06 LC
25 4279
Senate
Bill 463
By:
Senator Douglas of the 17th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 27-2-3.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to archery and primitive weapons hunting licenses, all weapons hunting licenses,
sportsmeńs
licenses, license card carrier requirements, and creation of lifetime
sportsmańs
licenses, so as to provide for
veteranś
lifetime
sportsmańs
licenses and fees therefor; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 27-2-3.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to archery
and primitive weapons hunting licenses, all weapons hunting licenses,
sportsmeńs
licenses, license card carrier requirements, and creation of lifetime
sportsmańs
licenses, is amended by striking subsections (e) and (f) and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
"(e)(1)
The requirements in this title for procuring any license, stamp, or permit for
noncommercial hunting and fishing privileges shall be satisfied by a resident or
nonresident who procures a lifetime
sportsmańs
license.
(2)
An applicant for such license who is a resident shall, prior to the issuance of
the license, provide satisfactory evidence of residency.
(3)
An applicant for a
veterańs
lifetime
sportsmańs
license shall, in addition to satisfactory evidence of residency, be required to
provide satisfactory evidence that he or she served more than 90 days of federal
active duty military service and was honorably discharged.
(4)
An applicant for such license who is a nonresident shall not be eligible for
issuance of such license unless he or she is under 16 years of age and is the
grandchild of a resident who holds a valid paid lifetime
sportsmańs
license. The resident grandparent who holds such a lifetime
sportsmańs
license and who is the sponsor of a nonresident applicant for a lifetime
sportsmańs
license must certify the nonresident
applicant́s
relationship to him or her in writing to the department.
(5)
For purposes of procuring a lifetime
sportsmańs
license, the term 'residency' means a domicile within Georgia for a minimum of
12 consecutive months immediately prior to procuring such license. Satisfactory
evidence of residency shall consist of a current Georgia
driveŕs
license or official Georgia identification card issued by the Department of
Driver Services and at least one of the following:
(1)(A)
A voter registration card;
(2)(B)
A copy of the prior
yeaŕs
Georgia income tax return;
(3)(C)
A current Georgia automobile registration; or
(4)(D)
A warranty deed to property at the same address as is displayed on the Georgia
driveŕs
license.
Minors
under 18 years of age shall be presumed to be residents upon proof of
parent́s
residency as provided for in this Code section. For purposes of procuring the
Type I (Infant) lifetime license, a certified copy of the birth certificate of
the licensee shall be required.
(f)(1)
Lifetime
sportsmańs
licenses and fees for residents shall be as follows:
(A)
Type I (Infant), available only to those individuals under two years of age:
$200.00;
(B)
Type Y (Youth), available only to those individuals from two through 15 years of
age: $350.00;
(C)
Type A (Adult), available to those individuals 16 years of age or older:
$500.00;
(D)
Type SD (Senior Discount), available to those individuals 60 years of age or
older: $95.00;
and
(E)
Type S (Senior), available to those individuals 65 years of age or older: no
charge;
and
(F)
Type V (Veterans), available only to those individuals who served more than 90
days of federal active duty military service and were honorably discharged:
one-half of the amount of the fee specified for Type A lifetime
sportsmańs
licenses in subparagraph (C) of this
paragraph."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.