(b.1) Any person who applies to be a license agent after June 30, 1998, shall be assessed a fee not to exceed the fair market cost of automated licensing equipment the department shall install in such agent’s place of business. Such fees shall be due and payable upon installation of the automated equipment.
History. Ga. L. 1931, p. 173, § 5; Code 1933, §§ 45-206, 45-218; Ga. L. 1935, p. 379, § 2; Ga. L. 1935, p. 386, § 7; Ga. L. 1941, p. 463, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1943, p. 537, § 1; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1156, § 1; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1577, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1952, p. 258, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 483, § 28; Ga. L. 1968, p. 497, § 7; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1159, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 45-301, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 816, §§ 17-19; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2290, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1979, p. 924, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1255, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 144, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 179, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 915, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 946, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1998, p. 783, § 3; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1013, § 6; Ga. L. 2019, p. 816, § 1/SB 99; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 27/SB 429.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, added subsection (e). See Editor’s notes for applicability.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “resident sportsman’s licenses” for “resident sportsman licenses” near the beginning of paragraph (b)(3).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, paragraph (b)(4) was redesignated as subsection (b.1) and, in subsection (b), “and” was added at the end of paragraph (2) and a period was substituted for “; and” at the end of paragraph (3).
Cross references.
Voter registration incorporated into resident hunting, fishing or trapping licenses, § 21-2-221.1 .
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1987, p. 179, § 6, not codified by the General Assembly, set forth the legislative intent of that Act.
Ga. L. 2019, p. 816, § 2/SB 99, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be applicable to all licenses issued on or after July 1, 2019.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Licenses, Permits, and Stamps Generally
Article 1 - Hunting, Trapping, or Fishing
§ 27-2-1. Hunting, Trapping, or Fishing Without License or Permit Generally; Nonresidents
§ 27-2-3. Effective Periods of Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Licenses Generally; Multiyear Licenses
§ 27-2-4. Honorary and Discounted Hunting and Fishing Licenses
§ 27-2-4.1. Fishing License Reciprocity for Florida Residents Over 65 Years of Age
§ 27-2-4.2. Courtesy Nonresident Fishing Licenses to Certain Paralyzed or Disabled Veterans
§ 27-2-4.3. Special Hunting Privileges for Young People With a Terminal Illness
§ 27-2-4.4. Special Turkey Hunting Season for Young and Mobility Impaired Hunters
§ 27-2-4.5. Outdoor Mentoring Program
§ 27-2-5. Required Hunter Education Courses
§ 27-2-8. Commercial Fishing Boat Licenses
§ 27-2-9. Taxidermist Licenses; Unlawful Acts and Omissions by Taxidermists
§ 27-2-10. Commercial Alligator Farming Licenses
§ 27-2-11. Game-Holding Permits
§ 27-2-12. Scientific Collecting Permits
§ 27-2-13. Wildlife Exhibition Permits
§ 27-2-13.1. Film Production Wildlife Permits; Release
§ 27-2-14. Liberation-of-Wildlife and Liberation-of-Domestic Fish Permits
§ 27-2-15. Wildlife Storage Permits
§ 27-2-17. Falconry Permits; Duties, Permitted Acts, and Prohibitions Pertaining to Permit Holders
§ 27-2-18. Permits to Kill Deer Causing Damage to Crops
§ 27-2-19. Wildlife Importation Permits
§ 27-2-20.1. Required Participation in Saltwater Information Program
§ 27-2-21. Field and Retriever Trials; Permits; Hunting Licenses
§ 27-2-22. Wildlife Rehabilitation Permits
§ 27-2-22.1. Fox Trapping and Selling
§ 27-2-23. License, Permit, Tag, and Stamp Fees
§ 27-2-23.1. Raccoon Fur Seller’s License
§ 27-2-23.2. Salt Water Fishing Guide Licenses; Fees; Reporting Requirements
§ 27-2-24. Service of Process for Licensees, Permittees, and Applicants
§ 27-2-25.2. Power to Suspend Licenses
§ 27-2-27. Administrative Penalties in Lieu of Revocation, Suspension, Denial, or Nonrenewal