Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 3. PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION · Article 5. SCENIC TRAILS

12-3-115. Construction of bicycle trails and bikeways by Department of Transportation.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
The Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to construct bicycle trails and bikeways in this state after the routes of such trails and bikeways have been determined by the Department of Natural Resources or by local governing authorities and approved by the Department of Transportation pursuant to this article.#
(b)
Nothing contained in this Code section shall be deemed or construed to prevent local governing authorities or private associations and organizations from constructing bicycle trails in this state, provided that the power of eminent domain shall not be exercised for the acquisition or construction of such trails.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1973, p. 470, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 799, § 3.

Cross references

Operating requirements for bicycles, § 40-6-290 et seq.

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Text read from t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V10, 2021 edition, page 125; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 a1ca11f804f2.

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