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Título 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Capítulo 92. WAIVER OF IMMUNITY FOR MOTOR VEHICLE CLAIMS

36-92-1. Definitions.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. As used in this chapter, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Claim” means any demand against a local government entity for money for a loss caused by negligence of a local government entity officer or employee using a covered motor vehicle while carrying out his or her official duties or employment.#

  3. (2)

    “Covered” motor vehicle means:#

    1. (A)

      Any motor vehicle owned by the local government entity; and#

    2. (B)

      Any motor vehicle leased or rented by the local government entity.#

  4. (3)

    “Local government entity” means any county, municipal corporation, or consolidated city-county government of this state. Such term shall not include a local school system.#

  5. (4)

    “Local government officer or employee” means:#

    1. (A)

      An officer, agent, servant, attorney, or employee of a local government entity; or#

    2. (B)

      A sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other agent, servant, or employee of a sheriff’s office.#

  6. (5)

    “Loss” means personal injury, disease, death, damage to tangible property, including lost wages and economic loss to the person who suffered the injury, disease, or death; pain and suffering; mental anguish; loss of consortium; and any other element of actual damages recoverable in actions for negligence.#

  7. (6)

    “Motor vehicle” means any automobile, bus, motorcycle, truck, trailer, or semitrailer, including its equipment, and any other equipment permanently attached thereto, designed or licensed for use on the public streets, roads, and highways of the state.#

  8. (7)

    “Occurrence” means an accident involving a covered motor vehicle.#

Nota de lectura: una palabra dividida en dos líneas en el volumen impreso se unió por regla y no pudo comprobarse contra el vocabulario del propio volumen. La página oficial enlazada abajo resuelve cualquier duda.

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1981, § 36-92-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 579, § 3; Ga. L. 2019, p. 781, § 1/SB 29.

Law reviews

For annual survey on local government law, see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 205 (2013). For article, “What’s the ‘Use’: Vehicle Maintenance Liability Barred by Sovereign Immunity Amendment Intended to Promote Waiver,” see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 651 (2018).

Leer la página oficial (el PDF del estado, abierto en la página de la que se leyó este texto).

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Texto leído de t36-ch60-92-(v27a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volumen V27A, edición 2025, páginas 667 a 668; acción de fusión: bound only; SHA-256 del archivo 5150ee8c60f7.