O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 23-3-126 (2019)
Remedies nonexclusive; construction of provisions
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) The provisions of this article shall not be deemed exclusive, and the remedies provided for in this article shall be in addition to any other remedies provided for in any other law or available under common law.
(b) This article shall be broadly construed and applied to promote the public’s interest in combating fraud and false claims directed at the public’s funds.
History
Code 1981, § 23-3-126, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 127, § 1-2/HB 822.
Annotations
Code Commission notes. - Pursuant
to Code Section § 28-9-5, in 2012, ‘‘This article’’ was substituted for ‘‘This Act’’ in subsection (b).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2016–2016 · leading case: McKinney v. Fuciarelli, 785 S.E.2d 861 (Ga. 2016).
McKinney v. Fuciarelli, 785 S.E.2d 861 (Ga. 2016). “Finally, Fuciarelli posits that, when coupled with the plain language of the TPAFCA, the broad construction provision of the Act, OCGA § 23-3-126 (b), supports the conclusion that the legislature used the phrase “civil actions under this article,” to require Attorney General…”
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