2021 Georgia Code
Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries
Chapter 2 - Department of Transportation
Article 2 - State Transportation Board
§ 32-2-21. Powers and Duties of Board Generally
The board shall be charged with the general control and supervision of the department. In the exercise of such general control and supervision, the board shall have such duties, powers, and authority as are expressly vested in it by this title, including but not limited to:
- Designation of public roads on the state highway system;
- Approval of negotiated construction contracts, of authority lease agreements, or of the advertising of nonnegotiated construction contracts; and
- Approval of all long-range plans and programs of the department.
(Ga. L. 1925, p. 208, § 3; Code 1933, § 95-1606; Ga. L. 1950, p. 62, § 6; Code 1933, § 95A-307, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 591, § 2; Ga. L. 2009, p. 976, § 3/SB 200.)
Cross references.- State Transportation Board, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IV, Sec. IV.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Voluntary dismissal of claims with prejudice was not a contract and, thus, O.C.G.A. §§ 23-2-20 and32-2-21 did not apply to authorize setting aside of the dismissal. Kent v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 233 Ga. App. 564, 504 S.E.2d 710 (1998).
Cited in Outdoor Adv. Ass'n v. DOT, 186 Ga. App. 550, 367 S.E.2d 827 (1988).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Lapse of appropriations that become deobligated.
- Appropriated state funds which become deobligated during a subsequent fiscal year are subject to lapse and may not be applied to contracts for which motor fuel tax appropriations were previously committed. 1993 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 93-9.
