O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 4-10-7 (2019)

Seizure, quarantine, and destruction of birds

✓ 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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The department may quarantine, seize, and destroy any birds which present a hazard of carrying exotic or untreatable disease, as determined by rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner. The department shall pay an indemnity to the owner of any seized or destroyed birds from any federal funds made available for that purpose or any state funds appropriated for that purpose.

History

(Ga. L. 1981, p. 510, § 6.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Authority of Department of Human Resources to regulate

importation and sale of animals and birds to be kept as pets, § 31-12-9.