Every county of the State of Georgia may exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose of taking and acquiring the property or other interests necessary: To enable the county to institute and to accomplish the completion of small watershed projects, works of improvements for watersheds, and projects for watershed protection and flood control […]
For the purposes designated in Code Section 22-3-100, every county of the State of Georgia may proceed to condemn the necessary property or other interest in accordance with the procedures set forth by the pertinent eminent domain statutes of this state and in accordance with all existing laws applicable to the condemnation of private property […]
In any proceeding under this article, the condemnor shall be required to condemn the fee simple title to all land not otherwise acquired which will be covered by permanent flooding. History. Ga. L. 1964, p. 234, § 5.
