ATLANTA — Legislation guaranteeing Georgians the right to hunt and fish in the state’s navigable rivers and streams cleared the Georgia House Monday.
House Bill 1172, which passed 107-60, is a follow-up to a bill the General Assembly passed on the final day of last year’s legislative session. Senate Bill 115 was quickly introduced and enacted after a property owner along the Upper Flint River filed a lawsuit seeking to ban public fishing along his stretch of the river.
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