O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-4-82 (2019)

Applicability of part

✓ 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 part shall not apply to surface mining activities of the Department of Transportation incident to its activities in constructing, repairing, and maintaining the public road system in Georgia. The provisions of this Code section shall also extend to any person, firm, or corporation contracting with the Department of Transportation to construct, repair, or maintain public roads, provided that such contracts contain standards for the reclamation of the affected surface mining area; provided, further, that such standards have been approved by the division.

History

Ga. L. 1968, p. 9, § 12.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Exemption granted by this section extends only to those operators who contract directly with the State Highway Department (now Department of Trans-

portation) and not to parties who are subcontractors of such operators. 1968 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 68-406 (see O.C.G.A. § 12-4-82).