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O.C.G.A. § 20-3-71 — Nuclear facility liability insurance for schools under regents | Georgia Code

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TITLE 20 EDUCATION

Section 3. Postsecondary Education, 20-3-1 through 20-3-660.

ARTICLE 2 BOARD OF REGENTS AND UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

20-3-71. Nuclear facility liability insurance for schools under regents.

The board of regents is authorized to secure liability insurance covering the operation of any nuclear facility established at any school under the control of the board. Such liability insurance shall cover all teachers, instructors, employees, and any other person, firm, or corporation performing services incident to the nuclear facility above mentioned. Any such insurance shall contain a provision that the sovereign immunity of the board shall not be asserted as a defense by the insurer without the specific prior approval of the board. The insurance may be in any amount deemed proper by the board but shall not exceed the sum of $250,000.00.

(Ga. L. 1960, p. 1027, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 20.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Powers delegated to regents do not include by clear implication power to waive sovereign immunity by the contractual assumption of tort liability. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-261.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Tort liability for nonmedical radiological harm, 73 A.L.R.4th 582.

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