HB748: Coastal Marshlands Restoration Act of 2021; enact

Legislative Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coastal waters, beaches, and sand dunes, so as to enact the "Coastal Marshlands Restoration Act of 2021"; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for in rem proceedings; to provide for presentation of abstracts to the Attorney General; to provide for service of process and filing of pleadings; to provide for special masters and trial by jury; to provide for restriction of properties for conservation purposes; to provide for rebuttable presumptions; to provide for decrees and recording of same; to provide for joinder; to provide for compensation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.