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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-3-236. Exercise of police power of authority; delegation of power to state or county.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-3-236. Exercise of police power of authority; delegation of power to state or county.

The authority is empowered to exercise such of the police powers of the state as may be necessary to maintain peace and order and to enforce any and all zoning, user, and personal conduct restrictions upon the properties and facilities and the persons under its jurisdiction to the extent that such is lawful under the laws of the nation and the state. The authority may delegate all or any part of performance of this function temporarily or permanently to the state or the county in which the park is located, or both.

## History

Ga. L. 1950, p. 152, § 14.