O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 36-10-2.1 (2019)

Letting by counties with population of 800,000 or more

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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In any county of this state having a population of 800,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 2000 or any future such census, contracts for building or repairing any courthouse or other public building, jail, bridge, causeway, or other public works or public property shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, but the governing authority of any such county shall have the right to reject any or all bids for any such contract. The governing authority of any such county, in considering whether a bidder is responsible, may consider the bidder’s quality of work, general reputation in the community, financial responsibility, previous employment on public works, and compliance with a minority business enterprise participation plan or making a good faith effort to comply with the goals of such a plan.

History

Code 1981, § 36-10-2.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 309, § 1; Ga. L.

1987, p. 166, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1473, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Minority business enterprise. - Enactment of O.C.G.A. § 36-10-2.1 did not affirm a county’s authority to take minority business enterprise compliance into account in letting contracts prior to 1986.

S.J. Groves & Sons Co. v. Fulton County, 920 F.2d 752 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 500 U.S. 959, 111 S. Ct. 2274, 114 L. Ed. 2d 725, cert. denied, 501 U.S. 1252, 111 S. Ct. 2893, 115 L. Ed. 2d 1057 (1991).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1991–1991 · leading case: S.J. Groves & Sons Co. v. Fulton Cnty., 920 F.2d 752 (11th Cir. 1991).

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S.J. Groves & Sons Co. v. Fulton Cnty., 920 F.2d 752 (11th Cir. 1991). “Finally, we note that in 1986 the Georgia legislature enacted O.C.G.A. § 36-10-2.1, which permits Georgia counties of a certain size to consider compliance with an MBE program as an element of a bidder’s responsibility.”

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