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GA HB1233
Bill
Status
Passed
5/2/2022
Primary Sponsor
Trey Rhodes
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AI Summary
- Delays the earliest effective date for Board of Natural Resources rules and regulations that may be used to establish criminal violations from January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2022, across three code sections covering environmental protection, game and fish, and watercraft regulation
- Expands the Georgia waterfowl and migratory bird stamp requirement from applying only to hunting ducks, geese, or swans to covering all migratory game birds for persons age 16 and older
- Adds new shotgun capacity requirements for hunting migratory game birds, limiting shotguns to no more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined, with a single-piece plug that cannot be removed through the loading end
- Removes five specific bass species (smallmouth, shoal, Suwannee, spotted/Kentucky, and redeye/Coosa bass) from the statutory creel and possession limits table, consolidating bass regulation under the existing genus Micropterus (black bass) category with a 10-fish daily limit and 0–24 inch size range
Legislative Description
Natural Resources, Department of; earliest effective date for certain rules and regulations; delay
Last Action
Effective Date 2022-07-01
5/2/2022
Committee Referrals
Natural Resources and the Environment2/28/2022
Game, Fish & Parks2/8/2022
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