07 LC 37
0370
Senate
Bill 281
By:
Senators Tate of the 38th, Reed of the 35th, Henson of the 41st, Fort of the
39th, Butler of the 55th and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 36-81-8.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to additional grant certification requirements with respect to subrecipients and
units of local government, so as to clarify certain provisions relating to
liability of subrecipients; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 36-81-8.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
additional grant certification requirements with respect to subrecipients and
units of local government, is amended by revising subsection (f) as
follows:
"(f)
No subrecipient shall be considered an agent of the unit of local government or
be indemnified or held harmless by the unit of local government for any
negligence, misfeasance, or malfeasance of the subrecipient, and a recipient
unit of local government shall not be liable for any expenditure of state grant
funds by a
subrecipient,
whether such funds were received prior to, on, or after the effective date of
this subsection."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.