TITLE 32 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES

Section 4. State, County, and Municipal Road Systems, 32-4-1 through 32-4-123.

ARTICLE 4 MUNICIPAL STREET SYSTEMS

32-4-113. Limitations on power to contract; at least two estimates required for certain expenditures.

1. A municipality is prohibited from negotiating a contract except a contract:
   1. Involving the expenditure of less than $200,000.00;
   2. With a state agency or political subdivision as authorized by Code Sections 32-4-111 and 32-4-112;
   3. With a railroad or railway company or a publicly or privately owned utility as authorized by Article 6 of Chapter 6 of this title;
   4. For engineering or other kinds of professional or specialized services;
   5. For emergency maintenance requiring immediate repairs to a public road, including but not limited to bridge repairs, snow and ice removal, and repairs due to flood conditions; or
   6. Otherwise expressly authorized by law.
2. No contract involving an expenditure of more than $20,000.00 but less than $200,000.00 shall be awarded under this Code section without the submission of at least two estimates.

(Code 1933, § 95A-834, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 356, § 3; Ga. L. 2014, p. 851, § 4/HB 774.)

The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); substituted "$200,000.00" for "$20,000.00" in paragraph (a)(1); and added subsection (b).