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2018 Georgia Code 12-3-290 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Section 3. Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation, 12-3-1 through 12-3-708.

ARTICLE 7 PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

12-3-290. Creation of authority as constituting instrumentality of state and public corporation; delegation of powers and duties; duration of authority's existence.

  1. There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the North Georgia Mountains Authority, which shall be deemed an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation, and by that name, style, and title such body may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts.
  2. The authority may delegate to one or more of its members, or to its agents and employees, such powers and duties as it may deem proper.
  3. The authority shall exist for 99 years.
  4. The authority is assigned to the Department of Natural Resources for administrative purposes only.

(Ga. L. 1968, p. 297, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 1522.)

Cross references.

- Effect of assignment for administrative purposes, § 50-4-3.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 12-3-290

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Hines v. Georgia Ports Auth., 604 S.E.2d 189 (Ga. 2004).

Cited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 12, 2004 | 278 Ga. 631

...competitive bid process) [42] OCGA §§ 52-2-7, 52-2-9, 52-2-11, 52-2-31, 52-2-33. See Vogt, 294 F.3d at 695 (lack of supervisory control over day-to-day operations counsels against 11th Amendment immunity). [43] Compare OCGA §§ 2-10-3, 12-3-232, 12-3-290, 12-3-311, 12-3-361, 12-3-402, 12-3-443, 12-3-472, 12-3-562, 12-3-653, 20-2-552, 20-3-152, 20-3-324, 20-15-3, 31-7-22, 42-3-4, 46-9-321, 50-9-4 (assigning state authorities to state departments for administrative purposes); OCGA §§ 6-4-6(e...