06 LC 34
0702
House
Bill 1492
By:
Representative Knight of the
126th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 44-14-518 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to liens on aircraft for labor and materials and for contracts of indemnity, so
as to provide for filing a notice of intention to claim a lien with the clerk of
the superior court; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective
date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 44-14-518 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to liens
on aircraft for labor and materials and for contracts of indemnity, is amended
by striking it in its entirety and inserting in its place the
following:
"44-14-518.
Any
person engaged in servicing or furnishing supplies or accessories for aircraft
or providing contracts of indemnity for aircraft shall have a lien on such
aircraft for any reasonable charges therefor, including charges for labor, for
the use of tools, machinery, and equipment, and for all accessories, materials,
fuel, oils, lubricants, earned premiums, and other supplies furnished in
connection with the servicing or furnishing of supplies or accessories or
providing contracts of indemnity for such aircraft.
Such lien
shall be dissolved unless the person claiming
it
The person
claiming such lien shall file, within 90
days after such service, supplies, accessories, or contracts of indemnity are
furnished, in the office of the clerk of superior court of the county within
which the aircraft was located at the time such service, supplies, accessories,
or contracts of indemnity were furnished, a
statement,
giving notice
of his or her intention to claim a lien. Such statement shall
be subscribed and sworn to by such person
or by some person in his or her behalf, giving a just and true account of the
demands claimed to be due, with all just credits and the name of the person to
whom the service, supplies, accessories, or contracts of indemnity were
furnished, the name of the owner of the aircraft, if known, and a description of
the aircraft sufficient for identification. Such statement shall be recorded by
the clerk in a book kept for that purpose, for which the clerk shall receive the
same fees as provided in subparagraph (f)(1)(A) of Code Section 15-6-77 for
recording
liens."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.