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2006 Georgia Code - 32-4-71
32-4-71. (a) If the payment bond required by paragraph
(2) of Code Section 32-4-69 is not taken, the county shall be
liable to subcontractors, laborers, materialmen, and other persons,
as provided in Part 4 of Article 3 of Chapter 91 of Title 36, for
losses to them resulting from failure to take such bond.
(b) If the condition of bridge
repair authorized by Code Section 32-4-70 to be added to the
performance bond is not taken, the contracting county or counties
shall be primarily liable for all injuries caused by reason of any
defective bridge for damages occurring within seven years of the
contractor´s work on the bridge and its acceptance by the
county or counties, provided that the county shall be discharged
from all liability upon the inclusion in the performance bond of
the aforesaid bridge repair condition. (c) Nothing in this Code section shall be
construed so as to impose personal liability on the county
governing authority.
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