(For Effective Date, See note.) Penalty

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft
  4. Registration, Operation, and Sale of Watercraft
  5. General Provisions
  6. (For Effective Date, See note.) Penalty

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  1. Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who violates this article or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For purposes of establishing criminal violations of the rules and regulations promulgated by the board as provided in this article, the term "rules and regulations" means those rules and regulations of the board in force and effect on January 1, 2014.
  2. (For effective date, see note.) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of Code Section 17-6-12, the release of a person on an unsecured judicial release as provided for in Code Section 17-6-12 for violations under Code Sections 52-7-12, 52-7-12.2, 52-7-12.3, and 52-7-12.4 shall be prohibited.

(Ga. L. 1960, p. 235, § 13; Ga. L. 1968, p. 487, § 12; Ga. L. 1973, p. 1427, § 25; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 41; Ga. L. 1995, p. 236, § 3; Ga. L. 2012, p. 739, § 29/HB 869; Ga. L. 2013, p. 92, § 12/SB 136; Ga. L. 2014, p. 344, § 3/HB 783; Ga. L. 2014, p. 624, § 2/HB 777; Ga. L. 2020, p. 570, § 3-4/SB 402.)

Editor's notes.

- 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.

Ga. L. 2014, p. 344, § 5/HB 783, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall become effective on May 1, 2014, and shall apply to offenses occurring on or after such date."

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 12 Am. Jur. 2d, Boats and Boating, §§ 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 21.

ALR.

- Negligence in navigating as affecting right to recover for injury by obstruction to navigation, 25 A.L.R. 1556.

Criminal liability for injury or death caused by operation of pleasure boat, 8 A.L.R.4th 886.

ARTICLE 1A INTERSTATE BOATING VIOLATOR COMPACT

Effective date.

- This article became effective July 1, 2014.


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