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2018 Georgia Code 12-5-235 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
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TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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

ARTICLE 4 COASTAL WATERS, BEACHES, AND SAND DUNES

12-5-235. Shore Protection Committee.

  1. There is created the Shore Protection Committee within the department. The committee shall be composed of five members, including the commissioner of natural resources and four people selected by the board. Each of three persons selected by the board shall be a resident of Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, Liberty, Bryan, or Chatham County. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. The members of the committee shall be entitled to and shall be reimbursed from moneys appropriated to the department for their expenses, such as mileage and per diem, as set by the board.
  2. The committee shall have the authority to issue orders and to grant, suspend, revoke, modify, extend, condition, or deny permits as provided in this part. Permits may, at the committee's discretion, be revoked, suspended, or modified upon a finding that the permittee is not in compliance with permit conditions or that the permittee is in violation of any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this part.
  3. The chairman of the committee, upon application by the permittee, may issue renewal of a permit previously granted by the committee.Such action must be based upon recommendations of staff, past committee actions, and the results of public comments.The chairman may refer the request for renewal to the committee to decide on renewals that, in his judgment, should receive broader consideration.A committee member may choose to have the full committee decide on renewals that the member feels should receive broader consideration.

(Code 1981, §12-5-235, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1362, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 400, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 2-2/HB 252.)

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, deleted ", in the absence of an approved local shore protection program as provided by this part, shall act as permit issuing authority and" following "committee" at the beginning of the first sentence of subsection (b).

Administrative Rules and Regulations.

- Shore protection, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Chapter 391-2-2.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

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); Ga. Dep't of Natural Res. v. Ctr. for a Sustainable Coast, Inc., 294 Ga. 593, 755 S.E.2d 184 (2014).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 12-5-235 From Courtlistener.com

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Georgia Department of Natural Resources v. Center for a Sustainable Coast, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2014-02-24

Citation: 294 Ga. 593, 755 S.E.2d 184, 2014 Fulton County D. Rep. 262, 2014 WL 696487, 2014 Ga. LEXIS 132

Snippet: days before acting on the application. OCGA §§ 12-5-235; 12-5-239 (b). In its complaint, the Center