Georgia Code
Part 1 - State Forestry Commission
§ 12-6-5. Powers and Duties of Commission Generally; Volunteer Services

History. Ga. L. 1921, p. 192, § 4; Ga. L. 1925, p. 199, §§ 3, 5, 6; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 21; Code 1933, §§ 43-201, 43-202, 43-205, 43-206; 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, 17; Ga. L. 1993, p. 423, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 90, § 2-2/HB 1176; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 2/SB 97; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-7/HB 642.
Cross references.
Grants by commission to counties in which are located 20,000 acres of state land from which such counties receive no tax revenue, § 48-14-1 .
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act.” This Act became effective July 1, 2012.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90.

Structure Georgia Code

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