O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-5-523 (2019)

Cooperation with Water Council; involvement of stakeholders; initial draft plan

✓ 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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(a) The division shall work in cooperation, coordination, and communication with the Water Council and any other state, local, regional, or federal agency as appropriate to develop a comprehensive state-wide water management plan.

(b) The division shall solicit extensive stakeholder involvement in the development of the proposed plan. Such stakeholders shall include, without limitation, other state agencies, nonprofit advocacy organizations, business organizations, local government entities and associations of local government entities, and regional commissions.

(c) The division shall submit a draft initial comprehensive state-wide water management plan to the Water Council for review no later than July 1, 2007.

History

Code 1981, § 12-5-523, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 711, § 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 12/HB 95; Ga. L. 2008, p. 181, § 19/HB 1216.

Annotations

Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Sharing Water Through Interbasin Transfer and Basis of Origin Protection in Georgia: Issues for Evaluation in Comprehensive

State Water Planning for Georgia’s Surface Water Rivers and Groundwater Aquifers,’’ see 21 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 339 (2004). For note, ‘‘The Problem of Reallocation in a Regulated Riparian System: Examining the Law in Georgia,’’ see 40 Ga. L. Rev. 207 (2005).