2021 Georgia Code
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources
Chapter 5 - Water Resources
Article 4 - Coastal Waters, Beaches, and Sand Dunes
Part 2 - Shore Protection
§ 12-5-230. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Shore Protection Act."
(Code 1981, §12-5-230, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1362, § 1.)
Law reviews.- For annual survey on local government law, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 135 (2014).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Sovereign immunity barred injunctive relief.
- In a suit brought by an organization seeking to enjoin the Georgia Department of Natural Resources from issuing letters of permission authorizing land alterations, the appellate court erred by reversing the dismissal of the organization's claim for injunctive relief because sovereign immunity barred injunctive relief against the state at common law and the plain language of the Shore Protection Act, O.C.G.A. § 12-5-245, did not provide for a specific waiver of governmental immunity. Ga. Dep't of Natural Res. v. Ctr. for a Sustainable Coast, Inc., 294 Ga. 593, 755 S.E.2d 184 (2014).
Cited in Ctr. for a Sustainable Coast, Inc. v. Ga. Dep't of Natural Res., 319 Ga. App. 205, 734 S.E.2d 206 (2012).
