10 HB
1359/AP
House
Bill 1359 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Channell of the
116th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 12-7-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
best management practices and minimum requirements for rules, regulations,
ordinances, or resolutions, so as to provide an exception for a required buffer
along state waters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 12-7-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to best
management practices and minimum requirements for rules, regulations,
ordinances, or resolutions, is amended by striking the word "or" at the end of
division (b)(15)(A)(iv), by striking the period and inserting "; or" at the end
of subdivision (b)(15)(A)(v)(IV), and by adding a new division to read as
follows:
"(vi)
Where shoreline stabilization is installed; provided, however, that this
exception shall be limited to the construction of bulkheads and sea walls only
to the extent required to prevent the erosion of the shoreline. This exception
shall be limited to Lake Oconee and Lake Sinclair and shall be limited to the
duration of such
construction."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.