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2018 Georgia Code 22-3-140 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 22-3-140 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 22-3-140

TITLE 22 EMINENT DOMAIN

Section 3. Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain for Special Purposes, 22-3-1 through 22-3-162.

ARTICLE 7 OWNERSHIP OR OPERATION OF UTILITY SYSTEMS

22-3-140. Authorization to utilize the declaration of taking method of eminent domain.

Any state agency, political subdivision of the state, county, or municipality owning or operating a sewage collection, treatment, or disposal system, a water or waste-water system, a gas or gas line system, an electrical or electrical line system, or a drain or storm-water system is authorized to utilize the declaration of taking method of eminent domain in order to acquire any private property in fee simple or in any lesser interest, including easements, for such systems and purposes, as such method of eminent domain is provided in Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 32. This article and method of eminent domain shall be supplementary to and cumulative of the methods of procedure for the exercise of the power of eminent domain prescribed in this title.

(Code 1981, §22-3-140, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1514, § 3.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 22-3-140

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Hanifa v. State, 505 S.E.2d 731 (Ga. 1998).

Cited 157 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 21, 1998 | 269 Ga. 797

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Gilreath v. State, 279 S.E.2d 650 (Ga. 1981).

Cited 155 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 30, 1981 | 247 Ga. 814

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Thacker v. State, 173 S.E.2d 186 (Ga. 1970).

Cited 34 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 13, 1970 | 226 Ga. 170

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Windsor v. City of Atlanta, 695 S.E.2d 576 (Ga. 2010).

Cited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | May 17, 2010 | 287 Ga. 334, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 1605

...The ordinance authorized the declaration of taking method of condemnation to acquire the *578 rights-of-way if negotiations failed. [1] The City amended the ordinance in September 2000 to recognize a recently enacted statute as an additional basis for its condemnation plan. See OCGA § 22-3-140 (authorizing any municipality "owning or operating a sewage collection, treatment, or disposal system, a water or waste-water system, ......