Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 6. FOREST RESOURCES AND OTHER PLANT LIFE · Article 1. FOREST RESOURCES · Part 6. PRESCRIBED BURNING

12-6-149. Fire manager program authorized; record-keeping requirements; public information campaign.

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(a)
The commission may promulgate a certified prescribed fire manager program whereby practitioners may become qualified and registered under this part.#
(b)
The commission shall utilize the same or similar record-keeping requirements of Part 3 of this article, the ‘‘Georgia Forest Fire Protection Act,’’ to reflect the use of prescribed burning under this part.#
(c)
The commission shall, subject to sufficient funding, institute a public information campaign in an effort to reveal the benefits of prescribed burning to the general public.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 12-6-149, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2405, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1285, § 7.

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