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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-3-7. Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 — Designation of office as state agency to deal with secretary of interior; powers of head of office.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-3-7. Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 — Designation of office as state agency to deal with secretary of interior; powers of head of office.

The office created by the commissioner of natural resources under Code Section 12-3-6 shall be considered as the state agency authorized to deal with the secretary of the interior pursuant to the requirements of the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, and in this respect the head of the agency thus designated is authorized, with the approval of the Governor and the commissioner of natural resources, to appoint personnel for such office, establish the compensation for such personnel, and set out the powers, duties, and authority of such office and personnel therein.

## History

Ga. L. 1969, p. 855, § 3; Ga. L. 1970, p. 183, § 2.

## U.s. Code.

The federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, referred to in this Code section, is codified at 16 U.S.C. § 460l-4 et seq.