Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Chapter 8. RAILROAD COMPANIES · Article 7. SPECIAL OFFICERS FOR PROTECTION OF RAILROAD PROPERTY

46-8-230. Appointment of officers by Governor; power of arrest; source of compensation.

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

Upon the application of the president or resident executive officer of any railroad corporation operating and doing business in this state as a common carrier, the Governor may appoint one or more persons as special officers for the protection of the property and interest of such corporation, with powers to make arrests, provided that such special officers must be paid by the corporation applying for such appointment; provided, further, that such special officers shall not receive any compensation from the state or any county thereof.

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. 1935, p. 465, § 1.

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