05 LC
25 4306S
House
Bill 338 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)
By:
Representatives Warren of the
122nd,
Jenkins of the
8th,
Burns of the
157th,
Williams of the
165th,
Mosley of the
178th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and
fish, so as to specify a date certain for rules and regulations of the Board of
Natural Resources used to establish game and fish criminal violations; to change
certain provisions relating to legal weapons for hunting wildlife generally; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Title
27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and fish, is
amended by striking Code Section 27-1-39, relating to rules and regulations of
the Board of Natural Resources used to establish game and fish criminal
violations, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"27-1-39.
Notwithstanding
any other law to the contrary, for purposes of establishing criminal violations
of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Natural Resources as
provided in this title, the terms 'rules and regulations' shall mean those rules
and regulations of the Board of Natural Resources in force and effect on
October 1,
2003
January 1,
2006."
SECTION
2.
Said
title is further amended in Code Section 27-3-4 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to legal weapons for hunting wildlife generally, by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(2)
During primitive weapon hunts or primitive weapons seasons, longbows, recurve
bows, crossbows, compound bows, muzzleloading firearms of .44 caliber or larger
with iron
sights only and without telescopic
sights,
and muzzleloading shotguns of 20 gauge or larger loaded with single shot may be
used;"
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.