05 LC
25 4068
House
Bill 929
By:
Representatives Lane of the
158th,
Crawford of the
127th,
Smith of the
70th,
McCall of the
30th,
Roberts of the
154th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 12-6-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
powers and duties of the State Forestry Commission generally and volunteer
services, so as to provide for additional powers of the commission; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 12-6-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and
duties of the State Forestry Commission generally and volunteer services, is
amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"(a)
The commission shall have power and authority:
(1)
To take all action appropriate to foster, improve, and encourage
reforestation;
(2)
To engage in research and other projects for the ascertainment and promulgation
of better forestry practices;
(3)
To offer aid, assistance, and technical advice to landowners relative to the
preservation and culture of forests;
(4)
To receive gifts or donations made to it and to expend the same under the terms
of such gifts or donations;
(5)
To conduct and direct fire prevention work and maintain equipment, personnel,
and installations for the detection, prevention, and combating
thereof;
(6)
To publish and distribute the results of its research and
investigations;
(7)
To provide forestry related educational programs;
(7)(8)
To cooperate and contract with other agencies and instrumentalities of
government, either county, municipal, state, or national, and with private
persons or concerns for the advancement of the forests of this
state;
and
(9)
To provide other occasional services or assistance to other government entities
or to private persons, including but not limited to loggers or tree planters,
when the provision of such other services or assistance does not significantly
interfere with or detract from the
commissiońs
functions under other paragraphs of this subsection and subject to the
requirement that fees in such amounts as established by rule or regulation shall
be paid by private persons to the commission to cover the
commissiońs
reasonable costs incurred in providing such other services or assistance to such
private
persons."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.