Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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HB 59 amends O.C.GA. Chapter 21
of Title 50, Chapter 3 of Title 23, and § 36-33-1. HB 59 amends code
sections relating to actions ex contractu, conventional quia timet, and to
a municipal corporation's immunity
from liability for damages, by providing for a waiver of sovereign
immunity brought by a person seeking declaratory judgment or injunctive relief
in a conventional quiet title against the state or any political
subdivision, to remedy a violation of a state law, except when a law explicitly
prohibits such a waiver. However, sovereign immunity is not waived
relating to any claim for monetary relief, attorney’s fees, or expenses of
litigation, or in any claim brought by or on behalf of an inmate or institutionalized
person. |