CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Water Resources: Amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Water Resources, so as to Provide That Local Governments May Impose Additional Restrictions on Outdoor Water Use for Good Cause Shown; Provide for Local Emergency Restrictions on Outdoor Water Use; Provide for Exemption from Certain Penalties; Provide that Political Subdivisions May Be Exempted from Outdoor Water Restrictions for Good Cause Shown; Provide for Automatic Repeal; Prohibit Placing Certain Restrictions on Use of Surface Water for Swimming Pools; Prohibit Placing Certain Restrictions on Use of Ground Water for Swimming Pools; Provide an Effective Date; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes

Authors

Georgia State University Law Review

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act requires local governments to obtain approval from the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources before imposing water restrictions that are more stringent than those imposed by the state, authorizes the Environmental Protection Division to exempt local governments from nonstatutory restrictions imposed by the state, and prohibits, with limitations, restrictions against filling of swimming pools. The Act seeks to standardize water restrictions across the state and protect the green industry and swimming pool industry from unnecessarily stringent restrictions imposed by local governments.

Recommended Citation

Georgia State University Law Review, CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Water Resources: Amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Water Resources, so as to Provide That Local Governments May Impose Additional Restrictions on Outdoor Water Use for Good Cause Shown; Provide for Local Emergency Restrictions on Outdoor Water Use; Provide for Exemption from Certain Penalties; Provide that Political Subdivisions May Be Exempted from Outdoor Water Restrictions for Good Cause Shown; Provide for Automatic Repeal; Prohibit Placing Certain Restrictions on Use of Surface Water for Swimming Pools; Prohibit Placing Certain Restrictions on Use of Ground Water for Swimming Pools; Provide an Effective Date; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes, 25 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2012).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol25/iss1/1