This article shall be known and may be cited as the “State Properties Code.” History. Code 1933, § 91-101A, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 146, § 1; Code 1933, § 91-101a, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 857, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1092, § 1.
As used in this article, the term: “Acquire,” “acquisition,” and “acquiring” mean the obtaining of real property by any method including, but not limited to, gift, purchase, condemnation, devise, court order, and exchange. (1.1) “Administrative space” means any space, whether existing or to be constructed, that is required by a state entity for office, storage, […]
There is created within the executive branch of state government a public body which shall be known as the State Properties Commission and which shall consist of seven members and be composed of the Governor; the Secretary of State; one citizen appointed by the Governor for terms ending on April 1 in each odd-numbered year; […]
The commission, in addition to other powers and duties set forth in other Code sections of this article, shall have the power and duty to: Inspect, control, manage, oversee, and preserve the property; Maintain at all times a current inventory of the property; Authorize the payment of any tax or assessment legally levied by the […]
The State Properties Commission is empowered and may acquire from a railroad company the real property, including the right of way, and any other properties, personal or otherwise, associated therewith, encompassed within any railroad line that has been abandoned as an operating rail line by said railroad company if the commission first determines that preserving […]
The Governor shall appoint a state property officer who shall serve as the executive director of the commission. The state property officer shall: Advise the Governor on opportunities to achieve the goal of state-wide real property management; Develop policies and procedures for state-wide real property management; Maintain a state-wide real property management system that has […]
The commission shall cause all of its records including, but not limited to, minutes or transcripts, reports, studies, forms of instruments, bidding papers, notices, advertisements, invitation for bids, bids, executed instruments, and correspondence to be kept and maintained permanently. Such records shall be open to public inspection and may be inspected by any citizen of […]
The commission is authorized to adopt, after reasonable notice and hearing thereon, such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate in exercising its powers and performing its duties under this article. The rules and regulations so adopted by the commission shall have the same dignity and standing as if their provisions were specifically stated […]
Except for: All acquisitions of real property by the Department of Transportation and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; The Department of Natural Resources acquiring by gift parcels of real property, not exceeding three acres each, to be used for the construction and operation thereon of boat-launching ramps; Acquisitions of real […]
Subject to authorization by the General Assembly as provided in Code Section 50-16-40, any conveyance, other than a grant of easement, lease, or exchange of real property, shall be initiated and carried out in accordance with this Code section. A conveyance to a private entity shall be made only upon a public competitive process in […]
Approval by the General Assembly of conveyances generally. The commission shall prepare each conveyance of property with a value of $500,000.00 or more for consideration by the General Assembly and the Governor as provided in this Code section. The commission shall not submit to the General Assembly for its consideration any conveyance which provides that […]
Notwithstanding any provisions and requirements of law to the contrary, the commission is authorized to negotiate, prepare, and enter into in its own name rental agreements whereby a part of the property is rented, without public competitive bidding, to a person for a length of time not to exceed one year and for adequate monetary […]
Notwithstanding any provisions and requirements of law to the contrary, the commission shall have the exclusive power to negotiate, prepare, and grant in its own name, without public competitive bidding, a revocable license to any person to enter upon, extend from, cross through, over, or under, or otherwise to encroach upon any of the property […]
The commission for and on behalf of and in the name of the state is authorized to enter into, without the necessity of prior public competitive bidding, a written contract with any person, whereby such person is permitted to explore any state owned lands for indications of mineral resources. The commission for and on behalf […]
The commission, acting for and on behalf of and in the name of the state, is empowered to take or damage by condemnation and the power of eminent domain for the public purposes of the state any private property upon first paying or tendering just and adequate compensation to the owner of such private property. […]
The Department of Natural Resources is authorized to convey to municipalities, counties, or combinations thereof, in the name of the state, by appropriate instrument, all of the state’s interest in any real property donated to the department at any time, in parcels not exceeding three acres, to be used for the construction and operation thereon […]
The Department of Natural Resources, the Public Service Commission, and all other state agencies are requested and directed to provide such technical assistance and services as shall be requested and needed by the commission in the execution and performance of its duties under this article. History. Code 1933, § 91-113a, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, […]
This article shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes of the article. History. Code 1933, § 91-119a, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 857, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1092, § 1.
