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2021 Georgia Code
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources
Chapter 3 - Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation
Article 1 - General Provisions
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 12-3-9. Adoption and Promulgation by Board of Natural Resources of Rules and Regulations Regarding Parks, Historic Sites, and Recreational Areas
Universal Citation: GA Code § 12-3-9 (2021)
- The Board of Natural Resources is authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations relating to:
- The use or occupancy of state parks, historic sites, and recreational areas; and
- The protection of the health, safety, and welfare of persons using state parks, historic sites, and recreational areas, and the protection of state property thereon, provided that nothing in this Code section shall be construed to repeal, diminish, or supersede the authority of the Department of Public Health to promulgate rules and regulations for the protection of the public health.
- Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to give additional authority to the Board of Natural Resources to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations relating to the game and fish laws of this state.
(Ga. L. 1976, p. 1160, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214.)
Cross references.- Power of Board of Natural Resources to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations relating to game and fish laws, § 27-1-4.
Administrative Rules and Regulations.- State parks and historic sites system, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, Subject 391-5-1.
Law reviews.- For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALState can make permanent improvements on state parks which the state owns in fee simple. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 655.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 81A C.J.S., States, § 266.
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