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title: O.C.G.A. § 32-6-85. Department’s exercise of eminent domain power to acquire interests specified in Code Section 32-6-84.
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# O.C.G.A. § 32-6-85. Department’s exercise of eminent domain power to acquire interests specified in Code Section 32-6-84.

Whenever it is necessary, in the judgment of the commissioner, to acquire those interests specified in Code Section 32-6-84, the department may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in Article 1 of Chapter 3 of this title for the acquisition of real property needed for the construction of highways.

## History

Ga. L. 1967, p. 423, § 9; Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 5, § 13; Code 1933, § 95A-925, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.