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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

27-1-39. Rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations.

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  1. 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 term “rules and regulations” means those rules and regulations of the Board of Natural Resources in force and effect on January 1, 2025.

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

Code 1981, § 27-1-39, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1550, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1013, § 5; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1232, § 2; Ga. L. 2003, p. 654, § 2; Ga. L. 2006, p. 226, § 1/HB 338; Ga. L. 2008, p. 702, § 1/HB 239; Ga. L. 2010, p. 952, § 2/SB 474; Ga. L. 2012, p. 739, § 1/HB 869; Ga. L. 2013, p. 92, § 2/SB 136; Ga. L. 2014, p. 344, § 1/HB 783; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1056, § 2/SB 112; Ga. L. 2016, p. 432, § 3/HB 840; Ga. L. 2019, p. 808, § 2/SB 72; Ga. L. 2020, p. 827, § 2-1/HB 998; Ga. L. 2021, p. 105, § 2-2/HB 362; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 27/HB 497; Ga. L. 2022, p. 308, § 2/HB 1233; Ga. L. 2024, p. 429, § 2/HB 244, effective July 1, 2024; Ga. L. 2025, p. 524, § 2/HB 287, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “2019” for “2016” at the end of this Code section. The 2020 amendment, effective August 5, 2020, substituted “January 1, 2020” for “January 1, 2019” at the end of this Code section. The first 2021 amendment, effective April 27, 2021, substituted “January 1, 2021” for “January 1, 2020” at the end of this Code section. The second 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in this Code section. The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “January 1, 2022” for “January 1, 2021” at the end of this Code section. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted “January 1, 2024” for “January 1, 2022” at the end of the section. See Editor’s notes for applicability. The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “2025” for “2024.”

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2024, p. 429, § 11/HB 244, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that, for purposes of promulgating rules and regulations, the amendment at the end of the Code section became effective April 25, 2024.

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Text read from t27-t30-(v22)-pdf.pdf, Volume V22, 2018 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 28 to 29; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b54071b79715.