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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-522. Condemnation procedure.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-522. Condemnation procedure.

Condemnation proceedings by the boards and systems referred to in Code Section 20-2-521 shall take the form provided in Chapter 1 of Title 22 and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 22 or the form provided in Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 22, provided that county boards of education in counties of this state having a population (including the population of any independent school district located in such county) of more than 500,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1950 or any future such census may use the form provided in Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 22.

## History

Ga. L. 1947, p. 1130, § 2; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 174, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 100, § 2; Ga. L. 1961, p. 2864, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 20.