05 LC 21
8138
House
Bill 484
By:
Representatives Lane of the
158th,
Burns of the
157th,
Warren of the
122nd,
Knight of the
126th,
Carter of the
159th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 27-3-17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to hunting deer with dogs, seasons, and permit required, so as to provide for a
license to hunt deer with dogs on certain private land; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 27-3-17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting
deer with dogs, seasons, and permit required, is amended by striking in its
entirety subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"(c)(1)
Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection,
it
It
shall be unlawful for any person to hunt deer with dogs on any tract of real
property unless a permit for hunting deer with dogs has been issued by the
department for such tract to the owner or owners of such tract or the lessee of
deer hunting rights for such tract. A permit for hunting deer with dogs shall
not be issued for any tract of real property that is less than 1,000 contiguous
acres. Any application for a permit for hunting deer with dogs shall be on such
form as prescribed by the department; shall be accompanied by the required
application fee; and shall include a written description of the tract boundaries
and a map showing key features such as public roads or streams on or bordering
the tract and occupied dwellings on adjacent properties. The application must be
signed by all persons owning any portion of the tract of real property or an
authorized agent thereof. The application fee for such permit shall be $100.00
for an annual permit or $25.00 for a two-day permit.
(2)(A)
As used in this paragraph, the term 'privately owned property' shall include
property owned by a family corporation, a family partnership, a family general
partnership, a family limited partnership, a family limited corporation, or a
family limited liability company all of the interest of which is owned by one or
more natural or naturalized citizens related to each other within the fourth
degree of civil reckoning.
(B)
The owner of any tract of real property that is 250 contiguous acres or more may
hunt deer with dogs on such tract if he or she obtains a permit as provided by
this paragraph. Any application for a permit for hunting deer with dogs shall be
on such form as prescribed by the department and shall include a written
description of the tract boundaries and a map showing key features such as
public roads or streams on or bordering the tract and occupied dwellings on
adjacent properties. The application must be signed by the person owning the
tract of real property. In the event of co-owners of a tract of real property,
only one such owner must sign the application. There shall be no application fee
for such permit.
(C)
A permit issued under this paragraph shall be valid only for the owner of the
tract of real property and his or her nonpaying guests accompanying him or her
on a
hunt."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.