05 LC
25 3821
House
Bill 107
By:
Representative Barnard of the
166th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 27-5-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
wild animals for which licenses or permits are required, so as to change the
list of animals for which licenses or permits are or may be required; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 27-5-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wild
animals for which licenses or permits are required, is amended by striking
subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(b)
Except as provided in this Code section, a license or permit is required for the
following wild animals and any others specified by regulation of the
board:
(1)
Class Mammalia:
(A)
Order Marsupialia (opossum, wallabies, etc.) — All species;
(B)
Order Insectivora (shrews, moles, etc.) — All species;
(C)
Order Dermoptera (flying lemurs) — All species;
(D)
Order Chiroptera (bats) — All species;
(E)
Order Primates (monkeys, apes, etc.) — All species except Family
Hominidae;
(F)
Order Edentata (sloths, armadillos, etc.) — All species;
(G)
Order Pholidota (pangolins or scaly anteaters) — All species;
(H)
Order Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, etc.) — All species except Genus
Oryctolagus; or any other normally domesticated species;
(I)
Order Rodentia (rats, mice, etc.) — All species except Genus Cavia; Genus
Gerbillus; Genus Mesocricetus; Mus musculous; Rattus rattus; Rattus norvegicus;
or any other normally domesticated species;
(J)
Order Cetacea (whales, dolphins, etc.) — All species;
(K)
Order Carnivora (weasels, ferrets, cats, bears, wolves, etc.) — All
species, except that a European ferret (Mustela putorius furo) may be sold,
purchased, exhibited, or held as a pet without a license or permit; provided,
however, that the ferret owner can provide valid documentation that the ferret
was sexually neutered prior to seven months of age and is vaccinated against
rabies with a properly administered vaccine approved for use on ferrets by the
United States Department of Agriculture;
(L)
Order Tubulidentata (aardvark) — All species;
(M)
Order Proboscidea (elephants) — All species;
(N)
Order Hyracoidea (conies) — All species;
(O)
Order Sirenia (manatees, dugong) — All species;
(P)
Order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) — All species;
(Q)
Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates) — All species except Bison bison
(buffalo) and Llama guanicoe, L. glama, and L. pacos (llamas);
(2)
Class Aves:
(A)
Order Falconiformes (hawks, eagles, vultures, etc.) — All species except
that persons possessing a federal falconry license shall be allowed to possess
birds in the Order Falconiformes without obtaining a wild animal
license;
(B)
Order Galliformes: Family Meleagrididae (turkeys) — All species not
normally domesticated;
(C)
Order
Psittaciformes: Myiopsitta monachus (monk
parakeet)
Reserved;
(D)
Order Cuculiformes: Family Cuculidae (cuckoos) — All species;
(E)
Order Strigiformes (owls) — All species;
(F)
Order Passeriformes:
(i)
Family Alaudidae (larks): Alauda arvensis (sky larks);
(ii)
Family Pycnonotidae (bulbuls) — All species;
(iii)
Family Muscicapidae (thrushes, blackbirds, fieldfare, etc.): Genus Turdus
— All species;
(iv)
Family Zosteropidae (white eyes): Genus Zosterops — All
species;
(v)
Family Emberizidae (buntings, etc.): Emberiza citrinella (yellow
hammer);
(vi)
Family Ploceidae (sparrows, weavers, queleas, weaver finches,
etc.):
(I)
Genus Passer — All species except Passer domesticus (English house
sparrow);
(II)
Ploceus capensis (cape weaver);
(III)
Ploceus philippinus (Baya weaver);
(IV)
Genus Quelea — All species;
(vii)
Family Icteridae (blackbirds, grackles, orioles, etc.): Genera Molothrus,
Quiscalus, and Agelaius — All species;
(viii)
Family
Estrildidae (waxbills, ricebirds, munias, weaver finches, etc): Padda oryzivora
(Java sparrow)
Reserved;
(ix)
Family Sturnidae (starlings, mynas, etc.) — All species except Sturnus
vulgaris (starling) and Gracula religiosa (Hill mynas);
(x)
Family Corvidae (crows, ravens, etc.) — All species;
(3)
Class Amphibia (Order Anura):
(A)
Family Bufonidae (toads): Bufo marinus, Bufo paracnemis, Bufo horribilis (giant
or marine toad group);
(4)
Class Osteichthyes (bony fish):
(A)
Order Cypriniformes (Suborder Characoidei): Family Characidae (tetra,
piranha):
(i)
Astyanax faciatus (banded tetra);
(ii)
Genera Serrasalmus, Serrasalmo, Pygocentrus, Taddyella, Rooseveltiella,
Pygopristis (piranhas) — All species;
(B)
Order Cypriniformes (Suborder Cyprinoidei): Family Cyprinidae (carp, grass carp,
orfe, etc.):
(i)
Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp);
(ii)
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (silver carp);
(iii)
Aristichthys nobilis (bighead carp);
(C)
Order Siluriformes:
(i)
Family Clariidae (air-breathing catfishes) — All species;
(ii)
Family Trichomycteridae (parasitic catfishes): Genera Vandellia (candiru) and
Urinophilus — All species;
(iii)
Family Heteropneustidae (giant walking catfishes): Genus Heteropneustes —
All species;
(D)
Order Perciformes (Suborder Channoidei) Family Channidae (snakeheads): Genera
Ophicephalus and Channa — All species;
(5)
Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish): Order Rajiformes: Family
Potamotrygonidae (fresh-water stingray) — All species; and
(6)
All exotic fish which are not held in aquaria or tanks, provided that, as used
in this Code section, 'aquaria or tanks' means containers for holding fish from
which no water is discharged, except during periodic cleaning, and which
discharged water is passed through a filtering system capable of removing all
fish and fish eggs and is disposed of only in a septic tank permitted by the
county or in a waste-water treatment system permitted by the Environmental
Protection Division of the department. For purposes of this paragraph, exotic
fish are all fish species not native to Georgia. This paragraph shall not apply
to any species of fish regulated by any other chapter of this
title.
(b.1)
The board shall not by rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Code
section require a license or permit for:
(1)
Order Psittaciformes: Myiopsitta monachus (monk parakeet); or
(2)
Family Estrildidae (waxbills, ricebirds, munias, weaver finches, etc): Padda
oryzivora (Java
sparrow)."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.