GA Code § 2-6-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-27. State Soil and Water Conservation Commission - Additional Duties and Powers

 In addition to the duties and powers otherwise conferred upon the commission, it shall have the following duties and powers:    To offer such assistance as may be appropriate to the supervisors of the soil and water conservation districts in the carrying out of any of their powers and programs;   To keep the supervisors of each of the districts informed of the activities and experiences of all the other districts and to facilitate an interchange of advice, experience, and cooperation between such districts;   To coordinate the programs of the districts so far as this may be done by advice and consultation;   To secure the cooperation and assistance of the United States and any of its agencies and of the agencies and counties of this state in the work of such districts;   To disseminate information throughout this state concerning the activities and programs of the districts and to encourage the formation of such districts in areas where their organization is desirable;   To receive gifts, appropriations, materials, equipment, land, and facilities and to manage, operate, and disperse the same;   To formulate such rules and regulations, to exercise such powers, and to perform such duties as are necessary to implement the administration of the federal Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act;  (7.1) To formulate such rules and regulations in consultation with the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources, to exercise such powers, and to perform such duties as are necessary to implement the administration of the education and training program established under Code Section 12-7-19;    To enter into contracts and agreements with the districts, municipalities, and counties of this state, other agencies of this state, the United States and any agencies thereof, any association, any landowner or land occupier, or any person in order to carry out the purposes of this article; and   To receive grants from any agency of the United States government or any agency of this state, and to make grants to districts, municipalities, or counties in this state, or other state agencies in order to:   Fund up to 20 percent of the cost of obtaining permits for and constructing improvements to any dam that was originally constructed or financially assisted by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, formerly known as the Soil Conservation Service, of the United States Department of Agriculture; or   Carry out other purposes of this article.      (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 4; Ga. L. 1949, p. 584, § 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 257, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 116, § 3; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 6; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1336, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 224, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 813, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 644, § 1-2/SB 342; Ga. L. 2015, p. 35, § 2/HB 397; Ga. L. 2018, p. 974, § 1/SB 451.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, deleted former paragraph (7.2), which read: "To formulate such rules and regulations and to exercise such powers as are necessary to perform its duties under subsection (m.1) of Code Section 12-5-31 and subsection (b.1) of Code Section 12-5-105;".   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2008, p. 644, § 1-1/SB 342, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This part shall be known and may be cited as the 'Water Conservation and Drought Relief Act.'"   Ga. L. 2008, p. 644, § 5-1/SB 342, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to this Code section shall apply to all applications pending on or after the effective date thereof. The effective date was July 1, 2008.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2003 amendment of this Code section, see 21 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2004).   U.S. Code.   - The federal Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, referred to in paragraph (7), is codified at 16 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. and 33 U.S.C. § 701b.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Committee must approve request for federal administration of construction contracts.   - Counties of this state may request federal administration of construction contracts under Pub. L. No. 566 if such request is first approved by the committee. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-344.