Capitol Square Designated; State Control and Jurisdiction Over Buildings and Grounds; Governor Authorized to Deed Part of Grounds for Traffic Movement

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  1. The following area is designated as "Capitol Square":
    1. The property owned by this state and the sidewalks and streets within the area in the City of Atlanta bounded by Washington Street, Trinity Avenue, Memorial Drive, Capitol Avenue, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive; and
    2. The buildings and property owned and operated by the Georgia Building Authority which are located on or bounded by Central Avenue, Trinity Avenue, Memorial Drive, Capitol Avenue, Jessie Hill, Jr. Drive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Peachtree Street, and Marietta Street.
  2. The state shall have the same control and jurisdiction over the use of the buildings and grounds owned by the state and designated as Capitol Square as have been authorized by law for the control and supervision of the public property formerly known as the State Capitol Buildings and Grounds.
  3. The Governor is authorized and empowered to deed, upon unanimous approval of the Governor, an appointee of the Governor who is not the Attorney General, and state auditor, upon such terms and conditions as they may deem to be to the best interests of the state, to the City of Atlanta or other appropriate governmental entity such part of the grounds owned by the state and facing Capitol Avenue that is deemed necessary and essential to widen, straighten, and improve Capitol Avenue at the entrance to Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, so as to route traffic to such other property which is essential or necessary to aid in the movement of traffic around Capitol Square.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 164, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1988, p. 426, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 137, § 2/HB 1074.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, "the" was inserted preceding "Attorney General" near the beginning of subsection (c).

CHAPTER 3 STATE FLAG, SEAL, AND OTHER SYMBOLS Article 1 State and Other Flags.
  • 50-3-1. Description of state flag; militia to carry flag; defacing public monuments; obstruction and relocation of monuments.
  • 50-3-2. Pledge of allegiance to state flag.
  • 50-3-3. Display of state flag.
  • 50-3-4. Designation of Secretary of State as custodian of state flag; procurement and furnishing of flags to schools.
  • 50-3-4.1. School superintendents and administrative officials authorized to display copies of national motto and American and Georgia flags in certain places; means of acquisition.
  • 50-3-5. Preservation of Confederate flags.
  • 50-3-6. Display of Spanish-American War flags.
  • 50-3-7. Duty of Governor to accept flags.
  • 50-3-8. Use of national, state, or Confederate flag for advertising, selling, or promoting the sale of merchandise unlawful.
  • 50-3-9. Abuse of federal, state, or Confederate flag unlawful.
  • 50-3-10. Use of flag for decorative or patriotic purposes.
  • 50-3-11. Penalty.
  • 50-3-12. State flags to honor service of deceased qualifying elected state officials.
  • 50-3-13. State flags to honor service of deceased qualifying public safety officers.
  • 50-3-14. Display of Honor and Remember flag; symbolism; manufacturing; adoption of guidelines; procurement and distribution for compliance.
Article 2 Great Seal of the State.
  • 50-3-30. Description; custody.
  • 50-3-31. Use and display; facsimile.
  • 50-3-32. Authorized and unauthorized use or display.
Article 3 Other State Symbols.
  • 50-3-50. State bird.
  • 50-3-51. State game bird.
  • 50-3-52. State fish.
  • 50-3-53. State floral emblem.
  • 50-3-54. State wild flower.
  • 50-3-55. Official tree.
  • 50-3-56. Official fossil.
  • 50-3-57. Official gem.
  • 50-3-58. Official insect.
  • 50-3-59. Official mineral.
  • 50-3-60. Official song.
  • 50-3-61. Official waltz.
  • 50-3-62. Official butterfly.
  • 50-3-63. Official reptile.
  • 50-3-64. Official historic drama.
  • 50-3-65. Official vegetable.
  • 50-3-66. State theater.
  • 50-3-67. Official state folk festival.
  • 50-3-68. Official 'Possum.
  • 50-3-69. Official musical theatre.
  • 50-3-70. Official state fruit.
  • 50-3-71. Poultry Capital of the World.
  • 50-3-72. State crop; official state peanut monument.
  • 50-3-73. Official folk dance.
  • 50-3-74. Official railroad museum.
  • 50-3-75. Official beef barbecue championship cookoff; official pork barbecue championship cookoff.
  • 50-3-76. Official tartan.
  • 50-3-77. Official state transportation history museum designated; maximization of advertising programs.
  • 50-3-78. State official prepared food.
  • 50-3-79. Official center for character education.
  • 50-3-80. Official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center.
  • 50-3-81. Official amphibian.
  • 50-3-82. Official cold water game fish.
  • 50-3-83. Official salt-water fish.
  • 50-3-84. Official designation of First Mural City.
  • 50-3-85. Official Georgia historical civil rights museum.
  • 50-3-86. Designation as Purple Heart state.
  • 50-3-87. Official state mammal.
  • 50-3-88. Definitions; adoptable dog designated as the official state dog.
  • 50-3-89. (Effective January 1, 2021) Official Georgia grape designation.
  • 50-3-90. Designation of official state riverine sport fish.
Article 4 Official State Language.
  • 50-3-100. English designated as official language; constitutional rights not denied; authorization for documents and forms in other languages; exceptions.
Article 5 Honoring Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • 50-3-105. Creation and placement of statue.
Article 6 Religious Liberty Monument.
  • 50-3-110. Monument placement; committee established; use of public funds prohibited.
Editor's notes.

- By resolution (see Ga. L. 1982, p. 1355), the General Assembly designated the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia as the State Museum of Art of the State of Georgia.

By resolution (Ga. L. 1986, p. 529), the General Assembly designated the English language as the official language of the State of Georgia. See also Code Section 50-3-100.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Resolution (Ga. L. 1986, p. 529) adopting English as the official language of the State of Georgia has the force and effect of law. 1995 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U95-16.

ARTICLE 1 STATE AND OTHER FLAGS


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