O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 32-4-3 (2019)

Naming state roads, bridges, or interchanges

✓ 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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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 subdivision of the state naming any road which is under the jurisdiction of such political subdivision.

History

Code 1981, § 32-4-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 32.

Annotations

Cross references. - Specific powers of General Assembly, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. II. Editor’s notes. - The provisions of this Code section were previously enacted in substantially similar form by Ga. L. 2001, p. 1215, § 2.

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 L. 2001, p. 1215, § 2, which section has been codified as and superceded by Code Section 32-4-3, relating to naming state roads, bridges, or interchanges, and which Code section shall remain effective.