O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-5-125 (2019)

License requirement; drilling under direction of professional geologist or engineer

✓ 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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Except as provided in subsection (f ) of Code Section 12-5-127, no person shall drill a water well or geothermal borehole without first having a water well contractor’s license issued by the council. No person, including licensed water well contractors, shall drill any kind of well, borehole, or corehole, other than a water well or geothermal borehole, unless such person is acting under the direction of a professional geologist or a professional engineer.

History

Code 1981, § 12-5-125, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1192, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 12; Ga. L. 2010, p. 254, § 2/HB 1206.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 1985, p. 1192, § 1 repealed former Code Section 12-5-125 and enacted the present Code section. The former Code section pertained to the council’s duty to study the

need for standards and rules and regulations as to water wells and to make recommendations to the General Assembly and was based on Ga. L. 1976, p. 974, § 5, and Ga. L. 1977, p. 1506, § 3. For present provisions regarding such standards and rules and regulations, see §§ 12-5-124 (paragraphs (5) and (6)) and 12-5-134.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 207, 212 et seq.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1994–1994 · leading case: Harrell v. Lusk, 439 S.E.2d 896 (Ga. 1994).

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Harrell v. Lusk, 439 S.E.2d 896 (Ga. 1994). · cites it 4× “, water well contractors, OCGA § 12-5-127 (who are required to act under the direction of a professional geologist or professional engineer, OCGA § 12-5-125, both of which are licensed professions under OCGA § 14-7-2 (2)) and professional foresters, OCGA § 12-6-52 (the refusal…”

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