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1998 Florida Statutes

590.03  Authority of fire wardens.--It is unlawful for any person, either willfully or carelessly, to burn or cause to be burned or to set fire to or cause fire to be set to, any forest, grass, woods, wild lands, or marshes within a forest protection district, unless written permission shall have first been secured from a duly appointed fire warden. The permit must show date and hour for burning and description of lands to be burned over. The division shall prepare the necessary forms and blanks for this purpose, shall prescribe rules and regulations for the issuance of such permits, shall appoint, if necessary, in addition to the regular or emergency fire wardens, other persons who shall be authorized to issue such permits, and shall have complete jurisdiction over all other details concerned with the setting of fires within such district.

History.--s. 4, ch. 17029, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4151(10-jj); ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106.