---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 271.3"
title: "36"
number: "271.3"
heading: "Public service use."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/271.3"
---

# §271.3. Public service use.


The Chief may authorize the use of Smokey Bear for non-commercial educational purposes, without charge, when such use is essentially as a public service, and will, in his judgment, contribute to public information and education concerning the prevention of forest fires.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 66 Stat. 92 (18 U.S.C. 711).

### Source

Source: 27 FR 6928, July 21, 1962, unless otherwise noted.