O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 27-3-19.1 (2019)

Regulation of the exporting, farming, and selling of fresh-water turtles

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) It shall be unlawful to export, farm, or sell any fresh-water turtle or part thereof except in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board.

(b) As the board deems appropriate for purposes of this Code section, it may promulgate such rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary under sound wildlife management practices.

History

(Code 1981, § 27-3-19.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 952, § 5/SB 474.)

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting not required. - Offense arising from a violation of O.C.G.A. § 27-3-19.1 does not appear to be an of-

fense for which fingerprinting is required. 2010 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 10-6.