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2018 Georgia Code 12-5-125 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Section 5. Water Resources, 12-5-1 through 12-5-586.

ARTICLE 3 WELLS AND DRINKING WATER

12-5-125. License requirement; drilling under direction of professional geologist or engineer.

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.

(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.)

The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, inserted "or geothermal borehole" near the beginning of the first sentence; and, in the second sentence, deleted "other" preceding "kind of well", and inserted ", other than a water well or geothermal borehole," near the end.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1985, p. 1192, § 1 repealed former Code Section12-5-125 and enacted the present Code section.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)) and12-5-134.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 161, 166 et seq.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 12-5-125 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 1

Harrell v. Lusk

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1994-02-07

Citation: 439 S.E.2d 896, 263 Ga. 895, 94 Fulton County D. Rep. 484, 1994 Ga. LEXIS 73

Snippet: professional geologist or professional engineer, OCGA § 12-5-125, both of which are licensed professions under