2022 Georgia Code
Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft
Chapter 2 - Georgia Ports Authority
§ 52-2-30. Revenue Bonds — Confirmation and Validation of Bonds; Venue of Actions to Confirm and Validate Bonds or to Enforce Rights Under Chapter

Bonds of the authority shall be confirmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of Chapter 82 of Title 36, the “Revenue Bond Law.” Any such action and any action to protect or enforce any rights under this chapter and any suit or action against the authority shall be brought in the Superior Court of Chatham County, which shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of such actions; provided, however, that the venue of an action for a tort shall be brought in the county wherein committed if the authority has a facility located therein, otherwise Chatham County.

History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 16; Ga. L. 1963, p. 342, § 6; Ga. L. 1986, p. 164, § 1; Ga. L. 2022, p. 352, § 52/HB 1428.

The 2022 amendment, effective May 2, 2022, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “provided, however, that” for “provided, however,”.

Code Commission notes.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, a comma was inserted following “provided” in the second sentence.

Editor’s notes.

Ga. L. 1986, p. 164, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provided: “This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor [approved March 18, 1986] or upon its becoming law without such approval and shall be applicable to any suit or action filed on or after such date. The provisions of this Act shall not affect any suit or action filed prior to the effective date of this Act in the Superior Court of Fulton County.”