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Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 11 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
Article 4 - DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIES AND PRACTICES
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
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O.C.G.A.§ 16-11-108
Misuse of firearm or archery tackle while hunting
(a) Any person who while hunting wildlife uses a firearm or archery tackle in
a manner to endanger the bodily safety of another person by consciously
disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that his act or omission will
cause harm to or endanger the safety of another person and the disregard
constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable
person would exercise in the situation is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided,
however, if such conduct results in serious bodily harm to another person, the
person engaging in such conduct shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or by
imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years, or both.
(b) Whenever a person is charged with violating subsection (a) of this Code
section, the arresting law enforcement officer shall take the hunting license of
the person so charged. The hunting license shall be attached to the court's copy
of the citation, warrant, accusation, or indictment and shall be forwarded to
the court having jurisdiction of the offense. A copy of the citation, warrant,
accusation, or indictment shall be forwarded, within 15 days of its issuance, to
the Game and Fish Division of the Department of Natural Resources.
(c) In order to obtain a temporary hunting license, a person charged with
violating subsection (a) of this Code section must present to the director of
the Game and Fish Division of the Department of Natural Resources a certificate
of satisfactory completion, after the date of the incident for which the person
was charged and regardless of the person's age or date of birth, of a hunter
education course prescribed by the Board of Natural Resources. A temporary
hunting license issued under such circumstances shall be valid until the next
March 31 or until suspended or revoked under any provision of this title or of
Title 27. The director of the Game and Fish Division of the Department of
Natural Resources may renew the temporary hunting license during the pendency of
charges.
(d)(1) If the person is convicted of violating subsection (a) of this Code
section, the court shall, within 15 days of such conviction, forward the
person's hunting license and a copy of the record of the disposition of the case
to the Game and Fish Division of the Department of Natural Resources. At this
time, the court shall also require the person to surrender any temporary hunting
licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of this Code
section.
(2) If the person is not convicted of violating subsection (a) of this Code
section, the court shall return the hunting license to the person.
HISTORY:
Code 1981, § 16-11-108, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 292, § 1.