The commissioners shall preserve in a neatly bound book a record of all their acts and of all the rules and regulations adopted by them for the direction and government of pilots. The commissioners shall designate one of their number as chairperson and cause a record thereof to be made. The commissioners shall also preserve upon their records a list of the names of all persons appointed pilots by them, as well as a list of the names of those whose licenses have been suspended or revoked or who have been retired. All persons interested shall have access to and be permitted to have duplicates of such records.
History. Orig. Code 1863, §§ 1473, 1474; Code 1868, §§ 1530, 1531; Code 1873, §§ 1524, 1525; Code 1882, §§ 1524, 1525; Civil Code 1895, §§ 1672, 1673; Civil Code 1910, §§ 1918, 1919; Code 1933, §§ 80-112, 80-113; Ga. L. 1945, p. 279, §§ 22, 23; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 96/HB 24.
Cross references.
Inspection of public records generally, § 50-18-70 et seq.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101/HB 24, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act shall apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013.
Law reviews.
For article, “Evidence,” see 27 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2011).
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft
Chapter 6 - Pilots and Pilotage
Article 1 - Board of Pilotage Commissioners
§ 52-6-1. Composition of Board; Terms of Commissioners
§ 52-6-2. Filling of Vacancies on Board
§ 52-6-3. Qualifications of Commissioners
§ 52-6-4. Areas for Which Commissioners Appointed
§ 52-6-5. Appointment of Master Pilot; Duties of Master Pilot Generally
§ 52-6-6. Right of Commissioners to Bring an Action to Recover Forfeitures
§ 52-6-7. Manner of Application of Fines and Forfeitures