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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 5. WATER RESOURCES · Article 5. RIVERS AND RIVER BASINS · Part 6. PROTECTION OF METROPOLITAN RIVERS

12-5-454. Removal of sand from watercourse.

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

  1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part to the contrary, nothing contained in this part shall be construed so as to prohibit any person, firm, or corporation from removing sand from any watercourse without restriction when such removal is accomplished in such a manner that no greater effluent is returned to the watercourse than that removed therefrom and no erosion along the banks of the watercourse occurs.

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.

History

Ga. L. 1973, p. 128, § 15; Code 1981, § 12-5-454, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 4; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 12.

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Text read from t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V10, 2021 edition, page 624; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 a1ca11f804f2.