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

O.C.G.A. § 32-8-6 (2019)

Construction of chapter; power of department to take action necessary to secure benefit of federal-aid programs

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) Nothing in this chapter is intended to conflict with any federal law, and in case of such conflict such portion as may be in conflict with such federal law is declared of no effect to the extent of the conflict.

(b) The department is authorized to take the necessary steps to secure the full benefit of any federal-aid program and to meet any contingencies not provided for in this chapter, abiding at all times by a fundamental purpose to plan, construct, reconstruct, and maintain, as economically as possible, the public roads and other major transportation facilities of Georgia which will best promote the interest, welfare, and progress of the citizens of Georgia.

History

Code 1933, § 95A-624, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L.

1979, p. 973, § 8; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1737, § 3.

CHAPTER 9 MASS TRANSPORTATION Article 1

Article 2

General Provisions

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)

Sec.

Financial support and project grants for research, programs, and purchases. Operation by department of facilities or systems; financial assistance to systems; prohibition relating to certain Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Services. Financial assistance for transportation services for elderly and handicapped persons [Repealed]. Designation of special or exclusive use travel lanes; use of such lanes.

Annotations

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." Ga. L. 2006, p. 498, § 5/SB 150, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for the repeal of Ga. L. 2004, p. 898, § 2, effective April 27, 2006.

Administrative Rules and Regulations. - Grant programs, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Department of Transportation, Chapter 672-12.

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ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Editor's notes. - Code Sections 32-9-1 through 32-9-12 were designated as Article 1 by Ga. L. 2018, p. 377, § 3-1/HB930, effective May 3, 2018.