Section 106-966 - DefinitionsAs used in this Article:
(1) "Certified prescribed burner" means an individual who has successfully completed a certification program approved by the North Carolina Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(2) "Prescribed burning" means the planned and controlled application of fire to vegetative fuels under specified weather and environmental and other conditions, while following appropriate precautionary measures that will confine the fire to a predetermined area and accomplish the intended management objectives.(3) "Prescription" means a written plan establishing the conditions and methods for conducting a prescribed burn prepared by a certified prescribed burner for starting, controlling, and extinguishing a prescribed burning.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-966
Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 63,s. 9-a, eff. 6/27/2023.Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 155, s. 15, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145, s. 13.25-bb, eff. 7/1/2011.Renumbered from § 113-60.41by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145, s. 13.25-aa, eff. 7/1/2011, (subsequently renumbered from 106-921 by the state reviser).