2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 22 - EMINENT DOMAIN
CHAPTER 3 - EXERCISE OF POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES
ARTICLE 3 - CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF WATERWORKS AND SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEMS
§ 22-3-60 - Authority to lease, purchase, or condemn property or receive donations for waterworks and sewage systems

O.C.G.A. 22-3-60 (2010)
22-3-60. Authority to lease, purchase, or condemn property or receive donations for waterworks and sewage systems


Any nongovernmental entity constructing, owning, or operating any waterworks or sanitary sewerage system, or both, in this state shall have the right, power, privilege, and authority to lease, purchase, or condemn property or any interest therein, including easements, or to receive donations or grants of property or any interest therein, including easements, for the purpose of constructing and operating a waterworks, a water distribution system, a sewerage collection system, or a sewage treatment and disposal system, or any combination of such systems or facilities; provided, however, that prior to condemning property in any political subdivision, any such entity shall first obtain the consent of the governing authority of such political subdivision after the requirements of Code Section 22-1-10 have been satisfied. Consent shall be granted by resolution or ordinance.