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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 2. AGRICULTURE |
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Chapter 12. FERTILIZERS, LIMING MATERIALS, AND SOIL AMENDMENTS |
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Article 1. FERTILIZERS |
| § 2-12-1. Short title |
| § 2-12-2. Definitions |
| § 2-12-3. Commissioner to administer article |
| § 2-12-4. Licensing requirements generally; fees; renewal; contents |
| § 2-12-5. Nonresident licensees |
| § 2-12-6. Labeling of fertilizer |
| § 2-12-7. Inspection of fertilizer; methods of sampling and analysis; distribution of results |
| § 2-12-8. Inspection fees; quarterly report; collection penalty; effect of failure to file report and pay assessment |
| § 2-12-9. Penalties for plant food deficiencies; time for payment; effect of failure to pay; alteration of content of fertilizer by recipient |
| § 2-12-10. Distribution of misbranded fertilizer prohibited; when misbranded |
| § 2-12-11. Distribution of adulterated fertilizer prohibited; when adulterated |
| § 2-12-12. Determination of value of ingredients; prohibition of use or deletion from label |
| § 2-12-13. Short weight penalty; adjustment of invoice |
| § 2-12-14. Exchange between licensees not restricted |
| § 2-12-15. Adoption and enforcement of rules and regulations generally |
| § 2-12-16. Revocation or denial of license; cancellation or refusal of registration |
| § 2-12-17. Stop sale, stop use, or removal orders |
| § 2-12-18. Seizure, condemnation, and disposition of nonconforming fertilizer |
| § 2-12-19. Injunctions |
| § 2-12-20. Notice of violations; administrative hearing; penalty for violation; prosecution |
| § 2-12-21. Local regulation prohibited |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 2 Chapter 12 Article 1 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Exemption of commercial fertilizers from property taxation, § 48-5-43.
EDITOR'S NOTES. --Ga. L. 1997, p. 1271, § 1, effective July 1, 1997, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article and enacted the current article. The former article, relating to the Georgia Plant Food Act of 1989, consisted of Code Sections 2-12-1 through 2-12-21, and was based on Ga. L. 1960, p. 916, §§ 1-8, 10, 11, 14-21, 24; Ga. L. 1970, p. 609, §§ 1-10, 12-20, 22; Ga. L. 1978, p. 218 §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1150, §§ 1-4, 6; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 2; Ga. L. 1989, p. 473, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 841, § 1.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Fertilizers, Official Compilation of Rules and Regulations of State of Georgia, Rules of Department of Agriculture, Chapter 40-6.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
AM. JUR. 2D. --3 Am. Jur. 2d, Agriculture, § 57.
C.J.S. --3 C.J.S., Agriculture, § 74.
EDITOR'S NOTES. --Ga. L. 1997, p. 1271, § 1, effective July 1, 1997, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article and enacted the current article. The former article, relating to the Georgia Plant Food Act of 1989, consisted of Code Sections 2-12-1 through 2-12-21, and was based on Ga. L. 1960, p. 916, §§ 1-8, 10, 11, 14-21, 24; Ga. L. 1970, p. 609, §§ 1-10, 12-20, 22; Ga. L. 1978, p. 218 §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1150, §§ 1-4, 6; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 2; Ga. L. 1989, p. 473, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 841, § 1.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Fertilizers, Official Compilation of Rules and Regulations of State of Georgia, Rules of Department of Agriculture, Chapter 40-6.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
AM. JUR. 2D. --3 Am. Jur. 2d, Agriculture, § 57.
C.J.S. --3 C.J.S., Agriculture, § 74.