Georgia Code
Part 1 - State Forestry Commission
§ 12-6-2. Creation of State Forestry Commission; Members; Terms of Office; Ineligibility of Governor for Membership; Vacancies; Effect of Appointment When Senate Not in Session

History. Ga. L. 1921, p. 192, § 1; Ga. L. 1925, p. 199, § 1; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 21; Ga. L. 1937, p. 264, § 9; Ga. L. 1943, p. 180, §§ 1, 3; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1079, §§ 1, 2, 5; Ga. L. 1955, p. 309, §§ 12-14; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1082, § 1.

Structure Georgia Code

Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources

Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life

Article 1 - Forest Resources

Part 1 - State Forestry Commission

§ 12-6-1. Definitions

§ 12-6-2. Creation of State Forestry Commission; Members; Terms of Office; Ineligibility of Governor for Membership; Vacancies; Effect of Appointment When Senate Not in Session

§ 12-6-3. Chairman; Reimbursement of Members for Expenses; Meetings

§ 12-6-4. Dismissal of Members for Failure to Attend Meetings

§ 12-6-5. Powers and Duties of Commission Generally; Volunteer Services

§ 12-6-5.1. Legislative Findings; Reforestation Incentives Program Authorized; Powers of Commission

§ 12-6-6. Management, Conservation, and Protection of Forest Lands; Sale of Forest Products From Land Managed by Commission; Production and Sale of Seedlings

§ 12-6-7. Federal Financial Aid — Participation in Rural Fire Prevention and Control Program; Contributions by Counties and Fire Departments

§ 12-6-8. Federal Financial Aid — Expenditure of Funds for Forest Farming and Marketing of Forest Products

§ 12-6-9. Acquisition of Land; Gifts of Land for Use as Lookout Tower Sites; Abandoned Tower Sites; Improvements on Land Subject to Reversionary Clause

§ 12-6-10. Reports to General Assembly

§ 12-6-11. Director — Appointment; Qualifications; Salary; Reimbursement for Expenses; Term

§ 12-6-12. Director — Duty of Director to Devote Full Time to Office; Power and Duty of Director to Act for Commission When Commission Not in Session

§ 12-6-13. Director — Oath; Bond; Location of Office

§ 12-6-14. Director — Eligibility of Commission Members for Directorship or for Employment Under Commission or Director

§ 12-6-15. Director — Adoption of Rules, Regulations, and Methods of Administration

§ 12-6-16. Director — Control of Tree Diseases and Insect Infestation

§ 12-6-17. Director — Regulation of Controlled Burning Where Drought or Other Conditions Exist

§ 12-6-18. Director — Expenditure of Funds for Benefit of Lands Under Commission’s Control; Sale and Disposal of Products From Controlled Lands

§ 12-6-19. Director — Promulgation of Rules and Regulations as to Lands Under Commission’s Control; Sale, Lease, or Exchange of Controlled Lands

§ 12-6-20. Investigation and Enforcement of Forestry Laws; Powers of Forestry Investigators

§ 12-6-21. Uncontrolled Fire as Constituting a Public Nuisance; Duties and Liabilities of Person or Entity Responsible

§ 12-6-22. Investigation of Tree Diseases or Insect Infestation; Notification of Landowner; Recommendations; Effect of Landowner’s Failure to Act; Disposition of Proceeds Derived From Sale of Trees

§ 12-6-22.1. Control of Aviation; Power of Commission