O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-13-22 (2019)

Representation by Attorney General

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section GA-LEGlegis.ga.gov (official) JustiaJustia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

It shall be the duty of the Attorney General or his representative to represent the director in all actions in connection with this chapter.

History

Code 1981, § 12-13-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 2072, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorney General, § 6.

T.12, C.14 OIL/HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILLS OR RELEASES

CHAPTER 14 OIL OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILLS OR RELEASES Sec.

Sec. Definitions. Reporting spilled or released oil or hazardous substance; promulgation of rules and regulations by Board of Natural Resources. Notification of Environmental

Code Commission notes. - Two 1988 Acts added a new Chapter 13 to this title. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, the chapter enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 2072 has retained the Chapter 13 designation,

Protection Division of spill or release; exceptions; development of procedures to notify other governmental agencies. Civil penalties; procedures for imposing penalties.

but the chapter enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 354 has been redesignated as Chapter 14 and the Code sections have been renumbered accordingly.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Recovery of punitive damages for injuries resulting from transport, handling, and storage of toxic or hazardous substances, 39 A.L.R.5th 763. Arranger liability of nongenerators pursuant to § 107(a)(3) of Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) (42 USCS § 9607(a)(3)), 132 A.L.R. Fed. 77. Am. Jur. 2d. - 61C Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, §§ 988, 989, 993, 995 et seq.