§ 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 […]
§ 10-4-113. 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 […]
§ 10-4-102. Physical Standards for Leaf Tobacco Warehouses; Compliance as Prerequisite for License
In addition to other authority granted him by this part, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be authorized to promulgate regulations prescribing physical standards for buildings used as warehouses for the storage or sale of leaf tobacco. Such standards shall be reasonably designed to ensure the protection of producers and others from loss or damage to […]
§ 10-4-103. Insurance as Prerequisite for License
As a prerequisite to the issuance of a license under this part, each applicant shall furnish evidence to the Commissioner of Agriculture that he has in force a standard fire and extended coverage insurance policy for the full market value of the tobacco in his sales warehouse for the marketing season for which the license […]
§ 10-4-104. Allocating Sales Opportunities Among Licensed Warehouses
In the event sales opportunity shall be designated or allocated to this state by any regulatory group or committee, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be authorized to allocate such sales opportunity among the warehouses operating under license issued under this part in such manner as to effectuate the expressed intent and purpose of this part. […]
§ 10-4-105. Denial of Issuance or Suspension or Revocation of License
In addition to other authority granted him by this part, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be authorized to deny issuance of, or to suspend or revoke, any license provided in this part for any violation of this part, or upon a finding that the applicant or licensee has engaged in conduct contrary to the expressed […]