50-27-78. Payment and collection of annual permit fee; permit stickers; treatment of fees; penalty for defacing sticker.

Code 1981, § 48-17-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1521, § 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 834, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 563, § 5; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-90/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2010, p. 470, § 3/SB 454; Code 1981, § 50-27-78, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2013, p. 37, § 1-1/HB 487; Ga. L. 2015, p. 39, § 5/SB 190; Ga. L. 2016, p. 762, § 2/SB 388.

Ga. L. 2013, p. 37, § 3-1/HB 487, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that: “(b) If any section of this Act is determined to be unconstitutional by a final decision of an appellate court of competent jurisdiction or by the trial court of competent jurisdiction if no appeal is made, with the exception of subsection (g) of Code Section 50-27-78 and Section 2-1 of this Act, this Act shall stand repealed by operation of law. “(c) This Act is not intended to and shall not be construed to affect the legality of the repair, transport, possession, or use of otherwise prohibited gambling devices on maritime vessels within the jurisdiction of the State of Georgia. To the extent that such repair, transport, possession, or use was lawful prior to the enactment of this Act, it shall not be made illegal by this Act; and to the extent that such repair, transport, possession, or use was prohibited prior to the enactment of this Act, it shall remain prohibited.” As of May 2025, no such decision has been issued.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2010, a quotation mark was added at the end of subsection (e). The amendment of subsection (a) by Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-90, irreconcilably conflicted with and was treated as superseded by Ga. L. 2010, p. 470, § 3. See County of Butts v. Strahan, 151 Ga. 417 (1921); Keener v. McDougall, 232 Ga. 273 (1974).