Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 32-2-2. Powers and Duties of Department Generally

History. Ga. L. 1919, p. 242, art. 3, §§ 3, 5; Ga. L. 1919, p. 242, art. 4, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1919, p. 242, art. 6, § 3; Ga. L. 1922, p. 176, § 1; Ga. L. 1929, p. 260, § 2; Code 1933, §§ 95-1502, 95-1504, 95-1701, 95-1702, 95-1703, 95-1710, 95-1715, 95-1724; Code 1933, §§ 95A-302, 95A-303, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1422, §§ 6-9; Ga. L. 1975, p. 98, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1976, p. 416, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 775, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 973, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 773, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 56; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 32; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1355, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 2-2; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1251, § 1-1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 848, § 2/SB 85; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 3/SB 296; Ga. L. 2018, p. 629, § 2-1/SB 402.
The 2018 amendment, effective May 7, 2018, deleted “and” at the end of subparagraph (a)(18)(C), substituted “; and” for the period at the end of paragraph (a)(19), and added paragraph (a)(20).
Cross references.
Aviation authority, T. 6, C. 5.
Further provisions regarding powers and duties of department as regards aviation, §§ 6-1-1 , 6-1-2 .
Powers and duties of department with regard to construction of bicycle trails and bikeways, § 12-3-115 .
Erosion and sediment control plan prepared, § 12-7-7.1 .
Motor fuel and road taxes, T. 48, C. 9.
Powers and duties of department regarding welcome centers on federal highways, and installation and operation of vending machines at such centers, § 50-7-12 et seq.
Powers and duties of department with regard to intracoastal waterway, T. 52, C. 3.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, periods were substituted for semicolons at the end of subparagraphs (a)(12)(A), (a)(17)(A)-(a)(17)(C), (a)(18)(A) and subdivisions (a)(18)(B)(i)-(a)(18)(B)(iii); and “subparagraph (d)(1)(A)” was substituted for “subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a)” in subparagraphs (a)(17)(B) and (a)(17)(D).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1987, “property” was substituted for “porperty” in paragraph (a)(9) and, in subparagraph (a)(17)(A), “and aviation” was added following the first “aviation” and “and aviation” was deleted following the second “aviation”.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1994, in subsection (a), “contract lawsuits,” was substituted for “contract lawsuits” near the middle of paragraph (a)(4) and “or private,” was substituted for “or private” near the end of subparagraph (a)(17)(A).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2018, “Chapter 40” was substituted for “Chapter 39” near the end of paragraph (a)(20).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2018, p. 629, § 1-1/SB 402, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act.’