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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-6-149. Fire manager program authorized; record-keeping requirements; public information campaign.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-6-149. Fire manager program authorized; record-keeping requirements; public information campaign.

(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.

## History

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