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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-10-63. Authority to exercise powers under compact; cooperation with compact administrator.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-10-63. Authority to exercise powers under compact; cooperation with compact administrator.

(a) There is granted to the director of the State Forestry Commission, as compact administrator and chairman ex officio of the Georgia members of the advisory committee, and to the members from Georgia of the advisory committee all the powers provided for in the compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular.

(b) All officers of the State of Georgia are authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular; it being declared to be the policy of the State of Georgia to perform and carry out the compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof.

(c) All officers, bureaus, departments, and persons of and in the government or administration of the State of Georgia are authorized and directed at convenient times, and upon request of the compact administrator or of the advisory committee, to furnish such information as they may possess regarding the purposes of the compact to the compact administrator or the advisory committee. They are further authorized to aid the compact administrator or the advisory committee by loan of personnel, equipment, or other means in carrying out the purposes of the compact.

## History

Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 49, § 4; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 1533; Ga. L. 1981, p. 638, § 2.