Georgia § 32-7-3 - Authority of department, counties, and municipalities to dispose of property no longer needed for public road purposes.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 32-7-3 — Authority of department, counties, and municipalities to dispose of property no longer needed for public road purposes., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32-7-3. Authority of department, counties, and municipalities to dispose of property no longer needed for public road purposes.
Whenever any property has been acquired in any manner by the department, a county, or a municipality for public road purposes and thereafter the department, county, or municipality determines that all or any part of the property or any interest therein is no longer needed for such purposes because of changed conditions, the department or the county or municipality is authorized to dispose of such property or such interest therein in accordance with Code Section 32-7-4. Any disposition of property acquired for utility relocation, as provided for in Code Section 32-6-172, or on which utilities are located shall not be subject to Code Section 32-7-4; and no provision of this title shall be construed to prevent the department from conveying to the federal government land or interests in land acquired for federal parkways in Georgia, as provided in Article 2 of Chapter 3 of this title. (Code 1933, § 95A-620, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)
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What does Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 32-7-3 cover?
Section 32-7-3 ("Authority of department, counties, and municipalities to dispose of property no longer needed for public road purposes.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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