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2018 Georgia Code 22-3-160 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 22 EMINENT DOMAIN

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

ARTICLE 8 ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES

22-3-160. "Utility" defined.

As used in this article, the term "utility" means a person, corporation, or other entity that generates, transmits, distributes, supplies, or sells electricity for public or private use in this state or generates electricity in this state for transmission or distribution outside this state.

(Code 1981, §22-3-160, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 22/HB 95.)

Effective date.

- This Code section became effective April 7, 2005.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 22, redesignated the former provisions of this Code section as Code Section 22-3-160.1 and enacted the present provisions.

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2004 enactment of this article, see 21 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 157 (2004).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 22-3-160 From Courtlistener.com

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Forsyth County v. Georgia Transmission Corp.

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2006-06-26

Citation: 632 S.E.2d 101, 280 Ga. 664

Snippet: rule that the ordinance is preempted by OCGA § 22-3-160.1[4] and, therefore, violates the uniformity clause