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Title 22. EMINENT DOMAIN · Chapter 3. EXERCISE OF POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES · Article 4. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF PETROLEUM PIPELINES

22-3-82. General certificate and permitting requirements.

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

  1. (a)

    A petroleum pipeline company shall not exercise the power of eminent domain granted in Code Section 22-3-81 for the purpose of constructing a new petroleum pipeline or for an extension unless and until a certificate of public convenience and necessity is issued by the commissioner of transportation as provided in Code Section 22-3-83 and a permit is issued by the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources as provided in Chapter 17 of Title 12.#

  2. (b)

    No certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit as provided in Code Section 22-3-83 shall be required of a petroleum pipeline company that is:#

    1. (1)

      Not exercising the power of eminent domain to acquire property; or#

    2. (2)

      Exercising the power of eminent domain for the purpose of maintenance or expansion.#

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

Code 1981, § 22-3-82, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 744, § 2/HB 413.

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

Text read from t22-t23-(v19)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V19, 2020 edition, page 191; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 b3cf4ff62f2f.