O.C.G.A. § 22-3-140 (2019)
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.
History
Code 1981, § 22-3-140, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1514, § 3.
ARTICLE 8 ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2004, p. 568, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this article: ‘‘shall apply to the exercise of eminent domain to acquire easements or other property interests for which land acquisition negotiations for purposes of constructing or expanding one or more electric transmission lines begin on or after such date. The provisions of
this Act relating to additional compensation, reconveyance, and quitclaim shall apply to easements and other property interests acquired on or after July 1, 2004, through the exercise of eminent domain.’’
Law reviews. - For article on the 2004 enactment of this article, see 21 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 157 (2004).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Eminent Domain, § 61.
C.J.S. - 29A C.J.S., Eminent Domain, § 94 et seq.