O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-6-147 (2019)

Definitions

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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As used in this part, the term:

(1) ‘‘Commission’’ means the State Forestry Commission.

(2) ‘‘Prescribed burning’’ means the controlled application of fire to existing vegetative fuels under specified environmental conditions and following appropriate precautionary measures, which causes the

FOREST RESOURCES & OTHER PLANT LIFE fire to be confined to a predetermined area and accomplishes one or more planned land management objectives or to mitigate catastrophic wildfires.

History

Code 1981, § 12-6-147, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2405, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1285, § 5.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Morgan v. Horton, 308 Ga. App. 192, 707 S.E.2d 144 (2011).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2005–2021 · leading case: Morgan v. Horton, 707 S.E.2d 144 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011).
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Morgan v. Horton, 707 S.E.2d 144 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “2 OCGA § 12-6-147 (2) defines “[prescribed burning” as “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…”
Georgia Forestry Comm'n v. Canady, 617 S.E.2d 569 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “” OCGA§ 12-6-147 (2). 2. The trial court denied summary judgment based in part on its conclusion that the undisputed evidence established that the Commission did not exercise its permitting function with regard to the burn of the second section.”
Ronald Newton v. Travis Jacobs (Ga. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 4× “(a) The Newtons first contend that OCGA § 12-6-148 does not apply in this case because the fire did not meet the statutory definition of prescribed burning in OCGA § 12-6-147 (2). The Georgia Prescribed Burning Act defines prescribed burning as follows: “Prescribed burning”…”
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