O.C.G.A. § 12-8-41 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 8 / Section 12-8-41
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-8-41
Status: in_force

The department shall provide by rule or regulation for the regulation and permitting of any land disposal site that receives septic tank waste from any one or more septic tank pumping and hauling businesses. Any new permit issued for such type of site on or after July 1, 2007, shall be issued by the department under this Code section. Any such type of site that as of June 30, 2007, operated under a valid permit issued on or before such date by the Department of Human Resources (now known as the Department of Public Health for these purposes) under Code Section 31-2A-12 may continue to operate under such Code section until July 1, 2014, but a permit shall be obtained from the department under this Code section prior to such date in order to continue such operation thereafter.
O.C.G.A. § 12-8-26 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 8 / Section 12-8-26
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-8-26
Status: in_force

(a) Any county, municipality, group of counties, or authority beginning a process to select a site for a municipal solid waste disposal facility must first call at least one public meeting to discuss waste management needs of the local government or region and to describe the process of siting facilities to the public. Notice of this meeting shall be published within a newspaper of general circulation serving such county or municipality at least once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the date of such meeting. A regional solid waste management authority created under Part 2 of this article must hold at least one meeting within each jurisdiction participating in such authority, and notice for these meetings must be published within a newspaper of general circulation serving each such jurisdiction at least once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the date of such meeting.

(a) Any county, municipality, group of counties, or authority beginning a process to select a site for a municipal solid waste disposal facility must first call at least one public meeting to discuss waste management needs of the local government or region and to describe the process of siting facilities to the public. Notice of this meeting shall be published within a newspaper of general circulation serving such county or municipality at least once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the date of such meeting. A regional solid waste management authority created under Part 2 of this article must hold at least one meeting within each jurisdiction participating in such authority, and notice for these meetings must be published within a newspaper of general circulation serving each such jurisdiction at least once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the date of such meeting.

(b) The governing authority of any county or municipality taking action resulting in a publicly or privately owned municipal solid waste disposal facility siting decision shall cause to be published within a newspaper of general circulation serving such county or municipality a notice of the meeting at which such siting decision is to be made at least once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the date of such meeting. Such notice shall state the time, place, and purpose of the meeting and the meeting shall be conducted by the governing authority taking the action. A siting decision shall include, but is not limited to, such activities as the final selection of property for landfilling and the execution of contracts or agreements pertaining to the location of municipal solid waste disposal facilities within the jurisdiction, but shall not include zoning decisions.

(b) The governing authority of any county or municipality taking action resulting in a publicly or privately owned municipal solid waste disposal facility siting decision shall cause to be published within a newspaper of general circulation serving such county or municipality a notice of the meeting at which such siting decision is to be made at least once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the date of such meeting. Such notice shall state the time, place, and purpose of the meeting and the meeting shall be conducted by the governing authority taking the action. A siting decision shall include, but is not limited to, such activities as the final selection of property for landfilling and the execution of contracts or agreements pertaining to the location of municipal solid waste disposal facilities within the jurisdiction, but shall not include zoning decisions.
O.C.G.A. § 12-5-132 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 5 / Section 12-5-132
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-5-132
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this part shall affect oil and gas drilling operations covered by Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of this title.

(a) Nothing in this part shall affect oil and gas drilling operations covered by Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of this title.

(b) Nothing in this part shall affect the regulation of ground-water use by the division pursuant to Part 2 of this article.

(b) Nothing in this part shall affect the regulation of ground-water use by the division pursuant to Part 2 of this article.
O.C.G.A. § 12-3-406 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 12-3-406
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-3-406
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized to exercise such of the police powers of the state as may be necessary to maintain peace and order and to enforce any and all zoning, use, and personal conduct restrictions upon the properties, facilities, and persons under its jurisdiction to the extent that such is lawful under the laws of the United States and this state. The authority may delegate all or any part of the performance of these functions temporarily or permanently to the state or to any county within the geographic jurisdiction of the authority.
O.C.G.A. § 12-5-280 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 5 / Section 12-5-280
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-5-280
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Coastal Marshlands Protection Act of 1970.”
O.C.G.A. § 12-8-2 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 8 / Section 12-8-2
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-8-2
Status: in_force

(a) No person, firm, or corporation shall place, dump, dispose of, or cause to be placed, dumped, or disposed of in a public storm or sanitary sewer pipeline or through manholes thereof, or otherwise, any contents or matter of or from any septic tank, waste water holding tank, grease trap, or other container serving the purpose of a septic tank, waste water holding tank, or grease trap, which contents or matter is made up wholly or partly by the sanitary sewer, kitchen, or toilet waste from any residential source or commercial or industrial waste from business processes from any commercial or industrial facility, unless the express written permission of the owner of such public storm or sewer pipeline is first obtained.

(a) No person, firm, or corporation shall place, dump, dispose of, or cause to be placed, dumped, or disposed of in a public storm or sanitary sewer pipeline or through manholes thereof, or otherwise, any contents or matter of or from any septic tank, waste water holding tank, grease trap, or other container serving the purpose of a septic tank, waste water holding tank, or grease trap, which contents or matter is made up wholly or partly by the sanitary sewer, kitchen, or toilet waste from any residential source or commercial or industrial waste from business processes from any commercial or industrial facility, unless the express written permission of the owner of such public storm or sewer pipeline is first obtained.

(b) Any person, firm, or corporation violating subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any person, firm, or corporation violating subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) Any motor vehicle, trailer, and all other property and instruments utilized in the hauling, transporting, dumping, placing, or disposition of any contents or matter in any public sewer in violation of subsection (a) of this Code section are declared to be contraband and shall be subject to forfeiture according to the terms, provisions, conditions, and procedures set out in Chapter 16 of Title 9.

(c) Any motor vehicle, trailer, and all other property and instruments utilized in the hauling, transporting, dumping, placing, or disposition of any contents or matter in any public sewer in violation of subsection (a) of this Code section are declared to be contraband and shall be subject to forfeiture according to the terms, provisions, conditions, and procedures set out in Chapter 16 of Title 9.
O.C.G.A. § 12-3-70 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 12-3-70
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-3-70
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Heritage Trust Act of 1975.”
O.C.G.A. § 12-5-547 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 5 / Section 12-5-547
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-5-547
Status: in_force

If the director determines that the total number of nonirrigated acres needed during a given year cannot be sufficiently obtained through the irrigation reduction auction held in accordance with Code Section 12-5-546 , the director is authorized to issue an order, in accordance with rules adopted by the board, requiring certain permittees not to irrigate a specified number of acres of irrigated land until the end of the calendar year. When issuing such orders, the director shall begin with the permittees whose withdrawal permits were issued most recently and then work chronologically backward with each order issued. A permittee who is issued such an order shall be compensated for such restriction if such permittee applied to the division for a surface-water or ground-water withdrawal permit prior to December 1, 1999, received a surface-water or ground-water withdrawal permit from the division prior to December 1, 2000, and is able to demonstrate actual previous irrigation on the same acres of land which the owner has been ordered not to irrigate. The per acre dollar amount received by a permittee pursuant to this Code section shall be equal to the average agreed upon sum per acre paid pursuant to the irrigation reduction auction during the same year.
O.C.G.A. § 12-6-89 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 6 / Section 12-6-89
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-6-89
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this Code section, “extreme forest fire emergency” means a condition whereby forest fires within the state are of such number, size, severity, and intensity that they cannot be controlled by the existing facilities of the State Forestry Commission and are endangering life and property.

(a) As used in this Code section, “extreme forest fire emergency” means a condition whereby forest fires within the state are of such number, size, severity, and intensity that they cannot be controlled by the existing facilities of the State Forestry Commission and are endangering life and property.

(b) The Governor shall have authority to declare and determine the existence and termination of such emergency and, by order, rule, or regulation, to prohibit hunting, fishing, camping, or picnicking in any woods or lands of the state, or to prohibit the entering of such woods or lands for any other purposes which might cause a fire hazard or endanger the life or property of any person within such area. The Governor may direct and commandeer all state agencies and personnel to assist the State Forestry Commission in such emergency by executive order.

(b) The Governor shall have authority to declare and determine the existence and termination of such emergency and, by order, rule, or regulation, to prohibit hunting, fishing, camping, or picnicking in any woods or lands of the state, or to prohibit the entering of such woods or lands for any other purposes which might cause a fire hazard or endanger the life or property of any person within such area. The Governor may direct and commandeer all state agencies and personnel to assist the State Forestry Commission in such emergency by executive order.

(c) Forestry investigators and any and all other peace officers of this state, or of any county or municipality thereof, shall have authority to make arrests for violation of any order, rule, or regulation made pursuant to a declaration of extreme forest fire emergency. Any person who violates any such order, rule, or regulation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) Forestry investigators and any and all other peace officers of this state, or of any county or municipality thereof, shall have authority to make arrests for violation of any order, rule, or regulation made pursuant to a declaration of extreme forest fire emergency. Any person who violates any such order, rule, or regulation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(d) The director of the State Forestry Commission will notify the Governor from time to time what situation, in his judgment, constitutes an extreme forest fire emergency.

(d) The director of the State Forestry Commission will notify the Governor from time to time what situation, in his judgment, constitutes an extreme forest fire emergency.
O.C.G.A. § 12-8-36 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 8 / Section 12-8-36
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-8-36
Status: in_force

(a) The Georgia Building Authority is authorized to establish and coordinate a state-wide recycling program for state agencies and to establish, engage in, contract for, or otherwise allow or arrange for a collection program for recovered materials generated as a result of agency operations, including, but not limited to, aluminum and steel cans, plastic and glass bottles, and all grades of paper, including corrugated cardboard, and for the mulching or composting of yard trimmings. The Georgia Building Authority is authorized to establish procedures for the collection and storage of such materials from any property or building utilized by the state or any agency thereof and to enter into contractual or other arrangements for the transportation, disposition, or sale of such materials. Proceeds generated from such sale shall be used by the Georgia Building Authority for the purpose of offsetting the costs and expenses of administering and implementing the recycling program.

(a) The Georgia Building Authority is authorized to establish and coordinate a state-wide recycling program for state agencies and to establish, engage in, contract for, or otherwise allow or arrange for a collection program for recovered materials generated as a result of agency operations, including, but not limited to, aluminum and steel cans, plastic and glass bottles, and all grades of paper, including corrugated cardboard, and for the mulching or composting of yard trimmings. The Georgia Building Authority is authorized to establish procedures for the collection and storage of such materials from any property or building utilized by the state or any agency thereof and to enter into contractual or other arrangements for the transportation, disposition, or sale of such materials. Proceeds generated from such sale shall be used by the Georgia Building Authority for the purpose of offsetting the costs and expenses of administering and implementing the recycling program.

(b) Nothing in this part shall prohibit any state agency from engaging in, contracting for, or otherwise allowing or arranging for its own recycling program for recovered materials generated as a result of its own agency operations.

(b) Nothing in this part shall prohibit any state agency from engaging in, contracting for, or otherwise allowing or arranging for its own recycling program for recovered materials generated as a result of its own agency operations.
O.C.G.A. § 12-3-239 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 12-3-239
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-3-239
Status: in_force

The authority shall retain all books, china, furnishings, materials, and other personal property which are intrinsically associated with the history of Jekyll Island and its previous owners, so that an appropriate museum thereof may be later established.
O.C.G.A. § 12-3-208 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 12-3-208
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-3-208
Status: in_force

Resolutions for the issuance of bonds may be adopted without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this part. Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under this part shall become effective immediately upon its passage and need not be published or posted. Any such resolution may be passed at any regular, special, or adjourned meeting of the association by a majority of its members.
O.C.G.A. § 12-3-238 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 12-3-238
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-3-238
Status: in_force

The authority shall be authorized to execute to the United States of America such spoilage easements and rights of way in the property leased to the authority by this part as shall be necessary in the construction and maintenance of the intracoastal waterway. Such easements and rights of way shall not exceed in length such period of time as the authority is to exist under this part.
O.C.G.A. § 12-3-504 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 12-3-504
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-3-504
Status: in_force

(a) The committee is authorized to expend state funds available to the committee for the discharge of its duties. Said funds may be used for the purposes of compensating staff personnel, paying for services of independent accountants, engineers, and consultants, and paying all other necessary expenses incurred by the committee in performing its duties.

(a) The committee is authorized to expend state funds available to the committee for the discharge of its duties. Said funds may be used for the purposes of compensating staff personnel, paying for services of independent accountants, engineers, and consultants, and paying all other necessary expenses incurred by the committee in performing its duties.

(b) The members of the committee shall receive the same compensation, per diem, expenses, and allowances for their service on the committee as is authorized by law for members of interim legislative study committees.

(b) The members of the committee shall receive the same compensation, per diem, expenses, and allowances for their service on the committee as is authorized by law for members of interim legislative study committees.

(c) The funds necessary for the purposes of the committee shall come from the funds appropriated to and available to the legislative branch of government.

(c) The funds necessary for the purposes of the committee shall come from the funds appropriated to and available to the legislative branch of government.
O.C.G.A. § 12-5-93 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 5 / Section 12-5-93
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-5-93
Status: in_force

The director is authorized to employ, on a full-time or part-time basis, such professional personnel and clerical or other employees as may be necessary to discharge the additional duties delegated to the division by this part.
O.C.G.A. § 12-8-30-1 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 8 / Section 12-8-30-1
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-8-30.1
Status: in_force

Whenever the director finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health, safety, or well-being, the director, with the concurrence of the Governor, may issue an order declaring the existence of such an emergency and requiring that such action be taken to meet the emergency as the director specifies. Such order shall be effective immediately. Any person to whom such order is directed shall comply therewith immediately, but shall be afforded a hearing within 48 hours.
O.C.G.A. § 12-5-454 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 5 / Section 12-5-454
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-5-454
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part to the contrary, nothing contained in this part shall be construed so as to prohibit any person, firm, or corporation from removing sand from any watercourse without restriction when such removal is accomplished in such a manner that no greater effluent is returned to the watercourse than that removed therefrom and no erosion along the banks of the watercourse occurs.
O.C.G.A. § 12-8-141 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 8 / Section 12-8-141
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-8-141
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, no person who upon request provides assistance or advice in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened discharge of hazardous materials or in preventing, or in attempting to prevent, such a discharge shall be subject to civil liabilities or penalties of any type.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, no person who upon request provides assistance or advice in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened discharge of hazardous materials or in preventing, or in attempting to prevent, such a discharge shall be subject to civil liabilities or penalties of any type.

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person for damages or other civil liabilities or penalties of any type resulting from such person's gross negligence or from such person's reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person for damages or other civil liabilities or penalties of any type resulting from such person's gross negligence or from such person's reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.

(c) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability for damages or other civil or criminal liabilities or penalties of any type of any person whose conduct caused in whole or in part or contributed to such actual or threatened discharge of hazardous material.

(c) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability for damages or other civil or criminal liabilities or penalties of any type of any person whose conduct caused in whole or in part or contributed to such actual or threatened discharge of hazardous material.

(d) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person for civil or criminal liabilities or penalties pursuant to Part 1 of Article 3 of this chapter or the legal responsibility of any person to comply with Part 1 of Article 3 of this chapter.

(d) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person for civil or criminal liabilities or penalties pursuant to Part 1 of Article 3 of this chapter or the legal responsibility of any person to comply with Part 1 of Article 3 of this chapter.

(e) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability for damages or other civil or criminal liabilities or penalties of any person, as defined in this article, who receives or expects to receive compensation or any pecuniary benefit, directly or indirectly, from any source, other than reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses for services in rendering such assistance or advice.

(e) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability for damages or other civil or criminal liabilities or penalties of any person, as defined in this article, who receives or expects to receive compensation or any pecuniary benefit, directly or indirectly, from any source, other than reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses for services in rendering such assistance or advice.
O.C.G.A. § 12-3-317 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 12-3-317
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-3-317
Status: in_force

It is found, determined, and declared that the consideration paid and given and to be paid and given to the State of Georgia by the authority for its leasehold, and privileges thereunder, is good and valuable and sufficient consideration therefor and that this action on the part of the authority and the state is in the interest of the public welfare of the State of Georgia and its citizens.
O.C.G.A. § 12-5-296 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 5 / Section 12-5-296
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-5-296
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
O.C.G.A. § 12-5-49 — GA Code / Title 12 / Chapter 5 / Section 12-5-49
Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-5-49
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to represent the division and its agents or designate some member of his staff to represent them in all actions in connection with this article.