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2018 Georgia Code 12-6-19 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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

12-6-19. Director - Promulgation of rules and regulations as to lands under commission's control; sale, lease, or exchange of controlled lands.

The director, with the approval of the commission, is authorized to establish and from time to time alter rules and regulations governing the use, occupancy, and protection of the land and property under the commission's control and to preserve the peace therein. The director, with the approval of the commission, shall have full power and authority to exchange, sell, or lease lands under its jurisdiction when in the judgment of the director and the commission it is advantageous to the state to do so in the highest orderly development and management of state forests, provided that such lease, sale, or exchange shall not be contrary to the terms of any contract which the commission has entered into.

(Ga. L. 1937, p. 264, § 9; Ga. L. 1955, p. 309, § 29.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Cooperative agreement sufficient for timber sale on authority's property.

- Cooperative agreement between the commission and the Georgia Ports Authority would be sufficient to authorize the sale of timber located on property under the direct control of the Georgia Ports Authority. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 694.

Commission may market agricultural products produced upon the lands and premises utilized by the commission. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U76-40.

Disposal of commission materials.

- Any commission property of the nature of supplies, materials, and equipment, in other words, those things that would not be fixtures and thereby part of the realty, is to be disposed of by the Supervisor of Purchases (now Department of Administrative Services) under Ga. L. 1960, p. 1098, § 1 (see O.C.G.A. § 50-5-51). 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 381.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, §§ 25 et seq., 64 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 259, 263. 98 C.J.S., Woods and Forests, §§ 14, 15.

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