Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 32. HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES · Chapter 6. REGULATION OF MAINTENANCE AND USE OF PUBLIC ROADS GENERALLY · Article 3. CONTROL OF SIGNS AND SIGNALS · Part 2. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM

32-6-82. Acquisition by department of property rights in outdoor advertising which does not comply with requirements of part.

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

The department is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation and to pay just compensation for any property rights in outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices which were lawfully erected in compliance with the applicable laws in effect at the time of erection but which do not conform to this part or which fail to comply with this part due to changed conditions beyond the control of the sign owner. The department shall be limited to an expenditure of $5 million for the state’s portion of just compensation. The department shall be prohibited from paying more than 25 percent of any award for just compensation.

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

Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 5, § 11; Code 1933, § 95A-923, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1422, § 33.

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Text read from t32-(v23a)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V23A, 2019 edition, page 291; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 04a286a38b4e.