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GA Code § 32-6-201 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 6 - Regulation of Maintenance and Use of Public Roads Generally|Article 6 - Public Utilities|Part 2 - Railroads|§ 32-6-201. Regulation of Traffic When Necessary to Perform Maintenance

  Whenever it is necessary for the department, a county, or a municipality to perform any maintenance in regard to a grade separation structure, protective devices, or grade crossing, responsibility for which is imposed on such department, county, or municipality by this part, and the regulation and control of railroad traffic is necessary for the performance of such maintenance, it shall be the duty of the railroad or railroads involved, after receiving notice, to assist the department, county, or municipality by providing reasonable regulation and control of railroad traffic, having due regard to the needs of such traffic and to the public welfare.   Whenever it is necessary for a railroad to perform any maintenance in regard to a grade separation structure, protective devices, or grade crossing, responsibility for which is imposed on such railroad by this part, and the regulation and control of pedestrian and vehicular traffic is necessary for the performance of such maintenance, it shall be the duty of the department, the county, or the municipality, after having received notice, to assist the railroad by providing reasonable regulation and control of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, having due regard to the needs of such traffic and to the public welfare.    (Code 1933, § 95A-1016, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-6-203 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 6 - Regulation of Maintenance and Use of Public Roads Generally|Article 6 - Public Utilities|Part 2 - Railroads|§ 32-6-203. Judicial Review

 Any judgment, decision, or order of the department upon any question involving the advisability or necessity of eliminating any grade crossing, of installing any protective device, of improving any grade crossing structure, or involving any other question concerning the public roads arising under this part shall be subject to judicial review in such manner as is provided by law for judicial review of contested cases under Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act." Pending the final determination of any judicial proceedings so instituted, the department, without prejudice to it or the railroad involved and at its own risk, may proceed with the work involved in such litigation, subject to final judgment of the court as to all questions involved in such litigation.   (Ga. L. 1927, p. 299, § 11; Code 1933, § 95-1911; Code 1933, § 95A-1018, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1050, § 6.)   Law reviews.   - For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 213 (2002).
GA Code § 32-10-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-2. Continuation of Georgia Highway Authority; Preservation of Authority's Powers; Protection of Rights of Bondholders Generally

  The Georgia Highway Authority shall continue to be a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality and public corporation of this state known as the "Georgia Highway Authority." It shall continue to have perpetual existence. In this name it may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts subject to the limitations of Code Section 32-10-50.   Except as provided in this article, the powers granted by law prior to July 1, 1973, to the Georgia Highway Authority to carry out the purpose for which it was originally created shall not be impaired or diminished. Furthermore, no provision of this article is intended to diminish or impair, nor shall any provision be construed as diminishing or impairing, the rights of the holders of any bonds issued by the Georgia Rural Roads Authority or the Georgia Highway Authority or of the holders of any bonds issued by the Georgia Highway Authority outstanding before July 1, 1973; and should it be determined that any provision of this article does diminish or impair any such right in any manner, such provision is declared to be ineffective to that extent but shall be effective for all other purposes.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 626, § 2; Ga. L. 1959, p. 11, § 2; Ga. L. 1961, p. 3, § 2; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 2; Code 1933, § 95A-1202, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-10-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-3. Members; Compensation; Officers; Quorum; Record of Proceedings

  The members of the Georgia Highway Authority shall be ex officio the Governor, the commissioner of transportation, and the director of the Office of Planning and Budget; and membership on the authority shall be a separate and distinct duty for which they shall receive no additional compensation. All members of the authority shall be entitled to all actual expenses necessarily incurred while in the performance of their duties on behalf of the authority.   The authority shall elect one of its members as chairman. It shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not necessarily be members of the authority. The authority may make such bylaws for its government as is deemed necessary but it is under no duty to do so. A majority of the members of the authority shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction of business, and a majority vote of those present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be sufficient to do and perform any action permitted to the authority by this article.   No vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of the quorum to transact any and all business as stated in this Code section. Members of the authority shall be accountable as trustees. They shall cause to be kept adequate books and records of all transactions of the authority, including books of income and disbursements of every nature. The books and records shall be inspected and audited by the state auditor at least once a year.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 626, § 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 4; Ga. L. 1959, p. 13, § 2; Ga. L. 1961, p. 3, § 2; Ga. L. 1963, p. 284, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 2; Code 1933, § 95A-1203, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32.)
GA Code § 32-10-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-5. Conveyance of Property to Authority

  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.   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.   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.    (Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 6; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 6; Code 1933, § 95A-1206, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, in subsection (b) "subdivision" was substituted for "subdivisions" in the next-to-last sentence and a comma was inserted following "However" in the last sentence; and, in subsection (c), "above-provided" was substituted for "above provided".   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Power of eminent domain as between state and subdivision or agency thereof, or as between different subdivisions or agencies themselves, 35 A.L.R.3d 1293.
GA Code § 32-10-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-6. Reimbursement of Counties and Municipalities for Property, Interests, and Rights of Way Conveyed to Authority

 Notwithstanding any provisions of this article to the contrary, the authority is authorized to reimburse counties or incorporated municipalities, as a part of the construction cost of a project, for any real property or interest therein or any rights of way conveyed to the authority pursuant to this article, when such real property or interest therein or any rights of way are used as an urban road.   (Ga. L. 1972, p. 826, § 2; Code 1933, § 95A-1207, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-10-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-7. Letting of Construction Contracts by Competitive Bids

 All contracts of the authority for the construction of any project authorized by this article shall be let to the reliable bidder submitting the lowest sealed bid upon plans and specifications approved by the department, as set forth in Code Sections 32-2-64 through 32-2-72. However, subject to the restriction on the subletting of negotiated contracts as contained in Code Section 32-2-61, the authority may contract with any county or other political subdivision of the state for the construction of any project situated wholly or partly within such subdivision, upon agreed terms; but the work provided for by such contract shall be at unit prices which shall not exceed the average of the unit prices submitted in the immediately preceding 60 days by competitive bidders for similar work to the department or the authority, whichever may be lower, as determined and averaged by the chief engineer or his or her designated subordinate.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 9; Ga. L. 1961, p. 3, § 5; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 5; Code 1933, § 95A-1205, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32; Ga. L. 1994, p. 591, § 9.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Right in submitting proposal for bids on public work to require bid on unit basis, with reservation to public authorities of right to determine amount or extent of work, 79 A.L.R. 225.    Right or duty of public authorities to require single bid or to let single contract for entire improvement or for two or more separate improvements, 123 A.L.R. 577.   Contract for personal services as within requirement of submission of bids as condition of public contract, 15 A.L.R.3d 733.   Requirement that public contract be awarded on competitive bidding as applicable to contract for public utility, 81 A.L.R.3d 979.   Right of bidder for state or municipal contract to rescind bid on ground that bid was based upon his own mistake or that of his employee, 2 A.L.R.4th 991.   Right of public authorities to reject all bids for public work or contract, 52 A.L.R.4th 186.
GA Code § 32-10-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-10. Payment of Rentals by Lessees; Enforcement of Covenants and Obligations; Assignment of Rentals by Authority

  The rentals contracted to be paid by lessees to the authority under leases entered upon pursuant to this article shall constitute obligations of the state for the payment of which the good faith of the state is pledged. Such rentals shall be paid as provided in the lease contracts from funds appropriated for such purposes by the terms of the Constitution of Georgia. It shall be the duty of the Governor and the board to see to the punctual payment of all such rentals. In the event of any failure or refusal on the part of lessees punctually to perform any covenant or obligation contained in any lease entered upon pursuant to this article, the authority may enforce performance by any legal or equitable process against lessees; and consent is given for the institution of any such action.   The authority shall be permitted to assign to a trustee or paying agent any rental due it by the lessees, as may be required by the terms of any trust indenture entered into by the authority.    (Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 13; Ga. L. 1961, p. 3, § 9; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 11; Code 1933, § 95A-1212, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-10-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-11. Cessation of Rentals; Transfer of Projects

 When each and all of the bonds, interest coupons, and obligations of every nature whatsoever, for the payment of which the revenues of any given project or projects have been pledged, in whole or in part, either originally or subsequently, either primarily or secondarily, directly or indirectly, or otherwise, have been paid in full, or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and other obligations and the interest thereon to the maturity thereof shall have been set aside in trust for the benefit of such bondholders or other obligees, such project or projects shall henceforth be maintained, free from any and all rental consideration, by the department, if part of the state highway system; and, if a county road or an urban road, then by the political subdivision which under paragraph (4) of Code Section 32-10-9 had the duty to maintain the project prior to the cessation of rentals, provided that, upon the cessation of rentals upon any given project, the authority may convey by deed all right, title, and interest in and to such project to the department as part of the state highway system; and, if not part of the state highway system, then to the political subdivision having maintenance responsibility for the project under this Code section; and provided, further, that the department shall maintain and keep in repair such free project or projects as are a part of the state highway system.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 626, § 10; Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 11; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 10; Ga. L. 1971, p. 385, § 5; Code 1933, § 95A-1211, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Authority may reconvey right of way to governmental body.   - Once bonds issued by an authority on a project or projects have been liquidated in accordance with this section, the authority is authorized to reconvey by quitclaim deed the rights of way on the particular project to the governmental body which has maintenance responsibility for the project. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-119.
GA Code § 32-10-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-12. Designation of Projects as Part of County and Municipal Public Road Systems and as Part of State Highway System

 Each county or urban road project leased by the authority to the state and the department, upon completion of the action with respect thereto undertaken by the authority, shall be a part of the system of public roads of the state and of the county or counties or incorporated municipality or municipalities wherein the project is located; but no such project shall become a part of the state highway system until designated as such as provided by law.   (Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 12; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 9; Ga. L. 1971, p. 385, § 9; Code 1933, § 95A-1210, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-10-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-13. Composition of Authority's Fund; Purposes for Which Fund May Be Pledged or Utilized

 All revenues in excess of all obligations of the authority, of every nature, which are not otherwise pledged or restricted as to disposition and use by the terms of any trust indenture entered into by the authority for the security of bonds issued under this article, together with all receipts and gifts of every kind and nature whatsoever, shall be and become the authority fund. The authority, in its discretion, shall pledge or utilize the authority fund for any one or more of the following purposes:    Pledges to the payment of any bond issue requirements, sinking or reserve funds, as may be provided for under the terms of this article;   Payment of any outstanding unpaid bond obligations or administrative expenses;   The construction of any project requested by the board, the cost of which may amount to a sum less than the accumulated balance of such fund;   The most advantageous obtainable purchase redemption and retirement of the authority's bonds pursuant to privileges accorded to the authority in the various issues of bonds outstanding;   The most advantageous open market purchase of the authority's bonds that it may accomplish; or   Investment in obligations of the United States government or obligations of agencies of the United States government, the payment of which is guaranteed by the United States government, of guaranteed convertibility or maturity not in excess of two years, provided that funds so invested and income from such investments shall always be available to and ultimately expended for other purposes set forth in this Code section.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 626, § 12; Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 14; Ga. L. 1961, p. 3, § 10; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 12; Code 1933, § 95A-1213, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 32.)
GA Code § 32-10-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-14. Designation of Moneys Received Pursuant to Article as Trust Funds

 All moneys received pursuant to this article, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, tolls, and earnings, shall be deemed trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this article; and the bondholders paying or entitled to receive the benefit of such funds shall have a lien on all such funds until applied as provided for in any resolution or trust indentures of the authority.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 626, § 35; Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 36; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 35; Code 1933, § 95A-1235, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-10-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-15. Effect of Article

 This article shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized in this article, 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.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 626, § 36; Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 37; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 36; Code 1933, § 95A-1236, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-10-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-10-16. Construction of Article

 This article, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this article.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 626, § 37; Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 38; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 37; Code 1933, § 95A-1237, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 32.)
GA Code § 32-10-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Public Authorities|Article 1 - Georgia Highway Authority|Part 2 - Revenue Bonds|§ 32-10-30. Power of Authority to Issue Bonds Generally; Attributes of Bonds Generally

 The authority shall have the power and is authorized, at one time or from time to time, to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable bonds in a sum not to exceed $484 million in principal amount outstanding at any one time for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or a combination of projects; provided, however, that of such authorized amount not more than $150 million of bonds may be issued to finance county road projects, not more than $234 million of bonds may be issued to finance state road projects, and not more than $100 million of bonds may be issued to finance urban road projects. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest as provided for in Code Section 32-10-31, shall be payable in such manner of payment as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the authority from the special funds provided in this article for such payment, shall mature not later than 30 years from the date of issuance, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds. For the purpose of this Code section, bonds shall not be considered to be outstanding if there shall have been deposited into the sinking fund created for the payment of such bonds amounts sufficient to pay the same, together with the interest thereon as the bonds mature.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 626, § 14; Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 15; Ga. L. 1961, p. 3, § 11; Ga. L. 1962, p. 91, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 14; Ga. L. 1971, p. 385, § 7; Ga. L. 1972, p. 826, § 3; Code 1933, § 95A-1214, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Revenue bonds generally, § 36-82-60 et seq.