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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 7. DAMAGE TO AND INTRUSION UPON PROPERTY · Article 2. CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY · Part 2. LITTERING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY

16-7-47. Designation of containers for household garbage; misuse or vandalization of container.

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

  1. (a)

    As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘household garbage’’ means animal, vegetable, and fruit refuse matter and other refuse matter ordinarily generated as by-products of a household or restaurant, such as tin cans, bottles, paper, cardboard, plastics, and wrapping or packaging materials.#

  2. (b)

    The governing authority of each county, municipality, or consolidated government of this state which provides containers for the dumping of trash or garbage therein shall be authorized to designate any or all such containers as being suitable for the dumping therein of household garbage only. If a container is clearly marked ‘‘household garbage only,’’ it shall be unlawful for any person to dump any refuse or other material into the container other than household garbage.#

  3. (c)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to set fire to the contents of, indiscriminately scatter or disperse the contents of, or otherwise vandalize any containers provided by any county, municipality, or consolidated government for the dumping of trash or garbage.#

  4. (d)

    Any person who violates subsection (b) or (c) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#

Reading note: a word broken across two lines in the printed volume was joined by rule and could not be checked against the volume's own vocabulary. The official page linked below settles any doubt.

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. 1979, p. 831, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 2-1/HB 1320.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 1-1/HB 1320, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Comprehensive Litter Prevention and Abatement Act of 2006.’’’ Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 5-1/HB 1320, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall become effective April 21, 2006, for purposes of adopting local ordinances to become effective on or after July 1, 2006.

Cross references

Solid waste handling, disposal, etc., § 12-8-20 et seq.

Law reviews

For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia local government law for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 155 (1979).

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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

Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, pages 121 to 122; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.