2025 Code of Georgia
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources (Chs. 1 — 17)
Chapter 12 - Asbestos Safety (§§ 12-12-1 — 12-12-21)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 1996, p. 238, § 1, effective April 1, 1996, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of Code Sections 12-12-1 through 12-12-26 and was based on Ga. L. 1986, p. 1157, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 12; Ga. L. 1987, p. 964, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 285, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 12; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 12.
Research References & Practice Aids
Administrative rules and regulations.Asbestos removal and encapsulation, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, Subject 391-3-14.
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Trials. —Contractor’s Liability for Mishandling Toxic Substance, 37 Am. Jur. Trials 115.
Cost Recovery Litigation: Abatement of Asbestos Contamination, 40 Am. Jur. Trials 317.
Handling Toxic Tort Litigation, 57 Am. Jur. Trials 395.
Asbestos Injury Litigation, 60 Am. Jur. Trials 73.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 12
- § 12-12-1. Short title
- § 12-12-2. Purpose of chapter
- § 12-12-3. Definitions
- § 12-12-4. Rules and regulations; schedule of contractor license and project fees
- § 12-12-5. Powers and duties of director
- § 12-12-6. License requirement; application; renewal; exception
- § 12-12-7. Training requirements
- § 12-12-8. Reciprocity
- § 12-12-9. Denial, revocation, or suspension of license; grounds; review of decision
- § 12-12-10. Notice of commencement of project; contents; project fee; certification of completion
- § 12-12-11. Compliance with chapter required
- § 12-12-12. Investigation rights of director; contractor to make records available
- § 12-12-13. Cease and desist orders
- § 12-12-14. Injunctions; restraining and other orders
- § 12-12-15. Imminent and substantial danger; remedies of director
- § 12-12-16. Civil penalty for violation; hearing and judicial review; disposition of penalties
- § 12-12-17. Hearing and judicial review procedure
- § 12-12-18. Judgment in accordance with order of director or administrative law judge
- § 12-12-19. Attorney General to provide legal representation
- § 12-12-20. Sovereign immunity not waived; legal duties of contractor, project monitor, or asbestos worker not relieved by chapter
- § 12-12-21. Sovereign immunity
