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# O.C.G.A. § 31-2A-10. Venue of actions against department or board.

Actions at law and in equity against the department, the board, or any of its members predicated upon omissions or acts done in their official capacity or under color thereof shall be brought in the appropriate county; provided, however, that nothing in this Code section shall be construed as waiving the immunity of the state to be sued without its consent.

## History

Code 1933, § 88-118, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1981, § 31-2-5; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31; Code 1981, § 31-2-10, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-1/HB 228; Code 1981, § 31-2A-10, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 3-2/HB 214.