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O.C.G.A. § 32-4-62 — Contracts with state, state agencies, adjoining counties, and incorporated municipalities of county | Georgia Code
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TITLE 32 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES

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

ARTICLE 3 COUNTY ROAD SYSTEMS

32-4-62. Contracts with state, state agencies, adjoining counties, and incorporated municipalities of county.

  1. Subject to the limitations of this Code section, in addition to the authority to contract with a private contractor, a county may enter into a contract with the state, a state agency, another county or municipality, or with any combination or number of the foregoing entities for work on any public road system of Georgia.
  2. Such a contract with a state agency is subject to the limitations of Code Section 32-2-61, including the cost of the negotiated contract, and the right of the department to supervise performance of the contract.
  3. A county shall have authority to enter into a contract with adjoining counties for the joint work on a road constituting a part of the county road system of those counties which are parties to such contract.
  4. A county shall have the authority provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 32-4-112 to contract with a municipality and expend funds for work on public roads within a municipality in the county.

(Code 1933, § 95A-818, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Provision that county treasurer or other county official shall not receive commission on funds received or disbursed in connection with county contracts with Department of Transportation for construction or repair of roads, § 36-6-13.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Contract for improvement of county road located in municipality.

- County may, by contract, obtain the cooperation of a municipality in the right-of-way acquisition for, and construction and maintenance of, a county road located within the municipality, but the county cannot require this of a municipality absent an appropriate contract. 1986 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U86-27.

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