{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-4-82","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 12-4-82","heading":"Applicability of part.","body":"This part shall not apply to surface mining activities of the Department of Transportation incident to its activities in constructing, repairing, and maintaining the public road system in Georgia. The provisions of this Code section shall also extend to any person, firm, or corporation contracting with the Department of Transportation to construct, repair, or maintain public roads, provided that such contracts contain standards for the reclamation of the affected surface mining area; provided, further, that such standards have been approved by the division.","path":["TITLE 12 Conservation And Natural Resources","CHAPTER 4 Mineral Resources and Caves","Article 2 Mining and Drilling","PART 3 Surface Mining"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.12.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"a4205b6806167f5205554dd8f901ddfa0479a06fec6d17f0c64db6d3fb61d0ec","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-4-81","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-4-83"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}