GA HB983

Prohibits counties and municipalities from imposing additional notice or permit requirements that restrict prescribed burning for silviculture (forest management) purposes

Expands the definition of "prescribed burning" to explicitly include burning for site preparation, hazard fuel reduction, understory control, wildlife habitat improvement, natural regeneration, longleaf pine ecosystem maintenance, and timber stand improvement

Adds a new definition of "silviculture" as the science of managing forest establishment, growth, health, and quality through harvesting, planting, thinning, and burning

Declares prescribed burning to be in the public interest, not a public or private nuisance, and a property right of the landowner

Requires prescribed burns be supervised by an individual with prescribed burning experience or training who must remain on site until the fire is adequately confined