O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-3-31 (2019)

Parks and recreational areas acquired by state as constituting state park system; control and management of system by department

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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All parks and recreational areas acquired by the state, whether before or after November 1, 1982, shall constitute the state park system and shall be under the immediate control and management of the department.

History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 264, § 9.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL State can make permanent improvements on state parks which the state owns in fee simple. 1954-56 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 655. Department authorized to make changes on parks property. - State Parks Department (now Department of Natural Resources) is authorized to change the rates for group camps and

other activities on parks property. 1960-61 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 315. Authority to accept roadside park given to state. - Any land given to the state for use as a roadside park should be given to the Department of State Parks, Historic Sites and Monuments (now Department of Natural Resources). 1945-47 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 333.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 81A C.J.S., States, § 266.