Georgia Legislative Watch

HB202 - Department of Transportation; contractors; eligibility; provisions
Sponsored by: Harbin,Ben 118th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts for public works, and Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exercise of power to contract by the Department of Transportation generally, so as to provide that a contractor that is more than 25 percent behind in the performance of certain contracts due to the fault of such contractor shall not be eligible to bid on any additional state public works construction contracts or Department of Transportation construction or maintenance contracts until such time as the performance of such contracts is brought current or is completed; to provide for a determination of fault; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

HB192 - Department of Transportation; contracts; provisions
Sponsored by: Smith,Vance 129th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-2-61 of the O.C.G.A.,, relating to limitations on the Department of Transportation’s power to contract, so as to provide for an increase in the amount for which the department may execute a negotiated contract; to amend Code Section 32-2-70 of the O.C.G.A., relating to bonds to be posted by successful bidders on department contracts, so as to increase the amount of the contract that requires such bonds; to amend Code Section 32-4-63 of the O.C.G.A., relating to limitations on a county’s power to contract, so as to provide for an increase in the amount for which a county may execute a negotiated contract; to amend Code Section 32-4-67 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the proposal guaranty by the bidder on a county contract, so as to exempt contracts for engineering or other professional services from the guaranty; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

HB173 - Sales and use tax; local option; transportation; special districts; provide
Sponsored by: Holmes,Bob 61st

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to authorize the imposition of a local option sales and use tax for transportation within special districts; to provide for applicability with respect to the ceiling on local sales and use taxes; to establish special districts; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations for the imposition, collection, disbursement, and removal of the tax; to provide for powers, duties, and authority of the state revenue commissioner; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

SB19 - Transportation, Department of; pay costs of removal, relocation, or adjustment of utility facilites necessitated by construction of public roads
Sponsored by: Whitehead, Sr.,Jim 24th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-6-170 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the authority of the Department of Transportation to pay costs of removal, relocation, or adjustment of certain utility facilities necessitated by construction of public roads, so as to allow the payment of the costs of certain facilities where the cost is in the public interest and the work is performed by the department’s contractor; to amend Code Section 32-6-171 of the O.C.G.A, relating to the authority of the department to order the removal, relocation, or adjustment of utility facilities occupying any part of the public road system, so as to provide that a utility that fails to remove, relocate, or adjust a facility in a timely manner shall be responsible for failure to comply; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Status: Read and referred to Senate Committee on Transportation (01/09/07)