I'm going to attempt to clarify what I understand the current state of affairs and anyone with better solid information please correct.
All that has happened fully at this point is the state of GA passed a law, HB 201, giving the Board of Natural Resources the authority to create rules and regulations regarding anchoring in the state.
The law allows anchoring restrictions. However, it doesn't specify what they should be other than saying it should be illegal to anchor in estuarine areas unless designated as anchorage areas (doesn't prevent the entire state from being so designated), that a live-aboard vessel can not discharge treated or untreated sewage in estuarine areas, that a live-aboard vessel must have discharge locked off much as in other NDZ areas. It does not define live-aboard vessel as they tried and removed that portion. It doesn't establish time limits as they tried and removed that portion. It doesn't say anything about 1000 feet from structures.
Not unusual in nature, it does very little on it's own, passing the buck to the Board of Natural Resources. Now, they've been drafting regulations for months on end, but have lined through huge sections including the same parts mentioned above. The only part they seemed to be firm on was the permit fees but, of course, that's with no method of obtaining them.
It's certainly worth keeping an eye on and sending correspondence, but they're a long way from implementation, in my opinion, and likely even when they try to implement to have to reverse course.
As of today, I can't tell anything has effectively changed. I can't even speculate as to when rules or regulations will be finalized and even then as to how they'll be enforced, how one will get permits, and how long before they're repealed in part or whole. As of today, there's no plan and I can't even tell if there's a plan for a plan.
Will someone please tell me where the 1000 ft from structures appears as I haven't seen that anywhere I've looked.