{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-22-1-3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 22-1-3","heading":"Power of General Assembly to determine when right of eminent domain may be exercised; duty of courts as to laws authorizing the condemnation of private property for private uses.","body":"It is the province of the General Assembly to determine when the right of eminent domain may be exercised. If, however, under pretext of such necessity the General Assembly should pass a law authorizing the taking of property for private use rather than for public use, the courts should declare the law inoperative.","path":["TITLE 22 Eminent Domain","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.22.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"85cd3668549ccbabcd9542acc69deb8b471e4dab4702b1d2467c84a6f53723ea","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-22-1-2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-22-1-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}