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Título 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Capítulo 5. WATER RESOURCES · Artículo 4. COASTAL WATERS, BEACHES, AND SAND DUNES · Parte 2. SHORE PROTECTION

12-5-248. Criminal violations.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to:#

    1. (1)

      Operate any motorized vehicle or other motorized machine on, over, or across sand dunes or beaches except as authorized by the department or committee, except that individual disability vehicles, emergency vehicles, and governmental vehicles utilized for beach maintenance or research may operate within sand dunes and beaches without authorization from the department or committee so long as those vehicles operate across existing cross-overs, paths, or drives; or#

    2. (2)

      Store or park sailboats, catamarans, or other commercial or recreational marine craft on any sand dune.#

  2. (b)

    All such lawful activities conducted under this part shall provide protection to nesting sea turtles and their hatchlings and habitats and to nesting shore birds and their hatchlings and habitats.#

  3. (c)

    Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1981, § 12-5-248, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1362, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1302, § 13; Ga. L. 2002, p. 521, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 493, § 9/HB 445. The 2019 amendment, effective May 3, 2019, for purposes of promulgating rules and regulations and for all other purposes effective December 30, 2019, in paragraph (a)(1), substituted ‘‘department or committee’’ for ‘‘permit-issuing authority’’ near the middle, and substituted ‘‘department or committee so’’ for ‘‘permit-issuing authority as’’ near the end.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2019, p. 493, § 10/HB 445, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval for the purposes of promulgating rules and regulations necessary to administer the provisions of this Act and shall become effective on December 31, 2019, for all other purposes.’’ The Act was approved by the Governor on May 3, 2019.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volumen V10, edición 2021, páginas 549 a 550; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo a1ca11f804f2.