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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 6. FOREST RESOURCES AND OTHER PLANT LIFE · Article 6. FOREST HERITAGE TRUST

12-6-244. Powers and duties of commission.

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

  1. The commission shall have the following powers and duties with regard to the Forest Heritage Trust Program:

  2. (1)

    To adopt and promulgate all policies, rules, and regulations necessary for the identification and acquisition of forest heritage areas and for the selection, dedication, management, and use of forest heritage preserves;#

  3. (2)

    To acquire forest heritage areas in the name of the State of Georgia as otherwise provided by law;#

  4. (3)

    To advocate and approve the dedication of forest heritage preserves; and#

  5. (4)

    To provide general supervision and direction in the protection, management, operation, and use of forest heritage preserves.#

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, § 12-6-244, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 354, § 1.

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

Text read from t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V10, 2021 edition, page 767; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 a1ca11f804f2.