{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-6-147","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 12-6-147","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part, the term:\n(1) “Commission” means the State Forestry Commission.\n(2) “Prescribed burning” means the controlled application of fire to existing vegetative fuels under specified environmental conditions and following appropriate precautionary measures, which causes the fire to be confined to a predetermined area and accomplishes one or more planned land management objectives or to mitigate catastrophic wildfires.","path":["TITLE 12 Conservation And Natural Resources","CHAPTER 6 Forest Resources and Other Plant Life","Article 1 Forest Resources","PART 6 Prescribed Burning"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.12.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"cda28bae9d93c6a43e0a19c72e27df73732fb2c29f832081d7daaea8ae5a6099","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-6-146","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-6-148"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}