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GA HB275
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/1/2017
Primary Sponsor
Matt Dubnik
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AI Summary
- Air guns (minimum 0.30 caliber using compressed air/gas to propel slugs, shot, or broadhead-equipped arrows) are legalized as hunting weapons for big game during primitive weapon hunts, primitive weapon seasons, and firearm seasons, with no firearms or air gun restrictions for nongame animals, nongame birds, or feral hogs; the air gun provision includes an automatic repeal date of July 1, 2021, pending General Assembly review
- The Department of Natural Resources is authorized to develop a deer management assistance program that may include fees and property-specific deer harvest seasons without complying with statewide bag limits, with a closed season of February 1–September 7 and a maximum open season of September 8–January 15 (plus a potential extended archery-only season through January 31 statewide)
- Closed seasons and bag limits for opossum and raccoon are simplified by removing regional geographic restrictions that previously applied different seasons to northern versus southern counties, and the deer season bag limits of 12 daily/12 season are struck through
- Formal requirements for the Department of Natural Resources to report estimated and actual deer kill numbers to the General Assembly are repealed and replaced with a "Reserved" designation
- Abandoned vessel notice requirements are streamlined by eliminating duplicate notifications to both the Department of Natural Resources and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (or Georgia Crime Information Center), directing that notice be made solely to the Department of Natural Resources
Legislative Description
Game and fish; rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; change provisions
Last Action
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
3/29/2018
Full Bill Text
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