Georgia Code
Part 4 - Shellfish
§ 27-4-190. Commercial Fishing License With Shellfish Endorsement and Master Harvester Permit or Harvester Permit; Hours for Taking Shellfish; Recreational Harvesting

History. Code 1981, § 27-4-190 , enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 693, § 6; Ga. L. 2012, p. 739, § 27/HB 869; Ga. L. 2019, p. 619, § 1/HB 501.
The 2019 amendment, effective May 6, 2019, for purposes of promulgating rules and regulations and effective March 1, 2020 for all other purposes, rewrote paragraph (a)(1); deleted former subsection (c), which read: “A master collecting permit shall not be issued if the permittee has failed to comply with Code Section 27-4-196 during the previous harvest season or if the issuance is determined not to be in accordance with sound, current principles of wildlife research and management by the department. Permits may be revoked according to Code Section 27-2-25.”; and redesignated former subsection (d) as present subsection (c).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, “harvest shellfish recreationally” was substituted for “recreationally harvest shellfish” twice in subsection (d).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2019, p. 619, § 3/HB 501, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law with such approval for purposes of promulgating rules and regulations necessary to administer the provisions of this Act and shall become effective on March 1, 2020, for all other purposes.” This Act was signed by the Governor on May 6, 2019.

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