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HB 0434 - Eminent domain; requirement that condemnations not be converted to any use other than public use for 20 years; provide exception

Tracking Level: Monitor
Sponsor: Wendell Willard
Last Action: 7/1/2017 - Effective Date
House Committee: Judiciary
Senate Committee: Judiciary

Staff Analysis of the Legislation
HB 434 amends § 22-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated by adding a new code section, 22-1-15, which provides for definitions; and sets out the procedure for filing a petition with superior court of a county for the state or any governing authority to take ownership of a piece of property under the powers of eminent domain. Code section 22-1-2 is amended by inserting the new code section as the new standard. 

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