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title: O.C.G.A. § 25-9-11.1. Prohibition of local governing authorities from enforcing local ordinances or resolutions relating to certain marking or location requirements.
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heading_path: FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY / BLASTING OR EXCAVATING NEAR UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
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# O.C.G.A. § 25-9-11.1. Prohibition of local governing authorities from enforcing local ordinances or resolutions relating to certain marking or location requirements.

No local governing authority shall enforce any ordinance or resolution which imposes fines for a violation of a local ordinance or resolution that establishes requirements for white lining, marking of underground facilities, re-marking of underground facilities, or otherwise locating underground facilities or sewer laterals for any locate request or large project.

## History

Code 1981, § 25-9-11.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 239, § 2/SB 191; Ga. L. 2022, p. 325, § 1/HB 1372.

The 2022 amendment, effective September 1, 2022, substituted “underground” for “utility” three times.