Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 5. WATER RESOURCES · Article 6. WATER SUPPLY

12-5-475. Rules and regulations.

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(a)
It shall be the duty of the authority, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Division of the department, to prescribe rules and regulations governing the selection of sites for projects. Such rules and regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to, provisions for:#
1. (1)
  The division to notify in writing a county or municipality when a preliminary determination has been made for the location of a project within any portion of the territorial boundaries of such county or municipality;#
2. (2)
  Review and comment by the governing authority of a county or municipality receiving a notice provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection before the division makes a final determination of the project site; and#
3. (3)
  At least one public hearing within the territorial boundaries of a county or municipality receiving a notice provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection before the division makes a final determination of the project site.#
(b)
It shall be the duty of the authority to prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of and governing the use of each project constructed under the provisions of this article. Such rules shall be prescribed after consideration of input from local governments served or to be served by the project to which the rules pertain.#

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

Code 1981, § 12-5-475, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1304, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 644, § 2-1/SB 342.

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