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O.C.G.A. § 25-3-6 — Effect of article on powers and duties of other officials and departments | Georgia Code

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TITLE 25 FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY

Section 3. Local Fire Departments Generally, 25-3-1 through 25-3-27.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

25-3-6. Effect of article on powers and duties of other officials and departments.

This article shall not affect the duties, powers, or responsibilities of the Safety Fire Commissioner, the state fire marshal, the sheriff's office, the Department of Public Safety, local law enforcement agencies, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, the State Forestry Commission, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Defense, or the Department of Public Health.

(Ga. L. 1980, p. 1395, § 6; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1000, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1758, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 25/HB 942.)

The 2012 amendment, effective May 1, 2012, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "the State Forestry Commission" for "the Georgia Forestry Commission" in this Code section.

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Fire ordinances for day care centers.

- The authority of local governments to enact fire ordinances for day care centers was preempted by former O.C.G.A. § 49-5-14 [repealed], which gave the Board of Human Resources authority to adopt fire safety codes for day care centers. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 84-9.

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