---
title: O.C.G.A. § 12-3-31. Parks and recreational areas acquired by state as constituting state park system; control and management of system by department.
collection: code
id: 12-3-31
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 12-3-31 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3-31
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3-31.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3-31/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=67595359_0#page=82
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3-30.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-3-32.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES / PARKS, HISTORIC AREAS, MEMORIALS, AND RECREATION / STATE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS GENERALLY
---

# O.C.G.A. § 12-3-31. Parks and recreational areas acquired by state as constituting state park system; control and management of system by department.

All parks and recreational areas acquired by the state, whether before or after November 1, 1982, shall constitute the state park system and shall be under the immediate control and management of the department.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 264, § 9.