Rolleston v. State

Undercofler, Chief Justice.

This case presents our first review of the Shore Assistance Act of 1979. Code Ann. § 43-3001 et seq., Ga. L. 1979, p. 1636, eff. April 25,1979. The constitutionality of the Act and the jurisdiction it establishes are among the questions raised:

Sea Island has been experiencing erosion of its beaches over the past decade. During the past year it has *577become increasingly severe. Efforts to arrest the erosion near 35th and 36th streets1 resulted in the building of a rock wall in that area in early 1979. The Shore Assistance Act became effective April 25,1979, and, after…