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O.C.G.A. § 12-16-2 (2019)

Legislative findings

✓ 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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The General Assembly finds that:

CONSERVATION & NATURAL RES.

(1) The protection and preservation of Georgia’s diverse environment is necessary for the maintenance of the public health and welfare and the continued viability of the economy of the state and is a matter of the highest public priority; (2) State agencies should conduct their affairs with an awareness that they are stewards of the air, land, water, plants, animals, and environmental, historical, and cultural resources; (3) Environmental evaluations should decision-making processes of the state; and

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(4) Environmental effects reports can facilitate the fullest practicable provision of timely public information, understanding, and participation in the decision-making processes of the state.

History

Code 1981, § 12-16-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1728, § 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1999–1999 · leading case: Thornton v. Clarke Cnty. Sch. Dist., 514 S.E.2d 11 (Ga. 1999).
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Thornton v. Clarke Cnty. Sch. Dist., 514 S.E.2d 11 (Ga. 1999). · cites it 2× “) OCGA § 12-16-2 (2). The Act includes as a “proposed governmental action” the “sale or exchange of more than five acres of state owned *635 land.”
Georgia Council of Prof'l Archaeologists v. Bd. of Regents of Univ. Sys. of Georgia, 523 S.E.2d 879 (Ga. 1999). · cites it 12× “…challenge and precludes the reasonable check and balance that appellants seek. Therefore, I am compelled to concur. OCGA § 12-16-2 (1). OCGA § 12-16-2 (2).”
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