TITLE 12
CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Section 6. Forest Resources and Other Plant Life, 12-6-1 through 12-6-247.
ARTICLE 1
FOREST RESOURCES
12-6-147. Definitions.
As used in this part, the term:
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"Commission" means the State Forestry Commission.
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"Prescribed burning" means the controlled application of fire to existing vegetative fuels under specified environmental conditions and following appropriate precautionary measures, which causes the fire to be confined to a predetermined area and accomplishes one or more planned land management objectives or to mitigate catastrophic wildfires.
(Code 1981, §12-6-147, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2405, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1285, § 5.)
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in
Morgan v. Horton, 308 Ga. App. 192, 707 S.E.2d 144 (2011).
