O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-3-16 (2019)

Enforcement under local ordinances

✓ 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 intent of this chapter to abrogate the terms of a municipal charter or laws of local application which authorize a governing body within the county to provide penalties for a violation of a valid rule and regulation of the county board of health.

History

Code 1933, § 88-218, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, § 8 et seq.

C.J.S. - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, §§ 7 et seq., 26.

CHAPTER 4 COUNCIL ON MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH Sec. 31-4-1 through 31-4-3 [Repealed].

31-4-1 through 31-4-3. Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-15/HB 228, effective July 1, 2009. Editor’s notes. - This chapter consisted of Code Sections 31-4-1 through 31-4-3 and was based on Ga. L. 1972, p.

635, §§ 1, 2, 3; Ga. L. 1974, p. 269, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1763, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 766, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 31.

CHAPTER 5 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT Sec.

Article 1 General Provisions Sec.

Adoption of rules and regulations. Hearings. Appeals. Testimony or production of evidence by compulsory process. Classification of confidential and privileged materials. Distribution of rules. Application of this chapter. Penalty for violations of the provisions of this title. Injunctions for enjoining violations of the provisions of this title; supersedeas; attachment for contempt; injunctions to

Cross references. - Establishment and enforcement of sanitary regulations pertaining to restaurants, taverns and other establishments, § 26-2-370 et seq.

abate public nuisances; where actions may be instituted. Notifying department or board of health of conditions on private property which are injurious to the public; inspection warrant; notice to owner and occupant; abatement. Article 2 Inspection Warrants

‘‘Inspection warrant’’ defined. Persons who may obtain inspection warrants; authorization of searches and inspections of property. Issuance; grounds. Contents. Exclusion of evidence obtained [Repealed].

Similar provisions regarding administration and enforcement of mental health laws, T. 37, C. 1. Administrative procedure generally, T. 50, C. 13.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS County boards of health. - Administrative Procedure Act, O.C.G.A. T. 50, Ch. 13, does not apply to county boards of health as these boards are not included

within the definition of ‘‘agency.’’ Aldridge v. Georgia Hospitality & Travel Ass’n, 251 Ga. 234, 304 S.E.2d 708 (1983).

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS