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# O.C.G.A. § 20-3-36. Applicability of sovereign immunity doctrine.

The applicability of the doctrine of sovereign immunity to the board of regents is reaffirmed, except to the extent that the General Assembly may expressly provide.

## History

Ga. L. 1976, p. 452, § 1.

## Cross References

Waiver of sovereign immunity in nuclear facility liability insurance, § 20-3-71.

Waiver of sovereign immunity in actions for breach of written contracts entered into by the state, its departments, and others, § 50-21-1.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1976, p. 452, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “That part of section 3 of an Act providing for the establishment of a public seat of learning in Georgia and creating ‘the Trustees of the University of Georgia,’ approved January 27, 1785 (Ga. L. 1785, pp. 560, 561, Sec. 3; Cobb’s Digest, pp. 1082, 1084, Sec. III), which provides that the said trustees ‘shall and may be a person in law, capable to plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, answer and be answered unto,’ as amended, is hereby repealed in its entirety.”

## Law Reviews

For survey article on torts, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 271 (1982).

For comment, “Keeping the Arms in Touch: Taking Political Accountability Seriously in the Eleventh Amendment Arm of the State Doctrine,” see 64 Emory L.J. 819 (2015).