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GA HB244
Bill
Status
Passed
4/25/2024
Primary Sponsor
Jesse Petrea
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AI Summary
- Updates the effective date for Board of Natural Resources rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2024, across environmental protection, game and fish, and vessel/watercraft penalty statutes
- Authorizes the hunting of bobcat and fox using recorded calls and sounds, creating an exception to the general prohibition on hunting wildlife with recorded or electronically amplified calls
- Requires licensed seafood dealers who have no reportable activity in a given month to report that nonactivity to the Department of Natural Resources Coastal Resource Division
- Repeals the $1.00 per cage fee and cage permit requirements for shellfish mariculture, eliminates cage number limits, exempts intertidal gear from cage identification requirements, and adds a statutory definition of "cage"
- Changes shellfish harvester/master harvester permit enforcement from mandatory denial and automatic revocation to discretionary penalties under Code Section 27-2-25, and allows first-time violators to retain permits by completing retraining within 30 days; effective July 1, 2024, for most provisions
Legislative Description
Board of Natural Resources; effective date for certain rules and regulations; extend
Last Action
Effective Date 2024-04-25
4/25/2024
Committee Referrals
Natural Resources and the Environment3/6/2023
Game, Fish & Parks2/7/2023
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