2021 Georgia Code
Title 50 - State Government
Chapter 21 - Waiver of Sovereign Immunity as to Actions Ex Contractu; State Tort Claims


Cross references.

- Immunity of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, § 20-3-36.

Immunity of the Private Colleges and Universities Facilities Authority, § 20-3-205.

Immunity of municipal corporations, § 36-33-1.

Sovereign immunity generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. II, Para. IX.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1982, p. 2261, § 1 also enacted a Chapter 21 of Title 50, which was thereupon unofficially designated Chapter 22 of this title and then officially redesignated as Article 8 of Chapter 12 of this title by Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 39.

Law reviews.

- For article, "Georgia's Public Duty Doctrine: The Supreme Court Held Hostage," see 51 Mercer L. Rev. 73 (1999). For comment, "Keeping the Arms in Touch: Taking Political Accountability Seriously in the Eleventh Amendment Arm of the State Doctrine," see 64 Emory L.J. 819 (2015).

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