08 LC
25 5276S
The
Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee offered the following
substitute to HB 239:
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 change certain provisions relating to rules and regulations of
the Board of Natural Resources used to establish game and fish criminal
violations; to change certain provisions relating to wild animals for which
licenses or permits are required; to provide an effective date; 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 revising Code Section 27-1-39, relating to rules and regulations of
the Board of Natural Resources used to establish game and fish criminal
violations, as follows:
"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
term
'rules and regulations' shall mean those rules and regulations of the Board of
Natural Resources in force and effect on
January 1,
2006
January 1,
2008."
SECTION
2.
Said
title is further amended by revising subparagraphs (a)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(A) and
the language introductory thereto in Code Section 27-5-5, relating to wild
animals for which licenses or permits are required, as follows:
"(a)
The following animals are considered to be inherently dangerous to human beings
and are subject to the license or permit and insurance requirements provided for
in subsection (f) of Code Section 27-5-4:
(1)
Class Mammalia:
(A)
Order Marsupialia:
Family
Macropodidae: Genus Macropus
(Kangaroos,
wallabies, wallaroos) — All
species;"
"(b)
Except as provided in this Code section, a license or permit is required for the
following wild animals and any others specified by regulation of the
board:
(1)
Class Mammalia:
(A)
Order Marsupialia
(opossum,
wallabies, etc.) — All species
other than
those listed in subparagraph (a)(1)(A) of this Code section; except that
Petaurus breviceps (sugar glider) may be sold, purchased, exhibited, or held as
a pet without a license or permit if the owner thereof possesses valid
documentation that the animal originated from a source inspected and regulated
by the United States Department of
Agriculture;"
SECTION
3.
Said
title is further amended by revising subparagraph (b)(1)(Q) of Code Section
27-5-5, relating to wild animals for which licenses or permits are required, as
follows:
"(Q)
Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates) - All species except Bison bison
(buffalo),
Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo), and Llama
guanicoe, L. glama, and L. pacos (llamas);"
SECTION
4.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
5.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.