Georgia Code
Part 4 - Shellfish
§ 27-4-198. Lease of State Intertidal and Subtidal Water Bottoms Within Approved Growing Areas From Department

History. Code 1981, § 27-4-198 , 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, rewrote this Code section.
Cross references.
Procedures required for right of way or spoil disposal areas leased for cultivation and gathering of oysters, § 52-3-8.
Taking of oyster beds or damaging of oysters in connection with construction or maintenance of intracoastal waterway, § 52-3-9.
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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