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GA Code § 12-4-144 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 4 - Mineral Resources and Caves|Article 4 - Cave Protection|§ 12-4-144. Sale or Offer to Sell Speleothems

  It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any speleothems in this state or to export them for sale outside this state without the express written permission of the owner of the cave from which such speleothems were obtained.   Any person violating this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1977, p. 833, § 5.)
GA Code § 12-4-145 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 4 - Mineral Resources and Caves|Article 4 - Cave Protection|§ 12-4-145. Storing Hazardous or Detrimental Chemicals or Materials in Caves or Sinkholes; Dumping or Disposing of Garbage, Dead Animals, or Similar Materials in Caves or Sinkholes

  It shall be unlawful to store in caves or sinkholes any chemicals or other materials which may be detrimental or hazardous to caves or sinkholes, to the mineral deposits therein, to the wildlife inhabiting caves, to the waters of the state, or to the persons using such phenomena for any purposes.   It shall be unlawful to dump, litter, dispose of, or otherwise place any refuse, garbage, dead animals, sewage, trash, or other such similar waste materials in any quantity in any cave or sinkhole.   Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1977, p. 833, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 61C Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, §§ 2032, 2033.   C.J.S.   - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 151.
GA Code § 12-4-146 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 4 - Mineral Resources and Caves|Article 4 - Cave Protection|§ 12-4-146. Killing, Harming, Removing, or Disturbing Wildlife Found in a Cave

  It shall be unlawful to remove, kill, harm, or disturb any wildlife found within any cave, provided that nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to repeal Code Section 27-2-12, relating to scientific collectors' permits, or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, or any federal or state laws relating to the protection of certain plants or animals.   Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1977, p. 833, § 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 61C Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, §§ 1918, 1919.   C.J.S.   - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 151.
GA Code § 12-4-147 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 4 - Mineral Resources and Caves|Article 4 - Cave Protection|§ 12-4-147. Liability of Owners of Caves for Injuries

  Neither the owner of a cave nor his authorized agents, officers, employees, or designated representatives acting within the scope of their authority shall be liable for injuries sustained by any person using such cave for recreational or scientific purposes if the prior consent of the owner has been obtained and if no charge has been made for the use of such features and notwithstanding that an inquiry as to the experience or expertise of the individual seeking consent may have been made.   Neither the owner of a commercial cave nor his authorized agents, officers, employees, or designated representatives acting within the scope of their authority shall be liable for an injury sustained by a spectator who has paid to view the cave, unless such injury is sustained as a result of such owner's negligence in connection with the providing and maintaining of trails, stairs, electrical wires, or other modifications, and such negligence shall be the proximate cause of the injury.   Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to constitute a waiver of the sovereign immunity of the state or any of its boards, departments, bureaus, or agencies.    (Ga. L. 1977, p. 833, § 8.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 62 Am. Jur. 2d, Premises Liability, § 66. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, §§ 101, 102, 129.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 541 et seq., 553.
GA Code § 12-5-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-5-1. Water Resources Center - Establishment and Operation by Georgia Institute of Technology; Purposes

 The Georgia Institute of Technology shall establish and operate a center to be known as the Water Resources Center or such other name as may be approved by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Such center will be for the purpose of conducting research, investigations, experiments, and training in relation to water and resources which affect water. The center shall publish in print or electronically and otherwise make available its findings, conclusions, and recommendations arising from the research and projects conducted by such center.   (Ga. L. 1965, p. 252, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 7.   8C Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Drains and Drainage Districts, § 28.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 2.
GA Code § 12-5-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-5-2. Water Resources Center - Receipt of Funds and Grants

 The center is authorized to make application for and receive from the federal government such funds and grants as shall be made available under the Water Research and Development Act of 1978, 42 U.S.C. Section 7801, et seq., and to utilize and disburse such funds for such purposes and projects as will carry out the purposes of the center. The center is also authorized to utilize such moneys as may be made available to it for this purpose as matching funds to federal moneys for necessary expenses of specific water resources research projects which could not be otherwise undertaken under normal grants from the federal government.   (Ga. L. 1965, p. 252, § 2.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, a comma was inserted in the United States Code reference in the first sentence.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 7.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 2.
GA Code § 12-5-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-5-3. Water Resources Center - Power to Enter Into Contracts, Agreements, and Participation Arrangements

 The center is authorized to enter into contracts, agreements, and arrangements with other colleges and universities for participation in the work of the center. The center shall also be authorized to enter into contracts and agreements with the federal government, with political subdivisions of this state, with private firms, foundations, or institutions, or with individuals for specific research into any aspects of water problems as may be related to the purposes of this article.   (Ga. L. 1965, p. 252, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 7.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 2.   ALR.   - Validity, Construction, and Application of Safe Drinking Water Act's Provisions Related to Public Water Supply Enforcement, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 300g to 300g-5 and Related Regulations, 19 A.L.R. Fed. 3d 6.
GA Code § 12-5-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-5-5. Local Water Authorities Allowed to Establish Program for Voluntary Contributions to Conservation and Environmental Projects

 Any local water authority created pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly shall have the authority to solicit and receive from its customers voluntary donations to be used for such programs and projects as the authority may designate designed to protect and improve the quality of the waters of the state. Each such authority shall have the authority to establish and operate one or more such programs or projects.    (Code 1981, §12-5-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 892, § 1.)
GA Code § 12-5-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-5-6. Installation and Definition of "Rain Sensor Shut-Off Switch"; Penalty for Violations

  As used in this Code section, the term "rain sensor shut-off switch" means an electric device that detects and measures rainfall amounts and overrides the cycle of an irrigation system so as to turn off such system when a predetermined amount of rain has fallen.     On and after January 1, 2005, no person shall install within the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District area created under Article 10 of this chapter any landscape irrigation system equipped with an electronic controller that does not have a rain sensor shut-off switch.   Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to either landscape irrigation systems installed on golf courses or any system dependent upon a nonpublic water source.       Any person who installs a landscape irrigation system equipped with an electronic controller in violation of this Code section shall be liable for a civil penalty not exceeding $100.00 per violation.   The magistrate and municipal courts shall have jurisdiction in such cases.       (Code 1981, §12-5-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 756, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 72, § 12/SB 465.)
GA Code § 12-5-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-5-8. Rules and Regulations Relating to Drought Management

 Not later than June 30, 2009, the board shall adopt new rules and regulations relating to drought management consistent with this chapter and any state-wide water management plan under Article 8 of this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall include but not be limited to provisions for a drought response committee; drought indicators and triggers; a drought declaration process; and state and local predrought mitigation strategies and drought response strategies. Such predrought mitigation strategies shall be designed to minimize the potential effects of drought. Such drought response strategies shall be measures or actions to be implemented during various stages of drought. Such rules and regulations shall replace any previous drought management plan adopted by the board and shall be revised from time to time as the board deems appropriate.    (Code 1981, §12-5-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 814, § 1/HB 1281.)
GA Code § 12-5-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-5-9. Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council

 Repealed by Ga. L.2014, p. 402, § 1/SB 361, effective June 30, 2017.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 2014, p. 402, § 1/SB 361.
GA Code § 12-5-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 2 - Control of Water Pollution and Surface-Water Use|§ 12-5-24. Power of Director to Enter Into Contracts and Compacts Regarding Surface-Water Management

 The director is authorized to enter into contracts or compacts on behalf of the State of Georgia with the federal government, sister states, political subdivisions of this state, and public utilities of this state for purposes of proper management of the state's surface-water resources, provided that any such contract shall be subject to approval by the Board of Natural Resources; provided, further, that any such contract shall not grant to any person any right to use surface waters except to the extent such person would qualify for such use under the permitting system established pursuant to Code Section 12-5-31.   (Ga. L. 1977, p. 368, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 61B Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, §§ 3, 4, 5.   61C Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, § 675 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, §§ 120, 123, 126 et seq., 135, 139, 162.
GA Code § 12-5-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 2 - Control of Water Pollution and Surface-Water Use|§ 12-5-25. Investigations by Division; Institution of Proceedings by Division

 The division shall have authority to investigate any apparent violation of any provision of this article and to take any action authorized by this article which it deems necessary and may, after a public hearing has been provided, institute proceedings of mandamus or other proper legal proceedings to enforce this article.   (Ga. L. 1964, p. 416, § 14; Ga. L. 1971, p. 87, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 61B Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, §§ 3, 4, 5.   C.J.S.   - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, §§ 142, 146.
GA Code § 12-5-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 2 - Control of Water Pollution and Surface-Water Use|§ 12-5-26. Entry on Premises to Investigate and Inspect Conditions and Operating Records; Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information

 Any duly appointed agent of the division may enter private or public property at reasonable times to inspect or investigate conditions relating to pollution and to inspect the operating records of any sewage system, waste treatment work, or sewage disposal plant, provided that no person shall be required to disclose any secret formula, process, or methods used in any manufacturing operations carried on by him or under his direction or any confidential information concerning business activities carried on by him or under his supervision.   (Ga. L. 1964, p. 416, § 16.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Requirement of liability waivers restricts state's police power.   - Requiring the division personnel to sign waivers of liability for injuries to person or property sustained while on premises for the purpose of carrying out their duties of inspection constitutes an unreasonable restriction on the state's police power. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-121.    Waivers of liability signed by division personnel are not binding  because of a lack of valid consideration. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-121.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 42 Am. Jur. 2d, Inspection Laws, §§ 1, 4, 9. 61B Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, §§ 2 et seq.
GA Code § 12-5-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 2 - Control of Water Pollution and Surface-Water Use|§ 12-5-27. Authority to Require Owner or Operator of Facility to Cooperate With Division

 Whenever required to carry out the objectives of this article, including but not limited to developing or assisting in the development of any effluent limitation, or other limitation, prohibition, or standard under this article, or any rule or regulation promulgated and adopted pursuant to this article; determining whether any person is in violation of any effluent limitation, or other limitation, prohibition, or standard under this article, or any rule or regulation promulgated and adopted pursuant to this article; or encouraging or ensuring compliance with any effluent limitation or other prohibition or standard under this article or any rule or regulation promulgated and adopted pursuant to this article, the director may, by order, permit, or otherwise in writing, require the owner or operator of a facility of any type which results in the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the state to:    Establish and maintain records;   Make reports;   Install, use, and maintain monitoring equipment or methods, including, where appropriate, biological monitoring methods;   Sample such discharge, in accordance with such methods, at such locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as the director shall prescribe; and   Provide such other information as he may reasonably require.    (Ga. L. 1974, p. 599, § 12.)
GA Code § 12-5-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 2 - Control of Water Pollution and Surface-Water Use|§ 12-5-28. Annual Reports by Division

 Annual reports shall be made and filed by the division with the Governor and members of the General Assembly.   (Ga. L. 1964, p. 416, § 15.)
GA Code § 12-5-30.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 2 - Control of Water Pollution and Surface-Water Use|§ 12-5-30.1. Major Spills by Publicly Owned Treatment Works

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Board" means the Board of Natural Resources.   "Consistently exceeding an effluent limitation" means a POTW's exceeding the POTW's assigned effluent limitation for at least five days out of each seven-day period during a total period of 180 consecutive days.   "Major spill" means the discharge of pollutants into the waters of this state by a POTW at a rate substantially exceeding the effluent limitation of the POTW, and such term shall be more specifically defined by regulations of the board.   "Monitoring" means the systematic measurement of chemical and biological pollutants present in waters of this state which are affected by a major spill or by consistently exceeding an effluent limitation.   "Publicly Owned Treatment Works" or "POTW" means the city, town, county, district, association, or other public body created by or pursuant to state law or federal law that owns and operates a treatment works and, where appropriate, shall include the treatment works and any sewers or other appurtenances that convey waste water to the treatment works.     By not later than January 1, 1990, the board shall provide by rules or regulations for the following:   For immediate notification to the division of a major spill by a POTW;   For the POTW responsible for the major spill to cause to be published in the legal organ of the county where the spill occurred a notice of such spill, such notice to be published within not more than seven days after the date of the spill;   For the division to provide notice of the major spill within 24 hours thereafter to every county, municipality, or other public agency whose public water supply is within a distance of 20 miles downstream and to any others which could potentially be affected by the spill.   For independent monitoring of waters affected by a major spill or by consistently exceeding an effluent limitation, with such monitoring being at the expense of the POTW, for a period of at least one year and for the results of such monitoring to be regularly provided to all counties, municipalities, and other public agencies using the affected waters as a source of public water supply.       (Code 1981, §12-5-30.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 280, § 1.)
GA Code § 12-5-30.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 5 - Water Resources|Article 2 - Control of Water Pollution and Surface-Water Use|§ 12-5-30.2. Combined Sewer Overflow Systems

  As used in this Code section, the term "combined sewer overflow" or "CSO" means a sewage system so designed or constructed as to allow surface-water runoff to enter the conduit carrying sewage, industrial waste, or other waste and, when such conduit exceeds its maximum capacity, allows a discharge which bypasses the normal treatment works integral to such sewage system and allows untreated or incompletely treated sewage, industrial waste, or other waste to flow, directly or indirectly, into the waters of the state.   After March 31, 1992, no person shall operate a CSO in this state unless he has obtained a permit to do so from the director.The director, under the conditions he prescribes, shall require the submission of such plans, specifications, and other information as he deems relevant in connection with the issuance of such permits.Compliance with permit limits shall be required for all CSO discharges under design conditions as determined by the director.   The director is authorized to require as conditions in permits issued under this Code section the achievement of effluent limitations established pursuant to this article.In imposing effluent limitations as conditions in such permits, the director shall base his determination upon the assessment of technology and processes unrelated to the quality of receiving waters of this state.Effluent limitations required as conditions of such permits shall be achieved in the shortest reasonable period of time consistent with state law and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended. The director is further authorized to set schedules of compliance and include such schedules within the terms and conditions of such permits for the operation of a CSO and to prescribe terms and conditions for such permits to assure compliance with applicable effluent limitations and water quality criteria established pursuant to this article, including, but not limited to, requirements concerning recording, reporting, monitoring, and inspection to the extent permissible under this article and such other requirements as are consistent with the purposes of this article.   Each permit issued pursuant to this Code section shall have a fixed term of five years and may be renewed by the director in accordance with such guidelines as he shall prescribe but only after the director has issued a written finding, based upon actual investigation, that the applicant has substantially followed any schedules of compliance established pursuant to subsection (c) of this Code section.     (Code 1981, §12-5-30.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1201, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1386, § 2.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, substituted "bypasses" for "by-passes" in subsection (a).