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2018 Georgia Code 32-6-198 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

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TITLE 32 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES

Section 6. Regulation of Maintenance and Use of Public Roads Generally, 32-6-1 through 32-6-248.

ARTICLE 6 PUBLIC UTILITIES

32-6-198. Agreements as to grade crossing elimination.

Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent the department, a county, or a municipality from reaching special agreements with a railroad company providing for grade crossing elimination by means of relocation of either the railroad or public road involved or by other means not expressly provided for in this part and from arranging joint participation in the cost of such elimination in accordance with the procedures in Code Section 32-6-195.

(Ga. L. 1927, p. 299, § 12; Code 1933, § 95-1912; Code 1933, § 95A-1012, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Railroad may enter agreement to pay less than half of costs.

- Railroad and the State Highway Department (now Department of Transportation) may agree for joint participation in the cost of elimination of a grade crossing on the basis of less than 50 percent to the railroad. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 616.

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