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GA Code § 36-10-2.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 10 - Public Works Contracts|§ 36-10-2.2. Letting by Certain Counties With Population of More Than 150,000

 In any county having a population of more than 150,000 in any metropolitan statistical area having a population of not less than 260,000 nor more than 360,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census, contracts for building or repairing any courthouse or other public building, jail, bridge, causeway, or other public works or public property shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, but the governing authority of any such county shall have the right to reject any or all bids for any such contract. The governing authority of any such county, in considering whether a bidder is responsible, may consider the bidder's quality of work, general reputation in the community, financial responsibility, previous employment on public works, and compliance with a minority business enterprise participation plan or making a good faith effort to comply with the goals of such a plan.    (Code 1981, §36-10-2.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 989, § 1.)
GA Code § 36-10-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 10 - Public Works Contracts|§ 36-10-3. Through 36-10-5

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 498, § 2, effective April 20, 2000.   Editor's notes.   - Former Code Sections 36-10-3 through 36-10-5, relating to contracts for public works, were based on Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 159, § 3, p. 160, §§ 2, 4; Code 1882, §§ 493b-493d; Ga. L. 1889, p. 49, § 1; Civil Code 1895, §§ 345, 346; Penal Code 1895, § 279; Civil Code 1910, §§ 388, 389; Penal Code 1910, § 283; Ga. L. 1920, p. 58, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 23-1703, 23-1704, 23-9904; Ga. L. 1939, p. 193, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 547, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 954, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2029, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 534, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 641, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 278, § 2; Ga. L. 1989, p. 356, § 5.   Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 36/SB 429, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted the reservation of this Code section.
GA Code § 36-11-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 11 - Claims Against Counties|§ 36-11-1. Time for Presentation of Claims

 All claims against counties must be presented within 12 months after they accrue or become payable or the same are barred, provided that minors or other persons laboring under disabilities shall be allowed 12 months after the removal of the disability to present their claims.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 479; Code 1868, § 541; Code 1873, § 507; Code 1882, § 507; Civil Code 1895, § 362; Civil Code 1910, § 411; Code 1933, § 23-1602.)   Law reviews.   - For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia local government law for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 155 (1979). For article surveying developments in Georgia local government law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1981). For article surveying developments in Georgia torts law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 247 (1981). For survey article on local government law, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 225 (1982). For article, "Claims Against Counties: The Difference a Year Makes," see 36 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (1984). For article, "Defending the Lawsuit: A First-Round Checklist," see 22 Ga. St. B. J. 24 (1985). For annual survey on local government law, see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 359 (1990). For annual survey on law of torts, see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 431 (1990). For survey article on local government law, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 147 (2015). For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 257 (2015).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Specific Claims   Presentation of Claims   Procedure    OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Governing authority subject to general law when remitting or crediting county taxes.    - Governing authority of the county in exercising the county's authority under former Code 1933, §§ 92-3812 and 92-6502 (see now O.C.G.A. § 48-5-241) was subject to the general law set forth in former Code 1933, § 20-1007 (see now O.C.G.A. § 13-1-13), and was also subject to the limitation prescribed in former Code 1933, § 23-1602 (see now O.C.G.A. § 36-11-1). 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 379.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 609 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 390 et seq.   ALR.    - Power of city, town, or county or its officials to compromise claim, 105 A.L.R. 170; 15 A.L.R.2d 1359.    Waiver of, or estoppel to assert, defects in notice of claim against county or municipality, 148 A.L.R. 637.   Local government tort liability: minority as affecting notice of claim requirement, 58 A.L.R.4th 402.   Sufficiency of notice of claim against local political entity as regards time when accident occurred, 57 A.L.R.5th 689.
GA Code § 36-11-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 11 - Claims Against Counties|§ 36-11-2. Audit and Registration of Claims Against County; Issuance of Order on Treasurer for Claim; Specification of Fund on Which Order Drawn

 Except where otherwise provided by law, each county governing authority shall audit all claims against its respective county. Every such claim, or such part as may be allowed, must be registered. The county governing authority or its clerk must give the claimant an order on the treasurer for the same; in the order, it shall specifically designate upon what particular fund such order is drawn, out of which payment is to be made.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 478; Code 1868, § 540; Ga. L. 1871-2, p. 69, § 1; Code 1873, § 506; Code 1882, § 506; Civil Code 1895, § 361; Civil Code 1910, § 410; Code 1933, § 23-1601.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 722.   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 395.   ALR.    - Waiver of, or estoppel to assert, defects in notice of claim against county or municipality, 148 A.L.R. 637.
GA Code § 36-11-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 11 - Claims Against Counties|§ 36-11-3. When Orders to Be Paid; Registration of Orders Issued

 No order shall be paid until after five days from its date and delivery, unless otherwise specially ordered. In the meantime, the county governing authority may furnish the county treasurer with a full statement of all orders issued, which shall be immediately registered by him; when so registered, such orders shall be paid according to law, without further notice to the treasurer previous to the time of payment.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 531; Code 1868, § 595; Code 1873, § 557; Code 1882, § 557; Civil Code 1895, § 464; Civil Code 1910, § 580; Code 1933, § 23-1605.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 400.
GA Code § 36-11-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 11 - Claims Against Counties|§ 36-11-4. Order in Which County Debts Paid

  When there are enough funds to pay all outstanding orders and other forms of indebtedness due which the treasurer is authorized to pay, such debts may be paid indiscriminately without regard to their dates. When there are enough funds to pay all forms of indebtedness dated prior to some particular date, all such forms of indebtedness may likewise be paid indiscriminately. When there are insufficient funds to pay all forms of indebtedness of equal degree, they shall be paid ratably. Under all other circumstances, debts should be paid in the order of their dates.   If any person holding county orders fails to present them by December 1 to the county treasurer for payment, such orders shall be postponed in favor of all orders which were so presented and were not paid for want of funds.    (Orig. Code 1863, §§ 530, 532; Code 1868, §§ 594, 596; Code 1873, §§ 556, 558; Code 1882, §§ 556, 558; Civil Code 1895, §§ 463, 465; Civil Code 1910, §§ 579, 581; Code 1933, §§ 23-1604, 23-1607.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 722.
GA Code § 36-11-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 11 - Claims Against Counties|§ 36-11-5. Interest on Orders Presented and Not Paid

  On December 1 of each year, the county treasurer and the county governing authority shall together make an entry of all orders entitled to payment which were not so presented for payment and what orders not of equal dignity have been paid instead, in whole or in part, and what other orders are entitled to payment before such nonpresented orders. Persons holding such orders who present them without receiving payment before such day may have the treasurer annually mark thereon "Presented," the day of presentation, and that they were not paid for want of funds. Such county orders, when legally issued and duly presented, as provided in this Code section, and not paid for want of funds, shall bear interest at such rate as may be prescribed by the county governing authority, by resolution duly adopted and entered upon the minutes of the county governing authority, which rate of interest shall in no event be more than 7 percent per annum from date of entry of presentation and nonpayment for want of funds. The rate so fixed shall be plainly written or printed upon the face of the order. However, interest shall not be paid on such warrant or warrants after July 1 following the year in which they were presented unless the warrant or warrants are again presented and payment is refused for want of funds. The treasurer or keeper of county funds shall endorse on the warrant the words "Presented for payment; no funds on hand with which to pay same. This the ________ day of ________________________, ______."   Any county order issued by any county governing authority shall bear interest at the rate specified by resolution at the time of the issuance of the order, as provided in this Code section. The rate of interest which the warrant shall thereafter bear shall not be changed or affected by any subsequent resolution or change of rate of interest that may be adopted thereafter by the county governing authority; rather the warrant shall bear the rate of interest written or printed upon the face of the order and established by the county governing authority at the time of the issuance thereof.    (Orig. Code 1863, § 533; Code 1868, § 597; Code 1873, § 508; Code 1882, § 508; Civil Code 1895, § 466; Civil Code 1910, § 582; Ga. L. 1920, p. 65, § 1; Code 1933, § 23-1608; Ga. L. 1935, p. 110, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 36.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 405.
GA Code § 36-11-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 11 - Claims Against Counties|§ 36-11-6. Negotiability of County Orders

 All county orders are transferable by delivery or endorsement; and the endorser shall be liable according to the terms of his endorsement, as in commercial paper, provided that no transfer can take place so as to prevent a treasurer from setting off any sum that the payee may owe the county at the date of the order.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 534; Code 1868, § 598; Code 1873, § 560; Code 1882, § 560; Civil Code 1895, § 467; Civil Code 1910, § 583; Code 1933, § 23-1606.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 10 C.J.S., Bills and Notes, §§ 127, 129.
GA Code § 36-11-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 11 - Claims Against Counties|§ 36-11-7. Satisfaction of Judgment Against County

 The private property of the citizens of a county shall not be bound by any judgment obtained against the county. Such judgment, if binding, shall be satisfied from money raised by lawful taxation.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 480; Code 1868, § 542; Code 1873, § 508; Code 1882, § 508; Civil Code 1895, § 363; Civil Code 1910, § 412; Code 1933, § 23-1603.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, §§ 419, 420.   ALR.    - County as subject to garnishment process, 60 A.L.R. 823.
GA Code § 36-12-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 12 - Supervision and Support of Paupers|§ 36-12-1. General Supervision of Paupers

 The general supervision of all paupers is vested in the county governing authority.   (Laws 1792, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 346; Laws 1818, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 347; Code 1863, § 710; Code 1868, § 776; Code 1873, § 754; Code 1882, § 754; Civil Code 1895, § 426; Civil Code 1910, § 541; Code 1933, § 23-2101.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Presumption and burden of proof of settlement in action by one town or poor district against another for support of pauper, 99 A.L.R. 457.    Tort liability of municipality or other governmental subdivision in connection with poor relief activities, 134 A.L.R. 762.
GA Code § 36-12-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 12 - Supervision and Support of Paupers|§ 36-12-2. Eligibility for Benefits

 No person who is able to maintain himself by labor or who has sufficient means shall be entitled to the benefits of the provision for the poor. In cases where women are unable to maintain themselves and the helpless children they may have, they may be aided to the extent required in the furnishing of food, clothing, or shelter.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 715; Code 1868, § 785; Code 1873, § 763; Code 1882, § 763; Civil Code 1895, § 438; Civil Code 1910, § 553; Code 1933, § 23-2301.)
GA Code § 36-12-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 12 - Supervision and Support of Paupers|§ 36-12-4. Liability of Person Sending Pauper to County for Support Purposes

 Any inhabitant of any county, city, town, or village in or out of this state who sends a pauper to some county in this state by paying the expense of his transportation or otherwise has him removed for the purpose of burdening some other community shall be personally liable for the support of the pauper in the county where he locates. If the person who transports a pauper is insolvent or does not respond to such demand from any cause, the county from which the transportation took place shall be liable.   (Orig. Code 1863, §§ 718, 719; Code 1868, §§ 789, 790; Code 1873, §§ 767, 768; Code 1882, §§ 767, 768; Civil Code 1895, §§ 442, 443; Civil Code 1910, §§ 557, 558; Code 1933, §§ 23-2305, 23-2306.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Welfare Laws, § 86.
GA Code § 36-12-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 12 - Supervision and Support of Paupers|§ 36-12-5. Interment or Cremation of Deceased Indigents

  Whenever any person dies in this state and the decedent, his or her family, and his or her immediate kindred are indigent and unable to provide for the decedent's decent interment or cremation, the governing authority of the county wherein the death occurs shall make available from county funds a sum sufficient to provide a decent interment or cremation of the deceased indigent person or to reimburse such person as may have expended the cost thereof voluntarily, the exact amount thereof to be determined by the governing authority of the county but shall not exceed the lesser of the actual costs of interment or cremation.   The Department of Corrections is authorized to reimburse the governing authority of the county where expenditures have been made in accordance with this Code section for the burial or cremation of any inmate under the authority, jurisdiction, or control of the Department of Corrections; but in no case shall the governing authority of the county be entitled to reimbursement where the decedent was in the custody of a county correctional institution or other county correctional facility.    (Ga. L. 1863-64, p. 60, § 1; Code 1868, § 788; Code 1873, § 766; Code 1882, § 766; Civil Code 1895, § 441; Civil Code 1910, § 556; Code 1933, § 23-2304; Ga. L. 1967, p. 616, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 971, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 616, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1048, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 722, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 34; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 27; Ga. L. 1985, p. 265, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 431, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2013, p. 669, § 1/SB 83.)   Cross references.   - Embalming, transportation, and care of bodies generally, T. 31, C. 21.    Notifying of commissioner of corrections and county coroner upon sudden death of inmate or death of inmate under unusual circumstances, § 42-5-7.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Coroner's right to reimbursement.    - When a coroner, not officially but as an individual, caused dead paupers, the victims of a storm, to be buried decently, the coroner was entitled to be reimbursed by the county. Walker v. Sheftall, 73 Ga. 806 (1884).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Nature of county's responsibility.    - County has fulfilled the county's responsibility under this section when the county makes available from county funds at least $75.00, but not more than $125.00, to provide a decent interment for a deceased pauper; whether these funds are used to provide a lined pine coffin, plus normal burial expenses, or any other means of decent interment, is at the option of the county. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U71-129 (decided prior to 1991 amendment deleting provisions relating to minimum and maximum amounts from O.C.G.A. § 36-12-5).
GA Code § 36-13-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 13 - Building, Electrical, and Other Codes|§ 36-13-1. Creation, Adoption, Amendment, and Repeal of Codes

 The county governing authority in this state is authorized to make, adopt, amend, and repeal building, housing, electrical, plumbing, gas, and other similar codes relating to the construction, livability, sanitation, erection, equipment, alteration, repair, occupancy, or removal of buildings and structures located outside of the corporate limits of any municipality in the county.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 560, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Buildings, §§ 2 et seq., 44.   ALR.   - Rights of permittee under illegally issued building permit, 6 A.L.R.2d 960.   Zoning authority as estopped from revoking legally issued building permit, 26 A.L.R.5th 736.
GA Code § 36-13-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 13 - Building, Electrical, and Other Codes|§ 36-13-2. Matters Which May Be Covered by County Codes

 The codes authorized in Code Section 36-13-1 may embrace such matters as the preparation and submission of plans and specifications; issuance of permits; standards governing the kind, quality, and performance of materials, equipment, and workmanship; establishment of fire zones; fireproofing; means of egress and ingress; floor area per occupant; and sanitary facilities and usage proceedings in connection with unsafe, unsanitary, or inadequate structures. The enumeration in this Code section shall not be construed as being exclusive.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 560, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Buildings, § 13 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 101A C.J.S., Zoning and Land Planning, § 255 et seq.
GA Code § 36-13-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 13 - Building, Electrical, and Other Codes|§ 36-13-3. Adoption of Codes by Reference to National or Regional Codes

 The codes authorized in Code Section 36-13-1 may be adopted by reference to national or regional codes.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 560, § 3.)
GA Code § 36-13-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 13 - Building, Electrical, and Other Codes|§ 36-13-4. Contracts With Other Political Subdivisions to Issue Building Permits and Enforce Codes

 The county governing authority is permitted to contract with municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state possessing the authority to issue building permits and to enforce building, electrical, plumbing, gas, housing, and other similar codes, in order to administer efficiently the powers granted under this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 560, § 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 423 et seq.
GA Code § 36-13-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 13 - Building, Electrical, and Other Codes|§ 36-13-5. Appointment of Inspectors and Assistants

 The county governing authority shall have the authority to appoint building, electrical, plumbing, gas, and housing inspectors for its county and to appoint such other assistants as the authority may deem necessary.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 560, § 5.)
GA Code § 36-13-5.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 13 - Building, Electrical, and Other Codes|§ 36-13-5.1. Issuance of Citations for Violation in Certain Counties; Jurisdiction; Warrant for Arrest for Failure to Appear in Response to Citation

 In all counties of this state having a population of 550,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census, any employee who is authorized to enforce any county code, ordinance, regulation, rule, or other order, including such related ordinances, codes, and regulations as drainage regulations, soil erosion and sedimentation control regulations, subdivision and zoning regulations, water and sewer regulations, and any other land development or construction regulations of such county, shall have the authority to issue citations to any person who shall violate any such county code, ordinance, regulation, or order which shall be in effect in such counties. Such citations shall command the appearance of such person at a designated regular session of a court in such county having the jurisdiction of a commitment court throughout the entire county. At such time and place such court shall act as a court of inquiry with all the powers and authorities as specified in Code Section 17-8-5. In the event that any such person shall fail to appear in response to a citation, a warrant shall be issued for the arrest of such person for violation of such county code, ordinance, regulation, rule, or order without the necessity of any further action.    (Ga. L. 1981, p. 3261, § 1; Code 1981, §36-13-5.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 35; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 27; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36.)
GA Code § 36-13-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 13 - Building, Electrical, and Other Codes|§ 36-13-6. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations Concerning Permits and Inspections; Establishment of Fees or Charges

 The county governing authority shall have the authority to make rules and regulations concerning permits for and inspections of construction equipment and the alteration, repair, or removal of buildings, signs, and other structures outside the corporate limits of municipalities located in its county. It may prescribe fees or charges for permits and inspections, which fees shall be fixed and charged by the governing authority and shall be paid to the county treasurer by the applicant for such permits or inspections.   (Ga. L. 1961, p. 560, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Buildings, § 9 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 101A C.J.S., Zoning and Land Planning, §§ 64, 65, 131, 255, 256.
GA Code § 36-13-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 13 - Building, Electrical, and Other Codes|§ 36-13-7. Areas to Which Codes, Rules, and Regulations May Be Made Applicable

 The county governing authority shall have the authority to make such codes, rules, and regulations as are permitted under this chapter for:    The entire unincorporated area of the county;   Any militia district within the unincorporated area of the county;   Any land lot;   Any land and water areas 500 feet wide on either side of any state or county highway or any section of such highway within the unincorporated area of the county;   Any land or water areas 500 feet wide on either side of any water line of the stream or water reservoir or section thereof within the unincorporated area of the county; or   Any portion of the unincorporated area of the county lying within a specified distance of the boundaries of a municipality in the county.    (Ga. L. 1961, p. 560, § 8.)