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GA Code § 12-16-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 16 - Environmental Policy and Regulations|Article 1 - Environmental Policy|§ 12-16-4. Determination of Adverse Effect on Quality of Environment; Environmental Effects Report; Consultation With Other Agencies; Publication of Notice of Proposed Action

  The responsible official of the government agency shall determine if a proposed governmental action is a proposed governmental action which may significantly adversely affect the quality of the environment.If the responsible official determines that the proposed governmental action is a proposed governmental action which may significantly adversely affect the quality of the environment, the government agency responsible for such project shall prepare an environmental effects report including, but not limited to, a discussion of:   The environmental impact of the proposed governmental action;   Alternatives to the proposed governmental action, including no action;   Any adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided if the proposed governmental action is undertaken;   Mitigation measures proposed to avoid or minimize the adverse impact of the proposed governmental action;   The relationship between the value of the short-term uses of the environment involved in the proposed governmental action and the maintenance and enhancement of its long-term value;   The effect of the proposed governmental action on the quality and quantity of water supply;   The effect of the proposed governmental action on energy use or energy production; and   Any beneficial aspects of the proposed governmental action, both short-term and long-term, and its economic advantages and disadvantages.     Prior to the issuance of the environmental effects report, the responsible official should consult with and obtain the comments of any agency which has jurisdiction by law, special expertise, or other interest with respect to any environmental impact or resource.   At least 45 days prior to making a decision as to whether to proceed with a proposed governmental action which may significantly adversely affect the quality of the environment, the responsible official shall publish in the legal organ of each county in which the proposed governmental action or any part thereof is to occur notice that an environmental effects report has been prepared.The responsible official shall provide a copy of the environmental effects report and all other comments to the director.The responsible official shall also make the environmental effects report available to the public and to counties, municipalities, institutions, and individuals, upon request.     (Code 1981, §12-16-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1728, § 1.)
GA Code § 12-16-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 16 - Environmental Policy and Regulations|Article 1 - Environmental Policy|§ 12-16-5. Public Hearing; Notice of Decision; Challenge to Decision

  If the responsible official receives, within 30 days of the publication of the notice in the legal organ of an affected county or counties, requests in writing for a public hearing from at least 100 persons who are residents of the State of Georgia, a public hearing shall be held by the responsible official or his designee in each county where the proposed governmental action for which an environmental effects report has been prepared or any part thereof is to take place.The responsible official or his designee may, in the sole discretion of the responsible official, hold a public hearing in each such county at any time after 30 days from the date of publication of the notice has elapsed even if less than 100 requests are received in writing from residents of the State of Georgia but only one public hearing in a county shall be required regardless of whether it is a mandatory or discretionary hearing.   The responsible official shall consider all comments received either in writing or during the public hearing or hearings, if held.After considering these comments, the responsible official shall decide whether to proceed with the proposed governmental action as originally proposed, whether to proceed with changes, or whether not to proceed.Notice of the decision of the responsible official shall be given in writing to the director and published in the legal organ of each county in which the proposed governmental action or any part thereof is to occur.   The decision of the responsible official to proceed with the proposed governmental action shall not create a cause of action in any person, corporation, association, county, or municipal corporation; provided, however, the actions of the responsible official in the procedure of giving notice by publication of the environmental effects report and notice by publication of the decision made based upon the report and public comments, if any, may be challenged pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," if the responsible official acts on behalf of a government agency which is subject to that act or by mandamus otherwise; but any such challenge must be commenced within 30 days after the date notice of the responsible official's decision made pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section is first published in a legal organ of any affected county or counties.     (Code 1981, §12-16-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1728, § 1.)
GA Code § 12-16-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 16 - Environmental Policy and Regulations|Article 1 - Environmental Policy|§ 12-16-6. Reconciliation of Existing Authority Required

 All government agencies shall review their present statutory authority, administrative regulations, and current policies and procedures for the purpose of determining whether there are any deficiencies or inconsistencies therein which prohibit or hinder full compliance with the intent, purposes, and provisions of this article, including the guidelines issued pursuant to Code Section 12-16-8, and shall propose to the Governor not later than January 1, 1992, such measures as may be necessary to bring their authority, regulations, policies, and procedures into conformity with the intent, purposes, and procedures set forth in this article.    (Code 1981, §12-16-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1728, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 329, § 2.)
GA Code § 12-16-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 16 - Environmental Policy and Regulations|Article 1 - Environmental Policy|§ 12-16-7. Effect of Article on Federal Environmental Policy Requirements

 Nothing in this article shall in any way affect or detract from specific statutory obligations of any government agency to comply with criteria or standards of environmental quality or to perform other statutory obligations imposed upon it, except those specified in Code Section 12-16-6; to coordinate or consult with any other government agency or federal agency; or to act, or refrain from acting, contingent upon the recommendations or certification of any other government agency or federal agency. A government agency shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of this article for a proposed governmental action that requires and has received federal approval of an environmental document prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and its implementing regulations.    (Code 1981, §12-16-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1728, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 329, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Third-party defense to liability under § 107 of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 USCS § 9607), 105 A.L.R. Fed 21.   Arranger liability of state government under § 107(a) of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) (42 USCS § 9607(a)), 130 A.L.R. Fed. 431.
GA Code § 12-16-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 16 - Environmental Policy and Regulations|Article 1 - Environmental Policy|§ 12-16-8. Director to Issue Guidelines to Assist Government Agencies

 Prior to July 1, 1991, the director shall issue guidelines to assist government agencies in the preparation of environmental effects reports in accordance with this article, including, but not limited to, provisions for:    Criteria for determining if a proposed governmental action may significantly adversely affect the quality of the environment;   Comment upon the proposed governmental action by public and private organizations and individuals;   The possibility of the preparation of single-program environmental effects reports if a series of governmental actions taken individually are of minimal adverse significance on the environment but the cumulative effect of the proposed government actions on the environment is significantly adverse or if a series of proposed government actions are related either geographically or as logical parts in a chain of contemplated actions; and   The possibility of the preparation of modified environmental effects reports on remaining decisions significantly adversely affecting the quality of the environment that are parts of actions begun before but not completed before July 1, 1991.     (Code 1981, §12-16-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1728, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 329, § 2.)
GA Code § 12-16-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 16 - Environmental Policy and Regulations|Article 1 - Environmental Policy|§ 12-16-9. Limitation on Requirement for Environmental Evaluation

 When a project of a department, municipality, county, or authority to construct or improve a public road or airport does not exceed $100 million in costs, such project shall not constitute a proposed governmental action which may significantly adversely affect the quality of the environment and the requirements of this article shall not be applicable, except that an environmental evaluation shall be considered in the decision-making process, consistent with paragraph (3) of Code Section 12-16-2, when it is probable to expect significant adverse impact on historical sites or buildings and cultural resources.    (Code 1981, §12-16-9, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 147, § 1/SB 346.)
GA Code § 12-16-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 16 - Environmental Policy and Regulations|Article 2 - Procedure for Amending Regulations|§ 12-16-20. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Board" means the Board of Natural Resources.   "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources.   "Covered action" means the issuance by the department or the division of any state-wide or regional permit or any standard or other policy contemplated by any state environmental law or environmental regulation.   "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.   "Division" means the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources.   "Environmental regulation" means a rule or regulation promulgated by the board to enforce or implement a state environmental law.   "State environmental law" means any of the following Acts of the General Assembly, as now or hereafter amended:   Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of this title, the "Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968";   Article 2 of Chapter 5 of this title, the "Georgia Water Quality Control Act";   Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of this title, the "Ground-water Use Act of 1972";   Code Section 12-5-31, relating to permits for withdrawal, diversion, or impoundment of surface waters and monitoring, recording, and reporting water withdrawn by certain irrigation systems;   Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of this title, the "Water Well Standards Act of 1985";   Part 5 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of this title, the "Georgia Safe Drinking Water Act of 1977";   Part 3 of Article 5 of Chapter 5 of this title, the "Georgia Safe Dams Act of 1978";   Chapter 7 of this title, the "Erosion and Sedimentation Act of 1975";   Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of this title, the "Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act";   Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of this title, the "Georgia Hazardous Site Response Act";   Article 9 of Chapter 8 of this title, the "Georgia Brownfield Act";   Article 1 of Chapter 9 of this title, "The Georgia Air Quality Act";   Article 2 of Chapter 9 of this title, the "Georgia Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Act";   Chapter 12 of this title, the "Georgia Asbestos Safety Act";   Chapter 13 of this title, the "Georgia Underground Storage Tank Act";   Chapter 14 of this title, relating to oil or hazardous material spills or releases;   Chapter 13 of Title 31, the "Georgia Radiation Control Act"; and   Any Act of the General Assembly empowering and directing the board to comply with federal statutes relating to clean water, clean air, or the environment.       (Code 1981, §12-16-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 329, § 3; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 12/HB 323.)
GA Code § 12-16-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 16 - Environmental Policy and Regulations|Article 2 - Procedure for Amending Regulations|§ 12-16-21. Detailed Statement of Rationale for Regulatory Change Required

    Prior to the board's promulgation or amendment of any environmental regulation or the department or division taking any covered action, the board, the department, or the division, as appropriate, shall prepare a detailed statement of rationale:   Whenever the proposed environmental regulation or covered action will exceed or differ from the requirements of any federal regulation, standard, or policy on the same subject; or   Whenever an environmental regulation or a covered action will:   Result in the removal of any specific requirement, prohibition, or duty imposed by an existing environmental regulation, standard, or policy;   Result in any prohibition, requirement, or duty imposed by an existing environmental regulation, standard, or policy becoming narrower in scope of applicability;   Decrease or render any requirement imposed by an existing environmental regulation, standard, or policy less stringent or restrictive; or   Repeal an existing environmental regulation, standard, or policy.       Such statement shall accompany any notice required by Code Section 50-13-4.     The detailed statement of rationale shall state the basis for the regulation or covered action, including the scientific or technical basis, alternative policy considerations, and estimated cost to implement to the department and the regulated community and shall identify any studies, reports, policies, or statements of professional judgment or administrative need relied upon in developing the environmental regulation or covered action.   The scope and level of detail of each detailed statement of rationale shall be determined by the director of the division or the commissioner.     (Code 1981, §12-16-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 329, § 3.)
GA Code § 12-16-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 16 - Environmental Policy and Regulations|Article 2 - Procedure for Amending Regulations|§ 12-16-22. Exceptions Allowed for Public Health and Welfare

 Any other provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the board may adopt an environmental regulation, and the department or division may take a covered action, without presenting the required statement of rationale if the commissioner or the director of the division determines that an emergency action is necessary to protect the public health and welfare.    (Code 1981, §12-16-22, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 329, § 3.)
GA Code § 12-16-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 16 - Environmental Policy and Regulations|Article 2 - Procedure for Amending Regulations|§ 12-16-23. Construction With Administrative Procedure Act

 The provisions of this article are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any applicable provisions for promulgation of rules in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."    (Code 1981, §12-16-23, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 329, § 3.)
GA Code § 13-3-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 13 - Contracts|Chapter 3 - Elements and Formation Generally|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-3-3. When Written Acceptance of Offer Made by Letter Takes Effect; Acceptance of Offer Containing Alternative Propositions

 If an offer is made by letter, an acceptance by written reply takes effect from the time it is sent and not from the time it is received; hence, withdrawal of the offer by the offeror after that time is ineffective. If an offer contains alternative propositions, the party receiving the offer may elect between the alternative propositions.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2690; Code 1868, § 2686; Code 1873, § 2728; Code 1882, § 2728; Civil Code 1895, § 3646; Civil Code 1910, § 4231; Code 1933, § 20-114.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 17 Am. Jur. 2d, Contracts, §§ 25, 29, 31, 35, 48 et seq., 57, 60, 67.   C.J.S.   - 17 C.J.S., Contracts, §§ 33, 36, 52, 57. 17A C.J.S., Contracts, §§ 356, 374, 580, 592, 597, 624.   ALR.    - Time and place of consummation of contract on acceptance by telegraph of offer, 47 A.L.R. 159.    Time when offer or proposition is mailed, or when it is received through mail as commencement of period allowed for acceptance, 72 A.L.R. 1214.    Withdrawal of, or right to withdraw, letter from mail as affecting consummation of contract, 92 A.L.R. 1062.    Character and validity of written instrument as a contract for sale of goods as affected by election or option in respect of subject-mater, 105 A.L.R. 1100.    Attempted revocation of offer by letter mailed or telegram filed before, but not received until after, letter or telegram of acceptance was mailed or filed, 125 A.L.R. 989.   Applicability and application, in civil case, of presumption of addressee's receipt of telegram, 24 A.L.R.3d 1434.
GA Code § 13-3-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 13 - Contracts|Chapter 3 - Elements and Formation Generally|Article 2 - Capacity of Parties|§ 13-3-22. Minors - Marriage Contracts and Settlements

 Marriage contracts and settlements made by persons who are minors but of lawful age to marry are binding as if made by adults.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2696; Code 1868, § 2692; Code 1873, § 2734; Code 1882, § 2734; Civil Code 1895, § 3651; Civil Code 1910, § 4236; Code 1933, § 20-204.)   Law reviews.   - For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Section provides exception to general disability of minors to contract.    - Exception to general rule as to contracts of infant, under age of majority but of lawful age to marry, is to make marriage contracts and settlements binding as if made by adults. Walker v. Walker, 209 Ga. 490, 74 S.E.2d 66 (1953).    Marriage does not remove disabilities of infancy unless so provided by statute. Walker v. Walker, 209 Ga. 490, 74 S.E.2d 66 (1953).    Marriage contracts and settlements are prenuptial contracts and settlements. Sellers v. Sellers, 160 Ga. 516, 128 S.E. 659 (1925).    Minor wife's waiver of right to child custody not within scope of O.C.G.A. § 13-3-22. - Contract between husband and minor wife, who was of lawful age to marry, wherein minor wife waived right to custody of child, was not binding on wife and did not preclude wife from applying to court of competent jurisdiction for custody of child. Walker v. Walker, 209 Ga. 490, 74 S.E.2d 66 (1953).    Cited in Weathers v. Owen, 78 Ga. App. 505, 51 S.E.2d 584 (1949); Kay v. Vaughan, 224 Ga. 875, 165 S.E.2d 131 (1968).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 52 Am. Jur. 2d, Marriage, §§ 17, 120.   C.J.S.   - 17 C.J.S., Contracts, § 96. 55 C.J.S., Marriage, §§ 24, 43 et seq.   ALR.   - Right of infant who repudiates contract for services to recover thereon or in quantum meruit, 35 A.L.R.2d 1302.   Husband's death as affecting periodic payment provision of separation agreement, 5 A.L.R.4th 1153.   Separation agreements: enforceability of provision affecting property rights upon death of one party prior to final judgment of divorce, 67 A.L.R.4th 237.
GA Code § 13-3-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 13 - Contracts|Chapter 3 - Elements and Formation Generally|Article 2 - Capacity of Parties|§ 13-3-23. Minors - Contracts, Promissory Notes, Written Obligation, or Other Evidence, for Loans From Trust Funds for Educational Purposes

 Any contract, promissory note, written obligation, or other evidence of indebtedness made and executed by a minor for a loan from any trust fund for educational purposes to any educational institution shall be as valid and binding as if said minor were sui juris at the time of making such contract or other obligation and otherwise capacitated to contract.   (Ga. L. 1911, p. 163, § 1; Code 1933, § 20-205.)
GA Code § 13-3-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 13 - Contracts|Chapter 3 - Elements and Formation Generally|Article 2 - Capacity of Parties|§ 13-3-25. Intoxicated Persons

 A contract made by an intoxicated person is not void, though the intoxication is brought about by the other party, but is merely voidable at the election of the intoxicated person and may be ratified by him expressly or by conduct inconsistent with its rescission.   (Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2691, 2699; Code 1868, §§ 2687, 2695; Code 1873, §§ 2729, 2737; Code 1882, §§ 2729, 2737; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3647, 3654; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4232, 4239; Code 1933, § 20-207.)   Cross references.   - Intoxication as defense to criminal action, § 16-3-4.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Rights of one unaware of and having no part in other party's drunkenness not affected.    - That one endorsed obligation while in drunken condition will not affect rights of payee who had no knowledge of such drunkenness and no hand in causing the drunkenness. Abbeville Trading Co. v. Butler, Stevens & Co., 3 Ga. App. 138, 59 S.E. 450 (1907).   O.C.G.A.    § 13-3-25 will not relieve one who is voluntarily intoxicated unless other party has notice. - One is not to be relieved of one's contract made while one was under influence of voluntary drunkenness brought about in no wise by instigation of other party, unless intoxication was so great as to deprive that person of use of the person's reasoning faculties and other party had notice of the person's condition. Abbeville Trading Co. v. Butler, Stevens & Co., 3 Ga. App. 138, 59 S.E. 450 (1907); Bing v. Bank of Kingston, 5 Ga. App. 578, 63 S.E. 652 (1909); Hall v. Langford, 18 Ga. App. 73, 88 S.E. 918 (1916).   One voluntarily intoxicated may enter binding contract absent fraud or imposition.    - Voluntary intoxication short of deprivation of reason, unless opposite party has contributed to produce the intoxication, will not disable person to waive right or to bind oneself by contract, in absence of fraud or imposition. Weldon v. Colquitt, 62 Ga. 449, 35 Am. R. 128 (1879).    Cited in Strickland v. Parlin & Orendorf Co., 118 Ga. 213, 44 S.E. 997 (1903); Parks v. Harper, 43 Ga. App. 269, 158 S.E. 454 (1931); McKaig v. Hardy, 196 Ga. 582, 27 S.E.2d 11 (1943); Douglas v. Sumner, 213 Ga. 82, 97 S.E.2d 122 (1957); Lynch v. State, 164 Ga. App. 317, 296 S.E.2d 179 (1982); Southern Ry. v. Lawson, 256 Ga. 798, 353 S.E.2d 491 (1987).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Lack of Capacity to Form Specific Intent - Voluntary Intoxication, 5 POF2d 189.   C.J.S.   - 17 C.J.S., Contracts, § 133(2). 17A C.J.S., Contracts, §§ 414, 418(3), 438 et seq., 605, 614.   ALR.    - Relief in equity from deed on ground of intoxication, 6 A.L.R. 331.    Inference from circumstances of bad faith on part of persons receiving property from one who received it from an incompetent, 19 A.L.R. 67.    Intoxication as ground for avoiding contract, 36 A.L.R. 619.