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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6)
Chapter 5 - WATER RESOURCES (§§ 12-5-1 — 12-5-586)
Article 3 - WELLS AND DRINKING WATER (§§ 12-5-70 — 12-5-204)
Part 3 - WATER WELL STANDARDS (§§ 12-5-120 — 12-5-138)
- Section 12-5-120 - Short title
- Section 12-5-121 - Legislative intent
- Section 12-5-122 - Definitions
- Section 12-5-123 - Creation of council; membership; chairperson; meetings; majority vote; quorum; director as secretary; self-governance; reimbursement for expenses; Attorney General to provide legal services
- Section 12-5-124 - Powers and duties of council generally
- Section 12-5-125 - License requirement; drilling under direction of professional geologist or engineer
- Section 12-5-126 - Director as administrative agent; administrative duties of division; orders, notices, and processes
- Section 12-5-127 - Licensing of water well contractors generally; applications for trainee licenses; violation of Code section
- Section 12-5-128 - Contents of license; display
- Section 12-5-129 - Suspension and revocation of licenses; hearings; reissuance of revoked licenses; injunction; cessation of well operation; seizure of equipment
- Section 12-5-130 - Expiration and renewal of licenses; replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated licenses
- Section 12-5-131 - Notifying contractors of changes in rules and regulations
- Section 12-5-131.1 - Licensing requirements for drilling well on own property; water well contractors completing electrical or plumbing work incidental to drilling and construction of well
- Section 12-5-132 - Effect of part
- Section 12-5-133 - Penalty; evidence of violation of part
- Section 12-5-133.1 - Civil penalties; hearing
- Section 12-5-134 - Standards for wells and boreholes
- Section 12-5-135 - Requirement of bond or letter of credit
- Section 12-5-136 - Compliance with standards and licensing requirements; inspections; action by director if well not up to standard
- Section 12-5-137 - Forfeiture of contraband equipment
- Section 12-5-138 - Council authorized to establish rules and regulations for pump installation; certification requirements; civil penalties for violations
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