There is created a body corporate and politic, to be known as the Georgia Ports Authority, which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation; and by that name, style, and title the authority may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts.
(Ga. L. 1945, p. 464, § 2; Ga. L. 1949, p. 778, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 120, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 457, § 2.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Exemption from requirements of Coastal Marshlands Protection Act.
- Because the Georgia Ports Authority created by O.C.G.A. § 52-2-4 was, at time of enactment of O.C.G.A. Pt. 4, Art. 4, Ch. 5, T. 12 (Coastal Marshlands Protection Act), empowered and charged with responsibility of development and improvement of rivers and seaports of this state, as a general matter, it is exempt from requirements of that part. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-85.
While the Georgia Ports Authority is generally exempt from provisions of O.C.G.A. Pt. 4, Art. 4, Ch. 5, T. 12, the Authority must obtain prior written approval of the Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee for any proposed alteration of marshlands adjacent to Colonels Island which were conveyed to the Georgia Ports Authority pursuant to Ga. L. 1973, p. 747. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-85.