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O.C.G.A. § 2-3-12 — Venue and jurisdiction for actions under chapter or against authority | Georgia Code
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TITLE 2 AGRICULTURE

Section 3. Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority, 2-3-1 through 2-3-15.

2-3-12. Venue and jurisdiction for actions under chapter or against authority.

Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this chapter shall be brought in the Superior Court of Houston County, Georgia; and such court shall have exclusive, original jurisdiction of such actions.Furthermore, the venue for actions brought against the authority shall be in the Superior Court of Houston County, Georgia; and such court shall have exclusive, original jurisdiction of such actions.Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to impair any rights afforded the state under the Constitution of the United States.

(Code 1981, §12-3-481, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 801, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 590, § 1; Code 1981, §2-3-12, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2011, p. 261, § 4/HB 125.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2011, "this chapter" was substituted for "this part" in the first and last sentences of this Code section.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1994, p. 590, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides in part that this Act shall apply with respect to all actions filed on or after March 29, 1994.

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