2021 Georgia Code
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources
Chapter 6A - Outdoor Stewardship
- § 12-6A-1. Short Title
- § 12-6A-2. Purpose of Funding Protection of Conservation Land
- § 12-6A-3. Legislative Intent
- § 12-6A-4. Definitions
- § 12-6A-5. (Effective Until July 1, 2022.) Establishment of the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund
- § 12-6A-5. (Effective July 1, 2022.) Establishment of the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund
- § 12-6A-6. Grants; Conditions of Eligibility; Loans; Funds for Administration
- § 12-6A-7. Establishment of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; Membership; Role; Priorities
- § 12-6A-8. Applications and Proposals for Funding; Quarterly Review and Approval of Proposals; Final Approvals; Disbursement of Funds
- § 12-6A-9. Agreements as to Acceptance, Administration, Ownership, and Operation of Properties
- § 12-6A-10. Annual Report by Department
- § 12-6A-11. Authority to Promulgate Rules and Regulations
- § 12-6A-12. Annual Grant When State Owns Property; Calculations
- Ga. L. 2018, p. 541, § 1/HB 332, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2019, only if an amendment to the Constitution authorizing the General Assembly to provide by law for allocation of up to 80 percent of the revenue derived from the state sales and use tax collected by establishments classified under the 2007 North American Industry Classification Code 451110, sporting goods stores, to a trust fund to be used for the protection of conservation land is ratified by the voters at the November, 2018, state-wide general election. If such an amendment is not so ratified, then this Act shall not become effective and shall stand repealed on January 1, 2019." The constitutional amendment was approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the general election held on November 6, 2018.
Ga. L. 2018, p. 541, § 2/HB 332, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "The Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund established by this chapter shall be a successor to the former Georgia Land Conservation Trust Fund and the Georgia Land Conservation Revolving Loan Fund. On July 1, 2019, all funds in the Georgia Land Conservation Trust Fund and the Georgia Land Conservation Revolving Loan Fund shall be transferred into the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund."
Administrative Rules and Regulations.- Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation, State and Federal Grants Program, Sec. 391-5-13-.11.
Law reviews.- For annual survey on state and local taxation: a two-year survey, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 279 (2019).
