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GA Code § 32-4-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State, County, and Municipal Road Systems|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-4-3. Naming State Roads, Bridges, or Interchanges

 No state agency shall name or rename any state road, bridge, interchange, or any part of a road in honor of, or with the name of, any person unless such action is approved by a joint resolution or Act of the General Assembly which is approved by the Governor or becomes law without such approval. This Code section shall not apply to a political subdivision of the state naming any road which is under the jurisdiction of such political subdivision.    (Code 1981, §32-4-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 32.)   Cross references.   - Specific powers of General Assembly, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. II.   Editor's notes.   - The provisions of this Code section were previously enacted in substantially similar form by Ga. L. 2001, p. 1215, § 2.   Ga. L. 2006, p. 72, § 32A/SB 465, not codified by the General Assembly, provided for the repeal of Ga. L. 2001, p. 1215, § 2, which section has been codified as and superceded by Code Section 32-4-3, relating to naming state roads, bridges, or interchanges, and which Code section shall remain effective.
GA Code § 32-4-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State, County, and Municipal Road Systems|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-4-4. Abandonment of Utility Facilitles Containing Asbestos Pipe

  As used in this Code section, the term "entity" means a county, a municipality, a consolidated government, or a local authority.   Whenever existing utility facilities owned and operated by an entity contain asbestos pipe and such facility exists in the public rights of way of any highway, road, or street authorized pursuant to this title, and the entity determines that such facility should no longer be utilized, the entity that owns and operates the utility facility shall file a notice of abandonment with the department if the facility is located upon the public rights of way under the authority of the department. Upon abandonment, the entity shall have the discretion to:   Remove and dispose of the asbestos pipe in accordance with federal laws and regulations;   Leave the asbestos pipe in place and fill it with grout or other similar substance designed to harden within the pipe; or   Allow the pipe to remain undisturbed in the ground and take no further action.     At the request of the department or entity, any asbestos pipe left in the right of way as authorized by subsection (b) of this Code section shall be marked so as to be locatable.   The entity shall not relinquish the ownership of said facility as stated in subsection (h) of Code Section 25-9-7 and Code Section 32-6-174. The facility shall be deemed abandoned and out of service.     (Code 1981, §32-4-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 302, § 1/HB 101; Ga. L. 2011, p. 583, § 5/HB 137.)
GA Code § 32-4-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State, County, and Municipal Road Systems|Article 2 - State Highway System|§ 32-4-20. Composition of State Highway System

 The state highway system shall consist of an integrated network of arterials and of other public roads or bypasses serving as the major collectors therefor. No public road shall be designated as a part of the state highway system unless it meets at least one of the following requirements:    Serves trips of substantial length and duration indicative of regional, state-wide, or interstate importance;   Connects adjoining county seats;   Connects urban or regional areas with outlying areas, both intrastate and interstate; or   Serves as part of the principal collector network for the state-wide and interstate arterial public road system.    (Code 1933, § 95A-202, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 1343, § 5/HB 817; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1072, § 1/SB 169.)   Cross references.   - Giving of notice of intention to condemn road constituting part of state highway system for purpose of constructing electric power plant, § 22-3-42.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Road not part of state highway system.    - Trial court did not err in granting the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) summary judgment in a driver's action alleging that the department negligently maintained a dirt road because the road was not a part of the state highway system since the road did not meet any of the four requirements of O.C.G.A. § 32-4-20, and the DOT had no duty to maintain the road; the dirt road was a dead-end loop that led back to a county road and was part of a right-of-way that was fenced off from the travel lanes of an interstate, and at some point before the incident, access to the road had been restricted by a gate. Barrett v. Ga. DOT, 304 Ga. App. 667, 697 S.E.2d 217, cert. denied, No. S10C1813, 2010 Ga. LEXIS 918 (Ga. 2010).
GA Code § 32-4-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State, County, and Municipal Road Systems|Article 2 - State Highway System|§ 32-4-21. Designation of Roads as Part of State Highway System

 Whenever the board, or the commissioner when the board is not in session, deems it necessary and in the public interest to have a new or existing public road designated as part of the state highway system, whether as additional mileage or as part of a substitution or relocation, the board, by resolution, or the commissioner, by written notice to the board, may designate such road to be a part of the state highway system. If the road proposed to be designated is a part of either a county road system or a municipal street system, the department shall give written notice to the county or municipality of the effective date that such road shall become part of the state highway system. Any change on the state highway system by designation shall be recorded on the official map and in the written records of the state highway system, as provided for in subsections (a) and (b) of Code Section 32-4-2.   (Laws 1818, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 947; Code 1863, §§ 579, 580; Code 1868, §§ 643, 644; Code 1873, §§ 604, 605; Code 1882, §§ 604, 605; Civil Code 1895, §§ 520, 521; Civil Code 1910, §§ 640, 641; Code 1933, §§ 95-201, 95-202; Code 1933, § 95A-202, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-4-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State, County, and Municipal Road Systems|Article 2 - State Highway System|§ 32-4-23. Council on Rural Transportation and Economic Development; Creation and Membership; Powers, Duties, and Authority; Funding; Expense Allowances; Repeal

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1997, p. 976, § 1, effective March 31, 2000.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2007, this Code section number was designated as reserved.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 32-4-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1512, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 976, § 1.
GA Code § 32-4-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State, County, and Municipal Road Systems|Article 2 - State Highway System|§ 32-4-24. Alternative Tourism Routes; Welcome Centers Authorized

  The board shall designate as alternative tourism routes roads that are a part of the state highway system that traverse the state and pass through or in close proximity to historic sites or tourist attractions in the state. Interstate highways that traverse the state shall not be eligible for designation as an alternative tourism route. The initial alternative tourism routes shall be U.S. Highway 27 and U.S. Highway 441.   The board shall consult with the Department of Economic Development, county governing authorities, and historical sites and tourist attractions located in this state in the selection of additional alternative tourism routes. The Department of Economic Development shall promote such routes and sites and attractions along such routes to the motoring public.   Subject to the appropriation process, the department may within five years of the designation of an alternative tourism route construct within 20 miles of the state line on each end of such route a welcome center. Subject to the appropriation process, if the department decides to construct such a center, it shall negotiate and contract with the local governing authorities where the welcome center is located for the maintenance and operation of such center.     (Code 1981, §32-4-24, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 291, § 1/SB 282.)
GA Code § 32-5-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 5 - Funds for Public Roads|Article 1 - Federal Funds|§ 32-5-1. Receipt of Federal-Aid Funds by State; Department Authorized to Waive Chapter Provisions Inconsistent With or Contrary to Federal Laws, Rules, or Regulations

  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.   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.    (Code 1933, § 95A-701, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 32; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 1999, p. 112, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1251, § 1-4; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 3/SB 296.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Standards for Smart Growth: Searching for Limits on Agency Discretion and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority," see 36 Georgia L. Rev. 247 (2001). For note on 1999 amendment to this Code section, see 16 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 233 (1999).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Campbell v. State Rd. & Tollway Auth., 276 Ga. 714, 583 S.E.2d 32 (2003).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   No expenditure of money on historic preservation if not for transportation.    - Department of Transportation may expend federal and state funds on transportation enhancement activities as defined in 23 U.S.C. § 101(a) in those instances when the Code of Public Transportation gives the department the authority to expend such funds, but the Department of Transportation has no authority to expend federal or state money on historic preservation, rehabilitation, and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures, or facilities (including historic railroad facilities and canals) when such buildings, structures, or facilities are not being acquired for transportation purposes. 1993 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 93-3 (decided prior to 1993 amendment of O.C.G.A. § 32-1-3).
GA Code § 32-5-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 5 - Funds for Public Roads|Article 1 - Federal Funds|§ 32-5-2. Appropriation of Funds to Department

 All federal funds received by the state treasurer under Code Section 32-5-1 are continually appropriated to the department for the purpose specified in the grants of such funds except as such funds may be directed by the federal government to the State Road and Tollway Authority.   (Code 1933, § 95A-702, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1251, § 1-5; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 3/SB 296; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1072, § 2/SB 169.)
GA Code § 32-5-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 5 - Funds for Public Roads|Article 2 - State Public Transportation Fund|§ 32-5-20. "State Public Transportation Fund" Defined

 As used in this article, the term "State Public Transportation Fund" means that money the expenditures of which are controlled and supervised by the department by virtue of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 32-2-2.   (Code 1933, § 95A-703, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Motor fuel and road taxes, T. 48, C. 9.
GA Code § 32-5-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 5 - Funds for Public Roads|Article 2 - State Public Transportation Fund|§ 32-5-21. Priority of Expenditures From Fund

 Subject to the restrictions on expenditures imposed by Code Section 32-5-23, the State Public Transportation Fund shall be expended by the department in the following order:    To pay the rentals on lease contracts entered into pursuant to the authority of the Constitution of Georgia;   To pay into the State of Georgia Guaranteed Revenue Debt Common Reserve Fund the amount of the highest annual debt service requirements for an issue of guaranteed revenue debt for public road projects initiated pursuant to Code Section 32-10-67, upon its issuance, when the guarantee of the specific issue has been authorized by an appropriation of moneys governed by Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(b) of the Constitution and the appropriation meets the requirements for such debt as provided by Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph III(b) of the Constitution;   To pay the costs of operating the department and for any emergencies or unusual situations;   To pay the costs necessary to comply with the conditions of federal-aid apportionments to the state for the planning, surveying, constructing, paving, and improving of the public roads in Georgia;   As directed from time to time by appropriations Acts; and   After the requirements set out in the foregoing provisions of this Code section have been met, the remainder of the State Public Transportation Fund to be expended to pay the costs of maintaining, improving, constructing, and reconstructing the public roads of the state highway system, for maintaining roads within and leading to state parks, and for constructing public roads by department forces.    (Code 1933, § 95A-704, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 56; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1355, § 2; Ga. L. 2009, p. 976, § 11/SB 200.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Constitutionality of statutory provisions as to political corporations or divisions which shall bear cost of establishing or maintaining highways, 2 A.L.R. 746; 123 A.L.R. 1462.
GA Code § 32-5-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 5 - Funds for Public Roads|Article 2 - State Public Transportation Fund|§ 32-5-22. Other Expenditures From Fund

 Expenditures from the State Public Transportation Fund may be made, under such conditions as the department may provide, for streets, driveways, and parking areas located upon the property of and serving:    Public schools;   Colleges of the university system;   State agencies and governments of political subdivisions; and   Hospitals constructed with the assistance of financial grants from the federal government, authorized by Title 42, Chapter 6A, Subchapter IV, United States Code, as amended.    (Code 1933, § 95A-705, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
GA Code § 32-5-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 5 - Funds for Public Roads|Article 2 - State Public Transportation Fund|§ 32-5-23. Limitations on Expenditures From Fund

 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:    Private driveways, roads, or bridges; or   Public roads that have since been abandoned.    (Code 1933, § 95A-706, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32.)   Cross references.   - Abandonment of public roads, T. 32, C. 7.
GA Code § 32-5-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 5 - Funds for Public Roads|Article 2 - State Public Transportation Fund|§ 32-5-24. Authorization of Expenditure for Public Roads Serving Planned Communities

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 2-6/HB 252, effective July 1, 2015.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1933, § 95A-706.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 1215, § 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32.   Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.'"
GA Code § 32-5-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 5 - Funds for Public Roads|Article 2 - State Public Transportation Fund|§ 32-5-25. Use of Fund in Regard to Acquisition of Rights of Way

 Whenever property is acquired under subsection (e) of Code Section 32-3-3, all expenses of the acquisition thereof, including the purchase price and all direct and consequential damages awarded in any proceeding brought to condemn any such right of way, shall be paid by the county in which such right of way or portion thereof is situated. When such right of way or portion thereof lies within the limits of a municipality, acquisition expenses shall be paid by such municipality unless the county concerned agrees to procure such right of way on behalf of the municipality. However, nothing contained in this Code section shall prevent the department from using the State Public Transportation Fund to acquire such right of way, to pay any damage awarded on account of the location of any road that is a part of the state highway system, or to assist a county or municipality in so doing. Furthermore, nothing in this Code section shall be construed to authorize an expenditure from the State Public Transportation Fund for the procurement of a right of way for a road to be constructed on a county road system or municipal street system except as otherwise provided by law or by agreement between the federal government and the department.   (Code 1933, § 95-1721, enacted by Ga. L. 1935, p. 160, § 1; Code 1933, § 95A-707, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Acquisition of rights of way within municipalities for state highway system, § 32-4-90.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    No conflict of interest  was created by a special assistant Attorney General representing the owner of property condemned by a county for road purposes. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U83-64.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Constitutionality of state legislation to reimburse public utilities for cost of relocating their facilities because of highway construction, conditioned upon federal reimbursement of the state under the terms of Federal-Aid Highway Act (23 U.S.C. § 123), 75 A.L.R.2d 419.
GA Code § 32-5-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 5 - Funds for Public Roads|Article 2 - State Public Transportation Fund|§ 32-5-26. Reimbursement of Counties and Municipalities in Regard to Acquisition of Rights of Way

 The department shall be required to reimburse any county or municipality of this state the sums actually expended by it in accordance with subsection (e) of Code Section 32-3-3 where construction on the right of way so acquired by the county or municipality has not been begun within ten years from the date title to such right of way was acquired in the name of the department.   (Ga. L. 1947, p. 1186, § 1; Code 1933, § 95A-708, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1422, § 18.)
GA Code § 32-5-27.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 5 - Funds for Public Roads|Article 2 - State Public Transportation Fund|§ 32-5-27.1. Ten-Year Strategic Plan

  In addition to the requirements contained in Code Section 32-5-27, the department shall annually prepare and submit to the General Assembly, for approval by the Senate Transportation Committee and the House Committee on Transportation, a ten-year strategic plan that outlines the use of department resources for the upcoming fiscal years.   The Senate Transportation Committee and the House Committee on Transportation shall approve the plan and may make recommendations to the Senate Appropriations Committee and the House Committee on Appropriations for their consideration in developing the budget.   Such plan shall identify at least the following categories and establish a target percentage of resources to be expended and the respective fund sources in each of the following areas:   Construction of new highway projects;   Maintenance of existing infrastructure;   Bridge repairs and replacement;   Safety enhancements; and   Administrative expenses.     Priority shall be given to expenditure of available resources for maintenance, expansion, and improvement of highway infrastructure in the areas of this state most impacted by traffic congestion and to areas of this state in need of highway infrastructure to aid in attracting economic development to the area.   Such plan shall also bring forward all efficiencies found within the bureaucracy of the department and how those funds have been redirected to road construction.     (Code 1981, §32-5-27.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 236, § 2-1/HB 170.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2015, p. 236, § 8-1/HB 170, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Transportation Funding Act of 2015.'"   Ga. L. 2015, p. 236, § 8-2/HB 170, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "It is the intention of the General Assembly, subject to appropriations and other constitutional obligations of this state, that year to year revenue increases be prioritized to fund education, transportation, and health care in this state."   Ga. L. 2015, p. 236, § 9-1(b)/HB 170, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "Tax, penalty, and interest liabilities and refund eligibility for prior taxable years shall not be affected by the passage of this Act and shall continue to be governed by the provisions of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this Act." This Act became effective July 1, 2015.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2015 enactment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 261 (2015).
GA Code § 32-5-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries|Chapter 5 - Funds for Public Roads|Article 3 - Allocation of Funds|§ 32-5-31. Duty of Board to Submit Yearly Report; Requirements of Report

 In each calendar year, the board shall provide to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House of Representatives a written report detailing the allocation of funding obligations among congressional districts pursuant to Code Section 32-5-30 for the fiscal year ending June 30 of that same calendar year. Such report shall include without limitation the annual funding obligations and the projected expenditures of funds for the five-year period and any and all documents or information indicating how the department intends to allocate the applicable state and federal funds among congressional districts as required by Code Section 32-5-30 or a detailed explanation of why the department is unable to allocate such funds as required.    (Code 1981, §32-5-31, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 112, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1483, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Standards for Smart Growth: Searching for Limits on Agency Discretion and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority," see 36 Ga. L. Rev. 247 (2001).