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Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Chapter 4. MINERAL RESOURCES AND CAVES

50 sections · 12-4-1 to 12-4-147

Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  1. 12-4-1Powers and duties of Environmental Protection Division as to mineral and geological resources.

Article 2. MINING AND DRILLING · Part 1. OIL WELL REWARD

  1. 12-4-20Amount of reward; eligibility for reward.
  2. 12-4-21Manner of distribution of reward.
  3. 12-4-22Authorization for Governor to make payments from surplus or contingent funds.

Article 2. MINING AND DRILLING · Part 2. DEEP DRILLING FOR OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS

  1. 12-4-40Short title.
  2. 12-4-41Legislative findings and declaration of policy.
  3. 12-4-42Definitions.
  4. 12-4-43Powers of board as to deep drilling.
  5. 12-4-44Authority to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations.
  6. 12-4-45Powers of board as to establishment of drilling and operation units; applicability of state antitrust laws to private agreements approved by board.
  7. 12-4-46Drilling permits.
  8. 12-4-47Bonds or undertaking by persons conducting drilling operations.
  9. 12-4-48Actions by director to enforce part; civil penalties; effect of Code section on cause of action by royalty owners, lienholders, or other claimants.
  10. 12-4-49Applicability of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the ‘‘Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.’’
  11. 12-4-50Obedience to subpoena required; self-incrimination not a defense; use of evidence in criminal prosecutions.
  12. 12-4-51Effect of part on other laws.
  13. 12-4-52Effect of part on authority and functions of other state officers and agencies.
  14. 12-4-52.1Local authority.
  15. 12-4-53Prohibited acts.
  16. 12-4-54Levying of severance tax.

Article 2. MINING AND DRILLING · Part 3. SURFACE MINING

  1. 12-4-70Short title.
  2. 12-4-71Legislative purpose; duty of Environmental Protection Division to administer part.
  3. 12-4-72Definitions.
  4. 12-4-73Powers and duties of division as to surface mining generally; division may decline to assert jurisdiction.
  5. 12-4-74Promulgation of rules and regulations by Board of Natural Resources.
  6. 12-4-75Permits for surface mining operations; submission of mining land use plan and amendment to plan; bonding of applicants.
  7. 12-4-76Substitution of mined areas.
  8. 12-4-77Renewal or replacement of revoked permit; mining on unauthorized site.
  9. 12-4-78Appeal to superior court.
  10. 12-4-79Injunctive relief.
  11. 12-4-80Removal of minerals, ores, and other solid matter as prima-facie evidence of surface mining.
  12. 12-4-81Judgment pursuant to order.
  13. 12-4-82Applicability of part.
  14. 12-4-83Civil penalty; procedure for imposing penalties; hearing; judicial review; disposition of recovered penalties.
  15. 12-4-84Criminal penalty.

Article 3. PHOSPHATES AND GOLD · Part 1. PHOSPHATES

  1. 12-4-100Licenses to dig, mine, and remove phosphate deposits; restrictions on license holders.
  2. 12-4-101Annual mining fee; license fee; affidavit and bond.
  3. 12-4-102Lapse of license.
  4. 12-4-103Penalty.

Article 3. PHOSPHATES AND GOLD · Part 2. GOLD

  1. 12-4-120Duties of purchasers of gold bullion, dust, nuggets, or amalgam.
  2. 12-4-121Annual reports by judges of probate court.
  3. 12-4-122Penalty.

Article 4. CAVE PROTECTION

  1. 12-4-140Short title.
  2. 12-4-141Legislative purpose.
  3. 12-4-142Definitions.
  4. 12-4-143Defacing or disturbing natural condition of cave; breaking or tampering with gates, doors, or other device controlling or preventing access to caves; trespass.
  5. 12-4-144Sale or offer to sell speleothems.
  6. 12-4-145Storing hazardous or detrimental chemicals or materials in caves or sinkholes; dumping or disposing of garbage, dead animals, or similar materials in caves or sinkholes.
  7. 12-4-146Killing, harming, removing, or disturbing wildlife found in a cave.
  8. 12-4-147Liability of owners of caves for injuries.