§ 10-4-111. Meetings of Advisory Board; Duties; Fixing Opening Date of Marketing Season; Revocation of License for Early Sale
The board shall meet in June of each year, or upon the call of the chairman, to survey the condition of the tobacco crop and recommend an opening date of the marketing season. The chairman shall determine the time and place of the meeting. The board shall recommend to the Commissioner of Agriculture a date […]
§ 10-4-142. Licenses for Carry-Over Tobacco Services
No person, real or corporate, shall operate a service for receiving within this state flue-cured leaf tobacco for the purpose of weighing, redrying, and storing said tobacco from the year of production until the subsequent selling season for sale at that time without first having obtained a license from the Commissioner of Agriculture. Each license […]
§ 10-4-112. Limitations on Sales Hours and Days of Warehouses
The operating day of each flue-cured leaf tobacco warehouse shall not exceed the number of hours required to handle and sell adequately and efficiently the number of pounds or piles of tobacco allowed to be sold each day. The operating week of such warehouse shall be limited to five actual selling days, provided that no […]
§ 10-4-143. Fire and Extended Coverage Insurance on Stored Tobacco
As a prerequisite to the issuance of a license under this part, each applicant shall furnish evidence to the Commissioner of Agriculture that there is in force an insurance policy against loss or damage by fire and such other perils as are commonly insured against under extended coverage provisions, for its full value, upon the […]
§ 10-4-113. Maximum Rate of Sales
The maximum rate of sales at any flue-cured leaf tobacco warehouse shall not exceed 500 baskets during any one hour, nor shall the rate of sales during any one day or week exceed 500 baskets per hour. History. Ga. L. 1960, p. 214, § 12; Ga. L. 1969, p. 941, § 1.
§ 10-4-114. Auction Tobacco Dealers; Licenses; Regulations as to Reports and Records; Refusal, Suspension, or Revocation of License
Any person, firm, or corporation purchasing tobacco at auction at any flue-cured leaf tobacco auction sales establishment licensed under this Code section shall be deemed to be a tobacco dealer. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to engage in the business of a tobacco dealer without first having secured a license […]
§ 10-4-115. Nonauction Tobacco Dealers Licensed; Bond or Trust Fund Agreement; Records and Reports; Certified Public Weighers Provided; Penalty
Any person, firm, or corporation purchasing flue-cured leaf tobacco from producers other than at auction sales shall be required to apply to and obtain from the Commissioner of Agriculture a nonauction tobacco dealer’s license prior to engaging in such purchase operations. Such license shall be renewable on an annual basis. There shall be an annual […]
§ 10-4-116. Inspection of Premises and Records
The Commissioner of Agriculture, himself or through his agent, is authorized to inspect the premises of each licensee as often as he shall deem necessary. It shall be the duty of each licensee to cause to be kept records that shall be open to inspection by the Commissioner in such manner as to show accurately […]
§ 10-4-117. Certified Public Weighers to Be Provided by Licensees
It shall be the duty of each licensee to provide a certified public weigher for the weighing of tobacco upon his premises; and it shall be unlawful for any person to weigh tobacco for sale who is not a certified public weigher. History. Ga. L. 1960, p. 214, § 18. Cross references. Certified public weigher […]
§ 10-4-117.1. Detention of Tobacco; Notice; Condemnation; Cost of Testing
Whenever a duly authorized agent of the Commissioner finds or has probable cause to believe that any tobacco has been treated with any pesticide not currently registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Commissioner, or both, for use on tobacco or contains a residue of any pesticide or other substance at a […]