Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 50. STATE GOVERNMENT · Chapter 13. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

50-13-14. Intervention in contested cases.

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In contested cases:
(1)
Upon timely application, any person shall be permitted to intervene when a statute confers an unconditional right to intervene or when the representation of an applicant’s interest is or may be inadequate; or#
(2)
Upon timely application, any person may be permitted to intervene when a statute confers a conditional right to intervene or when the applicant’s claim or defense and the main action have a question of law or fact in common. In exercising its discretion, the agency shall consider whether the intervention will unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of existing parties.#

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. 1964, p. 338, § 15; Ga. L. 1965, p. 283, § 14.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, ‘‘an’’ was inserted preceding ‘‘applicant’s’’ in paragraph (1).

Cross references

Intervention in proceedings before Public Service Commission, § 46-2-59.

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