O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-5-25 (2019)

Investigations by division; institution of proceedings by division

✓ 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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The division shall have authority to investigate any apparent violation of any provision of this article and to take any action authorized by this article which it deems necessary and may, after a public hearing has been provided, institute proceedings of mandamus or other proper legal proceedings to enforce this article.

History

Ga. L. 1964, p. 416, § 14; Ga. L. 1971, p. 87, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Condemnation action. - O.C.G.A. § 12-5-25(b) merely requires that a Georgia Environmental Protection Division permit be obtained prior to construction

on a system for the disposal or discharge of sewage or waste. Nothing in the language of the statute requires a permit before the filing of a condemnation pro-

CONSERVATION & NATURAL RES.

ceeding. Ware v. Henry County Water & Sewerage Auth., 258 Ga. App. 778, 575 S.E.2d 654 (2002). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 61B Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, §§ 3, 4, 5.

C.J.S. - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, §§ 142, 146.