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heading_path: FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY / BLASTING OR EXCAVATING NEAR UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
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# O.C.G.A. § 25-9-1. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Underground Facility Protection Act.”

## History

Code 1981, § 25-9-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 780, § 1; Ga. L. 2022, p. 325, § 1/HB 1372.

The 2022 amendment, effective September 1, 2022, substituted “Underground” for “Utility”.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2000, p. 780, § 1, effective July 1, 2000, renumbered former Code Section 25-9-1 as present Code Section 25-9-2.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey of administrative law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 31 (2004).