05 LC 29
1749
House
Bill 668
By:
Representatives Butler of the
18th,
Rice of the
51st,
Roberts of the
154th,
Coan of the
101st,
Burmeister of the
119th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 27-2-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
honorary hunting and fishing licenses, so as to provide for lifetime honorary
hunting and fishing licenses for certain military veterans; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 27-2-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to honorary
hunting and fishing licenses, is amended by adding a new subsection to read as
follows:
"(a.1)
The department shall issue a lifetime honorary hunting and fishing license,
which shall entitle a resident to hunt and fish in this state without the
payment of fees described in Code Sections 27-2-3.1 and 27-2-23, to each
applicant who submits acceptable proof as specified by rule or regulation of the
department that he or she served on active duty in the armed forces of the
United States or on active duty in a reserve component of the armed forces of
the United States, including the National Guard, for a period of one year or
more, of which at least 90 days were served during wartime or during any
conflict when military personnel were committed by the President of the United
States."
SECTION
2.
Said
Code section is further amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
"(d)
All honorary hunting and fishing licenses are subject to all wildlife laws,
rules, and regulations with the exception of the provisions requiring the
payment of fees described in Code Section 27-2-23 for such licenses.
All lifetime
honorary hunting and fishing licenses issued to veterans in accordance with
subsection (a.1) of this Code section are subject to all wildlife laws, rules,
and regulations with the exception of the provisions requiring the payment of
fees described in Code Sections 27-2-3.1 and 27-2-23 for such
licenses. Such honorary licenses
or lifetime
honorary licenses may be revoked in
accordance with this title. It shall be unlawful for any person who has an
honorary hunting and fishing license
or lifetime
honorary license to permit the use of same
by any other person. It shall also be unlawful for any person who is not
entitled to an honorary hunting and fishing license to use such a license or for
any totally and permanently disabled person issued such a license to possess or
use such license when the disability is no longer total or permanent.
It shall also
be unlawful for any person who is not entitled to a lifetime honorary license to
use such a license. Licenses for the
totally and permanently disabled may, upon a determination that the disability
is no longer total or permanent, be revoked until such time as the disability is
again total and
permanent."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.