Article 2. Mining and Drilling
Part 2. Deep Drilling For Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals
- § 12-4-40. Short Title
- § 12-4-41. Legislative Findings and Declaration of Policy
- § 12-4-42. Definitions
- § 12-4-43. Powers of Board As to Deep Drilling
- § 12-4-44. Authority to Adopt and Promulgate Rules and Regulations
- § 12-4-45. Powers of Board As to Establishment of Drilling and Operation Units; Applicability of State Antitrust Laws to Private Agreements Approved By Board
- § 12-4-46. Drilling Permits
- § 12-4-47. Bonds Or Undertaking By Persons Conducting Drilling Operations
- § 12-4-48. Actions By Director to Enforce Part; Civil Penalties; Effect of Code Section On Cause of Action By Royalty Owners, Lienholders, Or Other Claimants
- § 12-4-49. Applicability of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
- § 12-4-50. Obedience to Subpoena Required; Self-Incrimination Not a Defense; Use of Evidence In Criminal Prosecutions
- § 12-4-51. Effect of Part On Other Laws
- § 12-4-52. Effect of Part On Authority and Functions of Other State Officers and Agencies
- § 12-4-53. Prohibited Acts
Part 3. Surface Mining
- § 12-4-70. Short Title
- § 12-4-71. Legislative Purpose; Duty of Environmental Protection Division to Administer Part
- § 12-4-72. Definitions
- § 12-4-73. Powers and Duties of Division As to Surface Mining Generally; Division May Decline to Assert Jurisdiction
- § 12-4-74. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations By Board of Natural Resources
- § 12-4-75. Permits For Surface Mining Operations; Submission of Mining Land Use Plan and Amendment to Plan; Bonding of Applicants
- § 12-4-76. Substitution of Mined Areas
- § 12-4-77. Renewal Or Replacement of Revoked Permit; Mining On Unauthorized Site
- § 12-4-78. Appeal to Superior Court
- § 12-4-79. Injunctive Relief
- § 12-4-80. Removal of Minerals, Ores, and Other Solid Matter As Prima-Facie Evidence of Surface Mining
- § 12-4-81. Judgment Pursuant to Order
- § 12-4-82. Applicability of Part
- § 12-4-83. Civil Penalty; Procedure For Imposing Penalties; Hearing; Judicial Review; Disposition of Recovered Penalties
- § 12-4-84. Criminal Penalty