TITLE 50 STATE GOVERNMENT

Section 16. Public Property, 50-16-1 through 50-16-183.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

50-16-3.1. State authorities prohibited from selling real property; exceptions.

1. As used in this Code section, the term "state authority" means:
   1. The Jekyll Island - State Park Authority provided for in Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 12; or
   2. The Stone Mountain Memorial Association provided for in Part 4 of Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 12.
2. The provisions of any other laws of this state to the contrary notwithstanding, no state authority shall be authorized to sell real property; provided, however, this prohibition shall not apply to the sale or other disposition of real property by a state authority when such real property is necessary for a public road right of way.

(Code 1981, §50-16-3.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1635, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 50/HB 79.)

The 2013 amendment, effective April 24, 2013, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted former paragraph (a)(1), which read: "The Georgia Building Authority (Hospital) provided for in Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 31;" and redesignated former paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) as present paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2), respectively.