O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 32-2-8 (2019)

Department to fly POW-MIA flag at interstate rest areas

✓ 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 Department of Transportation shall fly the POW-MIA flag year-round at each of the rest areas along interstate highways in this state. The department is authorized to place a plaque at each rest area to indicate Georgia’s appreciation of the sacrifices of prisoners of war and those missing in action and their families.

History

Code 1981, § 32-2-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 485, § 1.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant

to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2001, ‘‘year-round’’ was substituted for ‘‘year round’’ in the first sentence.

ARTICLE 2 STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2001, p. 1215, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘No state agency shall name or rename any state road, bridge, interchange, or any part of a road in honor of, or with the name of, any person unless such action is approved by a joint resolution or Act of the General Assembly which is approved by the Governor or becomes law without such approval. This Code section shall not apply to a political sub-

division of the state naming any road which is under the jurisdiction of such political subdivision.’’ Ga. L. 2006, p. 72, § 32A/SB 465, not codified by the General Assembly, provided for the repeal of Ga. L. 2001, p. 1215, § 2, which section has been codified as and superceded by Code Section 32-4-3, relating to naming state roads, bridges, or interchanges, and which Code section shall remain effective.