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Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-5-6

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “rain sensor shut-off switch” means an electric device that detects and measures rainfall amounts and overrides the cycle of an irrigation system so as to turn off such system when a predetermined amount of rain has fallen.

(b)(1) On and after January 1, 2005, no person shall install within the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District area created under Article 10 of this chapter any landscape irrigation system equipped with an electronic controller that does not have a rain sensor shut-off switch.

(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to either landscape irrigation systems installed on golf courses or any system dependent upon a nonpublic water source.

(c)(1) Any person who installs a landscape irrigation system equipped with an electronic controller in violation of this Code section shall be liable for a civil penalty not exceeding $100.00 per violation.

(2) The magistrate and municipal courts shall have jurisdiction in such cases.

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