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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-20) › Section 50-16-12 - Authorization for state insurance and hazard reserve fund to retain certain moneys for the payment of liabilities and expenses; deposit of investment funds with Office of the State Treasurer

In order to finance the continuing liability established with other agencies of state government, the state insurance and hazard reserve fund is authorized to retain all moneys paid into the fund as premiums on policies of insurance, all moneys received as interest, and all moneys received from other sources as a reserve for the payment of such liability and the expenses necessary to the proper conduct of such insurance program administered by the fund. Any amounts held by the state insurance and hazard reserve fund which are available for investment shall be paid over to the Office of the State Treasurer. The state treasurer shall deposit such funds in a trust account for credit only to the state insurance and hazard reserve fund. The state treasurer shall invest such funds subject to the limitations of Code Section
50-5A-7
and Chapter 17 of this title. All income derived from such investments shall accrue to the state insurance and hazard reserve fund. When moneys are paid over to the Office of the State Treasurer, as provided in this Code section, the commissioner shall submit an estimate of the date such funds shall no longer be available for investment. When the commissioner wishes to withdraw funds from the trust account provided for in this Code section, he or she shall submit a request for such withdrawal, in writing, to the state treasurer.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 621,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-20) › Section 50-16-13 - Authorization for state insurance and hazard reserve fund to contract for fire protection systems; cost limitation; approval by legislative subcommittees

The state insurance and hazard reserve fund is authorized to execute contracts with reliable manufacturers of automatic sprinkler systems and other fixed fire protection systems for the installation of approved fire protection systems for all properties of the state, authorities, instrumentalities, bureaus, and commissions which are insured or which may become insured in the future under the state self-insurance program. The cost shall be borne by the state insurance and hazard reserve fund and may not exceed $100,000.00 in any one fiscal year. The fund shall be the sole judge as to where and to what extent such fire protection systems need to be installed for the protection of lives and property. All expenditures for the installation of fire protection systems and equipment shall be approved by the fiscal affairs subcommittees of the Senate and House of Representatives.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-20) › Section 50-16-14 - Authorization of law enforcement officers and security personnel to deny entrance and remove persons from state property; assistance

Certified law enforcement officers of the Department of Public Safety and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and security personnel employed by or under contract with the Department of Public Safety are authorized and empowered to deny the entrance of any person into or upon any property or building of the Georgia Building Authority or the state when the person's activities are intended to disrupt or interfere with the normal activities and functions carried on in such property or building or have the potential of violating the security of the personnel therein. Certified officers of the Department of Public Safety and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and security personnel employed by or under contract with the Department of Public Safety are authorized and empowered to deny entrance into or upon any such property or building of any person displaying any sign, banner, placard, poster, or similar device. Certified officers of the Department of Public Safety and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and security personnel employed by or under contract with the Department of Public Safety are authorized and empowered to remove any person from any such property or building when the person's activities interfere with or disrupt the activities and the operations carried on in such property or building or constitute a safety hazard to the property or building or the inhabitants thereof. The authority and power provided in this Code section and Code Section
50-16-15
shall also extend to any property or building utilized by the state or any agency thereof. Any law enforcement officer assisting the certified officers of the Department of Public Safety and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation or the security personnel employed by or under contract with the Department of Public Safety shall have the same authority and power as provided by this Code section and Code Section
50-16-15
.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 379,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-20) › Section 50-16-15 - Adjutant general authorized to empower contract security guards to make arrests and carry firearms upon and surrounding National Guard facilities

The adjutant general is authorized to empower service contract security guards employed by the Department of Defense with the power and authority to make summary arrests of persons violating the laws of this state or the United States upon and surrounding any Georgia Air National Guard or Georgia Army National Guard facility. In case of such arrests, the service contract security guard shall as soon as possible deliver the arrested person or persons to the custody of the sheriff of the county wherein the offense was committed. The adjutant general shall also have the power and authority to authorize service contract security guards to carry firearms in the official performance of their duties.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-20) › Section 50-16-16 - Penalty for refusal to obey security personnel or law enforcement officer

Any person who refuses to obey any lawful order of any security personnel or law enforcement officer issued pursuant to Code Section
50-16-14
or
50-16-15
or any person who refuses to vacate any such property or building when requested to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-20) › Section 50-16-17 - Rights and remedies of state and other governmental entities relating to property ownership

(a)
Cumulative of any other prerogatives or powers, any unit or instrumentality of government within this state is empowered and authorized to assert any cause of action, initiate any proceeding, seek any remedy, and request or demand any judicial relief which pertains to real property and which is available under the general law of this state to nongovernmental parties in like circumstances. Without limitation this law shall apply to matters in law and equity, matters of general civil procedure, and to special statutory proceedings. This law shall be construed liberally as a remedial law, and it shall be applicable to all claims, whether heretofore or hereafter accruing and regardless of whether proceedings concerning such claims have commenced or may hereafter be commenced. Neither this law nor any actions taken by a governmental unit or instrumentality within its terms shall be deemed or construed as waiving sovereign immunity under state law or waiving any immunities under the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
(b)
For purposes of this Code section, the term "real property" shall have the same meaning as "realty" and "real estate" in Code Section
44-1-2
.
(c)
For purposes of this Code section, the term "unit or instrumentality of government" shall mean the state, its constituent agencies, associations, authorities, boards, bureaus, commissions, departments, instrumentalities, officers, and public corporations, and all like units and instrumentalities of local government, including, without limitation, counties and municipal corporations, other political subdivisions, their school boards, the boards of independent school systems, authorities and other instrumentalities, and any other entities or instrumentalities of state and local government created under or pursuant to state law and performing governmental functions.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-20) › Section 50-16-19 - State development projects; landscape plan requirements

(a)
As used in this Code section, the term "development activity" means the construction of a structure having an area occupied and defined by the exterior of such structure of at least 1,000 square feet or of a parking lot, other than roadway, street, or bridge construction.
(b)
Any project for development activity by the state on or after December 31, 2001, shall be designed in such a manner so as to minimize the loss or destruction of trees on the site of such construction and shall include a landscape plan providing, to the greatest extent practicable, for the retention of trees located on the site, for the replacement of trees lost with trees indigenous to the region, and for the planting of new indigenous trees.
Added by 2001 Ga. Laws 170, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-20) › Section 50-16-20 - [Repealed] Timing of official designations in honor of state agency or state officials

Repealed by 2003 Ga. Laws 58, § 6, eff. 6/30/2005.
Added by 2003 Ga. Laws 58, § 1, eff. 7/1/2003.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 2 - STATE PROPERTIES CODE (§§ 50-16-30 — 50-16-47) › Section 50-16-30 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "State Properties Code."
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 2 - STATE PROPERTIES CODE (§§ 50-16-30 — 50-16-47) › Section 50-16-33 - [Repealed] Assignment of State Properties Commission to Department of Administrative Services

Repealed by 2005 Ga. Laws 21,§ 10, eff. 4/12/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 2 - STATE PROPERTIES CODE (§§ 50-16-30 — 50-16-47) › Section 50-16-34.1 - Acquisition of property within railroad lines abandoned as operating rail lines

(a)
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 ownership of the said railroad corridor, in whole or in part, may be useful for the present or future needs of public transportation in this state.
(b)
Such an acquisition as described in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be in the name of the state, custody in the commission, a "property" similar to the state owned properties described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (8) of Code Section
50-16-31
, and may be made by the commission without a request to acquire from another state agency, or without a request from another state agency, state authority, or other instrumentality of the state to provide or perform acquisition related services. Any property owned by the state as described in subsection (a) or in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (8) of Code Section
50-16-31
shall be exempt from any fees imposed by any county or municipality for the management, collection, or disposal of storm water, without regard to whether the property is subject to a lease.
(c)
Notwithstanding any provisions and requirements of law to the contrary and particularly notwithstanding the requirements of Code Section
50-16-39
, the commission, acting for and on behalf of and in the name of the state, is empowered and may deed, lease, rent, or license any such acquired property to any state authority or other instrumentality of the state for public transportation use.
(d)
Except as otherwise provided for in this Code section, the powers set forth in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this Code section are cumulative, and not in derogation, of other powers of the commission as set forth in the "State Properties Code."
(e)
The powers set forth in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this Code section are intended to be exercised independently of any power or action by any other state agency, state authority, or other unit or instrumentality of government, but said powers are not intended to repeal similar or related powers in any other state agency, state authority, or other unit or instrumentality of government.
Amended by 2018 Ga. Laws 476,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2018.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 2 - STATE PROPERTIES CODE (§§ 50-16-30 — 50-16-47) › Section 50-16-36 - Maintenance of records by State Properties Commission; open to public inspection

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 state during usual business hours unless the same are being used by the commission or by its employees in the performance of its or their duties in reference thereto.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 2 - STATE PROPERTIES CODE (§§ 50-16-30 — 50-16-47) › Section 50-16-37 - Adoption of rules and regulations by State Properties Commission; penalty for violation

(a)
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 in this article.
(b)
Any person who violates any rule or regulation adopted by the commission or who procures, aids, or abets therein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 2 - STATE PROPERTIES CODE (§§ 50-16-30 — 50-16-47) › Section 50-16-42 - Revocable license agreements without competitive bidding authorized; terms and conditions; telephone lines construction provisions unaffected; exception

(a)
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 under the custody and control of the commission or under the custody and control of any state agency which is subject to the requirements of Code Section
50-16-38
.
(b)
Any grant of revocable license by the commission to any person shall be in writing and shall contain such terms and conditions as the commission shall determine to be in the best interest of the state, provided that:
(1)
Each grant of revocable license, if not revoked prior to, shall stand revoked, canceled, and terminated as of the third anniversary of the date of the revocable license agreement;
(2)
Each grant of revocable license shall provide that, regardless of any and all improvements and investments made, consideration paid, or expenses and harm incurred or encountered by the licensee, the same shall not confer upon the licensee any right, title, interest, or estate in the licensed premises nor confer upon the licensee a license coupled with an interest or an easement, such grant of a revocable license conferring upon the licensee and only the licensee a mere personal privilege revocable by the commission, with or without cause, at any time during the life of the revocable license;
(3)
Each grant of revocable license shall be made for an adequate monetary consideration of not less than $650.00, the adequacy of which shall be determined by the commission in considering the factors involved in each grant, particularly for whose principal benefit the revocable license is being granted; however, if the commission determines that the revocable license directly benefits the state, then any monetary consideration set by the commission shall be deemed adequate; and
(4)
Any grant of revocable license shall be subject to approval by any appropriate state regulatory agency that the proposed use of the licensed property meets all applicable safety and regulatory standards and requirements.
(c)
This Code section shall not be construed or interpreted as amending, conflicting with, or superseding any or all of Code Section
46-5-1
, relating to the construction of telephone lines.
(d)
This Code section shall not apply to the issuance or renewal of revocable licenses or permits for the construction and maintenance of boat docks on High Falls Lake. Such revocable licenses or permits shall be issued by the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to Code Section
12-3-34
.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 112,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 700,§ 12, eff. 7/1/2012.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 2 - STATE PROPERTIES CODE (§§ 50-16-30 — 50-16-47) › Section 50-16-44 - Power of eminent domain; provisions cumulative and not to supersede other powers; form of proceedings; acquisition of public property or interest

(a)
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 power of eminent domain shall be cumulative of any other power of eminent domain provided by law. Condemnation proceedings by the commission, acting for and on behalf of and in the name of the state, shall take the form provided in Chapter 1 of Title 22 and Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 22 or the form provided in Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 22. The power of condemnation and eminent domain to take or damage private property authorized by this Code section shall neither supersede nor abridge the powers of condemnation and eminent domain to take or damage private property given severally to the Department of Transportation and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
(b)
The commission, acting for and on behalf of and in the name of the state, is also authorized to acquire public property or an interest therein by condemnation and the power of eminent domain when such acquisition is approved by the State Commission on the Condemnation of Public Property as provided in Code Section
50-16-183
. Condemnation proceedings by the commission shall take the form provided in Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 22. As used in this subsection, the term "public property" has the same meaning provided for in Code Section
50-16-180
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 2 - STATE PROPERTIES CODE (§§ 50-16-30 — 50-16-47) › Section 50-16-45 - Department of Natural Resources authorized to convey certain property without commission approval

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 of boat-launching ramps without the prior approval of the commission. The conveyance may be made without prior appraisal, without a plat, and without public bidding procedures and shall be made for nominal consideration or such consideration as may be agreed upon between the department and the other party or parties to the conveyance.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 2 - STATE PROPERTIES CODE (§§ 50-16-30 — 50-16-47) › Section 50-16-46 - State agencies directed to provide State Properties Commission with technical assistance

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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 2 - STATE PROPERTIES CODE (§§ 50-16-30 — 50-16-47) › Section 50-16-47 - Article to be construed liberally

This article shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes of the article.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 3 - GOVERNOR'S POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 50-16-60 — 50-16-68) › Section 50-16-60 - Governor to issue land grants

The Governor shall issue all grants to lands under the laws of this state; such shall not be conclusive but subject to the investigation of the courts. Whenever such grants are declared by the proper court to have been issued wrongly, it shall be the Governor's duty to issue another grant in accordance with such decision, if the decision of the court so requires.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 3 - GOVERNOR'S POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 50-16-60 — 50-16-68) › Section 50-16-61 - General supervision and office assignment

The Governor shall have general supervision over all property of the state with power to make all necessary regulations for the protection thereof, when not otherwise provided for. He shall assign rooms in the capitol to all officers who are required to hold their offices there and, in the absence of any legislative provision, designate the purpose to which other rooms shall be applied.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 3 - GOVERNOR'S POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 50-16-60 — 50-16-68) › Section 50-16-62 - Actions for recovery of state debts

Whenever the Governor, after consulting with the Attorney General, shall deem it proper to institute an action for the recovery of a debt due the state or money or property belonging to the state, he is authorized and required to institute the action in the proper court of this state, with the same rights as any citizen, and to require the aid of the Attorney General to begin and carry on the action.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 3 - GOVERNOR'S POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 50-16-60 — 50-16-68) › Section 50-16-63 - Governor authorized to lend art objects, pictures, and other personal property to institutions for display

The Governor is authorized to lend to public and private institutions pictures, objects of art, and other nonessential personal property of the state for the purpose of display by such institutions under such proper safeguards relating to ownership and preservation as the Governor, in his judgment, shall designate.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 3 - GOVERNOR'S POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 50-16-60 — 50-16-68) › Section 50-16-64 - Authority for Governor to purchase property at sheriff's sale under execution in favor of state

At all sheriff's sales under any execution in favor of the state or the Governor, the Governor, or anyone authorized by him, may purchase the property so sold, provided that in no case shall more be bid for such property than the amount due the state upon the execution.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 3 - GOVERNOR'S POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 50-16-60 — 50-16-68) › Section 50-16-65 - Authority for Governor to rent or sell property purchased at sheriff's sale; manner of sales

The Governor may rent out property purchased pursuant to Code Section
50-16-64
or sell the same at public outcry to the highest bidder, upon such terms as he may deem to be in the interests of the state, and may make the necessary conveyances for the same, provided that such sale shall be advertised in the same manner and for the same time as sheriff's sales.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 3 - GOVERNOR'S POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 50-16-60 — 50-16-68) › Section 50-16-66 - Authority to pay exemptions and superior liens and encumbrances on property purchased at sheriff's sale

If there is any exemption of any part of the property purchased pursuant to Code Section
50-16-64
, or the proceeds thereof, or any lien or encumbrance which is of superior dignity to the lien of the state, the Governor may pay the amount so exempted, or the lien or encumbrance, to the person entitled thereto.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 3 - GOVERNOR'S POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 50-16-60 — 50-16-68) › Section 50-16-67 - Report to General Assembly of transactions involving property purchased at sheriff's sale

The Governor shall report to the General Assembly at its following session any purchase, lease, or sale made under Code Sections
50-16-64
,
50-16-65
,
50-16-66
, and
50-16-68
giving full particulars of the transaction.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 3 - GOVERNOR'S POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 50-16-60 — 50-16-68) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 4 - MISCELLANEOUS SALE AND PURCHASE PROVISIONS (§§ 50-16-80 — 50-16-82) › Section 50-16-80 - Sale or disposition of state livestock or swine

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
(d)
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.
(e)
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.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 462, § 50, eff. 4/18/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 4 - MISCELLANEOUS SALE AND PURCHASE PROVISIONS (§§ 50-16-80 — 50-16-82) › Section 50-16-81 - Contracts by state or subdivision for purchase, lease, or acquisition of United States equipment, supplies, materials, or other property

(a)
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:
(1)
Publicly advertising for bids or posting notices of expenditures;
(2)
Inviting or receiving competitive bids; or
(3)
Requiring delivery of purchases before payment.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
(d)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 4 - MISCELLANEOUS SALE AND PURCHASE PROVISIONS (§§ 50-16-80 — 50-16-82) › Section 50-16-82 - Effect of payment of purchase money or other consideration causing property to be transferred to state

(a)
As used in this Code section, the term:
(1)
"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.
(2)
"State" means the State of Georgia, its agencies, departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions, authorities, and associations.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 5 - WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD (§§ 50-16-100 — 50-16-108) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 5 - WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD (§§ 50-16-100 — 50-16-108) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 5 - WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD (§§ 50-16-100 — 50-16-108) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 5 - WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD (§§ 50-16-100 — 50-16-108) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 5 - WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD (§§ 50-16-100 — 50-16-108) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 5 - WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD (§§ 50-16-100 — 50-16-108) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 5 - WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD (§§ 50-16-100 — 50-16-108) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 5 - WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD (§§ 50-16-100 — 50-16-108) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 5 - WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD (§§ 50-16-100 — 50-16-108) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 1 - INVENTORY OF REAL PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-125) › Section 50-16-120 - Definitions

As used in this part, the term:
(1)
"Entities" or "entity" means any and all constitutional offices, as well as all authorities, departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, instrumentalities, or institutions of the state.
(2)
"Real property" means any improved or unimproved real property owned by the state and under the jurisdiction of any state entity.
(3)
"State" means the State of Georgia and any of its offices, agencies, authorities, departments, commissions, boards, divisions, instrumentalities, and institutions but does not include counties, municipalities, school districts, other units of local government, hospital authorities, or housing and other local authorities.
(4)
"State facility" means a building owned by the state or under the custody or control of the state or insured by the program of self-insurance established under Code Sections
50-16-8
through
50-16-11
.
(5)
"State lease" means a lease or rental agreement entered into by a state entity for a definite period of time for the use by a state entity of real property or facilities or a lease of state real property or state facilities by a state entity for use by another party.
Added by 2005 Ga. Laws 21,§ 15, eff. 4/12/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 1 - INVENTORY OF REAL PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-125) › Section 50-16-123 - Conveyances and condemnation orders to be filed with State Properties Commission

A copy of all conveyances for the acquisition and disposition of real property held or owned by any state entity shall be filed with the State Properties Commission within 30 days after the conveyance in an acquisition has been recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court in the county in which the land is located and within 30 days after the conveyance in a disposition has been dated, executed, and delivered. When real property is acquired by condemnation by any state entity, a certified copy of the court order vesting title in such state entity shall be filed with the State Properties Commission within 30 days after the date of the court order.
Added by 2005 Ga. Laws 21,§ 15, eff. 4/12/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 1 - INVENTORY OF REAL PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-125) › Section 50-16-124 - State entities to compile information for an inventory of all state owned or leased facilities and real property

Beginning July 1, 2005, each state entity shall compile information on all state facilities, real property, and state leases under the custody or control of such state entity necessary for the compilation of an inventory of all state owned or leased facilities and real property; provided, however, that all improvements acquired for public works that will ultimately be disposed of are excluded from the requirements of this part. On or before October 1, 2005, and as changes occur, but by no later than such date annually, each state entity shall send such information to the commission. The commission shall develop the format for the compilation and reporting of the inventory.
Added by 2005 Ga. Laws 21,§ 15, eff. 4/12/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 1 - INVENTORY OF REAL PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-125) › Section 50-16-125 - Rules and regulations authorized

The State Properties Commission is authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this part, provided such rules and regulations are not in conflict with this part.
Added by 2005 Ga. Laws 21,§ 15, eff. 4/12/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 2 - ANNUAL INVENTORY (§§ 50-16-140 — 50-16-145) › Section 50-16-140 - "Proper authority" defined

The "proper authority" referred to in this part is the Governor for all officers of the state and the county commissioners or other officers having charge of county matters for all officers of the county.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 2 - ANNUAL INVENTORY (§§ 50-16-140 — 50-16-145) › Section 50-16-141 - Inventory required of state and county officers; entry of inventory into book

All state and county officers on or before January 15 of each year shall make a complete inventory on oath of all the public property in their charge and shall enter the same in a book kept for that purpose.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 2 - ANNUAL INVENTORY (§§ 50-16-140 — 50-16-145) › Section 50-16-142 - Receipt for property received from predecessor in office; accounting for property not turned over

When any officer shall vacate his office, he shall take a receipt from his successor for all property turned over to the successor, which receipt shall be entered in the inventory book; and he shall satisfactorily account to the proper authority for any not turned over.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 2 - ANNUAL INVENTORY (§§ 50-16-140 — 50-16-145) › Section 50-16-143 - Examination of predecessor's inventories; report

Every officer, within three months after taking charge of his office, shall examine the inventories of his predecessor and make a report upon the same to the proper authority, especially reporting each article and its value not turned over or satisfactorily accounted for.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 2 - ANNUAL INVENTORY (§§ 50-16-140 — 50-16-145) › Section 50-16-144 - [Repealed] Sale or disposition of unserviceable property

Repealed by 2005 Ga. Laws 22,§ 24, eff. 7/1/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 2 - ANNUAL INVENTORY (§§ 50-16-140 — 50-16-145) › Section 50-16-145 - Actions against public officers for violations of part

Any public officer who violates any one or more of the provisions of this part shall be liable to be ruled by the proper authority in the superior court in the same manner as the sheriffs and be subject to an action on his bond for the value of all public property not turned over or satisfactorily accounted for, provided that this and the preceding Code sections of this part shall not be construed to repeal any laws for the recovery of public property or the value thereof or for the punishment of any public officer who refuses, fails, or neglects to turn over or satisfactorily account for the same.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 3 - CENTRAL INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-160 — 50-16-163) › Section 50-16-160 - Department of Administrative Services to establish and maintain inventory; state employees to furnish information; inspection and copies of records

(a)
It shall be the duty of the Department of Administrative Services to establish and maintain an accurate central inventory of movable personal property owned by the state and any offices, agencies, departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, authorities, or other entities of the state; and it shall be the duty of each officer and employee thereof to furnish the Department of Administrative Services full information for such inventory and otherwise assist it in establishing and maintaining the inventory.
(b)
The inventory shall be maintained on a current basis; and state officers and employees shall furnish the Department of Administrative Services such information as may be required by it to keep the inventory current.
(c)
The inventory records shall be available for inspection at all times during normal working hours; and copies of the inventory records or any part thereof shall be provided to the Governor and the General Assembly, or committees thereof, upon request.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 22,§ 26, eff. 7/1/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 16 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-1 — 50-16-183) › Article 6 - INVENTORY OF PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-120 — 50-16-163) › Part 3 - CENTRAL INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 50-16-160 — 50-16-163) › Section 50-16-161 - [Reserved] Part applicable to movable personal property; determination to include or exclude items from inventory binding

Repealed by 2005 Ga. Laws 22,§ 28, eff. 6/30/2006.
Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws 58, § 2, eff. 7/1/2003; exp.6/30/2006.
This section is set out twice. The amendment to this section by 2003 Ga. Laws 58, § 2 is eff. 7/1/2003 and expires effective 6/30/2006. See also § 50-16-161, effective after that date.