Title 50

Certified law enforcement officers of the Department of Public Safety and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and security personnel employed by or under contract with the Department of Public Safety are authorized and empowered to deny the entrance of any person into or upon any …

The adjutant general is authorized to empower service contract security guards employed by the Department of Defense with the power and authority to make summary arrests of persons violating the laws of this state or the United States upon and surrounding any Georgia Air National…

Any person who refuses to obey any lawful order of any security personnel or law enforcement officer issued pursuant to Code Section 50-16-14 or 50-16-15 or any person who refuses to vacate any such property or building when requested to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Hi…

(a) Cumulative of any other prerogatives or powers, any unit or instrumentality of government within this state is empowered and authorized to assert any cause of action, initiate any proceeding, seek any remedy, and request or demand any judicial relief which pertains to real pr…

(a) It is the intent of this Code section to implement the provisions of Article III, Section VI, Paragraph VI of the Constitution of the State of Georgia which generally prohibit gratuities by devising an administrative mechanism which will ensure that any obligation due the sta…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘development activity’’ means the construction of a structure having an area occupied and defined by the exterior of such structure of at least 1,000 square feet or of a parking lot, other than roadway, street, or bridge construction. (b…

The state owns 3,636 shares of stock in the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. History. — Orig. Code 1863, § 936; Code 1868, § 1017; Code 1873, § 1013; Code 1882, § 1013; Civil Code 1895, 50-16-3 § 1019; Civil Code 1910, § 1286; Code 1933, § 91-103.

The state holds the legal title to or is the beneficial owner of: (1) The several institutions operated by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, including all real and personal property belonging to the several institutions or used in connection therewith, and …

(a) As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘state authority’’ means: (1) The Jekyll Island—State Park Authority provided for in Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 12; or (2) The Stone Mountain Memorial Association provided for in Part 4 of Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title …

The use of the capitol building and grounds shall be limited to departments of the state government and to state and national political organizations, and the keeper of public buildings and grounds shall not grant the use of either the capitol buildings or grounds for any other p…

If any person shall mar, deface, or in any way injure the capitol building, the approaches thereto, the trees, shrubbery, or grounds belonging to same, or any of the furniture, fixtures, or property therein, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. — Ga. L. 1892, p. 100, § 1;…

(a) The General Assembly makes the following findings: (1) The Georgia capitol is a unique national and state treasure; (2) The United States government has recognized the capitol’s significance by designating it a National Historic Landmark, the nation’s highest level of recogniti…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘long-term federal license’’ means a license under which the state holds real estate belonging to the federal government for a period of ten years or longer. (b) Any real estate held by the state in fee simple or under a quitclaim deed …

The Governor shall keep insured all the insurable property of the state including, but not limited to, the public buildings and the contents thereof. The Governor is authorized to draw his warrant upon the state treasury annually for such sums as may be necessary to keep the insu…

(a) The Department of Administrative Services may formulate and initiate a plan of self-insurance for the state’s properties. The department shall cause: (1) A complete appraisal to be made of all the state’s insurable property as to value; (2) A complete classification to be made…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘State Properties Code.’’ History. — Code 1933, § 91-101A, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 146, § 1; Code 1933, § 91-101a, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 857, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1092, § 1.

As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Acquire,’’ ‘‘acquisition,’’ and ‘‘acquiring’’ mean the obtaining of real property by any method including, but not limited to, gift, purchase, condemnation, devise, court order, and exchange. (1.1) ‘‘Administrative space’’ means any space,…

(a) There is created within the executive branch of state government a public body which shall be known as the State Properties Commission and which shall consist of seven members and be composed of the Governor; the Secretary of State; one citizen appointed by the Governor for t…

The commission, in addition to other powers and duties set forth in other Code sections of this article, shall have the power and duty to: (1) Inspect, control, manage, oversee, and preserve the property; (2) Maintain at all times a current inventory of the property; (3) Authoriz…

(a) The State Properties Commission is empowered and may acquire from a railroad company the real property, including the right of way, and any other properties, personal or otherwise, associated therewith, encompassed within any railroad line that has been abandoned as an operat…

(a)(1) The Governor shall appoint a state property officer who shall serve as the executive director of the commission. The state property officer shall: (A) Advise the Governor on opportunities to achieve the goal of state-wide real property management; (B) Develop policies and …

The commission shall cause all of its records including, but not limited to, minutes or transcripts, reports, studies, forms of instruments, bidding papers, notices, advertisements, invitation for bids, bids, executed instruments, and correspondence to be kept and maintained perm…

(a) The commission is authorized to adopt, after reasonable notice and hearing thereon, such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate in exercising its powers and performing its duties under this article. The rules and regulations so adopted by the commission shall have t…

(a) Except for: (1) All acquisitions of real property by the Department of Transportation and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; (2) The Department of Natural Resources acquiring by gift parcels of real property, not exceeding three acres each, to be used f…

(a) Subject to authorization by the General Assembly as provided in Code Section 50-16-40, any conveyance, other than a grant of easement, lease, or exchange of real property, shall be initiated and carried out in accordance with this Code section. (b) A conveyance to a private e…

(a) Approval by the General Assembly of conveyances generally. (1) The commission shall prepare each conveyance of property with a value of $500,000.00 or more for consideration by the General Assembly and the Governor as provided in this Code section. (2) The commission shall no…

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions and requirements of law to the contrary, the commission is authorized to negotiate, prepare, and enter into in its own name rental agreements whereby a part of the property is rented, without public competitive bidding, to a person for a length …

(a) The commission for and on behalf of and in the name of the state is authorized to enter into, without the necessity of prior public competitive bidding, a written contract with any person, whereby such person is permitted to explore any state owned lands for indications of mi…

(a) The commission, acting for and on behalf of and in the name of the state, is empowered to take or damage by condemnation and the power of eminent domain for the public purposes of the state any private property upon first paying or tendering just and adequate compensation to t…

The Department of Natural Resources is authorized to convey to municipalities, counties, or combinations thereof, in the name of the state, by appropriate instrument, all of the state’s interest in any real property donated to the department at any time, in parcels not exceeding …

The Department of Natural Resources, the Public Service Commission, and all other state agencies are requested and directed to provide such technical assistance and services as shall be requested and needed by the commission in the execution and performance of its duties under th…

The Governor shall issue all grants to lands under the laws of this state; such shall not be conclusive but subject to the investigation of the courts. Whenever such grants are declared by the proper court to have been issued wrongly, it shall be the Governor’s duty to issue anot…

The Governor shall have general supervision over all property of the state with power to make all necessary regulations for the protection thereof, when not otherwise provided for. He shall assign rooms in the capitol to all officers who are required to hold their offices there a…

Whenever the Governor, after consulting with the Attorney General, shall deem it proper to institute an action for the recovery of a debt due the state or money or property belonging to the state, he is authorized and required to institute the action in the proper court of this s…

The Governor is authorized to lend to public and private institutions pictures, objects of art, and other nonessential personal property of the state for the purpose of display by such institutions under such proper safeguards relating to ownership and preservation as the Governo…

At all sheriff’s sales under any execution in favor of the state or the Governor, the Governor, or anyone authorized by him, may purchase the property so sold, provided that in no case shall more be bid for such property than the amount due the state upon the execution. History. …

The Governor may rent out property purchased pursuant to Code Section 50-16-64 or sell the same at public outcry to the highest bidder, upon such terms as he may deem to be in the interests of the state, and may make the necessary conveyances for the same, provided that such sale…

If there is any exemption of any part of the property purchased pursuant to Code Section 50-16-64, or the proceeds thereof, or any lien or encumbrance which is of superior dignity to the lien of the state, the Governor may pay the amount so exempted, or the lien or encumbrance, t…

The Governor shall report to the General Assembly at its following session any purchase, lease, or sale made under Code Sections 50-16-64, 50-16-65, 50-16-66, and 50-16-68 giving full particulars of the transaction. History. — Ga. L. 1873, p. 49, § 5; Code 1873, § 68; Code 1882, …

(a) No livestock or swine belonging to the state, or to any agency, board, or department of this state shall be sold or otherwise disposed of, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section. (b) Livestock and swine belonging to the state or to any agency, boar…

(a) The state or any department, agency, political subdivision, or municipality of the state may enter into and make any contract with the United States or with any department or agency thereof for the purchase, lease, or other acquisition of any equipment, supplies, material, or…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘Person’’ means any individual; general or limited partnership; joint venture; firm; private, public, or public service corporation; association; unincorporated association; fiduciary; or any other entity other than the state. (2) ‘‘…

The railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga is the property of this state exclusively and shall be known as the Western and Atlantic Railroad. History. — Orig. Code 1863, § 888; Code 1868, § 96; Code 1873, § 963; Code 1882, § 963; Ga. L. 1889, p. 362, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1020; C…

The state occupies the same relation to the railroad, as owner, that any company or corporation does to its railroad; and the obligations of the state to the public concerning the railroad, and of the public to the railroad, are the same as govern the other railroads of this stat…

All the public road laws and penal laws touching the railroads of this state, whether to obligate or protect, apply to the state railroad unless specially excepted or some other provision is prescribed in lieu of some one or more thereof. History. — Orig. Code 1863, § 890; Code 1…

All persons in this state owning land through which the Western and Atlantic Railroad passes may build stock gaps on the railroad when the line of their fences may cross the same and may join their fences to such stock gaps, provided the landowners shall not improperly interfere …