LOCAL GOVERNMENT Community Greenspace Preservation: Enact the "Georgia Land Conservation Act"; Provide for State and Local Government Activities with Respect to Land Conservation; State Legislative Intent; Define Terms; Create the Georgia Land Conservation Council and Provide for its Membership, Powers, Duties, and Operations; Provide for a Land Conservation Program; Create the Georgia Land Conservation Trust Fund and the Georgia Land Conservation Revolving Loan Fund and Provide for Sources of Funding, Grants and Other Disbursements from Said Funds; Provide for Eligibility for Award and Disbursement of Grants to Counties, Cities, and Department of Natural Resources; Authorize the Department of Natural Resources to Provide for Management of Property as Acquired; Provide for Promulgation of Certain Rules and Regulations by the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority; Encourage Partnerships with the Private Sector; Provide for the Transfer of Funds from the Georgia Greenspace Trust Fund to the Georgia Land Conservation Trust Fund; Amend the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," so as to Redefine a Term; Provide for Related Matters; Provide an Effective Date; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes

Authors

Georgia State University Law Review

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act replaces the Community Greenspace Program. Its purpose is to provide a mechanism to encourage cities, counties, and private partners to protect the state's natural resources. The Act establishes a competitive grant and loan program for preservation of land or conservation easements on land. The Act establishes the Land Conservation Council, which reviews and approves grant and loan applications based on the environmental value and conservation benefit of each proposal. The Act also establishes the State Land Geographic Information System to identify areas with high environmental value and conservation benefits and to track land protected under the Act.

Recommended Citation

Georgia State University Law Review, LOCAL GOVERNMENT Community Greenspace Preservation: Enact the "Georgia Land Conservation Act"; Provide for State and Local Government Activities with Respect to Land Conservation; State Legislative Intent; Define Terms; Create the Georgia Land Conservation Council and Provide for its Membership, Powers, Duties, and Operations; Provide for a Land Conservation Program; Create the Georgia Land Conservation Trust Fund and the Georgia Land Conservation Revolving Loan Fund and Provide for Sources of Funding, Grants and Other Disbursements from Said Funds; Provide for Eligibility for Award and Disbursement of Grants to Counties, Cities, and Department of Natural Resources; Authorize the Department of Natural Resources to Provide for Management of Property as Acquired; Provide for Promulgation of Certain Rules and Regulations by the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority; Encourage Partnerships with the Private Sector; Provide for the Transfer of Funds from the Georgia Greenspace Trust Fund to the Georgia Land Conservation Trust Fund; Amend the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," so as to Redefine a Term; Provide for Related Matters; Provide an Effective Date; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes, 22 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2012).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol22/iss1/22