. Any illegal sign may be removed without any administrative proceeding before the department. Vegetation permits or renewals issued pursuant to Code Section 32-6-75.3 shall expire on the first day of September in the year following issuance. If a vegetation permit renewal application and fee is not timely submitted and such deficiency is not cured within 45 days of the postmark date of notice via certified mail from the department, the vegetation permit shall be canceled, but the sign shall not be deemed illegal. No permit shall be renewed if the renewal thereof has not been made in accordance with this Code section.

(a) Applications for permits authorized by subsections (a) through (d) of Code Section 32-6-79 shall be made to the department upon forms prescribed by the department. The applications shall contain the signature of the applicant and such other information as may be required by the department and shall be verified under oath by the person, firm, or corporation making the application. Permits and renewals thereof shall be issued for and shall be valid only if the sign is erected and maintained in accordance with this part during the 12 month period next following the date of issuance. As to permits for the initial erection of an outdoor advertising sign, one 12 month extension may be granted so long as a written request is submitted to the department at least 30 days prior to expiration along with a fee of $35.00. Any denial of an extension request shall be sent to the applicant before the expiration date and shall state the basis for denial. Multiple extensions shall not be granted as to the same permit, and the applicant shall not be allowed to reapply for the same site until the extension has expired; however, modifications to the application which do not extend the term of the permit shall be allowed. There shall be an initial outdoor advertising permit fee and an annual renewal fee. On and after July 1, 2011, the outdoor advertising application fee shall be $300.00, and the renewal fee for each sign shall be $85.00. The department may adjust future application and renewal fees through the formal rule making process so long as notice of any proposed increase is sent to the House and Senate Transportation Committees at least 30 days prior to final adoption by the department. Such fees shall be limited to amounts sufficient to offset the administrative costs to the department. An annual report on the expenditures and revenues of the department related to the outdoor advertising program shall be sent to the House and Senate Transportation Committees no later than October 31 of each year. Upon receipt of a properly executed application and the appropriate fee for the erection or maintenance of a sign which may be lawfully erected or maintained pursuant to this part, the department shall, within 60 days, issue a permit authorizing the erection or maintenance, or both, of the sign for which application was made except when a person, firm, or corporation is maintaining or allowing the maintenance of an illegal sign as provided for in subsection (f) of Code Section 32-6-79 . All outdoor advertising permits and renewals shall expire on the first day of April in the year following issuance. Renewal of such permits shall be made to the department between January 1 and April 1 of each calendar year. Notice of such renewal period shall be mailed to each outdoor advertising permit holder along with an itemized list of all permits maintained by such person or entity in the month of December. In response, each permit holder should clearly indicate any permits not being renewed and return a copy to the department along with payment for all permits being renewed. If a permit holder believes the itemized list is incomplete or inaccurate, such permit holder shall clearly note such discrepancies on the list and return a copy to the department with supporting documentation. The permit holder shall submit the renewal and any suggested corrections within 60 days of the date of the department notice or by April 1, whichever occurs last. If the department fails to receive the renewal before the expiration date, the department shall notify the permit holder by certified mail that the renewal is overdue and shall give the permit holder 45 days from the date of the postmark on such notice to send the department the renewal. If the applicant does not send the permit renewal and fee within 45 days after the postmark date on such notice, the permit shall expire and the sign shall then become an illegal sign. Signs shall become illegal by operation of law after the expiration of the permit followed by notice to the permit holder and a failure to submit for the renewal within 45 days. Any illegal sign may be removed without any administrative proceeding before the department. Vegetation permits or renewals issued pursuant to Code Section 32-6-75.3 shall expire on the first day of September in the year following issuance. If a vegetation permit renewal application and fee is not timely submitted and such deficiency is not cured within 45 days of the postmark date of notice via certified mail from the department, the vegetation permit shall be canceled, but the sign shall not be deemed illegal. No permit shall be renewed if the renewal thereof has not been made in accordance with this Code section.

(b) Permits shall be transferable. An application to have the permit specified in subsection (a) of this Code section transferred shall be made within 30 days of the change in ownership of the sign; shall be made to the department upon forms prescribed by the department; shall contain the signature of the applicant and such other information as may be required by the department; and shall be verified under oath by the person, firm, or corporation making application for transfer. Failure to comply in a timely and proper manner with this subsection shall be grounds for revocation of the permit.

(b) Permits shall be transferable. An application to have the permit specified in subsection (a) of this Code section transferred shall be made within 30 days of the change in ownership of the sign; shall be made to the department upon forms prescribed by the department; shall contain the signature of the applicant and such other information as may be required by the department; and shall be verified under oath by the person, firm, or corporation making application for transfer. Failure to comply in a timely and proper manner with this subsection shall be grounds for revocation of the permit.
O.C.G.A. § 32-2-77 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-77
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-2-77
Status: in_force

Neither the treasurer of the department or the appropriate authority nor the state shall be liable to the contractor or his surety for the failure of the escrow agent to perform under the escrow agreement, or for the failure of any bank to honor certificates of deposits issued by it which are held in the escrow account.
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-116 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-116
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-116
Status: in_force

A municipality may require each bidder to pay a reasonable sum sufficient to cover the cost to the municipality, where applicable, of the bid proposal form, the contract, and its specifications.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-39 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-39
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-39
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under this article shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the State of Georgia or a pledge of the credit of the state, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the fund provided for in Code Section 32-10-42 ; and the issuance of such bonds shall not directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the state to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatsoever therefor or to make any appropriation for the payment; and all such bonds shall contain recitals on their face covering substantially the foregoing provisions of this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-73 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-73
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-73
Status: in_force

No outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained beyond 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of the interstate or primary highways in this state outside of urban areas so as to be visible and intended to be read from the main traveled way, except the following:

(1) Directional and other official signs and notices;

(1) Directional and other official signs and notices;

(2) Signs advertising the sale or lease of the property upon which they are located;

(2) Signs advertising the sale or lease of the property upon which they are located;

(3) Signs advertising activities conducted or maintained within 100 feet from the nearest part of the activity as the dimensions of said activity are determined by department regulations, which regulations need not take into consideration the property lines of said activity; and

(3) Signs advertising activities conducted or maintained within 100 feet from the nearest part of the activity as the dimensions of said activity are determined by department regulations, which regulations need not take into consideration the property lines of said activity; and

(4) Directional signs, displays, and devices about goods and services in the specific interest of the traveling public located in a defined area or areas approved by the United States Secretary of Transportation.

(4) Directional signs, displays, and devices about goods and services in the specific interest of the traveling public located in a defined area or areas approved by the United States Secretary of Transportation.
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-22 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-22
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-22
Status: in_force

(a) There is created as a part of the state highway system a system of public roads to be known as the Developmental Highway System which shall consist of the following road corridors (not in order of priority): (1) Appalachian; (2) The South Georgia Parkway; (3) U.S. 27; (4) U.S. 82; (5) Golden Isles; (6) Savannah River; (7) U.S. 441; (8) Fall Line; (9) U.S. 319; (10) U.S. 19; (11) U.S. 84; (12) U.S. 1/SR 17; (13) SR 72; (14) Northern Arc further identified as the North Georgia Connector between the U.S. Highway 411 and U.S. Highway 41 interchange in Bartow County to State Highway 316 in Gwinnett County; (15) East-west Highway from I-59 North to I-85 North; (16) Truck access routes, including without limitation: (A) SR 133 from Albany to Valdosta; (B) SR 40 from Folkston to St. Marys; and (C) SR 125 from Fitzgerald to I-75; (17) SR 32; (18) Power Alley, U.S. 280 from Columbus to Savannah; (19) SR 125 from its intersection with SR 107 in Ben Hill County (Fitzgerald Bypass) to its intersection with SR 32 in Irwin County; and (20) SR 15 from its intersection with US 441/SR 24 at Watkinsville to its intersection with US 1 in Toombs County. Without limiting the foregoing, said system is further identified as including those roads and corridors referred to as “the Governor's Road Improvement Program” in that resolution adopted by the State Transportation Board dated November 17, 1988.

(a) There is created as a part of the state highway system a system of public roads to be known as the Developmental Highway System which shall consist of the following road corridors (not in order of priority):

(1) Appalachian;

(1) Appalachian;

(2) The South Georgia Parkway;

(2) The South Georgia Parkway;

(3) U.S. 27;

(3) U.S. 27;

(4) U.S. 82;

(4) U.S. 82;

(5) Golden Isles;

(5) Golden Isles;

(6) Savannah River;

(6) Savannah River;

(7) U.S. 441;

(7) U.S. 441;

(8) Fall Line;

(8) Fall Line;

(9) U.S. 319;

(9) U.S. 319;

(10) U.S. 19;

(10) U.S. 19;

(11) U.S. 84;

(11) U.S. 84;

(12) U.S. 1/SR 17;

(12) U.S. 1/SR 17;

(13) SR 72;

(13) SR 72;

(14) Northern Arc further identified as the North Georgia Connector between the U.S. Highway 411 and U.S. Highway 41 interchange in Bartow County to State Highway 316 in Gwinnett County;

(14) Northern Arc further identified as the North Georgia Connector between the U.S. Highway 411 and U.S. Highway 41 interchange in Bartow County to State Highway 316 in Gwinnett County;

(15) East-west Highway from I-59 North to I-85 North;

(15) East-west Highway from I-59 North to I-85 North;

(16) Truck access routes, including without limitation: (A) SR 133 from Albany to Valdosta; (B) SR 40 from Folkston to St. Marys; and (C) SR 125 from Fitzgerald to I-75;

(16) Truck access routes, including without limitation:

(A) SR 133 from Albany to Valdosta;

(A) SR 133 from Albany to Valdosta;

(B) SR 40 from Folkston to St. Marys; and

(B) SR 40 from Folkston to St. Marys; and

(C) SR 125 from Fitzgerald to I-75;

(C) SR 125 from Fitzgerald to I-75;

(17) SR 32;

(17) SR 32;

(18) Power Alley, U.S. 280 from Columbus to Savannah;

(18) Power Alley, U.S. 280 from Columbus to Savannah;

(19) SR 125 from its intersection with SR 107 in Ben Hill County (Fitzgerald Bypass) to its intersection with SR 32 in Irwin County; and

(19) SR 125 from its intersection with SR 107 in Ben Hill County (Fitzgerald Bypass) to its intersection with SR 32 in Irwin County; and

(20) SR 15 from its intersection with US 441/SR 24 at Watkinsville to its intersection with US 1 in Toombs County.

(20) SR 15 from its intersection with US 441/SR 24 at Watkinsville to its intersection with US 1 in Toombs County.

Without limiting the foregoing, said system is further identified as including those roads and corridors referred to as “the Governor's Road Improvement Program” in that resolution adopted by the State Transportation Board dated November 17, 1988.

(b) The location and mileage of the Developmental Highway System shall be as generally described in subsection (a) of this Code section, with the power of the State Transportation Board to make such variances therein as shall be dictated by sound engineering and construction practices.

(b) The location and mileage of the Developmental Highway System shall be as generally described in subsection (a) of this Code section, with the power of the State Transportation Board to make such variances therein as shall be dictated by sound engineering and construction practices.

(c) The Developmental Highway System shall be under the control and supervision of the board, subject to the provisions of this Code section or any other Act of the General Assembly; provided, however, that the State Road and Tollway Authority is authorized to construct all or any part of such system and to enter into agreements with the department, pursuant to Code Section 32-2-61 , for such purpose. Any project the cost of which is paid from the proceeds of garvee bonds as defined in Code Section 32-10-90.1 shall be, pursuant to a contract or agreement between the authority and the department, planned, designed, and constructed by the Department of Transportation or a contractor contracting with the Department of Transportation.

(c) The Developmental Highway System shall be under the control and supervision of the board, subject to the provisions of this Code section or any other Act of the General Assembly; provided, however, that the State Road and Tollway Authority is authorized to construct all or any part of such system and to enter into agreements with the department, pursuant to Code Section 32-2-61 , for such purpose. Any project the cost of which is paid from the proceeds of garvee bonds as defined in Code Section 32-10-90.1 shall be, pursuant to a contract or agreement between the authority and the department, planned, designed, and constructed by the Department of Transportation or a contractor contracting with the Department of Transportation.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-34 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-34
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-34
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under this article shall have and are declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the laws of this state. Such bonds, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within this state.
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-62 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-62
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-62
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the limitations of this Code section, in addition to the authority to contract with a private contractor, a county may enter into a contract with the state, a state agency, another county or municipality, or with any combination or number of the foregoing entities for work on any public road system of Georgia.

(a) Subject to the limitations of this Code section, in addition to the authority to contract with a private contractor, a county may enter into a contract with the state, a state agency, another county or municipality, or with any combination or number of the foregoing entities for work on any public road system of Georgia.

(b) Such a contract with a state agency is subject to the limitations of Code Section 32-2-61 , including the cost of the negotiated contract, and the right of the department to supervise performance of the contract.

(b) Such a contract with a state agency is subject to the limitations of Code Section 32-2-61 , including the cost of the negotiated contract, and the right of the department to supervise performance of the contract.

(c) A county shall have authority to enter into a contract with adjoining counties for the joint work on a road constituting a part of the county road system of those counties which are parties to such contract.

(c) A county shall have authority to enter into a contract with adjoining counties for the joint work on a road constituting a part of the county road system of those counties which are parties to such contract.

(d) A county shall have the authority provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 32-4-112 to contract with a municipality and expend funds for work on public roads within a municipality in the county.

(d) A county shall have the authority provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 32-4-112 to contract with a municipality and expend funds for work on public roads within a municipality in the county.
O.C.G.A. § 32-2-4-1 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-4-1
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-2-4.1
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department may acquire, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration safety rest area and information center in Cobb County. For purposes of this Code section, the safety rest area and information center shall be known as the “Gateway Center,” but the State Transportation Board may name or designate the center in its discretion. In addition to the powers provided in this Code section, cumulatively, the department shall have the same powers with respect to Gateway Center which the department otherwise enjoys with respect to safety rest areas, information centers, and welcome centers.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department may acquire, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration safety rest area and information center in Cobb County. For purposes of this Code section, the safety rest area and information center shall be known as the “Gateway Center,” but the State Transportation Board may name or designate the center in its discretion. In addition to the powers provided in this Code section, cumulatively, the department shall have the same powers with respect to Gateway Center which the department otherwise enjoys with respect to safety rest areas, information centers, and welcome centers.

(b) The purpose of Gateway Center shall be to act as a “gateway” to all of Georgia. Toward that end it shall provide information, goods, and services which assist road travelers and tell them about Georgia. The center may have any facility and provide any service which furthers those purposes, including by way of illustration, but not limitation: (1) Playground equipment; (2) Recreation areas; (3) Indoor and outdoor eating areas; (4) Restaurant, snack bar, and other facilities for purveying food and beverage; (5) Vending machines; (6) Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops; (7) Advertising; (8) Information kiosks; (9) Multimedia displays; (10) Communication services, such as computer Internet connections; (11) Parking; and (12) Markets. The prices charged for any service or product shall approximate the prevailing rate within the area for similar items so as not to compete unfairly with private enterprise.

(b) The purpose of Gateway Center shall be to act as a “gateway” to all of Georgia. Toward that end it shall provide information, goods, and services which assist road travelers and tell them about Georgia. The center may have any facility and provide any service which furthers those purposes, including by way of illustration, but not limitation:

(1) Playground equipment;

(1) Playground equipment;

(2) Recreation areas;

(2) Recreation areas;

(3) Indoor and outdoor eating areas;

(3) Indoor and outdoor eating areas;

(4) Restaurant, snack bar, and other facilities for purveying food and beverage;

(4) Restaurant, snack bar, and other facilities for purveying food and beverage;

(5) Vending machines;

(5) Vending machines;

(6) Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops;

(6) Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops;

(7) Advertising;

(7) Advertising;

(8) Information kiosks;

(8) Information kiosks;

(9) Multimedia displays;

(9) Multimedia displays;

(10) Communication services, such as computer Internet connections;

(10) Communication services, such as computer Internet connections;

(11) Parking; and

(11) Parking; and

(12) Markets.

(12) Markets.

The prices charged for any service or product shall approximate the prevailing rate within the area for similar items so as not to compete unfairly with private enterprise.

(c) The department may establish a business plan for self-sufficient operation of Gateway Center and may retain for its improvement, maintenance, and operation all miscellaneous funds generated by its operation. Funds not expended for this purpose in the fiscal year in which they are generated shall be deposited in the state treasury. Further, nothing in this Code section may be construed to allow the department to retain any funds required by the Constitution of Georgia to be paid into the state treasury. Except with respect to Code Section 45-12-92 concerning miscellaneous funds, the department must also comply with Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 45, the “Budget Act,” in regard to the fiscal operation of the center.

(c) The department may establish a business plan for self-sufficient operation of Gateway Center and may retain for its improvement, maintenance, and operation all miscellaneous funds generated by its operation. Funds not expended for this purpose in the fiscal year in which they are generated shall be deposited in the state treasury. Further, nothing in this Code section may be construed to allow the department to retain any funds required by the Constitution of Georgia to be paid into the state treasury. Except with respect to Code Section 45-12-92 concerning miscellaneous funds, the department must also comply with Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 45, the “Budget Act,” in regard to the fiscal operation of the center.

(d) By competitive process or negotiation, in its discretion, the department may contract, rent, license, allow, delegate, or otherwise act to cause private persons, public instrumentalities, and entities and units of state and local government to conduct the activities of the center. The department may accept monetary payments in return for rights and privileges, and it may also accept in-kind consideration, which supports the purposes of this Code section. The agreements under this Code section may allow the second parties to produce and retain revenue and may have a term not exceeding 50 years, whether the party is public or private. However, in no event may the department abrogate its ultimate responsibility or convey the fee, an estate for years, or any other interest in the real property of Gateway Center for the purposes of this Code section.

(d) By competitive process or negotiation, in its discretion, the department may contract, rent, license, allow, delegate, or otherwise act to cause private persons, public instrumentalities, and entities and units of state and local government to conduct the activities of the center. The department may accept monetary payments in return for rights and privileges, and it may also accept in-kind consideration, which supports the purposes of this Code section. The agreements under this Code section may allow the second parties to produce and retain revenue and may have a term not exceeding 50 years, whether the party is public or private. However, in no event may the department abrogate its ultimate responsibility or convey the fee, an estate for years, or any other interest in the real property of Gateway Center for the purposes of this Code section.

(e) Gateway Center may be a “welcome center, tourist center, and safety rest area” for purposes of Code Section 49-9-42 , and the preference given by Code Sections 49-9-41 and 49-9-42 shall apply to and affect Gateway Center.

(e) Gateway Center may be a “welcome center, tourist center, and safety rest area” for purposes of Code Section 49-9-42 , and the preference given by Code Sections 49-9-41 and 49-9-42 shall apply to and affect Gateway Center.

(f) Gateway Center shall be a “safety rest area and welcome center” for purposes of Code Section 35-2-32 , and the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety may have jurisdiction to patrol Gateway Center for the purposes stated in that Code section.

(f) Gateway Center shall be a “safety rest area and welcome center” for purposes of Code Section 35-2-32 , and the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety may have jurisdiction to patrol Gateway Center for the purposes stated in that Code section.

(g) The department may pay the costs of Gateway Center from any lawful fund source, if it can comply with requirements of the fund source and this Code section. Possible sources may include, without limitation, miscellaneous funds from operation, gift, appropriation, proceeds of general obligation debt, funds of cooperating local governments and authorities, and grants by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof.

(g) The department may pay the costs of Gateway Center from any lawful fund source, if it can comply with requirements of the fund source and this Code section. Possible sources may include, without limitation, miscellaneous funds from operation, gift, appropriation, proceeds of general obligation debt, funds of cooperating local governments and authorities, and grants by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-135 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-135
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-135
Status: in_force

Nothing in this part is intended to limit the authority of a county or a municipality to regulate highways, roads, or streets under their exclusive jurisdiction.
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-90 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-90
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-90
Status: in_force

Acquisition of rights of way for public roads on the state highway system located within the corporate limits of a municipality shall be made in compliance with subsection (e) of Code Section 32-3-3 and Code Section 32-5-25 .
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-40 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-40
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-40
Status: in_force

Each county shall, by resolution, designate roads to be a part of its county road system; and such resolutions shall be recorded in the minutes of the county. All such roads shall be laid out on the shortest and best route to their intended destination and with as little injury to private property as possible. When a road has been designated as a part of a county road system, this change shall be recorded on the official map of the county road system, as provided for in subsection (a) of Code Section 32-4-2 , and in the written record of the county road system, as provided for in subsection (b) of Code Section 32-4-2 .
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-192 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-192
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-192
Status: in_force

When the department, the county, or the municipality having jurisdiction of a public road determines that it is reasonably necessary and in the public interest to use an underpass or overpass instead of a grade crossing at a new or relocated railroad track or tracks or at a new or relocated public road, the procedure to be followed, the division of costs, and the maintenance responsibilities shall be the same as are provided in Code Sections 32-6-194 through 32-6-198 .
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-6 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 32-3-6
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-3-6
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the petition filed pursuant to Code Section 32-3-4 , the petitioner shall also file with the court a declaration of taking signed by: (1) The commissioner or the deputy commissioner of the Department of Transportation if the petitioner is seeking to acquire property or interests on behalf of the department; (2) The county governing authority if the petitioner is seeking to condemn for county road system purposes or any other public transportation purpose; or (3) The municipal governing authority if the petitioner is seeking to condemn for municipal street system purposes or any other public transportation purpose.

(a) In addition to the petition filed pursuant to Code Section 32-3-4 , the petitioner shall also file with the court a declaration of taking signed by:

(1) The commissioner or the deputy commissioner of the Department of Transportation if the petitioner is seeking to acquire property or interests on behalf of the department;

(1) The commissioner or the deputy commissioner of the Department of Transportation if the petitioner is seeking to acquire property or interests on behalf of the department;

(2) The county governing authority if the petitioner is seeking to condemn for county road system purposes or any other public transportation purpose; or

(2) The county governing authority if the petitioner is seeking to condemn for county road system purposes or any other public transportation purpose; or

(3) The municipal governing authority if the petitioner is seeking to condemn for municipal street system purposes or any other public transportation purpose.

(3) The municipal governing authority if the petitioner is seeking to condemn for municipal street system purposes or any other public transportation purpose.

(b) The declaration of taking shall declare that the lands are being taken for the use of the condemnor, subject to the order of the court provided for in Code Section 32-3-12 . The declaration shall contain or have annexed thereto: (1) A statement of the authority under which, and the public use for which, such lands are taken; (2) A description of the lands taken sufficient for the identification thereof; (3) A statement of the estate or interest in the lands taken for public use; (4) A plat showing the lands taken; (5) A statement of the sum of money estimated by the condemning authority to be just compensation for the land taken, including consequential damages to land not taken, accompanied by a sworn copy as an exhibit of the appraiser's statement justifying the sum; and (6) A certified copy of an order by the commissioner if the property or interest is being condemned for the department or by the county or municipality if the property or interest is being condemned for a county or municipality, finding that the circumstances are such that it is necessary to proceed in the particular case under this article, and specifically authorizing condemnation under this article.

(b) The declaration of taking shall declare that the lands are being taken for the use of the condemnor, subject to the order of the court provided for in Code Section 32-3-12 . The declaration shall contain or have annexed thereto:

(1) A statement of the authority under which, and the public use for which, such lands are taken;

(1) A statement of the authority under which, and the public use for which, such lands are taken;

(2) A description of the lands taken sufficient for the identification thereof;

(2) A description of the lands taken sufficient for the identification thereof;

(3) A statement of the estate or interest in the lands taken for public use;

(3) A statement of the estate or interest in the lands taken for public use;

(4) A plat showing the lands taken;

(4) A plat showing the lands taken;

(5) A statement of the sum of money estimated by the condemning authority to be just compensation for the land taken, including consequential damages to land not taken, accompanied by a sworn copy as an exhibit of the appraiser's statement justifying the sum; and

(5) A statement of the sum of money estimated by the condemning authority to be just compensation for the land taken, including consequential damages to land not taken, accompanied by a sworn copy as an exhibit of the appraiser's statement justifying the sum; and

(6) A certified copy of an order by the commissioner if the property or interest is being condemned for the department or by the county or municipality if the property or interest is being condemned for a county or municipality, finding that the circumstances are such that it is necessary to proceed in the particular case under this article, and specifically authorizing condemnation under this article.

(6) A certified copy of an order by the commissioner if the property or interest is being condemned for the department or by the county or municipality if the property or interest is being condemned for a county or municipality, finding that the circumstances are such that it is necessary to proceed in the particular case under this article, and specifically authorizing condemnation under this article.

(c) Such an order of the commissioner or governing authority shall be conclusive as to the use of the property or interest condemned and as to the authority of the commissioner or governing authority to condemn under this article.

(c) Such an order of the commissioner or governing authority shall be conclusive as to the use of the property or interest condemned and as to the authority of the commissioner or governing authority to condemn under this article.
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-2 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 32-3-2
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-3-2
Status: in_force

All acquisition of property or interests for public road and other transportation purposes shall proceed under the methods set out in this article and in Title 22. Any instrument which conveys such property or interest to or any order and judgment which vests such property or interest in a state agency, county, or municipality shall be recorded in the name of the agency, county, or municipality in each county wherein the property or interest may lie, notwithstanding Code Section 50-16-3 . In the case of property or interests acquired by the department, the instrument or order and judgment shall also be kept in the records of the department. Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 48 shall not apply to property or interests acquired under the authority of this article.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-153 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-153
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-153
Status: in_force

Where the department is required to make recommendations to a planning commission under Code Section 32-6-151 or to approve a proposed plat under Code Section 32-6-152 , the department, in addition to considering other factors, shall base its recommendation or approval on the following being provided for in the plat:

(1) Dedication to the department in fee simple of any portion of the subdivision which includes any part of the state highway system, such dedication to include land necessary for future widening of the state highway system; and

(1) Dedication to the department in fee simple of any portion of the subdivision which includes any part of the state highway system, such dedication to include land necessary for future widening of the state highway system; and

(2) An adequate provision for traffic safety in laying out public roads, drives, driveways, or access ways which enter the state highway system.

(2) An adequate provision for traffic safety in laying out public roads, drives, driveways, or access ways which enter the state highway system.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-9 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-9
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-9
Status: in_force

The authority, as lessor, is authorized to lease any project or group of projects to the state and the department as lessees; and the Governor on behalf of the state and the commissioner on behalf of the department are authorized to execute and enter upon such leases for the use of a project or group of projects by the state, the department, and the general public; and such leases may contain such of the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Code section as may be applicable to the undertaking:

(1) Said leases shall be for a term not in excess of 50 years;

(1) Said leases shall be for a term not in excess of 50 years;

(2) The rental to be paid for the use of the project or projects shall be fixed by the authority and shall be calculated so as to enable the authority: (A) To pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, the proceeds of which have been or will be spent on the cost of the project or projects thus leased, including premiums, if any; (B) To comply with any sinking fund requirement contained in the indenture of trust securing such bonds; (C) To pay the cost of constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, repairing, and operating such project or projects; (D) To perform fully all of the provisions of the trust indenture securing the bonds to the payment of which such rental is pledged; (E) To pay the pro rata share of the reasonable and necessary administrative and operating expense of the authority, including any sum or sums that may be owed to the department as a result of expenditure made by the department under this article; (F) To accumulate any excess income which may be required by the bond purchasers or dictated by the requirements of achieving ready marketability and low interest rates of the bonds; (G) To pay any expenses in connection with the bond issue or project or group of projects, such as trustees' fees, counsel fees, fiscal fees, and the like;

(2) The rental to be paid for the use of the project or projects shall be fixed by the authority and shall be calculated so as to enable the authority:

(A) To pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, the proceeds of which have been or will be spent on the cost of the project or projects thus leased, including premiums, if any;

(A) To pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, the proceeds of which have been or will be spent on the cost of the project or projects thus leased, including premiums, if any;

(B) To comply with any sinking fund requirement contained in the indenture of trust securing such bonds;

(B) To comply with any sinking fund requirement contained in the indenture of trust securing such bonds;

(C) To pay the cost of constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, repairing, and operating such project or projects;

(C) To pay the cost of constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, repairing, and operating such project or projects;

(D) To perform fully all of the provisions of the trust indenture securing the bonds to the payment of which such rental is pledged;

(D) To perform fully all of the provisions of the trust indenture securing the bonds to the payment of which such rental is pledged;

(E) To pay the pro rata share of the reasonable and necessary administrative and operating expense of the authority, including any sum or sums that may be owed to the department as a result of expenditure made by the department under this article;

(E) To pay the pro rata share of the reasonable and necessary administrative and operating expense of the authority, including any sum or sums that may be owed to the department as a result of expenditure made by the department under this article;

(F) To accumulate any excess income which may be required by the bond purchasers or dictated by the requirements of achieving ready marketability and low interest rates of the bonds;

(F) To accumulate any excess income which may be required by the bond purchasers or dictated by the requirements of achieving ready marketability and low interest rates of the bonds;

(G) To pay any expenses in connection with the bond issue or project or group of projects, such as trustees' fees, counsel fees, fiscal fees, and the like;

(G) To pay any expenses in connection with the bond issue or project or group of projects, such as trustees' fees, counsel fees, fiscal fees, and the like;

(3) The rental shall be payable at such intervals as may be agreed upon and set forth in such lease, and any lease may provide for the commencement of rental payments to the authority prior to the completion of the undertaking of the authority with respect to any project or projects; and it may also provide for payment of rental during such times as the leased project or group of projects may be partially or wholly untenantable;

(3) The rental shall be payable at such intervals as may be agreed upon and set forth in such lease, and any lease may provide for the commencement of rental payments to the authority prior to the completion of the undertaking of the authority with respect to any project or projects; and it may also provide for payment of rental during such times as the leased project or group of projects may be partially or wholly untenantable;

(4) The lease may obligate the lessees to maintain and keep in good repair (including complete reconstruction, if necessary) the leased projects, regardless of the cause of the necessity for such maintenance, repair, or reconstruction. If such provision is included in any lease, the maintenance, repair, upkeep, and reconstruction, if necessary, shall be performed by the department, which is authorized to expend any sums legally available to it in carrying out such obligations. However, as to any project which is a county road, urban road, or state road, as defined in Code Section 32-10-1 , which is not part of the state highway system, the duty of maintenance and repair shall rest upon the incorporated municipality within the limits of which lie any part of the project and upon the county for the remaining part of such project lying outside such limits, as in the case of other public roads of the county or of the municipality. Furthermore, if the entire project lies within the limits of the incorporated municipality, such municipality then shall have the duty of maintenance and repair of the entire project; and furthermore, if no part of said project lies within the limits of an incorporated municipality, the county shall have the duty of maintenance and repair of the entire project; and

(4) The lease may obligate the lessees to maintain and keep in good repair (including complete reconstruction, if necessary) the leased projects, regardless of the cause of the necessity for such maintenance, repair, or reconstruction. If such provision is included in any lease, the maintenance, repair, upkeep, and reconstruction, if necessary, shall be performed by the department, which is authorized to expend any sums legally available to it in carrying out such obligations. However, as to any project which is a county road, urban road, or state road, as defined in Code Section 32-10-1 , which is not part of the state highway system, the duty of maintenance and repair shall rest upon the incorporated municipality within the limits of which lie any part of the project and upon the county for the remaining part of such project lying outside such limits, as in the case of other public roads of the county or of the municipality. Furthermore, if the entire project lies within the limits of the incorporated municipality, such municipality then shall have the duty of maintenance and repair of the entire project; and furthermore, if no part of said project lies within the limits of an incorporated municipality, the county shall have the duty of maintenance and repair of the entire project; and

(5) The lease may obligate the lessees to indemnify and save harmless the authority from any and all injury and damage to persons or property occurring on or by reason of the leased premises and improvements thereon and to undertake at state expense the defense of any actions brought against the authority by reason of injury or damages to persons or property occurring on or by reason of the leased premises; and a lease may contain a similar obligation on the part of the county through which runs a project covered by the lease.

(5) The lease may obligate the lessees to indemnify and save harmless the authority from any and all injury and damage to persons or property occurring on or by reason of the leased premises and improvements thereon and to undertake at state expense the defense of any actions brought against the authority by reason of injury or damages to persons or property occurring on or by reason of the leased premises; and a lease may contain a similar obligation on the part of the county through which runs a project covered by the lease.
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-17-1 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 32-3-17-1
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-3-17.1
Status: in_force

All questions of law arising upon the pleadings or in any other way arising from the cause, subsequent to the filing of the declaration of taking and the deposit of the fund, and subsequent to the filing of a petition for review, if any, shall be passed on by the presiding judge who may, from time to time, make such orders and give such directions as are necessary to speed the cause, and as may be consistent with justice and due process of law; but no jury trial shall be had except in open court.
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-5 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 32-3-5
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-3-5
Status: in_force

(a) The petition referred to in Code Section 32-3-4 shall set forth: (1) The facts showing the right to condemn; (2) The property or interests to be taken or damaged; (3) The names and residences of the persons whose property or interests are to be taken or otherwise affected, so far as known; (4) Descriptions of the persons or classes of unknown persons whose rights therein are to be excluded or otherwise affected; (5) Such other facts as are necessary for a full understanding of the cause; (6) A prayer for the judgment of the court in accordance with Code Section 32-3-13 or 32-3-19 ; and (7) The date of the approval of the original location of the highway.

(a) The petition referred to in Code Section 32-3-4 shall set forth:

(1) The facts showing the right to condemn;

(1) The facts showing the right to condemn;

(2) The property or interests to be taken or damaged;

(2) The property or interests to be taken or damaged;

(3) The names and residences of the persons whose property or interests are to be taken or otherwise affected, so far as known;

(3) The names and residences of the persons whose property or interests are to be taken or otherwise affected, so far as known;

(4) Descriptions of the persons or classes of unknown persons whose rights therein are to be excluded or otherwise affected;

(4) Descriptions of the persons or classes of unknown persons whose rights therein are to be excluded or otherwise affected;

(5) Such other facts as are necessary for a full understanding of the cause;

(5) Such other facts as are necessary for a full understanding of the cause;

(6) A prayer for the judgment of the court in accordance with Code Section 32-3-13 or 32-3-19 ; and

(6) A prayer for the judgment of the court in accordance with Code Section 32-3-13 or 32-3-19 ; and

(7) The date of the approval of the original location of the highway.

(7) The date of the approval of the original location of the highway.

(b) If any of the persons referred to in the petition are, so far as may be known, minors or under disability, that fact shall be stated.

(b) If any of the persons referred to in the petition are, so far as may be known, minors or under disability, that fact shall be stated.

(c) It shall be the duty of the condemning authority, within 30 days from the date of the original approval and designation of said location as a highway, to cause the location of said highway in said county to be advertised once each week for four consecutive weeks in the newspaper of the county in which the sheriff's advertisements are carried; and said advertisement shall designate the land lots or land districts of said county through which such highway will be located. Said advertisement shall further show the date of the original location of such highway as provided for in this subsection. Said advertisement shall further state that a plat or map of the project showing the exact date of the original location is on file at the office of the Department of Transportation and that any interested party may obtain a copy of same by writing to the Department of Transportation and paying a nominal cost therefor.

(c) It shall be the duty of the condemning authority, within 30 days from the date of the original approval and designation of said location as a highway, to cause the location of said highway in said county to be advertised once each week for four consecutive weeks in the newspaper of the county in which the sheriff's advertisements are carried; and said advertisement shall designate the land lots or land districts of said county through which such highway will be located. Said advertisement shall further show the date of the original location of such highway as provided for in this subsection. Said advertisement shall further state that a plat or map of the project showing the exact date of the original location is on file at the office of the Department of Transportation and that any interested party may obtain a copy of same by writing to the Department of Transportation and paying a nominal cost therefor.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-127 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-127
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-127
Status: in_force

(a) The bank may provide loans and other financial assistance to a government unit to pay for all or part of the eligible costs of a qualified project. The term of the loan or other financial assistance shall not exceed the useful life of the project. The bank may require the government unit to enter into a financing agreement in connection with its loan obligation or other financial assistance. The board shall determine the form and content of loan applications, financing agreements, and loan obligations including the term and rate or rates of interest on a financing agreement. The terms and conditions of a loan or other financial assistance from federal accounts shall comply with applicable federal requirements.

(a) The bank may provide loans and other financial assistance to a government unit to pay for all or part of the eligible costs of a qualified project. The term of the loan or other financial assistance shall not exceed the useful life of the project. The bank may require the government unit to enter into a financing agreement in connection with its loan obligation or other financial assistance. The board shall determine the form and content of loan applications, financing agreements, and loan obligations including the term and rate or rates of interest on a financing agreement. The terms and conditions of a loan or other financial assistance from federal accounts shall comply with applicable federal requirements.

(b)(1) The board shall determine which projects are eligible projects and then select from among the eligible projects qualified projects. When determining eligibility, the board shall make every effort to balance any loans or other financial assistance among all regions of this state. (2) Preference for loans may be given to eligible projects in tier 1 and tier 2 counties, as defined in Code Section 48-7-40 and by the Department of Community Affairs. (3) Preference for grants and other financial assistance may be given to eligible projects which have local financial support.

(b)(1) The board shall determine which projects are eligible projects and then select from among the eligible projects qualified projects. When determining eligibility, the board shall make every effort to balance any loans or other financial assistance among all regions of this state.

(b)(1) The board shall determine which projects are eligible projects and then select from among the eligible projects qualified projects. When determining eligibility, the board shall make every effort to balance any loans or other financial assistance among all regions of this state.

(2) Preference for loans may be given to eligible projects in tier 1 and tier 2 counties, as defined in Code Section 48-7-40 and by the Department of Community Affairs.

(2) Preference for loans may be given to eligible projects in tier 1 and tier 2 counties, as defined in Code Section 48-7-40 and by the Department of Community Affairs.

(3) Preference for grants and other financial assistance may be given to eligible projects which have local financial support.

(3) Preference for grants and other financial assistance may be given to eligible projects which have local financial support.
O.C.G.A. § 32-1-8 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 32-1-8
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-1-8
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any official, officer, or employee of the department, the State Road and Tollway Authority, the Georgia Highway Authority, or any similar authority or of any county or municipality to authorize the construction or maintenance of any private road.
O.C.G.A. § 32-5-23 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-23
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-5-23
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Code Section 32-5-22 and except as expressly authorized elsewhere in this title, no funds from the State Public Transportation Fund shall be expended for the construction or maintenance of:

(1) Private driveways, roads, or bridges; or

(1) Private driveways, roads, or bridges; or

(2) Public roads that have since been abandoned.

(2) Public roads that have since been abandoned.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-196 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-196
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-196
Status: in_force

All railroads shall permit the temporary use, free of cost, of so much of their rights of way as may be necessary during the construction or maintenance of any grade separation structures or any grade crossing or protective devices, provided that, whenever any employees or contractors of the department or of any county or municipality shall enter the right of way of any railroad, they shall be subject to any reasonable rules and regulations such railroad may make for the protection of its traffic, employees, passengers, and operations.
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-113 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-113
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-113
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality is prohibited from negotiating a contract except a contract: (1) Involving the expenditure of less than $200,000.00; (2) With a state agency or political subdivision as authorized by Code Sections 32-4-111 and 32-4-112 ; (3) With a railroad or railway company or a publicly or privately owned utility as authorized by Article 6 of Chapter 6 of this title; (4) For engineering or other kinds of professional or specialized services; (5) For emergency maintenance requiring immediate repairs to a public road, including but not limited to bridge repairs, snow and ice removal, and repairs due to flood conditions; or (6) Otherwise expressly authorized by law.

(a) A municipality is prohibited from negotiating a contract except a contract:

(1) Involving the expenditure of less than $200,000.00;

(1) Involving the expenditure of less than $200,000.00;

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

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

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

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

(4) For engineering or other kinds of professional or specialized services;

(4) For engineering or other kinds of professional or specialized services;

(5) For emergency maintenance requiring immediate repairs to a public road, including but not limited to bridge repairs, snow and ice removal, and repairs due to flood conditions; or

(5) For emergency maintenance requiring immediate repairs to a public road, including but not limited to bridge repairs, snow and ice removal, and repairs due to flood conditions; or

(6) Otherwise expressly authorized by law.

(6) Otherwise expressly authorized by law.

(b) No contract involving an expenditure of more than $20,000.00 but less than $200,000.00 shall be awarded under this Code section without the submission of at least two estimates.

(b) No contract involving an expenditure of more than $20,000.00 but less than $200,000.00 shall be awarded under this Code section without the submission of at least two estimates.
O.C.G.A. § 32-2-21 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-21
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-2-21
Status: in_force

The board shall be charged with the general control and supervision of the department. In the exercise of such general control and supervision, the board shall have such duties, powers, and authority as are expressly vested in it by this title, including but not limited to:

(1) Designation of public roads on the state highway system;

(1) Designation of public roads on the state highway system;

(2) Approval of negotiated construction contracts, of authority lease agreements, or of the advertising of nonnegotiated construction contracts; and

(2) Approval of negotiated construction contracts, of authority lease agreements, or of the advertising of nonnegotiated construction contracts; and

(3) Approval of all long-range plans and programs of the department.

(3) Approval of all long-range plans and programs of the department.
O.C.G.A. § 32-7-1 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-1
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-7-1
Status: in_force

Whenever deemed in the public interest, the department or a county or a municipality may substitute for, relocate, or abandon any public road that is under its respective jurisdiction, provided that a county or municipality shall first obtain the approval of the department if any expenditure of federal or state funds is required.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-118 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-118
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-118
Status: in_force

In connection with the development of any limited-access facility, the department, a county, or a municipality is authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, abandon, and dispose of local service roads or streets or to designate as local service roads any existing public road and to exercise jurisdiction over service roads in the same manner as authorized over any other public roads on their public road systems if such local service roads are deemed necessary or desirable. Such local service roads shall be of appropriate design and shall be separated from the limited-access facility property by means of any or all devices designated as necessary or desirable by the proper authority.
O.C.G.A. § 32-1-5 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 32-1-5
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-1-5
Status: in_force

In carrying out the duties imposed by Code Section 32-1-4 , the Attorney General is vested, in addition to and cumulative of the rights, powers, and duties otherwise appertaining to his office, with all of the rights, powers, duties, privileges, obligations, and immunities held by or inuring to any prosecuting attorney.
O.C.G.A. § 32-2-71 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-71
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-2-71
Status: in_force

If the successful bidder fails to sign the contract or furnish the bonds or policies required by Code Section 32-2-70 , the proposal guaranty will become the property of the department as liquidated damages. The contract then may be readvertised or the project may be abandoned.
O.C.G.A. § 32-9-12 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-12
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-9-12
Status: in_force

The department will form a pilot program that will provide a state level flow through point for any available federal funding or other forms of financial and development sources and assistance for local, regional, and public-private streetcar projects. Any funding through bonds for such pilot and grant program shall be administered by the State Road and Tollway Authority.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-65-1 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-65-1
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-65.1
Status: in_force

Every toll established under this article must expire after a specified period of time and may be extended beyond said time by approval of the State Road and Tollway Authority.
O.C.G.A. § 32-9-7 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-7
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-9-7
Status: in_force

(a) So that the State of Georgia may effectively and responsibly implement its state airport system plan, after September 30, 1977, all applications to an agency of the United States for funds to improve or develop an airport not regularly served by an air carrier operating under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board or any successor agency of the United States government or owned and operated by the United States government shall be submitted to the department for review and comment prior to being submitted to the federal agency. No such application shall be submitted to the federal agency without first having been reviewed and commented on by the department. The department shall act on each application within 90 days after the receipt of the application. Applications submitted to the Federal Aviation Agency prior to September 30, 1977, shall not be subject to the provisions of this Code section.

(a) So that the State of Georgia may effectively and responsibly implement its state airport system plan, after September 30, 1977, all applications to an agency of the United States for funds to improve or develop an airport not regularly served by an air carrier operating under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board or any successor agency of the United States government or owned and operated by the United States government shall be submitted to the department for review and comment prior to being submitted to the federal agency. No such application shall be submitted to the federal agency without first having been reviewed and commented on by the department. The department shall act on each application within 90 days after the receipt of the application. Applications submitted to the Federal Aviation Agency prior to September 30, 1977, shall not be subject to the provisions of this Code section.

(b) The department is authorized, when requested by the owner or operator of any airport for which federal funds are or will be sought for the improvement or development of the airport, to provide such assistance to the owner or operator of the airport as may be necessary to prepare the application for such funds and to complete the project for which such funds are requested.

(b) The department is authorized, when requested by the owner or operator of any airport for which federal funds are or will be sought for the improvement or development of the airport, to provide such assistance to the owner or operator of the airport as may be necessary to prepare the application for such funds and to complete the project for which such funds are requested.

(c) In order to effectuate and enforce this Code section, the department is authorized to promulgate necessary rules and regulations and to prescribe conditions and procedures in order to assure compliance in carrying out the purposes of this Code section.

(c) In order to effectuate and enforce this Code section, the department is authorized to promulgate necessary rules and regulations and to prescribe conditions and procedures in order to assure compliance in carrying out the purposes of this Code section.

(d) Funds appropriated to the department pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(b) of the Constitution of Georgia may not be utilized for any of the purposes set out in this Code section.

(d) Funds appropriated to the department pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(b) of the Constitution of Georgia may not be utilized for any of the purposes set out in this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 32-7-3 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-3
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-7-3
Status: in_force

Whenever any property has been acquired in any manner by the department, a county, or a municipality for public road purposes and thereafter the department, county, or municipality determines that all or any part of the property or any interest therein is no longer needed for such purposes because of changed conditions, the department or the county or municipality is authorized to dispose of such property or such interest therein in accordance with Code Section 32-7-4 . Any disposition of property acquired for utility relocation, as provided for in Code Section 32-6-172 , or on which utilities are located shall not be subject to Code Section 32-7-4 ; and no provision of this title shall be construed to prevent the department from conveying to the federal government land or interests in land acquired for federal parkways in Georgia, as provided in Article 2 of Chapter 3 of this title.
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-120 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-120
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-120
Status: in_force

If the payment bond required by Code Section 32-4-119 is not taken, the municipality then shall be liable to subcontractors, laborers, materialmen, and other persons, as provided in Part 4 of Article 3 of Chapter 91 of Title 36, for losses to them resulting from failure to take such bond.
O.C.G.A. § 32-9-24 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-24
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-9-24
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6 of the MARTA Act to the contrary, upon approval of a rapid transit contract pursuant to Code Section 32-9-20 , the board of commissioners of Gwinnett County may appoint three residents of the county to the board. The board of commissioners shall designate one such resident to serve an initial term ending on December 31 in the second full year after the year in which the referendum approving said rapid transit contract was held and one such resident to serve an initial term ending on December 31 in the fourth full year after the year in which the referendum approving said rapid transit contract was held, in which event the board shall, subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6 of the MARTA Act to the contrary notwithstanding, be composed of such additional members. Upon the conclusion of the initial terms provided for in this Code section, the board of commissioners of Gwinnett County shall appoint a successor thereto for a term of office of four years.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-119 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-119
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-119
Status: in_force

This article shall in no way take away from, impair, or infringe upon the authority, duty, power, or obligations of the Coastal Highway District or the Coastal Scenic Highway Authority.
O.C.G.A. § 32-9-2 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-2
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-9-2
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Capital project” has the same meaning as in 49 U.S.C.A. Section 5302(a)(1) . (2) “Construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and all expenses incidental to the acquisition, actual building, or reconstruction of facilities and equipment for use in mass transportation, including designing, engineering, locating, surveying, mapping, and acquisition of rights of way. (3) “Mass transportation” means all modes of transportation serving the general public which are appropriate, in the judgment of the department, to transport people, commodities, or freight by highways, rail, air, water, or other conveyance, exclusive of wires and pipelines.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) “Capital project” has the same meaning as in 49 U.S.C.A. Section 5302(a)(1) .

(1) “Capital project” has the same meaning as in 49 U.S.C.A. Section 5302(a)(1) .

(2) “Construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and all expenses incidental to the acquisition, actual building, or reconstruction of facilities and equipment for use in mass transportation, including designing, engineering, locating, surveying, mapping, and acquisition of rights of way.

(2) “Construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and all expenses incidental to the acquisition, actual building, or reconstruction of facilities and equipment for use in mass transportation, including designing, engineering, locating, surveying, mapping, and acquisition of rights of way.

(3) “Mass transportation” means all modes of transportation serving the general public which are appropriate, in the judgment of the department, to transport people, commodities, or freight by highways, rail, air, water, or other conveyance, exclusive of wires and pipelines.

(3) “Mass transportation” means all modes of transportation serving the general public which are appropriate, in the judgment of the department, to transport people, commodities, or freight by highways, rail, air, water, or other conveyance, exclusive of wires and pipelines.

(b) Subject to general appropriations for such purposes, the department may, alone or in cooperation with counties, municipalities, authorities, state agencies, or private or public transit companies, plan, develop, supervise, support, own, lease, maintain, and operate mass transportation facilities or systems.

(b) Subject to general appropriations for such purposes, the department may, alone or in cooperation with counties, municipalities, authorities, state agencies, or private or public transit companies, plan, develop, supervise, support, own, lease, maintain, and operate mass transportation facilities or systems.

(c)(1) The department may, when funds are available from the United States government for such purposes, provide assistance to the operators of mass transportation systems or to the owners of facilities used in connection therewith for the payment of operating expenses to improve or to continue such mass transportation service by operation, lease, contract, or otherwise. (2) The department may, when funds are available from the United States government for such purposes, participate in the acquisition, construction, and improvement of facilities and equipment, including capital projects, for use, by operation or lease or otherwise, in mass transportation service. (3) The department's participation with state funds in those programs specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection may be in either cash, products, or in-kind services. The department's participation with state funds shall be limited to the minimum nonfederal share of the program. The remainder shall be provided from sources other than department funds or from revenues from the operation of public mass transportation systems.

(c)(1) The department may, when funds are available from the United States government for such purposes, provide assistance to the operators of mass transportation systems or to the owners of facilities used in connection therewith for the payment of operating expenses to improve or to continue such mass transportation service by operation, lease, contract, or otherwise.

(c)(1) The department may, when funds are available from the United States government for such purposes, provide assistance to the operators of mass transportation systems or to the owners of facilities used in connection therewith for the payment of operating expenses to improve or to continue such mass transportation service by operation, lease, contract, or otherwise.

(2) The department may, when funds are available from the United States government for such purposes, participate in the acquisition, construction, and improvement of facilities and equipment, including capital projects, for use, by operation or lease or otherwise, in mass transportation service.

(2) The department may, when funds are available from the United States government for such purposes, participate in the acquisition, construction, and improvement of facilities and equipment, including capital projects, for use, by operation or lease or otherwise, in mass transportation service.

(3) The department's participation with state funds in those programs specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection may be in either cash, products, or in-kind services. The department's participation with state funds shall be limited to the minimum nonfederal share of the program. The remainder shall be provided from sources other than department funds or from revenues from the operation of public mass transportation systems.

(3) The department's participation with state funds in those programs specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection may be in either cash, products, or in-kind services. The department's participation with state funds shall be limited to the minimum nonfederal share of the program. The remainder shall be provided from sources other than department funds or from revenues from the operation of public mass transportation systems.

(d) The department shall not enter into any contract with any private entity for the purposes set out in subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section without the prior concurrence of the State Transportation Board.

(d) The department shall not enter into any contract with any private entity for the purposes set out in subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section without the prior concurrence of the State Transportation Board.

(e) Funds appropriated to the department pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(b) of the Constitution of Georgia may not be utilized for any of the purposes set out in this Code section.

(e) Funds appropriated to the department pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(b) of the Constitution of Georgia may not be utilized for any of the purposes set out in this Code section.

(f) In order to effectuate and enforce this Code section, the department is authorized to promulgate necessary rules and regulations and to prescribe conditions and procedures in order to assure compliance in carrying out the purposes of this Code section.

(f) In order to effectuate and enforce this Code section, the department is authorized to promulgate necessary rules and regulations and to prescribe conditions and procedures in order to assure compliance in carrying out the purposes of this Code section.

(g) The department shall not be authorized, without the concurrence of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, to receive federal financial assistance to provide mass transportation services or facilities that will duplicate those mass transportation services or facilities provided or to be provided by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, within the City of Atlanta and Fulton and DeKalb counties, as a part of its rapid transit system, including the use of buses as well as a rail system, as that system is described in an engineering report, dated September 1971, prepared for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority by Parsons-Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel, general engineering consultants, and adopted as part of the Rapid Transit Contract and Assistance Agreement, dated September 1, 1971, between the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, and DeKalb County, Georgia.

(g) The department shall not be authorized, without the concurrence of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, to receive federal financial assistance to provide mass transportation services or facilities that will duplicate those mass transportation services or facilities provided or to be provided by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, within the City of Atlanta and Fulton and DeKalb counties, as a part of its rapid transit system, including the use of buses as well as a rail system, as that system is described in an engineering report, dated September 1971, prepared for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority by Parsons-Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel, general engineering consultants, and adopted as part of the Rapid Transit Contract and Assistance Agreement, dated September 1, 1971, between the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, and DeKalb County, Georgia.
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-72 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-72
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-72
Status: in_force

If the successful bidder fails to sign the contract or furnish the bonds required under authority of Code Section 32-4-71 , his proposal guaranty, if one had been required by the county, will become the property of the county as liquidated damages. The contract then may be readvertised, performed with county forces, or the project abandoned.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-152 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-152
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-152
Status: in_force

The proprietor of a subdivision to be developed within a county or municipality which has not created a planning commission shall submit three copies of the plat to the department if such a proposed subdivision includes or abuts on any part of the state highway system or where the proposed subdivision requires access to the state highway system. The department, within 30 days of receipt of the plan, shall approve or reject it, with written reasons for such rejection and requirements for approval, and note such action on the copy to be returned to the proprietor as well as on the copy to be returned to the county or municipal governing authority concerned. Such rejection shall be binding on the county or municipality concerned unless the county or municipal governing authority concerned, by official action recorded in its minutes, overrules such department action. Failure of the department to act within the 30 day period provided in this Code section shall constitute approval.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-5 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-5
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-5
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor is authorized and empowered to convey to the authority, on behalf of the state, any real property or interest therein or any rights of way owned by the state, including property or rights of way acquired in the name of the department or board, which is used at the time, or may be used upon completion of any action committed to the authority by this article, as a state road, a county road, or an urban road. The consideration for such conveyance shall be determined by the Governor and expressed in the deed of conveyance; however, such consideration shall be nominal, the benefits flowing to the state and its citizens constituting full and adequate actual consideration.

(a) The Governor is authorized and empowered to convey to the authority, on behalf of the state, any real property or interest therein or any rights of way owned by the state, including property or rights of way acquired in the name of the department or board, which is used at the time, or may be used upon completion of any action committed to the authority by this article, as a state road, a county road, or an urban road. The consideration for such conveyance shall be determined by the Governor and expressed in the deed of conveyance; however, such consideration shall be nominal, the benefits flowing to the state and its citizens constituting full and adequate actual consideration.

(b) The governing authority of any political subdivision of this state, which for the purpose of this title is a county or an incorporated municipality of this state, is authorized and empowered on behalf of such political subdivision to convey to the authority any real property or interest therein for any rights of way owned by such political subdivision, which is used at the time or may, upon completion of any action committed to the authority by this article, be used as a county road or an urban road if conveyed by a county or as an urban road if conveyed by an incorporated municipality. The consideration for such conveyance shall be determined by the governing authority of such political subdivision and expressed in the deed of conveyance. Such consideration, however, shall be nominal, the benefits flowing to the political subdivision and its citizens constituting full and adequate actual consideration. However, nothing in this subsection shall prevent the authority from reimbursing a political subdivision, as authorized in Code Section 32-10-6 .

(b) The governing authority of any political subdivision of this state, which for the purpose of this title is a county or an incorporated municipality of this state, is authorized and empowered on behalf of such political subdivision to convey to the authority any real property or interest therein for any rights of way owned by such political subdivision, which is used at the time or may, upon completion of any action committed to the authority by this article, be used as a county road or an urban road if conveyed by a county or as an urban road if conveyed by an incorporated municipality. The consideration for such conveyance shall be determined by the governing authority of such political subdivision and expressed in the deed of conveyance. Such consideration, however, shall be nominal, the benefits flowing to the political subdivision and its citizens constituting full and adequate actual consideration. However, nothing in this subsection shall prevent the authority from reimbursing a political subdivision, as authorized in Code Section 32-10-6 .

(c) The board or its successors and the department are empowered to acquire, in any manner now permitted to them by law, and to expend funds available to them for such acquisition, real property, interests therein, or rights of way which upon acquisition may be conveyed by the Governor as above-provided to the authority.

(c) The board or its successors and the department are empowered to acquire, in any manner now permitted to them by law, and to expend funds available to them for such acquisition, real property, interests therein, or rights of way which upon acquisition may be conveyed by the Governor as above-provided to the authority.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-104 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-104
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-104
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized, subject to any prior resolution or trust indenture, to provide by resolution for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds issued under this article and then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon. The issuance of such revenue refunding bonds, the maturities and all other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the duties of the authority in respect to the same shall be governed by this article insofar as the same may be applicable.
O.C.G.A. § 32-9-14 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-14
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-9-14
Status: in_force

(a) Any provisions to the contrary in the MARTA Act notwithstanding and pursuant to the authority granted under a provision of the Constitution enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 1008, 1 the city shall be authorized to levy a retail sales and use tax up to 0.50 percent under the provisions set forth in this Code section. Such tax shall be in addition to any tax which is currently authorized and collected under the MARTA Act. The city may elect to hold a referendum in 2016 as provided for by this Code section by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance by its governing body on or prior to June 30, 2016; provided, however, that if the city does not adopt a resolution or ordinance on or prior to June 30, 2016, it may elect to hold a referendum at the November, 2017, municipal general election by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance by its governing body to that effect on or prior to June 30, 2017. Such additional tax shall not count toward any local sales tax limitation provided for by Code Section 48-8-6 . Any tax imposed under this Code section at a rate of less than 0.50 percent shall be in an increment of 0.05 percent. Any tax imposed under this Code section shall run concurrently as to duration of the levy with the 1 percent tax currently levied pursuant to the MARTA Act.

(a) Any provisions to the contrary in the MARTA Act notwithstanding and pursuant to the authority granted under a provision of the Constitution enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 1008, 1 the city shall be authorized to levy a retail sales and use tax up to 0.50 percent under the provisions set forth in this Code section. Such tax shall be in addition to any tax which is currently authorized and collected under the MARTA Act. The city may elect to hold a referendum in 2016 as provided for by this Code section by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance by its governing body on or prior to June 30, 2016; provided, however, that if the city does not adopt a resolution or ordinance on or prior to June 30, 2016, it may elect to hold a referendum at the November, 2017, municipal general election by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance by its governing body to that effect on or prior to June 30, 2017. Such additional tax shall not count toward any local sales tax limitation provided for by Code Section 48-8-6 . Any tax imposed under this Code section at a rate of less than 0.50 percent shall be in an increment of 0.05 percent. Any tax imposed under this Code section shall run concurrently as to duration of the levy with the 1 percent tax currently levied pursuant to the MARTA Act.

(b)(1) No later than May 31 of the year a referendum is to be called for as provided in this Code section, the authority shall submit to the city a preliminary list of new rapid transit projects within or serving the geographical area of the city which may be funded in whole or in part by the proceeds of the additional tax authorized by this Code section. (2) No later than July 31 of the year a referendum is to be called for as provided in this Code section, the authority shall submit to the city a final list of new rapid transit projects within or serving the city to be funded in whole or in part by the proceeds of the tax authorized by this Code section. Such final list of new rapid transit projects shall be incorporated into the rapid transit contract established under Section 24 of the MARTA Act between the authority and the city upon approval by the qualified voters of the city of the referendum to levy the additional tax authorized by this Code section.

(b)(1) No later than May 31 of the year a referendum is to be called for as provided in this Code section, the authority shall submit to the city a preliminary list of new rapid transit projects within or serving the geographical area of the city which may be funded in whole or in part by the proceeds of the additional tax authorized by this Code section.

(b)(1) No later than May 31 of the year a referendum is to be called for as provided in this Code section, the authority shall submit to the city a preliminary list of new rapid transit projects within or serving the geographical area of the city which may be funded in whole or in part by the proceeds of the additional tax authorized by this Code section.

(2) No later than July 31 of the year a referendum is to be called for as provided in this Code section, the authority shall submit to the city a final list of new rapid transit projects within or serving the city to be funded in whole or in part by the proceeds of the tax authorized by this Code section. Such final list of new rapid transit projects shall be incorporated into the rapid transit contract established under Section 24 of the MARTA Act between the authority and the city upon approval by the qualified voters of the city of the referendum to levy the additional tax authorized by this Code section.

(2) No later than July 31 of the year a referendum is to be called for as provided in this Code section, the authority shall submit to the city a final list of new rapid transit projects within or serving the city to be funded in whole or in part by the proceeds of the tax authorized by this Code section. Such final list of new rapid transit projects shall be incorporated into the rapid transit contract established under Section 24 of the MARTA Act between the authority and the city upon approval by the qualified voters of the city of the referendum to levy the additional tax authorized by this Code section.

(c) Before the additional tax authorized under this Code section shall become valid, the tax shall be approved by a majority of qualified voters of the city in a referendum thereon. The procedure for holding the referendum called for in this Code section shall be as follows: There shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation throughout the city, once each week for four weeks immediately preceding the week during which the referendum is to be held, a notice to the electors thereof that on the day named therein an election will be held to determine the question of whether or not the tax authorized by this Code section should be collected in the city for the purpose of expanding and enhancing the rapid transit system. Such election shall be held in all the election districts within the territorial limits of the city. The question to be presented to the electorate in any such referendum shall be stated on the ballots or ballot labels as follows: “( ) YES Shall an additional sales tax of ( insert percentage ) percent be collected in the City of Atlanta for the purpose of ( ) NO significantly expanding and enhancing MARTA transit service in Atlanta?”

(c) Before the additional tax authorized under this Code section shall become valid, the tax shall be approved by a majority of qualified voters of the city in a referendum thereon. The procedure for holding the referendum called for in this Code section shall be as follows: There shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation throughout the city, once each week for four weeks immediately preceding the week during which the referendum is to be held, a notice to the electors thereof that on the day named therein an election will be held to determine the question of whether or not the tax authorized by this Code section should be collected in the city for the purpose of expanding and enhancing the rapid transit system. Such election shall be held in all the election districts within the territorial limits of the city. The question to be presented to the electorate in any such referendum shall be stated on the ballots or ballot labels as follows:

“( ) YES

Shall an additional sales tax of ( insert percentage ) percent be collected in the City of Atlanta for the purpose of

( ) NO

significantly expanding and enhancing MARTA transit service in Atlanta?”

The question shall be published as a part of the aforesaid notice of election. Each such election shall be governed, held, and conducted in accordance with the provisions of law from time to time governing the holding of special elections. After the returns of such an election have been received, and the same have been canvassed and computed, the result shall be certified to the governing body of the city, in addition to any other person designated by law to receive the same, and such governing body shall officially declare the result thereof. Each election called by the governing body of the city under the provisions of this Code section shall be governed by and conducted in accordance with the provisions of law governing the holding of elections by the city. The expense of any such election shall be paid by the city.

(d) If a majority of those voting in such an election vote in favor of the proposition submitted, then the rapid transit contract between the authority and the city shall authorize the levy and collection of the tax provided for by this Code section, and the final list provided for in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Code section shall be incorporated therein. All of the proceeds derived from the additional tax provided for by this Code section shall be first allocated for payment of the cost of the rapid transit projects incorporated in such contract, except as otherwise provided by the terms of such rapid transit contract, and thereafter, upon completion and payment of such rapid transit projects, as provided for in such contract and this Code section. It shall be the policy of the authority to provide that the tax collected under this Code section in an amount exceeding the cost of the rapid transit projects incorporated in the contract shall be expended solely within and for the benefit of the city. When a tax is imposed under this Code section, the rate of any tax approved as provided for by Article 5A of Chapter 8 of Title 48 shall and the tax provided for by this Code section, in aggregate, shall not exceed a rate of 1 percent.

(d) If a majority of those voting in such an election vote in favor of the proposition submitted, then the rapid transit contract between the authority and the city shall authorize the levy and collection of the tax provided for by this Code section, and the final list provided for in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Code section shall be incorporated therein. All of the proceeds derived from the additional tax provided for by this Code section shall be first allocated for payment of the cost of the rapid transit projects incorporated in such contract, except as otherwise provided by the terms of such rapid transit contract, and thereafter, upon completion and payment of such rapid transit projects, as provided for in such contract and this Code section. It shall be the policy of the authority to provide that the tax collected under this Code section in an amount exceeding the cost of the rapid transit projects incorporated in the contract shall be expended solely within and for the benefit of the city. When a tax is imposed under this Code section, the rate of any tax approved as provided for by Article 5A of Chapter 8 of Title 48 shall and the tax provided for by this Code section, in aggregate, shall not exceed a rate of 1 percent.

(e) If a majority of those voting in an election provided for by this Code section in 2016 vote against the proposition submitted, the city may elect to resubmit such proposition on the date of the November, 2017, municipal general election by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance to that effect on or prior to June 30, 2017, subject to the provisions of this Code section.

(e) If a majority of those voting in an election provided for by this Code section in 2016 vote against the proposition submitted, the city may elect to resubmit such proposition on the date of the November, 2017, municipal general election by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance to that effect on or prior to June 30, 2017, subject to the provisions of this Code section.

(f)(1) Except as provided for to the contrary in this Code section, the additional tax provided for by this Code section shall be collected in the same manner and under the same conditions as set forth in Section 25 of the MARTA Act. (2) The tax provided for by this Code section shall not be subject to any restrictions as to rate provided for by the MARTA Act and shall not be subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) or subsection (k) of Section 25 of the MARTA Act. (3) A tax levied under this paragraph shall be added to the state sales and use tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 and the state revenue commissioner is authorized and directed to establish a bracket system by appropriate rules and regulations to collect the tax imposed under this paragraph in the city.

(f)(1) Except as provided for to the contrary in this Code section, the additional tax provided for by this Code section shall be collected in the same manner and under the same conditions as set forth in Section 25 of the MARTA Act.

(f)(1) Except as provided for to the contrary in this Code section, the additional tax provided for by this Code section shall be collected in the same manner and under the same conditions as set forth in Section 25 of the MARTA Act.

(2) The tax provided for by this Code section shall not be subject to any restrictions as to rate provided for by the MARTA Act and shall not be subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) or subsection (k) of Section 25 of the MARTA Act.

(2) The tax provided for by this Code section shall not be subject to any restrictions as to rate provided for by the MARTA Act and shall not be subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) or subsection (k) of Section 25 of the MARTA Act.

(3) A tax levied under this paragraph shall be added to the state sales and use tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 and the state revenue commissioner is authorized and directed to establish a bracket system by appropriate rules and regulations to collect the tax imposed under this paragraph in the city.

(3) A tax levied under this paragraph shall be added to the state sales and use tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 and the state revenue commissioner is authorized and directed to establish a bracket system by appropriate rules and regulations to collect the tax imposed under this paragraph in the city.

1 See GA CONST App. 2.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-46 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-46
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-46
Status: in_force

While any of the bonds issued by the authority remain outstanding, the powers, duties, or existence of the authority or of its officers, employees, or agents shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will affect adversely the interests and rights of the holders of such bonds; nor will the state itself in any way obstruct, prevent, impair, or render impossible the due and faithful performance by its board and department, or either of them, or their successors, of all project rental and lease contracts and all the covenants thereof entered into under this article. This article shall be for the benefit of the state, the authority, and each and every holder of the authority's bonds and upon and after the issuance of bonds under this article shall constitute an irrevocable contract with the holders of such bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 32-2-75 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-75
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-2-75
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this Code section and Code Sections 32-2-76 and 32-2-77 , the term: (1) “Engineer” means the chief engineer or the engineer designated by the Georgia Highway Authority or the State Road and Tollway Authority. (2) “Escrow account” means the certificates of deposit issued by a state or national bank in Georgia and any uninvested cash held in escrow. (3) “State” means the Department of Transportation, the Georgia Highway Authority, or the State Road and Tollway Authority. (4) “Treasurer” means the treasurer of the Department of Transportation, the treasurer of the Georgia Highway Authority, or the treasurer of the State Road and Tollway Authority.

(a) As used in this Code section and Code Sections 32-2-76 and 32-2-77 , the term:

(1) “Engineer” means the chief engineer or the engineer designated by the Georgia Highway Authority or the State Road and Tollway Authority.

(1) “Engineer” means the chief engineer or the engineer designated by the Georgia Highway Authority or the State Road and Tollway Authority.

(2) “Escrow account” means the certificates of deposit issued by a state or national bank in Georgia and any uninvested cash held in escrow.

(2) “Escrow account” means the certificates of deposit issued by a state or national bank in Georgia and any uninvested cash held in escrow.

(3) “State” means the Department of Transportation, the Georgia Highway Authority, or the State Road and Tollway Authority.

(3) “State” means the Department of Transportation, the Georgia Highway Authority, or the State Road and Tollway Authority.

(4) “Treasurer” means the treasurer of the Department of Transportation, the treasurer of the Georgia Highway Authority, or the treasurer of the State Road and Tollway Authority.

(4) “Treasurer” means the treasurer of the Department of Transportation, the treasurer of the Georgia Highway Authority, or the treasurer of the State Road and Tollway Authority.

(b) The state is authorized to insert a clause in the specifications of all contracts let and awarded as a result of public lettings for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of any road, highway, bridge, or appurtenance thereto providing for the retainage of amounts constituting a percentage of the gross value of the completed work as may be provided for in the contract.

(b) The state is authorized to insert a clause in the specifications of all contracts let and awarded as a result of public lettings for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of any road, highway, bridge, or appurtenance thereto providing for the retainage of amounts constituting a percentage of the gross value of the completed work as may be provided for in the contract.

(c) Final payment of the retained amounts to the contractor under the contract to which the retained amount relates will be made after certification by the engineer that the work has been satisfactorily completed and is accepted in accordance with the contract, plans, and specifications.

(c) Final payment of the retained amounts to the contractor under the contract to which the retained amount relates will be made after certification by the engineer that the work has been satisfactorily completed and is accepted in accordance with the contract, plans, and specifications.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-109 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-109
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-109
Status: in_force

It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose are in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and that the authority is an institution of purely public charity and will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the power conferred upon it by this article; and this state covenants with the holders of the bonds that the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any of the property acquired or leased by it or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision or upon its activities in the operation or maintenance of the projects erected by it or upon any fees, tolls, or other charges for the use of such projects or upon other income received by the authority. The bonds of the authority, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation within this state. The tax exemption provided for in this chapter shall include an exemption from sales and use tax on property purchased by the authority or for use by the authority.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-248 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-248
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-248
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall be construed as to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation, resolution, or other law which are more restrictive than the provisions of this article.
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-110 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-110
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-110
Status: in_force

As used in this part, the term “contract” means a contract or subcontract entered into by a municipality with any person, the state or federal government or an agency of either, with another municipality or municipalities, with a county or counties, or with any combination of any of the foregoing entities, for the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of all or part of a public road in said municipality, including but not limited to a contract or subcontract for the purchase of materials, for the hiring of labor, for professional services, or for other things or services incident to such work.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-5 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-5
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-5
Status: in_force

(a) The department may close or limit access to any portion of road on the state highway system due to a declared state of emergency for inclement weather conditions that results in dangerous driving conditions. There shall be erected or posted signage of adequate size indicating that a portion of the state highway system has been closed or access has been limited. When the department determines a road shall have limited access due to a declared state of emergency for inclement winter weather conditions, notice shall be given to motorists through posted signage that motor vehicles must be equipped with tire chains, four-wheel drive with adequate tires for existing conditions, or snow tires with a manufacturer's all weather rating in order to proceed. Such signage shall inform motorists that it shall be unlawful to proceed on such road without such equipment. With the exception of buses, operators of commercial motor vehicles as defined by Code Section 40-1-1 with four or more drive wheels traveling on a road declared as limited access due to a declared state of emergency for inclement winter weather conditions shall affix tire chains to each of the outermost drive wheel tires. Bus and motor coach operators shall affix tire chains to at least two of the drive wheel tires before proceeding on a road with limited access due to a declared state of emergency for inclement winter weather conditions. For purposes of this Code section, the term “ tire chains ” means metal chains which consist of two circular metal loops, positioned on each side of a tire, connected by not less than nine evenly spaced chains across the tire tread or any other traction devices as provided for by rules and regulations of the commissioner of public safety.

(a) The department may close or limit access to any portion of road on the state highway system due to a declared state of emergency for inclement weather conditions that results in dangerous driving conditions. There shall be erected or posted signage of adequate size indicating that a portion of the state highway system has been closed or access has been limited. When the department determines a road shall have limited access due to a declared state of emergency for inclement winter weather conditions, notice shall be given to motorists through posted signage that motor vehicles must be equipped with tire chains, four-wheel drive with adequate tires for existing conditions, or snow tires with a manufacturer's all weather rating in order to proceed. Such signage shall inform motorists that it shall be unlawful to proceed on such road without such equipment. With the exception of buses, operators of commercial motor vehicles as defined by Code Section 40-1-1 with four or more drive wheels traveling on a road declared as limited access due to a declared state of emergency for inclement winter weather conditions shall affix tire chains to each of the outermost drive wheel tires. Bus and motor coach operators shall affix tire chains to at least two of the drive wheel tires before proceeding on a road with limited access due to a declared state of emergency for inclement winter weather conditions. For purposes of this Code section, the term “ tire chains ” means metal chains which consist of two circular metal loops, positioned on each side of a tire, connected by not less than nine evenly spaced chains across the tire tread or any other traction devices as provided for by rules and regulations of the commissioner of public safety.

(b) A driver of a motor vehicle who causes an accident or blocks the flow of traffic while failing to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section when access is limited on the state highway system due to a declared state of emergency for inclement weather conditions shall be fined up to $1,000.00.

(b) A driver of a motor vehicle who causes an accident or blocks the flow of traffic while failing to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section when access is limited on the state highway system due to a declared state of emergency for inclement weather conditions shall be fined up to $1,000.00.

(c) This Code section shall not apply to a tow operator towing a motor vehicle or traveling to a site from which a motor vehicle shall be towed or to emergency responders traveling the roadway in order to fulfill their duties.

(c) This Code section shall not apply to a tow operator towing a motor vehicle or traveling to a site from which a motor vehicle shall be towed or to emergency responders traveling the roadway in order to fulfill their duties.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-70 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-70
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-70
Status: in_force

All counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of the state and all public agencies and officers of the state, notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the law, are authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant, or convey to the authority, upon its request and upon such terms and conditions as the authority and the proper officials of such counties, cities, other political subdivisions, or public agencies or officials may agree upon as reasonable and fair, and without necessity for any advertisement, order of court, or other action or formality other than the regular execution of the proper instrument, any real or personal property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the purpose of this article, including real or personal property devoted to public use.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-86 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-86
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-86
Status: in_force

The department shall not acquire any sign by purchase or condemnation, any portion of the cost of which is eligible for federal participation, until such time as federal matching funds have been apportioned to and made available to the department for such acquisition. No sign shall be acquired by condemnation, except after three months' written notice has been given to the owner thereof of the intention to so acquire the same, during which time the penalties provided by this part shall not apply.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-115 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-115
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-115
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this Code section and Code Section 32-6-116 , no commercial enterprise or activities shall be authorized or conducted by the department or any other agency or by a county or municipality of the state, within or on the property on which have been constructed limited-access roads as defined in this article, provided that the term “commercial enterprise or activities” shall not be so construed as to prevent the installation of public utility facilities, to the extent that it is authorized by law, or as to prevent the proper management of property acquired for future construction of public roads, including limited-access roads, as such acquisition is authorized in Article 1 of Chapter 3 of this title.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-190 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-190
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-190
Status: in_force

Any railroad whose track or tracks cross a public road at grade shall have a duty to maintain such grade crossings in such condition as to permit the safe and reasonable passage of public traffic. Such duty of maintenance shall include that portion of the public road lying between the track or tracks and for two feet beyond the ends of the crossties on each side and extending four feet beyond the traveled way or flush with the edge of a paved shoulder, whichever is greater, of such crossing.
O.C.G.A. § 32-2-6 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-6
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-2-6
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall defend any action and be responsible for all damages awarded therein in any court of this state against any county under existing laws whenever the cause of action accrues on a public road which at the time of accrual had been designated by the department as a part of the state highway system; provided, however, that no action may be brought under this Code section until the construction of the public road on which the injury complained of occurred has been completed and such public road has been officially opened to traffic as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section. When any such action is brought against a county in any court of this state, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff to provide for service of notice of the pendency of such action against the county upon the department by providing for service of a second original process, issued from the court where the action is filed, upon the commissioner personally or by leaving a copy of the same in the office of the commissioner in the Department of Transportation Building, Atlanta, Georgia. The service of process in such action upon the county shall not be perfected until such second original process has been served as provided in this Code section. The department shall also have the right and authority to defend, adjust, and settle in the name of such county and on its behalf any claim for damages for which the department ultimately may be liable under this Code section.

(a) The department shall defend any action and be responsible for all damages awarded therein in any court of this state against any county under existing laws whenever the cause of action accrues on a public road which at the time of accrual had been designated by the department as a part of the state highway system; provided, however, that no action may be brought under this Code section until the construction of the public road on which the injury complained of occurred has been completed and such public road has been officially opened to traffic as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section. When any such action is brought against a county in any court of this state, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff to provide for service of notice of the pendency of such action against the county upon the department by providing for service of a second original process, issued from the court where the action is filed, upon the commissioner personally or by leaving a copy of the same in the office of the commissioner in the Department of Transportation Building, Atlanta, Georgia. The service of process in such action upon the county shall not be perfected until such second original process has been served as provided in this Code section. The department shall also have the right and authority to defend, adjust, and settle in the name of such county and on its behalf any claim for damages for which the department ultimately may be liable under this Code section.

(b) A public road shall be officially opened to traffic within the meaning of this Code section on the date that the department gives written notice of final acceptance of such work to the contractor or political subdivision performing the work on such road or otherwise in writing acts so as to open the road to traffic by the general public.

(b) A public road shall be officially opened to traffic within the meaning of this Code section on the date that the department gives written notice of final acceptance of such work to the contractor or political subdivision performing the work on such road or otherwise in writing acts so as to open the road to traffic by the general public.
O.C.G.A. § 32-4-112 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-112
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-4-112
Status: in_force

(a) A contract with a state agency is subject to those limitations of subparagraph (d)(1)(A) and paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Code Section 32-2-61 .

(a) A contract with a state agency is subject to those limitations of subparagraph (d)(1)(A) and paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Code Section 32-2-61 .

(b)(1) A municipality may contract with any county in which part of the municipality lies for the construction and maintenance of a public road within the limits of such municipality. A municipality may contract with any county abutting the corporate limits of such municipality for the construction and maintenance of a bridge within the limits of both such municipality and such county. (2) In such contract, the county may agree to use any county funds available for the construction and maintenance of roads in such county, including funds derived from general obligation bonds issued after approval in a county-wide election, to pay the costs, in whole or in part, of the construction or maintenance of such public road. (3) In such contract, the municipality may agree to use any funds available for the construction and maintenance of roads in such municipality, together with any funds the municipality may collect pursuant to its power to assess any part of its share of the cost of such contract against abutting and adjoining property and the owners thereof according to the provisions of Chapter 39 of Title 36, as if the municipality were performing the work alone, unless the terms of such assessment shall be in violation of the municipality's charter, an ordinance of the municipality, or a general law of the state. (4) The work under such contract may be performed either by county or municipal forces or by a contractor employed by either or jointly.

(b)(1) A municipality may contract with any county in which part of the municipality lies for the construction and maintenance of a public road within the limits of such municipality. A municipality may contract with any county abutting the corporate limits of such municipality for the construction and maintenance of a bridge within the limits of both such municipality and such county.

(b)(1) A municipality may contract with any county in which part of the municipality lies for the construction and maintenance of a public road within the limits of such municipality. A municipality may contract with any county abutting the corporate limits of such municipality for the construction and maintenance of a bridge within the limits of both such municipality and such county.

(2) In such contract, the county may agree to use any county funds available for the construction and maintenance of roads in such county, including funds derived from general obligation bonds issued after approval in a county-wide election, to pay the costs, in whole or in part, of the construction or maintenance of such public road.

(2) In such contract, the county may agree to use any county funds available for the construction and maintenance of roads in such county, including funds derived from general obligation bonds issued after approval in a county-wide election, to pay the costs, in whole or in part, of the construction or maintenance of such public road.

(3) In such contract, the municipality may agree to use any funds available for the construction and maintenance of roads in such municipality, together with any funds the municipality may collect pursuant to its power to assess any part of its share of the cost of such contract against abutting and adjoining property and the owners thereof according to the provisions of Chapter 39 of Title 36, as if the municipality were performing the work alone, unless the terms of such assessment shall be in violation of the municipality's charter, an ordinance of the municipality, or a general law of the state.

(3) In such contract, the municipality may agree to use any funds available for the construction and maintenance of roads in such municipality, together with any funds the municipality may collect pursuant to its power to assess any part of its share of the cost of such contract against abutting and adjoining property and the owners thereof according to the provisions of Chapter 39 of Title 36, as if the municipality were performing the work alone, unless the terms of such assessment shall be in violation of the municipality's charter, an ordinance of the municipality, or a general law of the state.

(4) The work under such contract may be performed either by county or municipal forces or by a contractor employed by either or jointly.

(4) The work under such contract may be performed either by county or municipal forces or by a contractor employed by either or jointly.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-106 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-106
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-106
Status: in_force

While any of the bonds issued by the authority remain outstanding, the powers, duties, or existence of the authority or of its officers, employees, or agents shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will affect adversely the interests and rights of the holders of such bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 32-11-7 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11 / Section 32-11-7
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-11-7
Status: in_force

This compact becomes effective upon the adoption of the compact into law by at least two of the participating states. Thereafter, the compact becomes effective for another participating state upon the enactment of the compact by the state.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-133 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-133
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-133
Status: in_force

(a) The department is granted the authority to promulgate uniform and reasonable regulations to carry out the provisions of this part. In making such regulations the department shall specify among other things the circumstances under which commercial driveway permits may be issued or revoked, provided that such regulations shall not deprive the landowner of reasonable access to the public road on the state highway system.

(a) The department is granted the authority to promulgate uniform and reasonable regulations to carry out the provisions of this part. In making such regulations the department shall specify among other things the circumstances under which commercial driveway permits may be issued or revoked, provided that such regulations shall not deprive the landowner of reasonable access to the public road on the state highway system.

(b)(1) Where a person seeks a permit to construct, reconstruct, alter, or improve a commercial driveway and the commercial driveway will lie in whole or in part upon a parcel of land acquired for the state highway system from such person or the immediately preceding owner of such property from whom such person acquired title to such property, the total amount of money charged to such person as a condition of obtaining the permit shall not exceed the compensation received by such person or the immediately preceding owner of such property from whom such person acquired title to such property for such parcel of land upon its acquisition for the state highway system. This limitation shall apply to the total of all amounts of money of whatever character charged to such person as a condition of obtaining the permit, including without limitation any and all amounts charged for title to or use of land and any and all fees or other costs of any nature whatsoever. This subsection shall constitute only a maximum limitation upon the total amount of money charged under such circumstances and shall not in any manner be construed to establish a minimum amount of money to be charged under such circumstances. (2) Except in the case of heirs and assigns, the limitation of the department to require a payment of more than the maximum amount received for such property as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall last for only a ten-year period from the date of the initial acquisition of property by the department. (3) This subsection shall apply with respect to land acquired for the state highway system prior to April 15, 1996, as well as land so acquired on or after April 15, 1996.

(b)(1) Where a person seeks a permit to construct, reconstruct, alter, or improve a commercial driveway and the commercial driveway will lie in whole or in part upon a parcel of land acquired for the state highway system from such person or the immediately preceding owner of such property from whom such person acquired title to such property, the total amount of money charged to such person as a condition of obtaining the permit shall not exceed the compensation received by such person or the immediately preceding owner of such property from whom such person acquired title to such property for such parcel of land upon its acquisition for the state highway system. This limitation shall apply to the total of all amounts of money of whatever character charged to such person as a condition of obtaining the permit, including without limitation any and all amounts charged for title to or use of land and any and all fees or other costs of any nature whatsoever. This subsection shall constitute only a maximum limitation upon the total amount of money charged under such circumstances and shall not in any manner be construed to establish a minimum amount of money to be charged under such circumstances.

(b)(1) Where a person seeks a permit to construct, reconstruct, alter, or improve a commercial driveway and the commercial driveway will lie in whole or in part upon a parcel of land acquired for the state highway system from such person or the immediately preceding owner of such property from whom such person acquired title to such property, the total amount of money charged to such person as a condition of obtaining the permit shall not exceed the compensation received by such person or the immediately preceding owner of such property from whom such person acquired title to such property for such parcel of land upon its acquisition for the state highway system. This limitation shall apply to the total of all amounts of money of whatever character charged to such person as a condition of obtaining the permit, including without limitation any and all amounts charged for title to or use of land and any and all fees or other costs of any nature whatsoever. This subsection shall constitute only a maximum limitation upon the total amount of money charged under such circumstances and shall not in any manner be construed to establish a minimum amount of money to be charged under such circumstances.

(2) Except in the case of heirs and assigns, the limitation of the department to require a payment of more than the maximum amount received for such property as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall last for only a ten-year period from the date of the initial acquisition of property by the department.

(2) Except in the case of heirs and assigns, the limitation of the department to require a payment of more than the maximum amount received for such property as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall last for only a ten-year period from the date of the initial acquisition of property by the department.

(3) This subsection shall apply with respect to land acquired for the state highway system prior to April 15, 1996, as well as land so acquired on or after April 15, 1996.

(3) This subsection shall apply with respect to land acquired for the state highway system prior to April 15, 1996, as well as land so acquired on or after April 15, 1996.
O.C.G.A. § 32-6-91 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-91
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-6-91
Status: in_force

Any person who erects or maintains any sign for which a permit is required by this part without a valid permit or renewal of such permit issued by the department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day or fraction thereof during which a sign is unlawfully maintained shall constitute a separate offense. The commissioner and officials or employees of said department designated by the commissioner are authorized to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to procure the prosecution and conviction of any person, firm, or corporation violating this Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 32-10-96 — GA Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-96
Georgia Code Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries § 32-10-96
Status: in_force

Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts, interim certificates, or temporary bonds, with or without coupons exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of the latter.