O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-3-75 (2019)

Dedication of property as a heritage preserve

✓ 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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A heritage area which has been acquired by the Department of Natural Resources for the Heritage Trust Program may become dedicated as a heritage preserve after written recommendation of the board and approval by the Governor. Any other real property owned by the State of Georgia and under the custody of the department may be similarly dedicated. The written recommendation shall contain a provision which designates the best and most important use or uses to which the land is to be put. The dedication as a heritage preserve shall become effective when the written recommendation and the approval of the Governor are filed with the office of the Secretary of State. The

CONSERVATION & NATURAL RES.

written recommendation and the approval of the Governor shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county or counties in which the heritage preserve is located.

History

Ga. L. 1975, p. 962, § 6.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Dedication, §§ 4, 5, 11, 24.

C.J.S. - 26 C.J.S., Dedication, §§ 6, 9, 10.