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title: O.C.G.A. § 52-2-4. Creation of authority; status of authority as an instrumentality of state and a public corporation.
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heading_path: WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT / GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY
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# O.C.G.A. § 52-2-4. Creation of authority; status of authority as an instrumentality of state and a public corporation.

There is created a body corporate and politic, to be known as the Georgia Ports Authority, which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation; and by that name, style, and title the authority may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts.

## History

Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 2; Ga. L. 1949, p. 778, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 120, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 457, § 2.