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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 | Georgia Code

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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

12-6-83. 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.

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

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Volunteer firefighters are not entitled to workers' compensation from commission. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 351.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fires, § 1.

C.J.S.

- 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 161, 166 et seq.

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