O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-5-153 (2019)

Penalty

✓ 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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It shall be the duty of any person owning or having supervision of any real property affected by this part to comply with the requirements of this part by not later than January 1, 1970. Any such person failing to comply with such requirements by such date shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. After such date, each day of continuing failure to comply with such requirements shall constitute a separate offense.

History

Ga. L. 1969, p. 669, § 3.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Waters, § 219.

PART 5 PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS

Cross references. - Supplementary powers of local governments, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. II, Para. III. Power of municipal corporations to acquire and

construct water and sewage systems, § 36-34-5.

Administrative rules and regulations. - Rules for safe drinking water,

T.12, C.5, A.3, P.5

Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, Subject 391-3-5. Water quality control, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the

State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, Subject 391-3-6.

Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Hazardous Waste Issues in Real Estate Transactions,’’ see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 581 (1987).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Purpose of this part is to obtain fluoridation of the drinking water supplies of the people of this state to improve dental health. 1973 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 73-181 (see O.C.G.A. T. 12, C. 5, A. 3, P. 5). Fluoridation authorization limited

to incorporated communities. - This part empowers the Department of Natural Resources to require fluoridation of the water supplies of incorporated communities only. 1973 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 73-181 (see O.C.G.A. T. 12, C. 5, A. 3, P. 5).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. - Contamination of Subterranean Water Supply by Sewage, 6 POF2d 595. Citizens’ suits under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 67 POF3d 95. ALR. - Injunction against pollution of

stream by private persons or corporations, 46 A.L.R. 8. Validity, construction, and effect of statute, ordinance, or other measure involving chemical treatment of public water supply, 43 A.L.R.2d 453.