O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 36-10-2 (2019)
Letting of contracts for public works
✓ 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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Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2000, p. 498, § 2, effective April 20, 2000.
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Editor’s notes. - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 159, § 1; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 183, § 1; Code 1882, § 493a; Civil Code 1895, § 344; Civil
Code 1910, § 387; Code 1933, § 23-1702; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 36; Ga. L. 1989, p. 356, § 4.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1986–1999 · leading case: Ruby-Collins, Inc. v. Cobb Cnty., 515 S.E.2d 187 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999).
Ruby-Collins, Inc. v. Cobb Cnty., 515 S.E.2d 187 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). “OCGA § 36-10-2 provides: Whenever it becomes necessary to build or repair any courthouse, jail, bridge, causeway, or other public works in any county, the county governing authority shall cause the same to be built or repaired by letting out the contract therefor to the lowest…”
Metric Constructors, Inc. v. Gwinnett Cnty., Ga., 729 F. Supp. 101 (N.D. Ga. 1990). “Both parties agree that the project at issue in this case was subject to the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 36-10-2, which regulates public works projects.”
S.J. Groves & Sons Co. v. Fulton Cnty., 696 F. Supp. 1480 (N.D. Ga. 1987). “The plaintiffs sued Fulton County for breach of contract, arguing in Counts I through V that the county’s rejection of the plaintiffs’ bid violated Georgia’s low-bid statute, O.C.G.A. § 36-10-2, and that the MBE program violated the Georgia Constitution (Art.”
Glynn Cnty. v. Teal, 345 S.E.2d 347 (Ga. 1986). “OCGA § 36-10-2. (Emphasis supplied.) It further provides that “[i]f, in their discretion, the public interest and *176 economy require it, the county authorities may build or repair any public buildings, bridges, causeways, or other public property in the county by contract or…”
S.J. Groves & Sons Co. v. Fulton Cnty., 920 F.2d 752 (11th Cir. 1991). “If, in their discretion, the public interest and economy require it, the county authorities may build or repair any public buildings, bridges, causeways, or other public property in the county by contract or sealed proposals, .”
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