05 LC 9
1592/AP
House
Bill 522 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Manning of the
32nd,
Tumlin of the
38th,
Setzler of the
35th,
Johnson of the
37th,
Ehrhart of the
36th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority, approved
February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 497), as amended, particularly by an Act
approved March 28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 5296), so as to amend certain
provisions relating to the immunity of the authority; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act creating the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority, approved February 21,
1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 497), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March
28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 5296), is amended by striking subsection (a) of
Section 2 thereof in its entirety and inserting in its place a new subsection
(a) to read as follows:
"(a)
There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Cobb
County-Marietta Water Authority, which shall be deemed to be a political
subdivision of the State of Georgia and a public corporation and by that name,
style, and title, said body may contract and be contracted with, sue and be
sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts of law and
equity. The authority shall have the same immunity and exemption from liability
for torts and negligence as the City of Marietta, Georgia; and the officers,
agents, and employees of the authority when in performance of the work of the
authority shall have the same immunity and exemption from liability for torts
and negligence as the officers, agents, and employees of the City of Marietta,
Georgia, when in the performance of their public duties or work of the
city."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.