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Title 32. HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES · Chapter 4. STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL ROAD SYSTEMS · Article 4. MUNICIPAL STREET SYSTEMS · Part 2. EXERCISE BY MUNICIPALITIES OF POWER TO CONTRACT GENERALLY

32-4-113. Limitations on power to contract; at least two estimates required for certain expenditures.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    A municipality is prohibited from negotiating a contract except a contract:#

    1. (1)

      Involving the expenditure of less than $250,000.00;#

    2. (2)

      With a state agency or political subdivision as authorized by Code Sections 32-4-111 and 32-4-112;#

    3. (3)

      With a railroad or railway company or a publicly or privately owned utility as authorized by Article 6 of Chapter 6 of this title;#

    4. (4)

      For engineering or other kinds of professional or specialized services;#

    5. (5)

      For emergency maintenance requiring immediate repairs to a public road, including but not limited to bridge repairs, snow and ice removal, and repairs due to flood conditions; or#

    6. (6)

      Otherwise expressly authorized by law.#

  2. (b)

    No contract involving an expenditure of more than $20,000.00 but less than $250,000.00 shall be awarded under this Code section without the submission of at least two estimates.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 95A-834, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 356, § 3; Ga. L. 2014, p. 851, § 4/HB 774; Ga. L. 2025, p. 488, § 5/HB 137, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “$250,000.00” for “$200,000.00” in paragraph (a)(1) and in subsection (b).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t32-(v23a)-pdf.pdf, Volume V23A, 2019 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 54 to 55; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 c9639eaf431d.