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Found In LexisNexis by searching for "27-4-11.1" or in the TOC under:
Title 27 - GAME AND FISH
Chapter 4 - JAILS
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
The code sections are all Copyright © 2017 by The State of Georgia
O.C.G.A.§ 27-4-11.1
Possession of firearms and intoxication on public fishing areas; fishing in closed fishing areas; other restrictions in public fishing areas
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person on any public fishing area owned or
operated by the department:
(1) To possess a firearm other than a handgun, as such term is defined in
Code Section 16-11-125.1, during a closed hunting season for that area unless
such firearm is unloaded and stored in a motor vehicle so as not to be readily
accessible or to possess a handgun during a closed hunting season for that area
unless such person possesses a valid weapons carry license issued pursuant to
Code Section 16-11-129;
(2) To possess a loaded firearm other than a handgun, as such term is defined
in Code Section 16-11-125.1, in a motor vehicle during a legal open hunting
season for that area or to possess a loaded handgun in a motor vehicle during a
legal open hunting season for that area unless such person possesses a valid
weapons carry license issued pursuant to Code Section 16-11-129; or
(3) To be under the influence of drugs, intoxicating liquors, beers, or
wines. The determination of whether any person is under the influence of drugs
or intoxicating liquors, beers, or wines may be made in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 3 of this title relating to hunting while under the
influence of drugs or alcohol.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to fish at any time in any pond or lake
on a public fishing area owned or operated by the department which has been
posted "closed" by the department for purposes of fisheries management or to
take or possess any species or any size of any species or to exceed the creel
limit of any species at any time from any pond or lake on a public fishing area
which has been posted with a sign which states that that species or size may not
be taken or that creel limit exceeded. Creel and size limits posted as
permissible must be within the limits set forth in Code Section 27-4-10 and, if
applicable, the limits set by the board pursuant to subsection (c) of this Code
section.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to take in one day or to possess at any
one time any number of fish caught from public fishing areas except in
compliance with limits set by rule and regulation of the board, which limits
shall not be more than the maximum limit for that species set forth in Code
Section 27-4-10.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to fish or to be present on any public
fishing area except in accordance with rules and regulations established by the
board for the use of such area. The board shall have the authority to adopt
rules and regulations governing methods of fishing; to regulate the operation
and use of vessels; to close the area or certain ponds or lakes of the area to
vessels; and to regulate other matters that the board deems necessary for the
safe operation and sound management of the area.
(e) It shall be unlawful on any public fishing area for any person to drive or
otherwise operate a vehicle on any road posted "closed" to vehicular access, to
drive around a closed gate or cable blocking a road, or to drive on any road
that is not improved in that it is not receiving maintenance for the purpose of
vehicular access. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle at any
place within a public fishing area, including upon the right of way of any
county, state, or federal highway which traverses the public fishing area, where
signs placed at the direction of the commissioner or his or her designee
prohibit parking.
(f) It shall be unlawful for any person to camp anywhere on any public fishing
area except in those areas designated by appropriate signs as camping areas.
(g) It shall be unlawful for persons under 14 years of age to enter or remain
upon any public fishing area unless such person is under adult supervision. It
shall be unlawful for any person to cause or knowingly to permit his or her ward
who is under 14 years of age to enter or remain upon any public fishing area
unless such child or ward is under adult supervision.
(h) It shall be unlawful for any person who has fished at a public fishing area
to refuse to allow department personnel to count, measure, and weigh his or her
catch.
HISTORY:
Ga. L. 1981, p. 1380, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1729, § 10; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1552, § 6; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1636, §§ 3-5; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 27; Ga. L. 1996, p. 980, § 6; Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 2-15/SB 308.