O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 32-1-1 (2019)

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

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This title shall be known as the ‘‘Georgia Code of Public Transportation.’’

History

Code 1933, § 95A-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 13 cases, 1995–2016 · leading case: Evans Timber Co. v. Cent. of Georgia R.R., 519 S.E.2d 706 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999).

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Evans Timber Co. v. Cent. of Georgia R.R., 519 S.E.2d 706 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 8× “At the close of trial of the case, the trial court granted Central's motion for directed verdict on Evans Timber's cross-claim finding that the GCPT, OCGA § 32-1-1 et seq., displaced the common-law duty of a railroad to install warning devices at a public road grade crossing.”

Diamond v. Dep't of Transp., 756 S.E.2d 277 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “The Georgia Code of Public Transportation, OCGA § 32-1-1 et seq., establishes a system for delegating administrative and operational responsibilities for the public roads among the state, counties, and municipalities.”

Johns v. CSX Transp., Inc., 210 F. Supp. 3d 1357 (M.D. Ga. 2016). · cites it 2× “Duty to Install Active Warning Devices Georgia Code of Public •Transportation (“GCPT”), O.C.G.A. § 32-1-1, et seq. imposes upon railroad companies a general duty to maintain grade crossings: Any railroad whose track or tracks cross a public road at grade shall have a duty to…”

Kitchen v. CSX Transp., Inc., 453 S.E.2d 712 (Ga. 1995). · cites it 2× “In 1973, the Georgia Code of Public Transportation (“GCPT”), OCGA § 32-1-1 et seq., Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1, was enacted “to revise, classify, consolidate and repeal .”

Chandler v. Robinson, 506 S.E.2d 121 (Ga. 1998). · cites it 2× “6 OCGA § 32-1-1 et seq. 7 Jordan v. Way, 235 Ga.”

Town of Register v. Fortner, 586 S.E.2d 54 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 32-6-51 is part of the Georgia Code of Public Transportation (GCPT), OCGA § 32-1-1 et seq., which was enacted in 1973 to revise, classify, consolidate and repeal other laws relating to all public roads and bridges, and to establish new laws relating thereto.”

Georgia Dep't of Transp. v. Wyche, 774 S.E.2d 169 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “Although the DOT is tasked with the duty to “plan, designate, improve, manage, control, construct, and maintain a state highway system” 9 under the Georgia Code of Public Transportation, OCGA § 32-1-1 et seq., nothing in that Code prohibits the DOT from delegating its…”

Dep't of Transp. v. Carr, 564 S.E.2d 14 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “6 OCGA § 32-1-1 et seq. 7 See OCGA § 32-2-2 (a) (1).”

CSX Transp., Inc. v. Trism Specialized Carriers, Inc., 9 F. Supp. 2d 1374 (N.D. Ga. 1998). · cites it 2× “; O.C.G.A. § 32-1-1 et seq.). The purpose and legislative intent of the GCPT is further set out in O.”

Bentley v. CSX Transp., Inc., 437 F. Supp. 2d 1327 (N.D. Ga. 2006). · cites it 2× “947; O.C.G.A. § 32-1-1 et seq.). The purpose and legislative intent of GCPT is “to provide a code of statutes for the public roads and other transportation facilities of the state, the counties, and municipalities of Georgia .”

Crockett v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., 95 F. Supp. 2d 1353 (N.D. Ga. 2000). · cites it 2× “Duty to Install Active Warning Signals [10] “In 1973, the [Georgia Code of Public Transportation (GCPT) ], O.C.G.A. § 32-1-1 et seq., was enacted to revise, classify, consolidate and repeal other laws relating to all public roads and bridges, and to establish new laws relating…”

Long Ex Rel. Est. of Long v. CSX Transp., Inc., 635 F. App'x 724 (11th Cir. 2015). “Plaintiff also argues that CSXT had a common law duty to relocate the protective devices.”

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