07 LC 28
3517ER
House
Bill 714
By:
Representative Holmes of the
61st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to local government budgets and audits, so as to provide
that 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 that a
recipient unit of local government shall not be liable for any expenditure of
state grant funds by a subrecipient, regardless of when such funds were
received; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to local government budgets and audits, is amended by revising subsection (f) of
Code Section 36-81-8.1, relating to grant certifications, 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,
regardless of when such funds were
received."
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laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.