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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources (Chs. 1 — 17)
Chapter 2 - Department of Natural Resources (Arts. 1 — 2)
Article 1 - General Provisions (§§ 12-2-1 — 12-2-11)
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Law reviews.For article discussing important cases applying natural resource and game and fish law in 1976 and 1977, see 29 Mercer L. Rev. 131 (1977).
For comment, “The Right to Rainwater: An Unlikely Fairy Tale,” see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 575 (2018).
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O. C. G. A. Title 12, Ch. 2
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O.C.G.A. Title 12, Ch. 2, Art. 1
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- § 12-2-1. Department created; commissioner of natural resources; affirmation of board decision by operation of law; appellate review
- § 12-2-2. [Effective July 1, 2026] Environmental Protection Division; appeal procedures generally; permit applications; inspections
- § 12-2-3. Departmental purposes
- § 12-2-4. Powers and duties of department
- § 12-2-5. Essential services for inhabitants of coastal islands authorized
- § 12-2-6. Authority to arrange for and accept federal aid and cooperation; volunteer services; cooperation with other government entities and civic organizations; creation of nonprofit corporation
- § 12-2-7. Duty to advise Governor on environmental matters
- § 12-2-8. Promulgation of minimum standards and procedures for protection of natural resources, environment, and vital areas of state; stream and reservoir buffers
- § 12-2-9. Accreditation of commercial analytical laboratories submitting regulatory data
- § 12-2-10. Qualifications to practice public soil science
- § 12-2-11. Control of aviation; power of department
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