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GA Code § 50-16-68 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 3 - Governor's Powers Generally|§ 50-16-68. Use and Title of Property Purchased at Sheriff's Sale

 The property purchased as provided in Code Section 50-16-64 shall be for the use of the state, and the title thereto shall be made to the Governor and his successors in office and assigns.   (Ga. L. 1873, p. 49, § 2; Code 1873, § 65; Code 1882, § 65; Civil Code 1895, § 128; Civil Code 1910, § 151; Code 1933, § 91-502.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Transfer of property purchased at sheriff's sale to department.   - Department need not request that the Governor prepare a deed conveying property purchased by the state through a sheriff's sale to a department; a department must request that the Governor execute an executive order transferring the use of the property to a department. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-15.   Disposition of acquired property.   - Property acquired by Highway Board (now Transportation Board) pursuant to issuance of fi. fa. must be sold or rented by board and cannot be appropriated to use of board. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 275.
GA Code § 50-16-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 4 - Miscellaneous Sale and Purchase Provisions|§ 50-16-80. Sale or Disposition of State Livestock or Swine

  No livestock or swine belonging to the state, or to any agency, board, or department of this state shall be sold or otherwise disposed of, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section.   Livestock and swine belonging to the state or to any agency, board, or department of this state, whenever sold, shall be advertised for sale in a newspaper of general circulation, including the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin, for ten days and all livestock and swine shall be sold at public auction only to farmers of this state.   All livestock or swine belonging to the state or to any agency or department of this state, whenever disposed of, other than by sale, shall be slaughtered for the use and benefit of state institutions.   This Code section shall not apply to the University System of Georgia since the animals are used for educational instruction, scientific information, and research work.   Any official or employee of the state or of any agency, board, or department of the state who violates any of the provisions of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition, the person shall be discharged from the services of the state or of any agency, board, or department of the state.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 339, §§ 1-5; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 50.)   Cross references.   - Livestock dealers and auctions, T. 4, C. 6.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Disposition of livestock owned by state.   - Livestock on state property belonging to the state can be sold only through the purchasing department (now Department of Administrative Services), or slaughtered only for the use and benefit of state institutions. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 659.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Withdrawal of property from auction sale, 37 A.L.R.2d 1049.
GA Code § 50-16-81 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 4 - Miscellaneous Sale and Purchase Provisions|§ 50-16-81. Contracts by State or Subdivision for Purchase, Lease, or Acquisition of United States Equipment, Supplies, Materials, or Other Property

  The state or any department, agency, political subdivision, or municipality of the state may enter into and make any contract with the United States or with any department or agency thereof for the purchase, lease, or other acquisition of any equipment, supplies, material, or other property, both real and personal; and any political subdivision or municipality of the state may contract with the state or any department or agency thereof for the purchase, lease, or other acquisition of any such equipment, supplies, materials, or other property, both real and personal. Either of such contracts may be made without:   Publicly advertising for bids or posting notices of expenditures;   Inviting or receiving competitive bids; or   Requiring delivery of purchases before payment.     The appropriate authority of the state, department, agency, political subdivision, or municipality may designate an employee or officeholder to enter bids at sales of equipment, supplies, material, or other property, both real and personal, owned by the United States or an agency thereof. The person may be authorized to make any payments required in connection with the bidding and sale.   This Code section shall apply only to contracts made with the United States or with any department or agency thereof by the state or any department, agency, political subdivision, or municipality of the state or to any contracts made with the state by any political subdivision or municipality thereof.   This Code section shall not be construed to repeal, alter, amend, change, or modify in any manner whatsoever any general, local, or special law as to the method of procedure or requirements provided for the making of any contract by any of the stated authorities other than the kind of contracts set forth in this Code section.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 394, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1945, p. 394, § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that any provisions of the law, charter, ordinance, resolution, by-law, rule, or regulation which are inconsistent with the provisions of that Act be and the same are hereby suspended to the extent that such provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of the Act.   Law reviews.   - For article surveying general legal principles of municipal and county government purchasing and contracting in Georgia, see 16 Mercer L. Rev. 371 (1965).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Exception for federal purchases.   - Purchase of federal property under this section is an exception to general purchasing laws of state. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 442.
GA Code § 50-16-82 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 4 - Miscellaneous Sale and Purchase Provisions|§ 50-16-82. Effect of Payment of Purchase Money or Other Consideration Causing Property to Be Transferred to State

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Person" means any individual; general or limited partnership; joint venture; firm; private, public, or public service corporation; association; unincorporated association; fiduciary; or any other entity other than the state.   "State" means the State of Georgia, its agencies, departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions, authorities, and associations.     Payment of purchase money or any other consideration by any person, which payment causes or partially causes property, real or personal or mixed, to be transferred to the state shall not result in nor imply a trust, nor permit the inference that a trust was created, nor permit the inference that any other interest, legal or equitable, was created either in favor of the person making the payment or in favor of any other person unless the trust or other interest is established expressly in writing.   Payment of purchase money or any other consideration by any person, which payment causes or partially causes property, real or personal or mixed, to be transferred to the state, shall be conclusively presumed to be a gift to the state.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 193, §§ 1-3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 76 Am. Jur. 2d, Trusts, §§ 196, 206.   C.J.S.   - 90 C.J.S., Trusts, §§ 95, 97.
GA Code § 50-16-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 5 - Western and Atlantic Railroad|§ 50-16-100. Exclusive State Property

 The railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga is the property of this state exclusively and shall be known as the Western and Atlantic Railroad.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 888; Code 1868, § 96; Code 1873, § 963; Code 1882, § 963; Ga. L. 1889, p. 362, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1020; Civil Code 1910, § 1287; Code 1933, § 91-201.)
GA Code § 50-16-101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 5 - Western and Atlantic Railroad|§ 50-16-101. Relationship of State as Owner of Railroad

 The state occupies the same relation to the railroad, as owner, that any company or corporation does to its railroad; and the obligations of the state to the public concerning the railroad, and of the public to the railroad, are the same as govern the other railroads of this state, so far as is consistent with the sovereign attributes of this state and the laws of force for its conduct.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 889; Code 1868, § 968; Code 1873, § 964; Code 1882, § 964; Civil Code 1895, § 1021; Civil Code 1910, § 1288; Code 1933, § 91-202.)
GA Code § 50-16-102 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 5 - Western and Atlantic Railroad|§ 50-16-102. All Railroad Laws to Apply

 All the public road laws and penal laws touching the railroads of this state, whether to obligate or protect, apply to the state railroad unless specially excepted or some other provision is prescribed in lieu of some one or more thereof.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 890; Code 1868, § 969; Code 1873, § 965; Code 1882, § 965; Civil Code 1895, § 1022; Civil Code 1910, § 1289; Code 1933, § 91-203.)   Cross references.   - Regulation of railroads generally, T. 46, C. 8 and 9.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Railroad's public liability.    - Western & Atlantic Railroad is not absolved from liability to public which arises from the exercise of the railroad's franchise to operate a railroad and to run trains along its tracks by leasing, with legislative authority and approval, the use of the railroads tracks to another railroad company, when there is no legislative exemption of the Western & Atlantic Railroad from any liability to the public arising from the use of the railroad's tracks by the lessee railroad. Bennett v. Western & A.R.R., 42 Ga. App. 821, 157 S.E. 365 (1931).    Cited in Western & A.R.R. v. Gray, 172 Ga. 286, 157 S.E. 482 (1931).
GA Code § 50-16-103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 5 - Western and Atlantic Railroad|§ 50-16-103. Landowners Authorized to Build Stock Gaps

 All persons in this state owning land through which the Western and Atlantic Railroad passes may build stock gaps on the railroad when the line of their fences may cross the same and may join their fences to such stock gaps, provided the landowners shall not improperly interfere with the bed of the railroad, render it less safe, or interfere with the running of the trains thereon.   (Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 261, § 1; Code 1868, § 1016; Code 1873, § 1012; Code 1882, § 1012; Civil Code 1895, § 1069; Civil Code 1910, § 1336; Code 1933, § 91-204; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50.)
GA Code § 50-16-104 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 5 - Western and Atlantic Railroad|§ 50-16-104. Power of Condemnation Authorized

 The Western and Atlantic Railroad (the corporation existing by virtue of the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad property from the State of Georgia by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, made March 4, 1968) is authorized and empowered to acquire by condemnation the title to all such real estate and other property as may be necessary or proper for the construction or maintenance of main line tracks, sidetracks, spur tracks, passing tracks, stations or station facilities, shops, section houses, pumping houses, roundhouses, pipelines, signal telegraph or telephone lines, or for the maintenance of the track or tracks of the railroad or other railroad uses, in connection with the maintenance or operation of the Western and Atlantic Railroad properties.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 253, § 1; Ga. L. 1918, p. 254, § 1; Code 1933, § 91-301.)   Editor's notes.   - The lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad property by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, made March 4, 1968, referred to above, is found at Ga. L. 1968, p. 54, as amended by Ga. L. 1986, p. 231.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 29A C.J.S., Eminent Domain, § 23 et seq.   ALR.    - Condemnation of premises or part thereof as affecting rights of landlord and tenant inter se, 163 A.L.R. 679.   Compensation for, or extent of rights acquired by, taking of land, as affected by condemner's promissory statements as to character of use or undertakings to be performed by it, 7 A.L.R.2d 364.   Admissibility, in eminent domain proceeding, of evidence as to price paid for condemned real property during pendency of the proceeding, 55 A.L.R.2d 781.   Admissibility, in eminent domain proceeding, of evidence as to price paid for condemned real property on sale prior to the proceeding, 55 A.L.R.2d 791.   Eminent domain: possibility of overcoming specific obstacles to contemplated use as element in determining existence of necessary public use, 22 A.L.R.4th 840.   State statute of limitations applicable to inverse condemnation or similar proceedings by landowner to obtain compensation for direct appropriation of land without the institution or conclusion of formal proceedings against specific owner, 26 A.L.R.4th 68.
GA Code § 50-16-105 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 5 - Western and Atlantic Railroad|§ 50-16-105. Width of Land Taken by Condemnation

 The land which may be acquired by condemnation under and by virtue of this Code section and Code Sections 50-16-104, 50-16-106, and 50-16-107 for the construction of a track or tracks shall not exceed 200 feet in width.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 253, § 2; Code 1933, § 91-302.)
GA Code § 50-16-106 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 5 - Western and Atlantic Railroad|§ 50-16-106. Manner for Determining Rights and Compensation in Condemnation Proceeding

 In the event the Western and Atlantic Railroad is unable to obtain title to real estate or other property from the owner or owners thereof by contract, lease, or purchase, it may obtain such title by condemnation, the rights to be acquired by it and the amount of compensation to be paid by it therefor to be assessed and determined in the manner provided in Parts 2 through 5 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 22.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 253, § 3; Ga. L. 1918, p. 254, § 2; Code 1933, § 91-303.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 29A C.J.S., Eminent Domain, § 24 et seq.   ALR.   - Compensation for, or extent of rights acquired by, taking of land, as affected by condemner's promissory statements as to character of use or undertakings to be performed by it, 7 A.L.R.2d 364.   Right to intervene in court review of zoning proceeding, 46 A.L.R.2d 1059.   Admissibility, in eminent domain proceeding, of evidence as to price paid for condemned real property during pendency of the proceeding, 55 A.L.R.2d 781.   Admissibility, in eminent domain proceeding, of evidence as to price paid for condemned real property on sale prior to the proceeding, 55 A.L.R.2d 791.   Eminent domain: right of owner of land not originally taken or purchased as part of adjacent project to recover, on enlargement of project to include adjacent land, enhanced value of property by reason of proximity to original land - state cases, 95 A.L.R.3d 752.   Eminent domain: recovery of value of improvements made with knowledge of impending condemnation, 98 A.L.R.3d 504.   State statute of limitations applicable to inverse condemnation or similar proceedings by landowner to obtain compensation for direct appropriation of land without the institution or conclusion of formal proceedings against specific owner, 26 A.L.R.4th 68.
GA Code § 50-16-107 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 5 - Western and Atlantic Railroad|§ 50-16-107. Rights Acquired by Condemnation to Vest in State

 At the termination of the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad property, the property rights acquired by condemnation under Code Sections 50-16-104 through 50-16-106 shall go to and become vested in the state.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 253, § 4; Ga. L. 1918, p. 254, § 3; Code 1933, § 91-304.)   Editor's notes.   - The lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad property by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, made March 4, 1968, referred to above, is found at Ga. L. 1968, p. 54, as amended by Ga. L. 1986, p. 231.
GA Code § 50-16-108 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 5 - Western and Atlantic Railroad|§ 50-16-108. Lessee Subject to Public Service Commission Regulation

 The railroad operation by the lessee of the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall be subject to the regulation of the Public Service Commission.   (Code 1933, § 91-113a, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 146, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 857, § 1; Code 1933, § 91-114a, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1092, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Regulation of railroads generally, T. 46, C. 8 and 9.   Editor's notes.   - The lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad property by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, made March 4, 1968, referred to above, is found at Ga. L. 1968, p. 54, as amended by Ga. L. 1986, p. 231.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Lease contract between state and railroad.    - Under the lease contract entered into between the state as the owner of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, on May 11, 1917, the lessee acquired a right to the use of the underground and overhead space on the portion of the land lying between streets in the City of Atlanta constituting a part of the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, with the right to sublet any part thereof not needed for railroad purposes, without the consent of the Governor. State v. Western & A.R.R., 185 Ga. 658, 196 S.E. 392 (1938).
GA Code § 50-16-180 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 7 - Commission on Condemnation of Public Property|§ 50-16-180. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Commission" means the State Commission on the Condemnation of Public Property created by Code Section 50-16-181.   "Public property" means any real property located within the State of Georgia in which a legal or equitable interest is held by:   The State of Georgia or any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the executive branch of state government;   Any county, municipality, county or independent school district, or other political subdivision of the state or any agency of any such political subdivision;   Any public authority or other public corporation which is a body politic of the state or of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state; or   Any governmental body or governmental entity of this state not covered by subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of this paragraph.     "State agency" means the State of Georgia; any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the executive branch of state government, excluding the Department of Transportation and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, which under the laws of the state has the power and authority to acquire private property by condemnation and the power of eminent domain; or any state authority which under the laws of the state has the power and authority to acquire private property by condemnation and the power of eminent domain.     (Code 1981, §50-16-180, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1187, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1990, the subsection designation "(a)" was deleted since this Code section contains no subsection (b).   Law reviews.   - For annual survey of local government law, see 43 Mercer L. Rev. 317 (1991).
GA Code § 50-16-181 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 7 - Commission on Condemnation of Public Property|§ 50-16-181. Creation; Membership; Officers; Quorum; Voting Requirements; Call, Notice, and Minutes or Transcripts of Meetings; Seal; Bylaws; Expenses

  There is created the State Commission on the Condemnation of Public Property consisting of the Governor, ex officio; Lieutenant Governor, ex officio; Secretary of State, ex officio; Commissioner of Agriculture, ex officio; Commissioner of Insurance, ex officio; state auditor, ex officio; and the Commissioner of Labor, ex officio.   The Governor shall be the chairman of the commission and the Lieutenant Governor shall be the vice-chairman. Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy on the commission shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the commission. With the sole exception of approving the condemnation of public property, which approval shall require four affirmative votes of the membership of the commission present and voting at any meeting, the business, powers, and duties of the commission may be transacted, exercised, and performed by a majority vote of the commission members present and voting at a meeting when more than a quorum is present and voting or by a majority vote of a quorum when only a quorum is present and voting at a meeting. An abstention in voting shall be considered as that member not being present and not voting in the matter on which the vote is taken.   Meetings shall be held on the call of the chairman, vice-chairman, or two commission members whenever necessary to the performance of the duties of the commission. Minutes or transcripts shall be kept of all meetings of the commission. Each commission member shall be given, not less than three days prior to the meeting, written notice of the date, time, and place of each meeting of the commission.   The commission shall adopt a seal for its use and may adopt bylaws for its internal government and procedures.   Members of the commission shall receive only their traveling and other actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as commission members.     (Code 1981, §50-16-181, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1187, § 1.)
GA Code § 50-16-182 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Public Property|Article 7 - Commission on Condemnation of Public Property|§ 50-16-182. Powers and Duties

 The commission, in addition to other powers and duties set forth in this article, shall have the power and duty to approve the acquisition of public property by condemnation and the power of eminent domain by the Department of Transportation; the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; or the State Properties Commission, acting for and on behalf of a state agency.    (Code 1981, §50-16-182, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1187, § 1.)