O.C.G.A. § 12-5-550 (2019)
Repayment penalty; notice of violation; time limit to respond to notice of violation; failure to respond to notice of violation
Article 10 Comprehensive State-wide Water Management Planning Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Short title.
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CONSERVATION & NATURAL RES.
Legislative intent. Creation; purpose. Definitions. Powers; approval of plan non-binding on finances; extension of time for preparing plan. Board created; appointments; vacancies; terms. Open meetings; quorum; voting; executive sessions. Operating budget; sources of funding; power to enter into contracts and to expend funds; depositing. Adjoining counties or municipalities application to be added to the district area. Staffing; cooperation among agencies. Coordinating committees; finance committees.
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Cross references. - Water rights, T. 44, C. 8. Protection of tidewaters, T. 52, C. 1, A. 1. Right of passage on navigable streams and rivers, T. 52, C. 1, A. 2. Intracoastal waterway, T. 52, C. 3. River and harbor development, T. 52, C. 9.
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Advisory councils. Model ordinances for effective storm-water management and for a district-wide watershed management plan; annual review; public meetings; certification by director; local compliance. Short-term and long-term plans for waste-water management plan; annual review; public meetings; certification by director. Water supply and water conservation management plan; interbasin transfers. Education and public awareness. Annual report detailing activities and progress.
Law reviews. - For survey article on environment, natural resources, and land use, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 145 (1982). For article, ‘‘From Marshes to Mountains, Wetlands Come Under State Regulation,’’ see 41 Mercer L. Rev. 865 (1990).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Trials. - Challenging Wetland Regulation of Land Development, 53 Am. Jur. Trials 511.
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Editor’s notes. - This article formerly contained a Code Section 12-5-4, which was repealed by Ga. L. 1981, p. 987, § 5, effective April 9, 1981. The former Code
section pertained to declaration of need for regulation of water related recreational events and was based on Ga. L. 1973, p. 1449, §§ 2-5.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Water sports, amusements, or exhibitions as nuisance, 80 A.L.R.2d 1124. Measure and elements of damages for
pollution of well or spring, 76 A.L.R.4th 629.