4-10-7. Seizure, quarantine, and destruction of birds.

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

The department may quarantine, seize, and destroy any birds which present a hazard of carrying exotic or untreatable disease, as determined by rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner. The department shall pay an indemnity to the owner of any seized or destroyed birds from any federal funds made available for that purpose or any state funds appropriated for that purpose.

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.

Ga. L. 1981, p. 510, § 6.

Authority of Department of Human Resources to regulate importation and sale of animals and birds to be kept as pets, § 31-12-9.

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

Text read from t4-6-(v4)-2013-pdf.pdf, Volume V4, 2013 edition, page 122; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 290d3a1d6843.