Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 52-7-8. Classification of Vessels; Required Equipment

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History. Ga. L. 1968, p. 487, § 10; Ga. L. 1973, p. 1427, § 8; Ga. L. 1975, p. 773, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1632, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1182, §§ 4-6; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1743, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 52; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1203, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 52; Ga. L. 1987, p. 567, § 6; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2075, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 680, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 326, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1273, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1000, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 481, § 2; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 52/HB 942; Ga. L. 2013, p. 92, § 4/SB 136; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 52/SB 340; Ga. L. 2016, p. 223, § 1/HB 172; Ga. L. 2022, p. 762, § 2/SB 469.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, added subsections (d) through (g); redesignated former subsections (d) through (l) as present subsections (h) through (p), respectively; in paragraph (h)(1), in the first sentence, substituted “one personal flotation device classified and approved by the regulations of the commandant of the Coast Guard” for “one Type I, II, III, or V (hybrid) personal flotation device” and deleted the proviso from the end, which read: “; provided, however, that Type V (hybrid) devices are acceptable only when worn and securely fastened”, and, at the end of the second sentence, substituted “one throwable device classified and approved by the regulations of the commandant of the Coast Guard” for “one Type IV (throwable) device”; substituted “extinguishers” for “extinguisher” at the end of the first sentence in paragraph (i)(3); and substituted “(c) and (i)” for “(c) and (e)” at the beginning of subsection (j).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2011, the former last two sentences of subsection (j) were redesignated as subsections (k) and (l), respectively.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1996, p. 326, § 2, provides that the 1996 amendment by that Act shall be automatically repealed on August 25, 1996.
Ga. L. 2013, p. 92, § 14/SB 136, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment of this Code section by that Act shall apply to all offenses occurring on and after May 15, 2013; provided, however, that for purposes of determining the number of prior convictions or pleas of nolo contendere pursuant to the felony provisions of paragraph (4) of subsection (m) of Code Section 52-7-12, only those offenses for which a conviction or a plea of nolo contendere is obtained on or after May 15, 2013, shall be considered.
U.S. Code.
For federal provisions concerning inland navigational rules, see 33 U.S.C. § 2073 .

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