Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 16. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATIONS · Article 2. PROCEDURE FOR AMENDING REGULATIONS

12-16-22. Exceptions allowed for public health and welfare.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Any other provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the board may adopt an environmental regulation, and the department or division may take a covered action, without presenting the required statement of rationale if the commissioner or the director of the division determines that an emergency action is necessary to protect the public health and welfare.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 12-16-22, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 329, § 3.

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