History. Ga. L. 1956, p. 590, § 10; Code 1933, § 45-909, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 893, § 7; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1629, § 5; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1729, § 7; Ga. L. 1995, p. 156, §§ 4, 5; Ga. L. 1997, p. 444, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1647, § 3; Ga. L. 1999, p. 785, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 136, § 27; Ga. L. 2002, p. 805, § 2; Ga. L. 2008, p. 163, § 2/HB 1016; Ga. L. 2012, p. 958, § 2/SB 464; Ga. L. 2017, p. 27, § 17/HB 208; Ga. L. 2019, p. 808, § 7/SB 72.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted “$2.50” for “$2.00” in the last sentence of subparagraph (g)(1)(A); deleted former subparagraph (g)(1)(B), which read: “No crab trap permit may be sold or transferred to another person except as provided in this subparagraph. Such a permit may be transferred along with the transfer of the licensed commercial crabber’s nontrawler license to a replacement vessel if the transfer of the permit and the license is registered with the department. Such a permit may be transferred to the purchaser of a commercial crab boat along with the commercial crabber’s license and the commercial crabber’s nontrawler license if the transfer of the permit, the commercial crabber’s license, and the commercial crabber’s nontrawler license are recorded with the department and a new permit fee is paid to the department.”; and redesignated former subparagraph (g)(1)(C) as present subparagraph (g)(1)(B). See Editor’s note for applicability.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “game wardens” for “conservation rangers” in subsection (h).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1995, “two” was substituted for “2” preceding “bushels per boat” near the end of subsection (i).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, “St. Marys River” was substituted for “St. Mary’s River” in the first sentence of subsection (a).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, in the first sentence of paragraph (g)(3), “than” was deleted following “more than” and “a” was deleted preceding “one year”.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, “licensed” was substituted for “licenced” in the fourth sentence in subsection (e).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2017, p. 27, § 20/HB 208, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment of this Code section by that Act shall be applicable to all offenses occurring on or after July 1, 2017.