Georgia Code
Chapter 80 - General Provisions
§ 36-80-17. Authorization to Contract for Utility Services; Conditions and Limitations

(2) Any such contract which is for a term in excess of two years shall include commercially reasonable provisions under which the rates, fees, or other charges shall be adjusted with respect to inflationary or deflationary factors affecting the provision of the utility service in question; and
(3) Any such contract shall include commercially reasonable provisions relieving the local authority from its obligations under the contract in the event that the local authority’s ability to comply with the contract is impaired by war, natural disaster, catastrophe, or any other emergency creating conditions under which the local authority’s compliance with the contract would become impossible or create a substantial financial burden upon the local authority or its taxpayers.
History. Code 1981, § 36-80-17 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1113, § 3; Ga. L. 2019, p. 605, § 3/SB 95.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, rewrote paragraph (b)(1), which read: “No such contract shall be for a term in excess of ten years;”.

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