O.C.G.A. § 12-5-73 (2019)
Prospecting for underground water supplies - Appropriation or allocation of funds to department
The department may use, for the purposes authorized by Code Sections 12-5-70 through 12-5-72, such funds as may be from time to time appropriated or allocated therefor.
History
Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 5, § 3.
PART 2 GROUND-WATER USE GENERALLY
Annotations
Cross references. - Powers and duties of department pertaining to protection of underground fresh water supplies against effects of deep drilling for oil and gas, § 12-4-40 et seq.
Administrative rules and regulations. - Groundwater use, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, Subject 391-3-2.
Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘The Groundwater Use Act of 1972: Protection
for Georgia’s Groundwater Resource,’’ see 6 Ga. L. Rev. 709 (1972). For article, ‘‘Georgia’s Environmental Law: A Survey,’’ see 23 Mercer L. Rev. 633 (1972). For article discussing regulation of selected activities to effect environmental planning, see 10 Ga. L. Rev. 53 (1975). For article discussing legal questions relating to interbasin transfer of water supply, see 13 Ga. St. B.J. 48 (1976). For article, ‘‘Hazardous Waste Issues in Real Estate Transactions,’’ see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 581 (1987).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Constitutionality of statutes relating to surface water, 85 A.L.R. 465.