Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 11. PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES · Part 1. POWERS OF LOCAL BOARDS

20-2-521. Power of condemnation.

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

County boards of education and independent school systems are authorized to take and damage, by condemnation, private property for public school purposes, either for public school building sites, playgrounds, athletic fields, or other purposes in connection with the public elementary or high schools or any public educational program which is now or may be hereafter authorized by law.

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History

Ga. L. 1947, p. 1130, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 100, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 53.

Cross references

Eminent domain, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. II, Para. V. Condemnation procedure generally, T. 22, C. 2.

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

Text read from t20-ch1-2a-(v17)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V17, 2022 edition, pages 597 to 598; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8daa8948bdb5.