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06 LC 25 4306S

The House Committee on Game, Fish and Parks offers the following substitute to HB 338:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.