Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 6. FOREST RESOURCES AND OTHER PLANT LIFE · Article 3. WILDFLOWER PRESERVATION

12-6-172. Powers and duties of Department and Board of Natural Resources as to wildflower preservation.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
The Department of Natural Resources shall from time to time designate as a protected species any species of plant life within this state which it may determine to be rare, unusual, or in danger of extinction, and upon such designation such species will become subject to the protection of this article.#
(b)
The Board of Natural Resources shall issue such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and proper for the enforcement of this article.#
(c)
The department may delegate the powers and duties which this article grants to it to any official or officials of the department.#

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.

Ga. L. 1973, p. 333, § 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 12.

Protection of sea oats, § 12-5-310 et seq.

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Text read from t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V10, 2021 edition, page 748; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 a1ca11f804f2.