Condemnation proceedings by the boards and systems referred to in Code Section 20-2-521 shall take the form provided in Chapter 1 of Title 22 and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 22 or the form provided in Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 22, provided that county boards of education in counties of this state having a population (including the population of any independent school district located in such county) of more than 500,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1950 or any future such census may use the form provided in Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 22.
(Ga. L. 1947, p. 1130, § 2; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 174, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 100, § 2; Ga. L. 1961, p. 2864, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 20.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Amount of property which may be condemned for public school, 71 A.L.R.2d 1071.
Zoning regulations as applied to public elementary and high schools, 74 A.L.R.3d 136.
PART 2 EXEMPTION FROM LEVY AND SALE
20-2-540. Exemption of school property from levy and sale.
Each and every lot or parcel of land which has been or may hereafter be obtained by any county board of education or independent school district, together with any buildings erected thereon for school purposes and all school furniture, shall be exempt from levy and sale under any execution or other writ or order in the nature of an execution, provided that the lot of land so exempted shall not exceed ten acres; and if there is any excess over that number of acres, then that portion not to exceed ten acres most convenient for school purposes shall be exempt as provided in this Code section, the exempted portion to be set off by order of the county board or the boards of trustees of the independent school system.
(Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 116; Ga. L. 1926, Ex. Sess., p. 17, § 1; Code 1933, § 32-943; Ga. L. 1946, p. 206, § 7; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 20.)