Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

32-4-119. Bonds of successful bidder.

Active

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

Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 91 of Title 36 to the contrary, where the contract price is $5,000.00 or more, no construction contract of a municipality, other than a contract solely for engineering or other professional services, shall be valid unless the contractor first gives:
(1)
A performance and payment bond which meets the requirements of Parts 1, 3, and 4 of Article 3 of Chapter 91 of Title 36; and#
(2)
Such other bonds or insurance policies required by the municipality in its proposal forms, including but not limited to public liability and property damage insurance bonds or policies and bonds to maintain in good condition such completed construction for a period of not less than five years.#

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

Ga. L. 1922, p. 37, § 1b; Code 1933, § 95-1104; Code 1933, § 95A-840, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 820, § 8; Ga. L. 2007, p. 167, § 5/HB 192.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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

Text read from t32-(v23a)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V23A, 2019 edition, page 190; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 04a286a38b4e.

Ask about this section

The answer is drawn from this section and, when they fit, the other sections of its chapter. It quotes the text and names the section for each claim. Not legal advice.