Limitations on Power to Contract; at Least Two Estimates Required for Certain Expenditures

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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries
  4. State, County, and Municipal Road Systems
  5. Municipal Street Systems
  6. Exercise by Municipalities of Power to Contract Generally
  7. Limitations on Power to Contract; at Least Two Estimates Required for Certain Expenditures

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  1. A municipality is prohibited from negotiating a contract except a contract:
    1. Involving the expenditure of less than $200,000.00;
    2. With a state agency or political subdivision as authorized by Code Sections 32-4-111 and 32-4-112;
    3. With a railroad or railway company or a publicly or privately owned utility as authorized by Article 6 of Chapter 6 of this title;
    4. For engineering or other kinds of professional or specialized services;
    5. For emergency maintenance requiring immediate repairs to a public road, including but not limited to bridge repairs, snow and ice removal, and repairs due to flood conditions; or
    6. Otherwise expressly authorized by law.
  2. No contract involving an expenditure of more than $20,000.00 but less than $200,000.00 shall be awarded under this Code section without the submission of at least two estimates.

(Code 1933, § 95A-834, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 356, § 3; Ga. L. 2014, p. 851, § 4/HB 774.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Contract for personal services as within requirement of submission of bids and condition of public contract, 15 A.L.R.3d 733.


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