O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-15-24 (2019)

Enactment and enforcement of local ordinances

✓ 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.
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This article shall be cumulative and shall not prohibit the enactment and enforcement of local ordinances by the governing authority of a county or municipality on this subject which are not in conflict with this article; provided, however, that such local governing authority shall be required to provide timely written notice to the division of any enforcement action taken pursuant to such an ordinance against an operator permitted under this article who is alleged to be in violation of such local ordinance. The division shall be notified of the initiation of any such local enforcement action and of the final conclusions or ultimate outcome of any such action.

History

Code 1981, § 12-15-24, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 357, § 3.

CONSERVATION & NATURAL RES.

CHAPTER 16 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATIONS Sec.

Article 1 Environmental Policy Sec.

Short title. Legislative findings. Definitions. Determination of adverse effect on quality of environment; environmental effects report; consultation with other agencies; publication of notice of proposed action. Public hearing; notice of decision; challenge to decision. Reconciliation of existing authority required. Effect of article on federal en-

Annotations

Law reviews. - For annual eleventh circuit survey of environmental law, see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 1411 (1991). For annual survey article on local government law, see 52 Mercer L. Rev. 341 (2000).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 61B Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, § 80 et seq.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Acquisition of land by state agencies. - State Properties Commission may require state agencies to demonstrate compliance with the Environmental Policy Act, O.C.G.A. Ch. 16, T. 12, before acquiring real property for activities which will be subject to the Act. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-5.

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ARTICLE 1 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2004, p. 329, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, designated the existing provisions of Chapter 16 as Article 1, effective July 1, 2004.