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

O.C.G.A. § 12-5-230 (2019)

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✓ 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 be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Shore Protection Act.’’

History

Code 1981, § 12-5-230, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1362, § 1.

Annotations

Law reviews. - For annual survey on

local government law, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 135 (2014).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Sovereign immunity barred injunctive relief. - In a suit brought by an organization seeking to enjoin the Georgia Department of Natural Resources from issuing letters of permission authorizing land alterations, the appellate court erred by reversing the dismissal of the organization’s claim for injunctive relief because

sovereign immunity barred injunctive relief against the state at common law and the plain language of the Shore Protection Act, O.C.G.A. § 12-5-245, did not provide for a specific waiver of governmental immunity. Ga. Dep’t of Natural Res. v. Ctr. for a Sustainable Coast, Inc., 294 Ga. 593, 755 S.E.2d 184 (2014).

CONSERVATION & NATURAL RES.

Cited in Ctr. for a Sustainable Coast, Inc. v. Ga. Dep’t of Natural Res., 319 Ga. App. 205, 734 S.E.2d 206 (2012).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1992–2014 · leading case: Georgia Dep't of Nat. Resources v. Ctr. for a Sustainable Coast, Inc., 755 S.E.2d 184 (Ga. 2014).
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Georgia Dep't of Nat. Resources v. Ctr. for a Sustainable Coast, Inc., 755 S.E.2d 184 (Ga. 2014). · cites it 4× “OCGA § 12-5-230 et seq. The Center maintains that the State violates the Act each time it issues LOPs for activities on lands covered by the Act.”
Ctr. for a Sustainable Coast, Inc. v. Georgia Dep't of Nat. Resources, 734 S.E.2d 206 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 12-5-230 et seq. Pursuant to OCGA § 12-5-237: (a) No person shall construct or erect any structure or construct, erect, conduct, or engage in any shoreline engineering activity or engage in any land alteration which alters the natural topography or vegetation of any area…”
St. Simons Island Save the Beach Ass'n v. Glynn Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 422 S.E.2d 258 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “See the Georgia Shore Assistance Act of 1979, OCGA § 12-5-230 et seq. Appeals from decisions of the superior court reviewing decisions of state and local administrative agencies must be by application pursuant to OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (1).”
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