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2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 22 - EMINENT DOMAIN
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 22-1-3 - Power of General Assembly to determine when right of eminent domain may be exercised; duty of courts as to laws authorizing the condemnation of private property for private uses
O.C.G.A. 22-1-3 (2010)22-1-3. Power of General Assembly to determine when right of eminent domain may be exercised; duty of courts as to laws authorizing the condemnation of private property for private uses
It is the province of the General Assembly to determine when the right of eminent domain may be exercised. If, however, under pretext of such necessity the General Assembly should pass a law authorizing the taking of property for private use rather than for public use, the courts should declare the law inoperative.
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