ARTICLE 5 - RIVERS AND RIVER BASINS
- PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- PART 2 - GEORGIA SCENIC RIVER SYSTEM
- § 12-5-350 - Short title
- § 12-5-351 - Definitions
- § 12-5-352 - Rivers comprising the Georgia Scenic River System
- § 12-5-353 - Duties of department as to scenic rivers
- § 12-5-354 - Construction, operation, or maintenance of dams, reservoirs, or other structures on scenic rivers; acquisition of land within boundaries of scenic rivers
- PART 3 - DAM SAFETY
- § 12-5-370 - Short title
- § 12-5-371 - Declaration of purpose
- § 12-5-372 - Definitions
- § 12-5-373 - Powers and duties of director generally
- § 12-5-374 - Powers and duties of board as to dams and artificial barriers
- § 12-5-375 - Inventory and classification of dams; investigations; technical assistance to local government; artificial barriers; notice requirements; provision of information regarding dams to cler
- § 12-5-376 - Permits to construct and operate dams
- § 12-5-376.1 - Subclassification of category I dams by director; minimum spillway design requirements
- § 12-5-377 - Dam removal
- § 12-5-378 - Inspection of dams and other barriers; administrative orders to enforce compliance; emergency action by director
- § 12-5-379 - Investigations; right of access by division; right to require statements and reports regarding construction and operation of dams; refusal of access or interference
- § 12-5-380 - Administrative and judicial review
- § 12-5-380.1 - Orders of director or administrative law judge filed in superior court; effect of filing
- § 12-5-381 - Injunctive relief
- § 12-5-382 - Power of commissioner of transportation as to contracts relating to part
- § 12-5-383 - Liability for damages
- § 12-5-384 - Conformance to and compliance with part required
- § 12-5-385 - Criminal and civil penalties
- PART 4 - DEVELOPMENT OF CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER BASIN
- PART 5 - DEVELOPMENT OF ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN
- 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 certific
- § 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