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2018 Georgia Code 12-13-2 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 12-13-2 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 12-13-2

TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Section 13. Underground Storage Tanks, 12-13-1 through 12-13-22.

ARTICLE 7 ALABAMA-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA RIVER BASIN COMPACT

ARTICLE XI PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

12-13-2. Public policy.

  1. It is declared to be the public policy of the State of Georgia, in furtherance of its responsibility to protect the public health, safety, and well-being of its citizens and to protect and enhance the quality of its environments, to institute and maintain a comprehensive state-wide program for the management of regulated substances stored in underground tanks.
  2. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources shall be designated as the state agency to administer the provisions of this chapter. The director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources shall be the official charged with the primary responsibility for the enforcement of this chapter. In exercising any authority or power granted by this chapter and in fulfilling duties under this chapter, the director shall conform to and implement the policies outlined in this chapter.
  3. It is the intent of the General Assembly to create an environmental assurance fund which, in addition to those purposes set forth in subsections (f) and (g) of Code Section 12-13-9, may also be used by owners and operators as an alternate to insurance purchased from insurance companies for purposes of evidencing financial responsibility for taking corrective action and compensation of third parties for bodily injury and property damage caused by sudden and nonsudden accidental releases arising from operating underground storage tanks.

(Code 1981, §12-13-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 2072, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 12.)

Cases Citing Georgia Code 12-13-2 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 4

Luke v. Department of Natural Resources

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1999-03-15

Citation: 513 S.E.2d 728, 270 Ga. 647, 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 1042, 1999 Ga. LEXIS 300

Snippet: Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund (Fund). OCGA §§ 12-13-2(c); 12-13-9(f); 12-13-10. Participation in the

Burgeson v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1996-09-09

Citation: 475 S.E.2d 580, 267 Ga. 102, 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 3236, 1996 Ga. LEXIS 532

Snippet: committing an offense. Callaway v. State, 257 Ga. 12, 13(2), 354 S.E.2d 118 (1987). b) She maintains that

Yarn v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1995-09-11

Citation: 462 S.E.2d 359, 265 Ga. 787

Snippet: 842-844 (2). See also Williams v. State, 239 Ga. 12, 13 (2) (235 SE2d 504) (1977). The courts of other states

Williams v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1988-03-02

Citation: 365 S.E.2d 408, 258 Ga. 80, 1988 Ga. LEXIS 151

Snippet: arrest, see generally Callaway v. State, 257 Ga. 12, 13 (2) (354 SE2d 118) (1987), and the trial court properly