GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES |
Chapter 6. FOREST RESOURCES AND OTHER PLANT LIFE |
Article 1. FOREST RESOURCES |
Part 6. PRESCRIBED BURNING |
Section 12-6-149. Fire manager program authorized; record-keeping requirements; public information campaign
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- (a) The commission may promulgate a certified prescribed fire manager program whereby practitioners may become qualified and registered under this part.
(b) The commission shall utilize the same or similar record-keeping requirements of Part 3 of this article, the "Georgia Forest Fire Protection Act," to reflect the use of prescribed burning under this part.
(c) The commission shall, subject to sufficient funding, institute a public information campaign in an effort to reveal the benefits of prescribed burning to the general public.
Code 1981, § 12-6-149, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2405, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1285, § 7.