O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 25-9-11.1 (2019)
Prohibition of local governing authorities from enforcing local ordinances or resolutions relating to certain marking or location requirements
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No local governing authority shall enforce any ordinance or resolution which imposes fines for a violation of a local ordinance or resolution that establishes requirements for white lining, marking of underground facilities, re-marking of underground facilities, or otherwise locating underground facilities or sewer laterals for any locate request or large project.
History
Code 1981, § 25-9-11.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 239, § 2/SB 191; Ga. L. 2022, p. 325, § 1/HB 1372.
The 2022 amendment, effective September 1, 2022, substituted “underground” for “utility” three times.
Annotations
Effective date. - This Code section became effective July 1, 2016.