Title 50 — Title 50
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O.C.G.A. § 50-5-1 Department created; appointment of commissioner
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There is created a Department of Administrative Services. The department head is the commissioner. The commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and shall receive …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-101 Determination to purchase through state
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The governing authorities of each of the local political subdivisions in this state shall have the right, from time to time, to determine through study whether an overall substantial price advantage will result to a political subdivision by the means of a local political subdivis…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-102 Competitive bidding procedure
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The Department of Administrative Services shall advertise for bids for supply of such items in the same manner followed for state purchases; provided, however, that the Department of Administrative Services shall inform prospective bidders that the bid requested is for the furnis…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-103 Purchase of items in name of state
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Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Department of Administrative Services, upon receiving a request to do so from a political subdivision, may purchase for the political subdivision in the name of the state any motor vehicle, material, equipment, or supplies desired by t…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-12 Duties of department, §50-5-13
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Torts. Tort claims act, §50-21-24.1. WORK PRODUCT. Public records disclosure exemptions, §50-18-72. WORLD WAR II. Holocaust commission, §§50-12-130 to 50-12-134. WRONGFUL DEATH.
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-120 Short title
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This part shall be known and may be cited as “The Small Business Assistance Act of 2015.” History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 1619, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 760, § 1-2/HB 863; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1284, § 4/HB 259. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2015, p. 1284, § 1/HB 259, not codified by the General Assembly…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-121 Definitions
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For the purposes of this part, the term: (1) “Department” means the Department of Administrative Services. (2) “Georgia resident business” means any business that regularly maintains a place from which business is physically conducted in Georgia for at least one year prior to any…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-122 Legislative intent; duty to effectuate; data sharing
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(a) The legislative intent of this part is declared to be as follows: The most important element of the American economic system of private enterprise is free and vigorous competition. Only through the existence of free and vigorous competition can free entry into business and op…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-123 Report to speaker, §50-5-124
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State auditor. Duties concerning election, §50-6-1. Investigations, subpoenas and document production. Appropriations committees and state auditor, §§50-6-4, 50-6-23, 50-6-29. Regional planning commission. Ex-officio nonvoting members, §50-8-51. Senate.
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-124 Reports required of advisory council
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The council shall make a written report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairmen of the Senate Committee on Insurance and Labor and the House Economic Development and Tourism Committee at least once each year, suc…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-13 Workers’ compensation self-insurance program funding
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The department shall determine the amount and extent of selfinsurance which the state can assume, the necessary reserves needed, the premiums to be charged and any deductibles to be paid by agencies and authorities, the amount of benefits to be paid within the scope of the workers…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-131 Work activity
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Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-181. Work participation rate. Temporary assistance for needy families, §49-4-181. Workshop. Vocational rehabilitation, §49-9-1. Youth. Juvenile justice, possession of prohibited items by juvenile detainee, §49-4A-18. DELINQUENCY PREV…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-133 Definitions, §50-5-131
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Fraud. Certification process, §50-5-133. Legislative declaration, §50-5-130. Purpose of provisions, §50-5-130. MINORS. Background investigations. Persons supervising children, §§49-5-110 to 49-5-115. Children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, §§49-5-220 to 49-5-227. …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-135 Creation; membership; terms; appointments; compensation; existence
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(a) There is created the State Use Council, hereafter referred to as the council. The council shall be composed of 16 members as follows: (1) The commissioner of administrative services or his or her designee; (2) The commissioner of human services or his or her designee; (2.1) T…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-136 Powers and authority of council
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(a) The State Use Council shall have the authority authorized in this part concerning the procurement of certain services provided and goods, wares, and merchandise produced by community based rehabilitation programs and training centers and purchased by the Department of Adminis…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-137 Participation of certified community based rehabilitation programs
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, certified community based rehabilitation programs and training centers conducting contract work under the state use plan and under the auspices of the central nonprofit agency shall not be required to have prior experienc…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-138 Teleconferences, §50-1-5
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Transparency in government act. Public access to expenditure information, §50-6-32. Unsolicited proposals from private entities. Partnership for public facilities and infrastructure (state government), §§50-5C-1 to 50-5C-10. Youth services. Assistance to department of human servi…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-14 Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund
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In order to finance the continuing liability established with other agencies of state government, the Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund is authorized to retain all moneys paid into the fund as premiums on policies of insurance and all moneys received as interest and all moneys rece…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-140 Lists of surplus property
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It shall be the duty and responsibility of the head of each department, institution, or agency of the state to furnish, upon written request by the Department of Administrative Services on such forms as provided by it, a list of all surplus personal property held by that departme…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-142 Rules and regulations
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The commissioner of administrative services shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be required to carry out Code Sections 593 50-5-143 50-5-140, 50-5-141, 50-5-143, 50-5-144, and 50-5-146 and shall establish procedures for the disposition of surplus property, includin…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-143 Power
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State properties code, §50-16-31. Power-production activities. Contracting with companies having business operations in Sudan, §50-5-84. Predesign.
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-144 Conditions, §50-5-144
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To political subdivision by negotiated sale, §50-5-143. Conditions, §50-5-143. To private health or educational institutions or public corporations by negotiated sale. Conditions, §50-5-144. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, §§49-4A-1 to 49-4A-18. DEPUTIES. Community affairs, depar…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-145 Limited application of provisions
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Nothing contained within Code Sections 50-5-140 through 50-5-144 and 50-5-146 shall be construed so as to apply to any real property 595 50-5-146 owned by the state, and such Code sections shall not apply to such property, nor shall such Code sections be construed so as to prohib…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-146 Penalty
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Any person who causes state property having a value of less than $200.00 to be disposed of in violation of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. If such property has a value of $200.00 or more, he or she shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-15 Purchasing
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Local political subdivision purchases, §§50-5-100 to 50-5-103. 937 INDEX LOST LICENSES, PERMITS, IDENTIFICATION, OTHER DOCUMENTATION. Replacement free of charge. Documentation lost as result of a natural disaster, §50-1-9. LOCAL GOVERNMENT —Cont’d Administrative services —Cont’d …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-16 Liability insurance and self-insurance for state authorities; funding
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(a) The commissioner of administrative services may establish a program of liability insurance and self-insurance for state authorities. (b) State funds may be appropriated for the program, but the commissioner shall charge such premiums, deductibles, and other payments as the co…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-17 Revenue from sale of surplus state equipment
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The Department of Administrative Services is authorized to retain in a reserve fund moneys generated from the sale of any surplus personal property pursuant to Article 4 of this chapter. Such funds may be used to cover any cost associated with disposing of the state’s surplus per…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-50 Purposes and policies of part
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The underlying purposes and policies of this part are: (1) To permit the continued development of centralized procurement policies and practices; (2) To control and reduce the cost of purchasing, leasing, renting, or otherwise procuring supplies, materials, services, and equipmen…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-51 Power, authority, and duty of department
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The Department of Administrative Services shall have the power and authority and it shall be the department’s duty, subject to this part: (1) To canvass all sources of supply and to contract for the lease, rental, purchase, or other acquisition of all supplies, materials, equipme…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-51.1 Medicaid, false claims
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Who may bring action, §49-4-168.2. Purchasing card program, §50-5-83. State accounting officer. Obligations to state accounting officer, §50-5B-4. State auditor.
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-52 Power to examine books, records, and papers
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The Department of Administrative Services or the state accounting officer shall have power to examine books, records, and papers of any office, agency, department, board, bureau, commission, institution, or other entity of the state government relative to purchases and to require…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-53 Purchasing personnel
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Subject to applicable rules of the State Personnel Board, the Department of Administrative Services may appoint as many assistants and employees, and fix their salaries, as are essential to the state’s interest in the execution of the terms and provisions of this part. Assignment …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-54 Rules and regulations
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The commissioner of administrative services is authorized and empowered by this part to make all rules, regulations, and stipulations and to provide specifications to carry out the terms and provisions of this part as may be necessary for the purposes of this part. The rules and r…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-55 Specified purposes for rules and regulations
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The commissioner of administrative services may adopt, modify, or abrogate rules and regulations covering the following purposes, in addition to those authorized elsewhere in this part: (1) Requiring monthly reports by state departments, institutions, or agencies of stocks, suppl…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-56 Department to establish standard contract specifications
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It shall be the duty of the Department of Administrative Services to formulate, adopt, establish, and modify standard specifications applying to state contracts. In the formulation, adoption, and modification of any standard specifications, the Department of Administrative Services …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-57 Exceptions, §50-5-58
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Emergency purchases, §§50-5-69, 50-5-71. Exceptions to mandatory purchases through department, §50-5-58. Estimates and inventories. Compilation and consolidation of estimates, §50-5-66. PURCHASING —Cont’d Department of administrative services —Cont’d Estimates and inventories —Co…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-58 Certain purchases through department not mandatory
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(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the Department of Administrative Services, the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment, and services, other than professional and personal employment services, through the Department of Administrative Services shall not be mandatory in the follo…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-60 AIRCRAFT
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Hall of fame, §§50-12-70 to 50-12-79. AIR POLLUTION. Metropolitan transportation planning for Atlanta urbanized area and Atlanta air quality region, §50-8-280. ALABAMA. Boundary between Georgia and Alabama, §50-2-4. AGRICULTURAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. Application, application fee. …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-60.2 Use of recycled content paper products
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Mill broke” means any paper waste generated in a paper mill prior to the completion of the paper-making process up to and including the cutting and trimming of the paper machine reel into small rolls or rough sheets. (2) “Printing …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-60.3 Use of retreaded tires
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All state agencies, departments, and authorities shall replace original truck tires of over 16 inch rim size used on nonsteering axles with retreaded tires or subscribe to a retread service as replacement is necessary and as stockpiled tires are depleted; provided, however, that …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-60.4 Construction contracts
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Exclusive use of Georgia forest products in state construction contracts, §50-5-63. Department of administrative services. Supplies, equipment, materials and agricultural products produced in Georgia, §50-5-60. Supplies, equipment, materials and agricultural products produced in …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-60.5 Tort claims act
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Signing papers, §50-21-32. PARI-MUTUEL BETTING. Defined, §50-27-3. PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE (STATE GOVERNMENT), §§50-5C-1 to 50-5C-10. Applicability of provisions, exceptions, §50-5C-10. Approval of proposal, §50-5C-4. Assumption of all risks by private…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-63 Group-care facility
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Youth services, §49-5-3. Guardian. Emergency protection of children in certain institutions, §49-5-90. Guard lines. Juvenile justice, §49-4A-16. Homemaker service. Youth services, §49-5-3. Home modification. Family caregiver support, §49-6-72. Household income. Family caregiver su…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-64.1 Prohibited terms in state contracts
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(a) A contract entered into pursuant to this part shall not contain a term that: (1) Requires the state or any agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, department, institution, or any other entity thereof to: (A) Defend, indemnify, or hold harmless another person; or (B) Be …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-65 Warehouse space
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Lease or construction authorized, §50-5-75. PURCHASING —Cont’d Legislative declarations, §50-5-50. Life cycle costs. Defined, §50-9-100. Purchase of materials and fixtures to be based upon, §50-9-101. Local political subdivision purchases. Beef. Purchase of other than United States…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-66 Department to compile and consolidate all estimates
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The Department of Administrative Services shall compile and consolidate all estimates of supplies, materials, and equipment needed and required by all state departments, institutions, and agencies to determine the total requirements of any given commodity. History. Ga. L. 1937, p…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-67 Competitive bidding procedure
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, contracts exceeding $100,000.00 shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding. If the total requirement of any given commodity will involve an 535 50-5-67 expenditure in excess of $250,000.00, sealed bids shall be solicited …
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-68 Prequalification of prospective suppliers
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Prospective suppliers may be prequalified for particular types of supplies, services, goods, materials, and equipment at the discretion of the Department of Administrative Services. Solicitation mailing lists of potential contractors shall include, but shall not be limited to, suc…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-69 Purchases without competitive bidding
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(a) If the needed supplies, materials, equipment, or service can reasonably be expected to be acquired for less than $25,000.00 and is not available on state contracts or through statutorily required sources, the purchase may be effectuated without competitive bidding. The commis…
O.C.G.A. § 50-5-70 Purchases for county boards of education
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Boards of education of the various counties of this state may petition the Department of Administrative Services to purchase their supplies, such as school buses, bus bodies, tires, parts, and other equipment under the rules set out in this part. History. Ga. L. 1939, p. 160, § 3…