Georgia Code
Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control
§ 12-6-90. Permit Required for Burning Woods, Lands, Marshes, or Other Flammable Vegetation; Exceptions

History. Ga. L. 1956, p. 382, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 895, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 477, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1285, § 3; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 12; Ga. L. 2021, p. 598, § 1/SB 119.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, in subsection (c), designated the existing provisions as paragraph (c)(1), substituted “pastures or residue on cultivated crop land” for “pastures, residue on cultivated crop land, or leaf piles” near the middle of paragraph (c)(1), and added paragraph (c)(2).
Cross references.
Burning of woodlands, brush, fields, or other lands; destruction of or damage to material or device used in detection or suppression of wildfires; penalties for violations, § 16-7-63 .
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2001, “foregoing” was substituted for “forgoing” near the end of subsection (d).

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