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GA Code § 12-6-61 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 2 - Practice of Professional Forestry|§ 12-6-61. Prohibited Acts

  No person shall use in connection with his name or otherwise assume, use, or advertise any title or description tending directly or indirectly to convey the impression that he is a registered forester without first having been licensed and registered as a registered forester as provided in this part.   Except as specifically authorized under this part, no person shall engage in the practice of professional forestry, as defined in this part, or in any manner advertise or hold himself out as engaged in such practice without first being licensed as a registered forester under this part.   Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this Code section or any other provisions of this part, nothing in this part shall be construed as preventing or prohibiting any person from managing or otherwise conducting forestry practices on land owned, leased, rented, or held by such person; nor shall anything in this part prohibit any regular employee or official of any person, corporation, agency, institution, or other entity from engaging in professional or other forestry practices on lands owned, leased, rented, or held by such person, corporation, agency, or other entity; nor shall anything in this part prohibit any graduate of a school of forestry from practicing forestry under supervision as authorized in Code Section 12-6-49 so as to qualify for licensing as provided in that Code section.    (Ga. L. 1951, p. 581, § 1; Ga. L. 1959, p. 161, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Applicability of this part.    - Provisions of subsection (b) of Ga. L. 1959, p. 161, § 1 (see O.C.G.A. § 12-6-61) and Ga. L. 1964, p. 409, § 3 (see O.C.G.A. § 12-6-60) affect only Georgia resident foresters or those doing actual business in this state. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-258.   Activities of franchisee or employee.   - Franchisee who grows trees on land owned, leased, rented, or held by the franchisee or on lands owned, leased, rented, or held by a person, corporation, agency, or other entity to which the person bears the relationship of employee would not be violating the provisions of this part. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-242 (see O.C.G.A. T. 12, C. 6, A. 1, P. 2).    Any unlicensed person may be prosecuted for practicing professional forestry  as defined in this part or for holding oneself out as being engaged in such practice, except those who are exempted from the registration requirements. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-111 (see O.C.G.A. T. 12, C. 6, A. 1, P. 2).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 44 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades, and Professions, § 1.   C.J.S.   - 53 C.J.S., Licenses, §§ 135, 139.
GA Code § 12-6-62 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 2 - Practice of Professional Forestry|§ 12-6-62. Penalty; Authority to Prefer Charges; Immunity of Person Bringing Charges From Liability; Duty to Enforce Part; Legal Assistance by Attorney General

  Any person, firm, or partnership violating any provision of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Any person who:   Refuses upon request to surrender to the board or any duly authorized agent thereof any license held by such person;   Presents or attempts to use as his own the license of another;   Gives any false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or any member thereof in obtaining a license;   Attempts to use an expired or revoked license; or   Endorses any documents with his name and license number as provided in Code Section 12-6-52 after the license of the registrant named thereon has expired or has been revoked, unless the license has been renewed or reissued,  shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.      Any registered forester who endorses any plan, specification, estimate, or map without having actually prepared such plan, specification, estimate, or map or without having been in the actual charge of the preparation thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   The board or such person or persons as may be designated by the board to act in its stead is empowered to prefer charges for any of the violations of this part in any court of competent jurisdiction. Where reasonable ground existed to believe or suspect the guilt of the accused, such person bringing charges shall be immune from liability in damages or otherwise, notwithstanding that the accused was acquitted thereof.   It shall be the duty of all duly constituted officers of the law of this state or of any political subdivision thereof to enforce the provisions of this part and to prosecute any persons, firms, or partnerships violating the same. The Attorney General of the state and his assistants shall act as legal advisor to the board and render such legal assistance as may be necessary in carrying out this part.    (Ga. L. 1951, p. 581, §§ 15, 20; Ga. L. 1959, p. 161, § 5.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Any unlicensed person may be prosecuted for practicing professional forestry  as defined in this chapter or for holding oneself out as being engaged in such practice, except those who are exempted from the registration requirements. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-111 (see O.C.G.A. T. 12. C. 6).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 18 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 44 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 22 C.J.S., Criminal Law, §§ 12 et seq., 8, 19, 23. 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 84.
GA Code § 12-6-63 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 2 - Practice of Professional Forestry|§ 12-6-63. Termination

 Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3137, § 41, effective July 1, 1992.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1982, p. 984, § 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 445, § 1; and Ga. L. 1988, p. 953, § 12.
GA Code § 12-6-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-80. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Forest Fire Protection Act."   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 12.)
GA Code § 12-6-81 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-81. Legislative Purpose

 The General Assembly, recognizing that the forest lands and resources of the state are a natural resource of great economic value to the citizens of the state, comprising two-thirds of the state's area, or 24 million acres, and giving employment to over 177,000 Georgia citizens and bringing to the state a $19.5 billion economic impact; that uncontrolled forest fires threaten not only lands on which they occur, but also the health of the lands and the citizens of the state; that the present and potential production of forest products are materially menaced and reduced through recurring uncontrolled forest fires, thereby resulting in loss to owners of forest lands, industries, workers, and communities; that it is of vital importance to the state to protect and develop forest lands for the continuous production of forest products; and that this cannot be accomplished without organized and coordinated state-wide protection, declares that protection against uncontrolled fire and preservation of the forest lands and forest resources of the state are essential for the economic welfare of the state and its people and further declares that prescribed burning is an effective method of reducing fuel loads and the potential hazards and impact associated with uncontrolled fires.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1285, § 1.)
GA Code § 12-6-82 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-82. Definitions

 As used in this part, the term:    "Forest fire" means any fire burning uncontrolled on any forest land covered wholly or in part by timber, brush, grass, or other flammable material.   "Forest lands" means all lands which are situated outside of corporate limits and which have enough forest growth, either standing or down, or have sufficient flammable debris or grass, to constitute, in the judgment of the State Forestry Commission, a menace to such lands or adjoining lands.    (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, §§ 7, 8.)
GA Code § 12-6-83 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-83. Direction and Supervision by State Forestry Commission of Forest Fire Protection Work; Making and Enforcing Rules and Regulations

 All forest fire protection work shall be under the direction and supervision of the State Forestry Commission, through the director of the commission, subject to this part and the laws of this state relative to forestry and forest fire prevention and suppression. The commission shall have power to make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration of forest fire protection.   (Ga. L. 1925, p. 199, § 3; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 21; Code 1933, § 43-206; Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 4.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Volunteer firefighters are not entitled to workers' compensation from commission.  1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 351.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fires, §§ 1, 16.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 207, 212 et seq.
GA Code § 12-6-84 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-84. Entry Upon Land for Fire-Prevention Purposes or Investigations

 The members of the State Forestry Commission and any of its authorized agents or anyone acting at their direction shall have the right at any or all times to go upon any land for the purpose of preventing, controlling, or suppressing forest fires, as defined in Code Section 12-6-82, or for the purpose of making investigations, without incurring liability for trespassing.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 13; Ga. L. 1955, p. 309, § 33.)   Cross references.   - Right of organized fire suppression force to suppress nuisance as constituted by uncontrolled fire on forested or cut-over brush land or grassland, § 12-6-21.    Authority of commission to enter upon lands to investigate, suppress, and control tree diseases or insect infestation, § 12-6-22.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Commission personnel not required to accompany firefighters' entry onto lands.   - In view of the phrase, "at any or all times," it is not essential that private firefighters enter lands only when accompanied by, or in the presence of, State Forestry Commission personnel. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 349.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 42 Am. Jur. 2d, Inspection Laws, §§ 1, 2.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 190.
GA Code § 12-6-85 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-85. Fire Protection Units

 The State Forestry Commission shall divide the state into fire protection units which will provide efficient and economical fire protection within the unit area. Such units will comprise one or more counties or portions of counties.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 9.)
GA Code § 12-6-86 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-86. Unit Forestry Boards - Creation; Appointment; Qualifications; Terms of Office; Vacancies; Service by Members Without Compensation

  In the discretion of the State Forestry Commission, there may be set up in each fire protection unit a board to be known as the unit forestry board, consisting of five members who shall be appointed by the State Forestry Commission.   The State Forestry Commission shall determine the number of members from each county within the fire protection unit to be appointed to the board in accordance with the percentage of forest land acreage for each county within the unit.   The members of the board shall be residents of the county from which they are appointed and shall be owners of forest land or representatives of such owners. Change of residence from the county shall terminate the appointment.   The initial term of the members of all of the unit forestry boards shall be one member for one year, one member for two years, one member for three years, one member for four years, and one member for five years, each member holding office until his successor is appointed. After the expiration of the first term, one member shall be appointed annually for a term of five years.   In case of a vacancy on the unit forestry board by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as provided for the appointment of members thereof.   The members of the unit forestry boards shall serve without compensation.    (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 10; Ga. L. 1955, p. 309, § 36.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, §§ 20, 28, 31, 32. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 1 et seq., 42 et seq., 85 et seq., 137 et seq., 153 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 18, 35, 46, 47, 55 et seq., 140 et seq., 161 et seq., 214, 374 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 17 et seq., 73.
GA Code § 12-6-87 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-87. Unit Forestry Boards - Duties

 The duties of the unit forestry board shall be to assist in the efficient performance of this part and in the general conduct of the forestry program in the fire protection unit.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 11.)
GA Code § 12-6-88 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-88. Unit Forestry Boards - Annual Forest Fire Protection Plans Appropriation of Funds for Public Information Campaign

 The State Forestry Commission shall prepare for each unit forestry board a plan for forest fire protection for the fiscal year and shall present such plan at a meeting of the board prior to July 1 of each year. It is the intent of the General Assembly that funds be appropriated to the State Forestry Commission each year to provide a public information campaign as provided in Code Section 12-6-149 and for prescribed fire training throughout the state.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 12; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1285, § 2.)
GA Code § 12-6-89 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-89. "Extreme Forest Fire Emergency" Defined; Authority of Governor, Forestry Investigators, and Peace Officers in Emergency; Advice by Director to Governor as to Existence of Emergency

  As used in this Code section, "extreme forest fire emergency" means a condition whereby forest fires within the state are of such number, size, severity, and intensity that they cannot be controlled by the existing facilities of the State Forestry Commission and are endangering life and property.   The Governor shall have authority to declare and determine the existence and termination of such emergency and, by order, rule, or regulation, to prohibit hunting, fishing, camping, or picnicking in any woods or lands of the state, or to prohibit the entering of such woods or lands for any other purposes which might cause a fire hazard or endanger the life or property of any person within such area. The Governor may direct and commandeer all state agencies and personnel to assist the State Forestry Commission in such emergency by executive order.   Forestry investigators and any and all other peace officers of this state, or of any county or municipality thereof, shall have authority to make arrests for violation of any order, rule, or regulation made pursuant to a declaration of extreme forest fire emergency. Any person who violates any such order, rule, or regulation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   The director of the State Forestry Commission will notify the Governor from time to time what situation, in his judgment, constitutes an extreme forest fire emergency.    (Ga. L. 1949, p. 968; Ga. L. 1955, p. 309, §§ 37, 38; Ga. L. 1959, p. 72, § 2.)   Cross references.   - Emergency powers of Governor generally, §§ 38-3-22,38-3-51,45-12-29 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fires, §§ 1, 36.
GA Code § 12-6-91 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-91. Controlled Burning by Owners Over Own Forest Land

 Unless prohibited by the director of the State Forestry Commission pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 12-6-17, the owners of any forest land may accomplish controlled burning over their own land when a permit therefor is obtained pursuant to the requirements of Code Section 12-6-90 and the fire is not allowed to spread onto or over the land of another or others.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 15; Ga. L. 1988, p. 477, § 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.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Construed with other laws.    - Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 15 (see O.C.G.A. § 12-6-91) does not conflict with Ga. L. 1955, p. 309, § 26 (see O.C.G.A. § 12-6-17). 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 343.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fires, § 1. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, § 7.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Fires, § 2. 73A C.J.S., Public Lands, § 2.   ALR.   - Validity and application of statutes imposing upon the owner or occupant liability for expense of fighting fire starting on his land or property, 90 A.L.R.2d 873.
GA Code § 12-6-92 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-92. Vesting of Title to Property in State Forestry Commission

 The title to all property already acquired or which may be acquired incidental to carrying out this part shall be vested in the State Forestry Commission.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 14.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Property, § 29.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Property, §§ 48, 49.
GA Code § 12-6-93 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 3 - Forest Fire Prevention and Control|§ 12-6-93. Appropriations; Agreements Between State Forestry Commission and Counties; Taxation by Counties for Fire Protection

  The funds required to carry out this part and provide for the coordinated protection of uncontrolled fire on all forest lands in the State of Georgia may be provided from annual appropriations made by the General Assembly for this purpose.   In the event any county desires forest fire protection, the county shall enter into an agreement with the State Forestry Commission, and such agreement shall provide for the payment to the commission of an amount reasonably related to the actual cost of providing forest fire protection. Such amount shall be calculated per forest acre of privately owned forest land. Forest acres of privately owned land shall be based upon the most recent United States Forest Service survey for Georgia.   Any agreement in existence on July 1, 2010, between a county and the commission providing for a different percentage or amount of payment shall be changed so as to provide for the payment of an amount reasonably related to the actual cost of providing forest fire protection. Such amount shall be calculated per forest acre.   Any county may levy a tax to provide the additional funds required for fire protection under this part.    (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 3; Ga. L. 1950, p. 101, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 309, § 34; Ga. L. 1967, p. 29, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-33/HB 1055.)   Cross references.   - Purposes for which counties may exercise power of taxation, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. IV, Para. I-III.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Commission may agree to payment of nonmerit system personnel by county  if the county so desires to make such payment. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 65.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fires, §§ 1, 16. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Funds, § 33 et seq. 71 Am. Jur. 2d, State and Local Taxation, § 95.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 340 et seq. 84 C.J.S., Taxation, § 14.
GA Code § 12-6-110 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources|Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life|Article 1 - Forest Resources|Part 4 - Forestry Research|§ 12-6-110. Powers and Duties of State Forestry Commission as to Forestry Research

 The State Forestry Commission shall have the following duties and powers:    To investigate subjects or methods, means, and ways of carrying out such forestry research as it may determine most desirable or necessary in any phase of forestry, or any research which would benefit the promotion of forestry in the State of Georgia, or which would be for the benefit of any industry either privately owned or owned by federal or state governments, or any subdivision thereof;   To promote and assist in the publicizing of the result of any research connected with any phase of forestry. The commission shall cooperate with, and is specifically authorized to counsel and advise, any entity having duties, powers, or objectives similar to or related to those of the commission, including but not limited to any private industry, any agency or agencies of the federal government, this state, other states, and any local governments;   To coordinate all forestry research in the State of Georgia and to see that there is no duplication of research by any agency of the state with any research by the federal government, any county, municipality, or local government, any board, bureau, commission, or any other organization, public or private. The commission shall investigate and determine what forestry research is being carried on by any of the entities listed in this paragraph and shall use the results of this investigation to advise and furnish information to any other entity engaged in forestry research; and   To designate any agency of the state or federal government, or any subdivision thereof, or any other organization which is organized for the purpose of and engaged in forestry research, to carry out any research or experiment in connection with forestry which the commission deems to have the best facilities or to be otherwise best suited for carrying out the particular research or experiment. The commission may, from its funds provided for in this part, allocate to such agency or organization such amount as it deems necessary for such particular research or experiment.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 45, §§ 9, 10; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2056, § 1.)