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2018 Georgia Code 12-2-3 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Section 2. Department of Natural Resources, 12-2-1 through 12-2-24.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

12-2-3. Departmental purposes.

It shall be the objectives of the department:

  1. To have the powers, duties, and authority formerly vested in the Division of Conservation and the commissioner of conservation;
  2. By means of investigation, recommendation, and print or electronic publication, to aid:
    1. In the promotion of the conservation and development of the natural resources of the state;
    2. In promoting a more profitable use of lands and waters;
    3. In promoting the development of commerce and industry; and
    4. In coordinating existing scientific investigations with any related work of other agencies for the purpose of formulating and promoting sound policies of conservation and development;
  3. To collect and classify the facts derived from such investigations and from the work of other agencies of the state as a source of information accessible to the citizens of the state and to the public generally, which facts set forth the natural, economic, industrial, and commercial advantages of the state; and
  4. To establish and maintain perfect cooperation with any and every agency of the federal government interested in or dealing with the subject matter of the department.

(Ga. L. 1937, p. 264, § 4; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1079, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 12; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 11/SB 388.)

The 2010 amendment, effective June 3, 2010, inserted "print or electronic" in paragraph (2).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 61B Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, §§ 3, 4, 5.

C.J.S.

- 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 130.

ALR.

- Power of state to prohibit or restrict exportation of natural resources, 32 A.L.R. 331.

Construction of highway through park as violation of use to which park property may be devoted, 60 A.L.R.3d 581.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 12-2-3 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 6

Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, Inc. v. Timberridge Presbyterian Church, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2011-11-21

Citation: 719 S.E.2d 446, 290 Ga. 272, 2011 Fulton County D. Rep. 4008, 2011 WL 5830490, 2011 Ga. LEXIS 941

Snippet: for an implied trust to exist. Former OCGA § 53-12-2 (3) (as it read prior to passage of the Revised Georgia

Brock v. Brock

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2005-02-21

Citation: 610 S.E.2d 29, 279 Ga. 119, 2005 Ga. LEXIS 137

Snippet: Sections 53-12-90 through 53-12-93." OCGA § 53-12-2(3). An implied resulting trust may arise where: (1)

Burnett v. Holroyd

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2004-10-12

Citation: 278 Ga. 470, 604 S.E.2d 137, 2004 Fulton County D. Rep. 3329, 2004 Ga. LEXIS 834

Snippet: Sections 53-12-90 through 53-12-93.” OCGA § 53-12-2 (3). “An implied trust is either a resulting trust

Akins v. Couch

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1999-06-14

Citation: 518 S.E.2d 674, 271 Ga. 276

Snippet: 68, 72 (1909). See also Mims v. Wight, 78 Ga. 12(2), 3 S.E. 447 (1887) (one who executed a mortgage was

Central Anesthesia Associates, P.C. v. Worthy

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1985-09-04

Citation: 333 S.E.2d 829, 254 Ga. 728, 1985 Ga. LEXIS 894

Snippet: points to the Georgia Board of Nursing rule 410-12.02 (3) (b), providing an exception to the certification

Thomas v. Hudson

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1940-07-10

Citation: 10 S.E.2d 396, 190 Ga. 622, 1940 Ga. LEXIS 555

Snippet: 679;Boisclair v. Jones, 36 Ga. 499; Mims v. Wight, 78 Ga. 12 (2) (3 S.E. 447); Marable v. Mayer, 78 Ga. 60; Carter