O.C.G.A. § 12-5-213 (2019)
Liberal construction of part
This part, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.
History
Ga. L. 1967, p. 12, § 11.
PART 2 SHORE PROTECTION
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 1992, p. 1362, § 1, effective July 1, 1992, repealed the Code sections formerly codified as this part and enacted the current part. The former part, relating to shoreline management, was based on Ga. L. 1979, p. 1636, §§ 1-17 and Ga. L. 1984, p. 404, § 4.
Administrative rules and regulations. - Shore protection, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, Subject 391-2-2.
Law reviews. - For article surveying recent legislative and judicial developments in zoning, planning and environ-
mental law, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 89 (1979). For survey article on environment, natural resources, and land use, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 145 (1982). For article, ‘‘Hazardous Waste Issues in Real Estate Transactions,’’ see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 581 (1987). For annual survey on local government law, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 135 (2014). For annual survey on administrative law, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2014). For note discussing the historical aspects and current law concerning the state’s ownership rights in tidelands, see 17 Ga. L. Rev. 851 (1983). For note on the 1992 enactment of this part, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 205 (1992).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Goodyear v. Trust Co. Bank, 247 Ga. 281, 276 S.E.2d 30 (1981).