O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-8 (2019)

Insurance of state property required; self-insurance program authorized

✓ 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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The Governor shall keep insured all the insurable property of the state including, but not limited to, the public buildings and the contents thereof. The Governor is authorized to draw his warrant upon the state treasury annually for such sums as may be necessary to keep the insurable property of the state adequately protected by insurance. The Governor, in keeping the state’s property insured, shall implement a sound program of self-insurance as provided in Code Sections 50-16-9 through 50-16-11 which may include assuming by the state some, or all, of the various risks or hazards under such plan of self-insurance.

History

Ga. L. 1960, p. 1160, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Comprehensive insurance plan contemplated. - Ga. L. 1960, p. 1160, §§ 1-3 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 50-16-8, 50-16-9, and 50-16-11) contemplate one overall comprehensive plan covering all of the state’s insurable property, and not a plan broken up into components of the various

state departments and authorities. 1960-61 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 12. State authority-owned property comes within purview of Ga. L. 1960, p. 1160, §§ 1-3 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 50-16-8, 50-16-9, and 50-16-11). 1960-61 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 12.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Availability of proceeds of insurance on public building for purpose other than restoring or replacing the building damaged or destroyed, 65 A.L.R. 1124.

Right or duty to carry insurance on public property, 100 A.L.R. 600.