§ 52-7-22. Comprehensive Boating Educational Programs; Required Completion; Exception
The department shall establish a comprehensive boating education program and may seek the cooperation of boatmen, the federal government, and other states. The department may accept moneys made available under federal safety programs and may issue boating certificates to persons who complete courses in boating education. Effective July 1, 2014, and except as otherwise provided […]
§ 52-7-23. Power of Board of Natural Resources to Adopt Rules and Regulations
The Board of Natural Resources is authorized to adopt any regulations necessary for the administration and enforcement of this article, including, but not limited to, regulations setting forth the criteria for determining when an indemnity bond shall be required under Code Section 52-7-19 and the appropriate amount of the bond and when a forfeiture bond […]
§ 52-7-24. Filing and Publication of Rules and Regulations and Amendments Thereto
A copy of the regulations adopted pursuant to this article and of any amendments thereto shall be filed in the office of the department and in the office of the Secretary of State. Rules and regulations shall be published by the department in a convenient form. History. Ga. L. 1973, p. 1427, § 22.
§ 52-7-25. Enforcement of Article
Any person empowered to enforce this article and any rule or regulation adopted pursuant hereto shall have the authority to stop and board any vessel subject to this article or any such regulation for the purpose of inspection or determining compliance with this article and is empowered to issue a summons for appearance in court […]
§ 52-7-26. Penalty
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 […]
§ 52-7-12. Operation of Watercraft While Under Influence of Alcohol, Toxic Vapors, or Drugs; Legal Drug Use Not Exempted; Blood and Other Chemical Tests; Test Refusal; Owner’s Liability for Allowing Another to Operate While Intoxicated; Civil and Criminal Actions; Child Endangerment
No person shall operate, navigate, steer, or drive any moving vessel, or be in actual physical control of any moving vessel, nor shall any person manipulate any moving water skis, moving aquaplane, moving surfboard, or similar moving device while: Under the influence of alcohol to the extent that it is less safe for the person […]
§ 52-7-21. Local Regulations Concerning Operation, Equipment, Numbering, and Other Matters Relating to Vessels
This article and other applicable laws of this state shall govern the operation, equipment, and numbering of vessels and all other matters relating thereto, whenever any vessel shall be operated on the waters of this state or when any activity regulated by this article shall take place thereon; but nothing in this article shall be […]
§ 52-7-12.1. Reckless Operation of Vessel or Other Water Device
Any person who operates any vessel or manipulates any water skis, aquaplane, surfboard, tube, or similar device in reckless disregard for the safety of persons or property commits the offense of reckless operation of a vessel or other water device. History. Code 1981, § 52-7-12.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 680, § 6.
§ 52-7-12.2. Homicide by Vessel
Any person who, without malice aforethought, causes the death of another person through the violation of subsection (j) of Code Section 52-7-8.2, Code Section 52-7-12 or 52-7-12.1, subsection (b) of Code Section 52-7-13, or subsection (c) of Code Section 52-7-25 commits the offense of homicide by vessel in the first degree. A person convicted under […]
§ 52-7-12.3. Feticide by Vessel
For the purposes of this Code section, the term “unborn child” means a member of the species homo sapiens at any stage of development who is carried in the womb. A person commits the offense of feticide by vessel in the first degree if he or she causes the death of an unborn child by […]