A Senate bill in Georgia that could help us!

[Mark S.]

There is a bill in the Georgia legislature right now that will protect landowners from lawsuits when they allow people to hunt and fish on their property. The bill number is SB75 and is titled the Landowners Protection Act.

It would be nice to see this bill include more then just hunting and fishing. The FMDAC would like to see it include metal detecting, prospecting, arrowhead hunting, and fossil and rockhounding. We are asking that everyone contact the sponsors and ask them to amend the bill to include these hobbies. We have nothing to loose here and a lot to gain.

This would ease landowners concerns when asking permission. A big caution here when you make contact is to refer to it simply as metal detecting and do not mention Civil War relic hunting at all.

Link to the bill
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/fulltext/sb75.htm

Link to Senators page
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/senate/senatelist.php

Here is the contact info for the sponsors;


Bill Heath

Capitol Office:
109 State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404) 651-7738
Fax: (404) 651-5795

District Office:
2225 Cashtown Road
Bremen, GA 30110
(770) 537-6383 (F)
(770) 537-5234
Email:
billheath@billheath.net



George Hooks

Capitol Office:
431 State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404) 656-0065
Fax: (404) 463-5547

District Office:
P.O. Box 928
Americus, GA 31709
Phone: (229) 924-2924 (O)
(229) 924-2091 (F)
Email:
george.hooks@senate.ga.gov



Bill Cowsert

Capitol Office:
109 State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404) 651-7738
Fax: (404) 651-5795

District Office:
P.O. Box 512
Athens, GA 30603
Phone: (706) 543-7700
Fax: (706) 202-3211
Email:
bill.cowsert@senate.ga.gov



John Bulloch

Capitol Office:
110-B State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404) 656-0040
Fax: (404) 463-2279

District Office:
3554 Bulloch Road
Ochlocknee, GA 31773
Phone: (229) 683-3420 (O)
(229) 683-3749 (H)
Email:
john.bulloch@senate.ga.gov



Ross Tolelson

Capitol Office:
121-C State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404) 656-0081
Fax: (404) 651-6767

District Office:
P.O. Box 1356
Perry, GA 31069
Phone: (478) 988-1206 (O)
(478) 987-0325 (H)
Email:
ross.tolleson@senate.ga.gov



Jim Buterworth

Capitol Office:
325-B Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg.
Atlanta, Ga 30334
Phone: (404) 463-5257
Fax: (404) 463-2535

District Office:
P.O. Box 2000
Cornelia, Ga 30535
(706) 499-7567
Email:
Jim.Butterworth@senate.ga.gov




Mark Schuessler
FMDAC Alliance Liaison

 

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