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

O.C.G.A. § 12-5-371 (2019)

Declaration of purpose

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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It is the purpose of this part to provide for the inspection and permitting of certain dams in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of all the citizens of the state by reducing the risk of failure of such dams. The General Assembly finds and declares that the inspection and permitting of certain dams is properly a matter for regulation under the police powers of the state.

History

Ga. L. 1978, p. 795, § 2.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 42 Am. Jur. 2d, Inspection Laws, § 1 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, §§ 6 et seq., 30.

C.J.S. - 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 7. 93 C.J.S., Waters, §§ 319, 320.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Paxton v. Georgia Power Co. (M.D. Ga. 2022).
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Paxton v. Georgia Power Co. (M.D. Ga. 2022). · cites it 9× “While Congress may not have intended to displace Georgia’s tort laws, it’s unquestionably clear that Georgia has ceded the issue of dam safety to the federal government for any Georgia-based dams operating pursuant to a FERC license.”
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