2020 Georgia Code
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources
Chapter 5 - Water Resources
Article 5 - Rivers and River Basins
Part 6 - Protection of Metropolitan Rivers
- § 12-5-440. Short Title
- § 12-5-441. Definitions
- § 12-5-442. Legislative Findings and Purposes
- § 12-5-443. Comprehensive Land and Water Use Plan; Transmittal of Plan to Political Subdivisions; Notice and Hearing; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Application Fee
- § 12-5-444. Prohibited Land and Water Uses; Uses Prior to Adoption of Plan; Certificate of Compliance With Plan; Information Required of Applicant; Changes in Use; Notice and Hearing
- § 12-5-445. Review of Application and Supporting Documents by Commission; Effect of Inconsistencies; Alternatives Where Modification Recommended
- § 12-5-446. Prereview by Commission of Application for Certificate; Fee Where Prereview Requested by Applicant; Effectiveness of Certificate Following Prereview; Immediate Effectiveness of Certificate; Consultation by Commission With Governing Authority; Informal Consultation With Applicants
- § 12-5-447. Minimum Standards for Certificates and Recommendations
- § 12-5-448. Appeal
- § 12-5-449. Other Laws Not Superseded by Part
- § 12-5-450. Election by Counties Contiguous to Area, and by Municipalities Within County, to Come Under Part
- § 12-5-451. Uses to Which Part Inapplicable
- § 12-5-452. Cease and Desist Orders; Injunctions; Land-Disturbing Activities as Nuisances; Penalty; Jurisdiction of Actions
- § 12-5-453. Local Regulation of Land in Drainage Basins; Enforcement Where Local Regulation Inadequate; Failure of Governing Authority to Meet Requirements
- § 12-5-454. Removal of Sand From Watercourse
- § 12-5-455. Plan and Application for Certificate Open to Public Inspection
- § 12-5-456. Commission to Notify Local Authorities of Violations of This Part; Director's Powers in Absence of Local Action; Hearings on Violations
- § 12-5-457. Environmental Protection Division's Powers and Duties Unaffected by Part
- State-wide water management planning, T. 12, C. 5, A. 8.
Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, T. 12, C. 5, A. 10.
Population bills, ยง 28-1-15.
Editor's notes.- Several of the Code sections in this part are based on Ga. L. 1973, p. 128 and Ga. L. 1975, p. 837, which Acts were not codified in the legislative edition of the O.C.G.A.
Law reviews.- For survey article on environment, natural resources, and land use, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 145 (1982). For annual survey of law on environment, natural resources, and land use, see 35 Mercer L. Rev. 147 (1983). For article, "Hazardous Waste Issues in Real Estate Transactions," see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 581 (1987). For a note discussing the historical aspects and current law concerning the state's ownership rights in tidelands, see 17 Ga. L. Rev. 851 (1983).
