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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-6-83. Direction and supervision by State Forestry Commission of forest fire protection work; making and enforcing rules and regulations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-6-83. Direction and supervision by State Forestry Commission of forest fire protection work; making and enforcing rules and regulations.

All forest fire protection work shall be under the direction and supervision of the State Forestry Commission, through the director of the commission, subject to this part and the laws of this state relative to forestry and forest fire prevention and suppression. The commission shall have power to make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration of forest fire protection.

## History

Ga. L. 1925, p. 199, § 3; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 21; Code 1933, § 43-206; Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 4.