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Bareboat Charters: Can a Shipowner Limit Liability to Third Parties? Answers for Owners Attempting to Navigate the Unsettled Waters in the Eleventh Circuit

A bareboat charter is a contractual agreement akin to the lease of a vessel whereby most of the “customary liabilities” of the owner are shifted to the charterer. Some courts have raised concerns over bareboat charters—also referred to as a demise charter—regarding the ability of owners to use

By  ,   and  John W. Chitty
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WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATECRAFTS Registration, Operation, and Sale of Watercraft: Enact Certain Provisions Relating to Persons Convicted of Operating a Moving Vessel, Moving Water Skis, Moving Aquaplane, Moving Surfboard, or Personal Watercra...

The Act amends the Georgia Registration, Operation, and Sale of Watercraft Act by (1) making it an offense for a person under the age of twenty-one to operate a vessel with a blood alcohol content of 0.02 grams or more and (2) creating a separate offense of child endangerment

By  ,   and  William E. Porter
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CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Interstate Compacts: Allocate Surface Water Resources from the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Between Georgia and Alabama; Allocate Surface Water Resources from the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin ...

Act 6 enacts the Alabama-Coose-Tallapoosa between Georgia and Alabama of surface waters from the basin. Act 7 enacts the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact for allocation among Alabama, Florida, and Georgia of surface waters from the basin. The Acts do not provide specific percentages or formulas under which the surface waters

By  ,   and  Georgia State University Law Review
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WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT Registration, Operation, and Sale of Watercraft: Redefine "Vessel"; Create the Felony Crimes of Homicide by Vessel, Feticide by Vessel, and Serious Injury by Vessel

The Act amends the Georgia Boat Safety Act by providing a new definition of the term “vessel. Additionally, the Act designates homicide by vessel in the first and second degree, feticide by vessel in the first and second degree, and serious injury by vessel as new crimes. Download

By  ,   and  Julie J. Srochi
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WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATER CRAFT General Provisions: Prohibit Certain Structures on Tidewaters Held in Public Trust and Navigable Waters

The Act provides procedures for the removal of floating structures used for habitation which have been fastened to the banks of, or embedded in, the beds of tidewaters of the state which are held in public trust or are navigable streams or rivers. The Act also directs the Department of

By  ,   and  Sarah L. Inderbitzin
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CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Georgia Water Supply Act: Authorize Department of Natural Resources to Build and Manage Reservoirs

The Act amends the Georgia Code provisions relating to water resources by authorizing the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to acquire or construct water supply reservoirs. The Act also authorizes the DNR to operate and maintain any project that embraces a water source or that distributes or sells water and

By  ,   and  W. Linkous