Georgia Code
Part 2 - Other Contracting Methods
§ 32-2-80. Public-Private Partnerships (P3s)

History. Code 1981, § 32-2-80 , enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 976, § 10/SB 200; Ga. L. 2020, p. 371, § 3/HB 1098; Ga. L. 2021, p. 480, § 3/HB 588; Ga. L. 2021, p. 526, § 5/HB 577; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 32/HB 497.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, deleted “paragraphs (1) through (10) of subsection (a) of” preceding “Code Section 32-2-41.1” in the seventh sentence of paragraph (a)(4).
The 2021 amendments.
The first 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted “board” for “State Transportation Board” near the middle and at the end of paragraph (a)(2) and at the end of subsection (f); inserted “potential” near the beginning of the first sentence of paragraph (a)(1); designated the existing provisions of paragraph (a)(1.1) as present paragraph (a)(2); redesignated former paragraphs (a)(2) through (a)(4) as present paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(3), respectively; in paragraph (b)(2), in the first sentence, substituted “For every project undertaken pursuant to this Code section” for “Upon receipt of a proposal or proposals responsive to the request for proposals” at the beginning, substituted “in the request for proposal” for “notice of proposals” in the middle, and substituted “public notice of the request for proposal is made pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection” for “date set for receipt of proposals” at the end, and substituted “, which may be held by teleconference,” for “on such proposals” in the second sentence; in paragraph (b)(3), substituted “select two or more respondents deemed fully qualified, responsible, and suitable to engage for interview and discussion based upon responses” for “engage in individual discussions with two or more respondents deemed fully qualified, responsible, and suitable on the basis of initial responses and with emphasis” in the first sentence, substituted “Multiple” for “Repetitive informal” at the beginning of the second sentence, and substituted “During this” for “At the discussion” at the beginning of the fourth sentence; designated the sixth and seventh sentences of former paragraph (a)(4) as paragraph (b)(4), and rewrote; designated the eighth and ninth sentences of former paragraph (a)(4) as present paragraphs (b)(5) and (b)(6), respectively; added “after the respondent is determined to be responsible” at the end of paragraph (b)(6); redesignated former paragraphs (a)(5) and (a)(6) as present subsections (c) and (d), respectively; substituted “proposal evaluations” for “its evaluation of the proposal” in the middle of the first sentence of subsection (d); redesignated former subsections (b) through (e) as present subsections (e) through (h), respectively; in subsection (h), substituted “entered into pursuant to this Code section” for “for a public-private partnership” near the beginning of the first sentence, and inserted “such as the value of the construction elements of the contract,” in the middle of the second sentence. The second 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, made identical changes. The third 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “board” for “State Transportation Board” twice in paragraph (a)(1.1) (now paragraph (a)(2)).
Editor’s notes.
Former Code Section 32-2-80 , concerning authority to contract with proposer for public-private initiative, was based on Code 1981, § 32-2-80 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 905, § 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 902, § 3/SB 270, and was repealed by Ga. L. 2009, p. 976, § 1/SB 200, effective May 11, 2009.

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