O.C.G.A. § 50-2-28 (2019)
Capitol Square designated; state control and jurisdiction over buildings and grounds; Governor authorized to deed part of grounds for traffic movement
(a) The following area is designated as “Capitol Square”:
(1) The property owned by this state and the sidewalks and streets within the area in the City of Atlanta bounded by Washington Street, Trinity Avenue, Memorial Drive, Capitol Avenue, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive; and
(2) The buildings and property owned and operated by the Georgia Building Authority which are located on or bounded by Central Avenue, Trinity Avenue, Memorial Drive, Capitol Avenue, Jessie Hill, Jr. Drive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Peachtree Street, and Marietta Street.
(b) The state shall have the same control and jurisdiction over the use of the buildings and grounds owned by the state and designated as Capitol Square as have been authorized by law for the control and supervision of the public property formerly known as the State Capitol Buildings and Grounds.
(c) The Governor is authorized and empowered to deed, upon unanimous approval of the Governor, an appointee of the Governor who is not the Attorney General, and state auditor, upon such terms and conditions as they may deem to be to the best interests of the state, to the City of Atlanta or other appropriate governmental entity such part of the grounds owned by the state and facing Capitol Avenue that is deemed necessary and essential to widen, straighten, and improve Capitol Avenue at the entrance to Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, so as to route traffic to such other property which is essential or necessary to aid in the movement of traffic around Capitol Square.
History
Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 164, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1988, p. 426, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 137, § 2/HB 1074.
Annotations
Code Commission notes. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in
1988, “the” was inserted preceding “Attorney General” near the beginning of subsection (c).
CHAPTER 3 STATE FLAG, SEAL, AND OTHER SYMBOLS Article 1
Sec.
State and Other Flags Sec.
Description of state flag; militia to carry flag; monument offenses; penalties; causes of action. Pledge of allegiance to state flag. Display of state flag. Designation of Secretary of State as custodian of state flag; procurement and furnishing of flags. Schools, institutions, and agencies authorized to display national motto and American and Georgia flags; means of acquisition. Preservation of Confederate flags. Display of Spanish-American War flags. Duty of Governor to accept flags. Use of certain flags and symbols for advertising, selling, or promoting the sale of merchandise unlawful; exception. Abuse of certain flags and symbols unlawful. Use of flag for decorative or patriotic purposes. Penalty. State flags to honor service of deceased qualifying elected state officials. State flags to honor service of deceased qualifying public safety officers. Display of Honor and Remember flag; symbolism; manufacturing; guidelines; procurement and distribution.
Article 3 Other State Symbols
Article 2 Great Seal of the State
Description; custody.
Authority to use and display. Authorized and unauthorized use or display.
State bird. State game bird. State fish. State floral emblem. State wild flower. State tree. State fossil. State gem. State insect. State mineral. State song. State waltz. State butterfly. State reptile. State historic drama. State vegetable. State theater. State folk festival. State ’Possum. State musical theatre. State fruit. Poultry Capital of the World. State crop; state peanut monument. State folk dance. State railroad museum. State barbecue championship cookoffs. State tartan. State transportation history museum. State prepared food. State center for character education. State Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center. State amphibian. State cold water game fish. State salt-water fish.
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Article 5 State First Mural City. State civil rights museum. Purple Heart state. State mammal. State dog. State grape. State riverine sport fish. State nut.
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue Sec.
Procurement ment.
and
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Article 6 Religious Liberty Monument
Article 4 Official State Language
Placement; funding.
committee;
Article 7
English as official language; constitutional rights; documents in other languages; exceptions.
Honorable Zell Bryan Miller Monument
Placement; funding.
committee;
ARTICLE 1 STATE AND OTHER FLAGS