06 AM
25 0925
ADOPTED
SENATE
Senator
Smith of the 52nd offered the following amendment:
Amend
HB 1211 by inserting "to designate the red
drum as the official state salt-water fish;"
after
"official state cold water game fish;"
on line 3 of page
1.
By
redesignating Section 3 as Section 5 and inserting after Section 2 the
following:
SECTION
3.
The
General Assembly finds and declares that establishing an official state
salt-water fish is necessary to fully recognize the importance of our coastal
fisheries to our state, and the red drum is deserving of the attention and
appreciation of the citizens of this state by designation as the official state
salt-water fish.
SECTION
4.
Said
Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to state symbols, is further amended by adding a new Code section to
read as follows:
"50-3-83.
The
red drum is designated as the official Georgia salt-water
fish."