Georgia Code
Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts
§ 2-6-27. State Soil and Water Conservation Commission — Additional Duties and Powers

In addition to the duties and powers otherwise conferred upon the commission, it shall have the following duties and powers:
(7.1) To formulate such rules and regulations in consultation with the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources, to exercise such powers, and to perform such duties as are necessary to implement the administration of the education and training program established under Code Section 12-7-19;
History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 4; Ga. L. 1949, p. 584, § 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 257, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 116, § 3; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 6; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1336, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 224, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 813, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 644, § 1-2/SB 342; Ga. L. 2015, p. 35, § 2/HB 397; Ga. L. 2018, p. 974, § 1/SB 451.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, deleted former paragraph (7.2), which read: “To formulate such rules and regulations and to exercise such powers as are necessary to perform its duties under subsection (m.1) of Code Section 12-5-31 and subsection (b.1) of Code Section 12-5-105;”.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2008, p. 644, § 1-1/SB 342, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This part shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Water Conservation and Drought Relief Act.’ ”
Ga. L. 2008, p. 644, § 5-1/SB 342, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to this Code section shall apply to all applications pending on or after the effective date thereof. The effective date was July 1, 2008.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2003 amendment of this Code section, see 21 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2004).
U.S. Code.
The federal Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, referred to in paragraph (7), is codified at 16 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. and 33 U.S.C. § 701 b.

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