O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-2-7 (2019)

Duty to advise Governor on environmental matters

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

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(a) The department shall have the duty of providing special counsel to the Governor concerning environmental matters affecting the state.

(b) In providing counsel to the Governor on environmental matters, the department shall:

(1) Advise the Governor on comprehensive environmental policy for the state;

(2) Develop guidelines for balancing environmental quality with economic development;

(3) Study and from time to time report to the Governor on environmental conditions and trends in the state;

(4) Make or recommend such special environmental studies as it deems appropriate or desirable; and

(5) Recommend environmental policies for improvement and maintenance of the quality of environmental conditions within the state.

History

Ga. L. 1971, p. 788, §§ 1, 2.

Annotations

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

C.J.S. - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 120. 81A C.J.S., States, § 266.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1991–1999 · leading case: Redfearn v. Huntcliff Homes Ass'n, Inc., 524 S.E.2d 464 (Ga. 1999).

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Redfearn v. Huntcliff Homes Ass'n, Inc., 524 S.E.2d 464 (Ga. 1999). · cites it 2× “CODE §§ 12-2-7, 12-3-9, 12-3-10 (1975) (giving supreme court authority to address substantial questions of constitutional law, novel legal questions with a statewide effect, utility rate cases, bond validation proceedings, and bar disciplinary proceedings; giving exclusive…”

Hosp. Auth. v. Jones, 409 S.E.2d 501 (Ga. 1991). “Code of Alabama §§ 12-2-7; 12-3-10. 5 “Any evidence of Pacific Mutual’s wealth was excluded from the trial in accord with Alabama law.”

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