O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 50-16-182 (2019)
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The commission, in addition to other powers and duties set forth in this article, shall have the power and duty to approve the acquisition of public property by condemnation and the power of eminent domain by the Department of Transportation; the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; or the State Properties Commission, acting for and on behalf of a state agency.
History
Code 1981, § 50-16-182, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1187, § 1.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Constitutionality. - Authority granted the State Commission on the Condemnation of Public Property does not amount to an improper delegation of leg-
islative power and does not violate separation-of-powers principles. DOT v. City of Atlanta, 260 Ga. 699, 398 S.E.2d 567 (1990).
Notes of Decisions
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case, 1990–1990 · leading case: Dep't of Transp. v. City of Atlanta, 398 S.E.2d 567 (Ga. 1990).
Dep't of Transp. v. City of Atlanta, 398 S.E.2d 567 (Ga. 1990). “Pursuant to the grant of this *700 power, the Commission, which is comprised of executive members of the government, is to approve the taking if it determines the taking is "reasonable, necessary, and in the public interest.”
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