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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-5-457. Environmental Protection Division’s powers and duties unaffected by part.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-5-457. Environmental Protection Division’s powers and duties unaffected by part.

No provision of this part shall repeal, supersede, or preempt any function, power, authority, duty, or responsibility assigned to the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources by any other provision of this Code.

## History

Code 1981, § 12-5-457, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1059, § 12.