O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 32-1-11 (2019)

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✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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This title shall be construed liberally to effectuate its purposes.

History

Code 1933, § 95A-103, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in National Adv. Co. v. Department of Transp., 149 Ga. App. 334, 254 S.E.2d 571 (1979).

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CHAPTER 2 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Article 1

General Provisions.

32-2-1. Composition of department.

32-2-2. Powers and duties of department generally.

32-2-3. Development of transportation plans; public hearings; approval of plans by board; promulgation of rules and regulations.

32-2-4. Information for traveling public.

32-2-4.1. Gateway Center safety rest area and information center.

32-2-5. Actions by or against department.

32-2-6. Liability of department for actions against counties; procedure to institute actions.

32-2-7. Compensation for employees injured in line of duty.

32-2-8. Department to fly POW-MIA flag at interstate rest areas.

Article 2

State Transportation Board.

32-2-20. Composition of board; qualifications of members; terms of office; selection of members; filling of vacancies; officers; meetings; compensation.

32-2-21. Powers and duties of board generally.

32-2-22. Definitions; responsibilities of director and Planning Division; approval of program and plan.

Article 3

Officers.

32-2-40. Selection of commissioner of transportation; term; vacancy; bond; other elective office.

32-2-41. Powers, duties, and authority of commissioner; establishment of divisions.

32-2-41.1. Progress report and State-wide strategic transportation plan.

32-2-41.2. Development of benchmarks; reports; value engineering studies.

32-2-42. Deputy commissioner of transportation; chief engineer; treasurer and assistant treasurer.

32-2-43. Director of planning; appointment; responsibilities.

Article 4

Exercise of Power to Contract Generally.

32-2-60. Authority to contract; form and content of construction contracts; bonds.

32-2-61. Limitations on power to contract.

32-2-62. Advertising of nonnegotiated construction contracts; approval of negotiated construction contracts; factors to be considered by board for priority of projects.

32-2-63. Authority of commissioner to execute contracts and authority lease agreements.

32-2-64. Required letting of contracts by public bid; posting bid on department website sufficient.

32-2-65. Advertising for bids.

32-2-66. Prequalifications of contractors and subcontractors.

32-2-67. Payment by bidder to cover costs.

32-2-68. Proposal guaranty by bidder.

32-2-69. Bidding process and award of contract.

32-2-70. Bonds of successful bidder.

32-2-71. Failure of successful bidder to sign contract or furnish bonds.

32-2-72. Oath by successful bidder.

32-2-73. Supplemental and extension agreements.

32-2-74. Effect of federal laws on Code Sections 32-2-60 through 32-2-73; power of department to secure benefits of federal-aid program.

32-2-75. Contract clauses for retainage of amounts constituting a percentage of gross value of completed work; time of final payment of retained amounts to contractor.

32-2-76. Contract clauses providing for escrow agreements; mandatory provisions of escrow agreements.

32-2-77. Liability of treasurer of the department or other appropriate authority and state to contractor or surety.

32-2-78. Definitions.

32-2-79. Reporting on congestion mitigation; letting of projects.

32-2-80. Public and private financing of projects; prohibitions; request for proposed process; no delegation of eminent domain; performance and payment security.

32-2-81. "Design-build procedure" defined; procedures for utilization; limitation on contracting; report.

Cross references. - Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, T. 50, C. 32.

Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2004, p. 898, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "The department will form a pilot program that will provide a state level flow through point for any available federal funding or other forms of financial and development sources and assistance for local, regional, and public-private streetcar projects. Any funding through bonds for such pilot and grant program shall be administered by the State Road and Tollway Authority." This provision for a pilot program was repealed by Ga. L. 2006, p. 498, § 5/SB 150.

Administrative Rules and Regulations. - Rules of general applicability, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Department of Transportation, Chapter 672-1.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Actions Against Road Contractors for Inadequate Warning of Construction Hazards, 72 Am. Jur. Trials 215.

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ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: Eagle West, LLC v. Georgia Dep't of Transp., 720 S.E.2d 317 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011).
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Eagle West, LLC v. Georgia Dep't of Transp., 720 S.E.2d 317 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 32-1-11; see generally Walker, supra at 291 (2) (a) (OCGA § 32-2-2 generally provides DOT with authority to manage and maintain the state’s highways); OCGA § 32-2-2 (a) (1) (DOT’s powers and duties, “unless otherwise expressly limited by law, shall include but not be…”
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