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

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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 O.C.G.A. § 22-3-160

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Forsyth Cnty. v. Georgia Transmission Corp., 632 S.E.2d 101 (Ga. 2006).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 26, 2006 | 280 Ga. 664

...Since our legislature has expressly chosen to allow EPUCs rather than local governments to decide the necessity of eminent domain, we decline to adopt Forsyth County's policy argument. Case No. S06X0422 5. GTC cross-appeals asserting that the trial court erred in failing to rule that the ordinance is preempted by OCGA § 22-3-160.1 [4] and, therefore, violates the uniformity clause....
...ities necessary for constructing and operating such a plant provided that the person first pays just compensation to the owner of the land to be affected. [3] The two ordinances differed in length of the prohibition against new power lines. [4] OCGA § 22-3-160.1 sets forth various requirements that must be satisfied prior to a utility company exercising the right of eminent domain.