O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 25-7-8 (2019)

Attendance and effect of training programs

✓ 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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It is not the intention of this chapter that it be mandatory that any firefighter be required to attend the academy. The training program established at the academy shall not supersede any training program for firefighters now in existence or hereafter established but shall be separate and apart from any other training programs for firefighters.

History

Ga. L. 1976, p. 1725, § 8.

T.25, C.8 REGULATION OF BLASTING OPERATIONS GENERALLY

CHAPTER 8 REGULATION OF BLASTING OPERATIONS GENERALLY Sec.

Short title. Definitions. Requirements for use of explosives in blasting. Blasting standards; formulas and table. Use of seismograph measurements. License requirement. Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license. Maintenance of blasting records.

Administrative rules and regulations. Rules and Regulations for Explosives and Blasting Agents, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Office of Commissioner of In-

Sec.

Promulgation of rules and regulations by Commissioner; forms. Approval by Commissioner of variations from requirements of chapter. Enforcement; additional penalties; privileged evidence. Penalties for violations of chapter, rules, regulations, or orders.

surance, Safety Fire Commissioner and Industrial Loan Commissioner, Rules of Safety Fire Commissioner, Rule 120-3-10.01 et seq.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Punitive damages precluded by compliance with regulations. - Punitive damages are, as a general rule, improper when a defendant has complied with environmental and safety regulations. Accordingly, the award of punitive

damages against a quarry operator who had adhered to the applicable laws was not supported by the evidence and warranted reversal. Stone Man, Inc. v. Green, 263 Ga. 470, 435 S.E.2d 205, 1993 Ga. LEXIS 686 (1993).