O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-1094 (2019)

School boards to keep insurance policies

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Policies issued under Code Section 20-2-1090 shall be filed with and retained by the respective school boards for the benefit of the school children patronizing the school buses and for the benefit of the general public.

History

Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, § 5; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 20.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Insurance company writing insurance in compliance with this section may be sued directly on the contract by a member of the public who sustains damage to the individual’s person or property resulting from the negligent operation of

the school buses covered by the contract. Krasner v. Harper, 90 Ga. App. 128, 82 S.E.2d 267, 1954 Ga. App. LEXIS 651, aff’d, American Guarantee & Liability Ins. Co. v. Krasner, 211 Ga. 142, 84 S.E.2d 46, 1954 Ga. LEXIS 494 (1954).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL District liable for injuries to extent that required insurance procured. - School district is not liable in tort for injuries to students except to the extent

that insurance has been procured therefor under Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, §§ 1 through 5. 1960-61 Ga. Op. Att’y Gen. 166.

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