O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-9-21 (2019)

Legislative findings and declaration of policy

✓ 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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The General Assembly finds that the use of solar energy in this state can help reduce the nation’s reliance upon imported fuels and that solar energy development should, therefore, be encouraged. The General Assembly further finds that, as the use of solar energy devices increases, the possibility of future shading of such devices by buildings or vegetation will also increase. Therefore, the General Assembly declares that solar easements may be established to allow the owner of a solar energy device to negotiate for assurance of continued access to sunlight.

History

Ga. L. 1978, p. 2076, § 2.

Annotations

Cross references. State building, plumbing and electrical codes, § 8-2-20 et seq. Law reviews. For article surveying Georgia cases

dealing with environment, natural resources, and land use from June 1977 through May 1978, see 30 Mercer L. Rev. 75 (1978).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Separate assessment and taxation of air rights, 56 A.L.R.3d 1300.