Georgia Code
Part 4 - Shellfish
§ 27-4-197. Shellfish Sanitation Program; Requirements as to Shipment of Shellfish

History. Code 1981, § 27-4-197 , enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 693, § 6; 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, substituted “approved by” for “obtained from” in the middle of the second sentence in subsection (b); in subsection (c), deleted “or to fail to surrender unused tags to the Department of Agriculture upon termination of certification or master collecting permit” following “another” at the end of the first sentence and added the second sentence; and deleted “for mariculture purposes” following “shellfish” at the end of the fifth sentence of subsection (d).
Cross references.
Sanitary handling of fish and seafood, § 26-2-315 et seq.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, “out-of-state” was substituted for “out of state” in the second sentence of 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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