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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-6-40. Legislative purpose.
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heading_path: CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES / FOREST RESOURCES AND OTHER PLANT LIFE / FOREST RESOURCES / PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL FORESTRY
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-6-40. Legislative purpose.

It is the purpose of this part to protect the public by improving the standards relative to the practice of professional forestry.

## History

Ga. L. 1951, p. 581, § 1; Ga. L. 1959, p. 161, § 1.