O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 22-3-95 (2019)

Eminent domain use by natural gas transporters or distributors

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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The power of eminent domain may be exercised by persons who are or may be engaged in constructing or operating pipelines for the transportation or distribution of natural or artificial gas and by persons who are or may be engaged in furnishing natural or artificial gas for heating, lighting, or power purposes in this state.

History

Code 1981, § 22-3-95, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 744, § 2/HB 1036.

ARTICLE 5 CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF WATERSHED PROJECTS, FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS AND RELATED RECREATIONAL PROJECTS BY COUNTIES

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Counties may request federal administration of construction contracts under 16 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. if

such request is first approved by the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee. 1969 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 69-344.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Limitation applicable to action or proceeding by owner for compensation where property is taken in exercise of eminent domain without antecedent condemnation proceeding, 123 A.L.R. 676. Condemnation of premises or part thereof as affecting rights of landlord and tenant inter se, 163 A.L.R. 679. Power of eminent domain as between state and subdivision or agency thereof, or as between different subdivisions or agencies themselves, 35 A.L.R.3d 1293.

Local use zoning of wetlands or flood plain as taking without compensation, 19 A.L.R.4th 756. State statute of limitations applicable to inverse condemnation or similar proceedings by landowner to obtain compensation for direct appropriation of land without the institution or conclusion of formal proceedings against specific cover, 26 A.L.R.4th 68.