§ 22-4-10. Policies Guiding Acquisition of Buildings, Structures, and Other Improvements for Federal-Aid Projects
In acquiring property for any federal-aid project, the costs of which are financed in whole or in part from federal funds allocated to an acquiring public entity, the acquiring public entity shall be guided by the land acquisition policies relating to buildings, structures, and other improvements specified by Section (302) of the Uniform Act to […]
§ 22-4-11. Adoption of Rules; Appeal and Review
The several public entities are authorized to make such rules as may be necessary to provide for the administration of the financial assistance authorized by this chapter. The determination by the several public entities of the amount of any payment and to whom it shall be paid may be appealed and judicially reviewed in the […]
§ 22-4-11.1. Exercise of Powers Granted Under This Chapter by Municipal Corporations With Population of 350,000 or More; Effect of This Code Section on Other Laws
In addition and supplementary to other powers provided by this chapter for the several public entities, any municipal corporation having a population of 350,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census may exercise the powers provided by this chapter for public works projects which are not […]
§ 22-4-12. Functions Provided in Chapter as Public Purposes; Effect of Chapter on Power to Tax
The providing of all of the relocation assistances and payments described in this chapter and, in connection with the acquisition of real property for public works projects or programs, the establishing of all of the policies and practices described in this chapter, and the paying or reimbursing of all of the expenses described in this […]
§ 22-3-160.1. Public Hearings Required; Exception to Hearing Requirement
Before exercising the right of eminent domain for purposes of constructing or expanding an electric transmission line with a design operating voltage of 115 kilovolts or greater and a length of one mile or more, any utility shall schedule and hold one or more public meetings with an opportunity for comment by members of the […]
§ 22-4-13. Payments Under Chapter as Income or Resources
No payment received by a displaced person under this chapter shall be considered as income or resources for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any state law or for the purposes of the state’s personal income tax law, corporation tax law, or other tax laws. […]
§ 22-3-161. Selection of Route for Electric Transmission Line; Settlement Negotiations With Property Owners
On and after July 1, 2004, before exercising the right of eminent domain for purposes of constructing or expanding an electric transmission line described in subsection (a) of Code Section 22-3-160.1, the utility shall select a practical and feasible route for the location of the electric transmission line. In selecting the route for the location […]
§ 22-4-14. Effect of Chapter on Condemnation Proceedings
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as creating in any condemnation proceeding brought under the power of eminent domain any element of value or of damage. History. Ga. L. 1973, p. 512, § 10.
§ 22-3-162. Application; Additional Compensation or Reconveyance
This Code section shall apply to any easement or other property interest acquired on or after July 1, 2004, through exercise of the right of eminent domain for purposes of constructing or expanding an electric transmission line: With a capacity of 230 kilovolts or less if the utility has not begun such construction or expansion […]
§ 22-4-15. Authority of Public Entities to Provide Replacement Housing When Federal-Aid Project Cannot Proceed to Actual Construction
The several public entities shall have the authority, as a last resort, to provide replacement housing when a federal-aid project financed in whole or in part with federal aid cannot proceed to actual construction because no comparable replacement sale or rental housing is available. In carrying out the relocation assistance activities, the several public entities […]