O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 50-22-1 (2019)

Purpose and policy

✓ 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 purpose of this chapter is to provide managerial control by the state over the acquisition of the professional services provided by architects, professional engineers, landscape architects, land surveyors, and interior designers. It is declared to be the policy of this state to announce publicly requirements for such professional services, to encourage all qualified persons to put themselves in a position to be considered for a contract, and to enter into contracts for such professional services on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification for the types of professional services required at fair and reasonable fees.

MANAGERIAL CONTROL - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

History

Code 1981, § 50-22-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1648, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1139, § 1/HB 155.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Legislation required to allow Department of Transportation to exceed limitations on professional services contracts. - While the provisions of O.C.G.A. § 32-2-73 do not apply to contracts for professional services which are

governed by O.C.G.A. T. 50, C. 22, legislation is required to allow the Department of Transportation to exceed the limitations on such professional services contracts found in O.C.G.A. § 50-6-25(b). 1994 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U94-14.