All public authorities and agencies having supervision of properties of this state are authorized, empowered, and instructed to establish and maintain receptacles for the deposit of litter at appropriate locations where the property is frequented by the public, to post signs directing persons to the receptacles and serving notice of the provisions of this part, and to otherwise publicize the availability of litter receptacles and requirements of this part.
History. Ga. L. 1970, p. 494, § 8; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 16; Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 2-1/HB 1320.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 1-1/HB 1320, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Comprehensive Litter Prevention and Abatement Act of 2006.’ ”
Ga. L. 2006, p. 275, § 5-1/HB 1320, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall become effective April 21, 2006, for purposes of adopting local ordinances to become effective on or after July 1, 2006.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 7 - Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property
Article 2 - Criminal Trespass and Damage to Property
Part 2 - Littering Public and Private Property
§ 16-7-43. Littering Public or Private Property or Waters; Enforcing Personnel
§ 16-7-44. Prima-Facie Evidence; Rebuttable Presumption
§ 16-7-45. Enforcement of This Part
§ 16-7-46. Receptacles to Be Provided; Notice to Public
§ 16-7-47. Designation of Containers for Household Garbage; Misuse or Vandalization of Container
§ 16-7-48. Local Ordinances Regulating and Controlling Litter