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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 27. GAME AND FISH · Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

27-1-17. Deputy game wardens.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    The board shall have the power to appoint deputy game wardens. No deputy game wardens may be appointed without actual duties relating to the protection of natural resources.#

  2. (b)

    Deputy game wardens shall have all or part of the powers and duties of game wardens, as assigned by the board. Deputy game wardens who are not employees of the department shall receive no compensation for their services. The board is authorized to appoint such number of deputy game wardens as may be necessary to carry out the duties assigned to them.#

  3. (c)

    Each deputy game warden who is not an employee of the department shall personally secure a bond of not less than $5,000.00 from a bonding or surety company licensed to transact business in the State of Georgia conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties, payable to the department.#

  4. (d)

    The board shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations concerning qualifications, appointments, badge, oath of office, and other matters pertaining to deputy game wardens.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1966, p. 151, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1973, p. 1483, § 2; Code 1933, § 45-117, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 816, §§ 9, 10; Ga. L. 2019, p. 808, § 7/SB 72.

Amendments

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “game wardens” for “conservation rangers” twice in subsection (a), in four places in subsection (b), and once in subsection (d); and substituted “game warden” for “conservation ranger” in subsection (c).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t27-t30-(v22)-pdf.pdf, Volume V22, 2018 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 22 to 23; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b54071b79715.