Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 32. HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES · Chapter 7. ABANDONMENT, DISPOSAL, OR LEASING OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR PUBLIC ROAD PURPOSES

32-7-1. Authority of department, counties, and municipalities to substitute for, relocate, or abandon public roads.

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

Whenever deemed in the public interest, the department or a county or a municipality may substitute for, relocate, or abandon any public road that is under its respective jurisdiction, provided that a county or municipality shall first obtain the approval of the department if any expenditure of federal or state funds is required.

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.

Code 1933, § 95A-618, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.

For annual survey on local government law, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 135 (2014).

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Text read from t32-(v23a)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V23A, 2019 edition, page 351; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 04a286a38b4e.