Direction and Supervision by State Forestry Commission of Forest Fire Protection Work; Making and Enforcing Rules and Regulations

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Conservation and Natural Resources
4. Forest Resources and Other Plant Life
5. Forest Resources
6. Forest Fire Prevention and Control
7. 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.

C.J.S.

- 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 161, 166 et seq.

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