§ 2-23-10. Enforcement; Corrective Action Plan; Revocation of Licenses; Reporting of Licensees and Permittees to Attorney General
A violation of a plan authorized by Code Section 2-23-11 and approved by the secretary of agriculture of the United States by a licensee or permittee shall be subject to enforcement in accordance with this Code section. A licensee or permittee under this chapter shall be required to conduct a corrective action plan if the […]
§ 2-23-11. Plan for Regulation; Approval
Within 60 days of May 10, 2019, the Commissioner, in consultation with the Governor and Attorney General, shall submit to the secretary of agriculture of the United States a plan under which the department intends to regulate hemp production and which shall include: A practice to maintain relevant information regarding land on which hemp is […]
§ 2-23-12. Rules and Regulations
The department, in consultation with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, shall promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall include the plan provided for in Code Section 2-23-11 upon the approval of such plan by the secretary of agriculture of the United States. History. Code […]
§ 2-19-5. Georgia Cotton Producers Indemnity Fund of 1999 Created
There is created a fund to be known as the Georgia Cotton Producers Indemnity Fund of 1999. The Commissioner shall be the custodian of the fund, shall administer the fund, and may invest the resources of the fund in the same manner and fashion that an insurer authorized to issue contracts of life insurance is […]
§ 2-22-4. Weighing and Measuring of Poultry
Any contract grower or contract producer or the designee thereof shall have the right to be present at the weighing of poultry produced by such grower or producer, be present at the weighing of feed delivered by the integrator or processor, and observe the weights and measures used to determine compensation due such grower or […]
§ 2-19-5.1. “Cotton Ginner” Defined; Payment of Excess Funds in Indemnity Fund; Filing Claims
As used in this Code section, the term: “Contingent claim” means a claim filed because a trustee in bankruptcy had asserted, on or before March 1, 2001, a preference claim against the claimant to recover payments without which the claimant would have suffered a loss compensable under this chapter. “Contingent claim” also means a claim […]
§ 2-22-5. Application of Fair Business Practices Act
Violations of the provisions of Code Section 2-22-3 or 2-22-4 shall be subject to the same civil remedies and in the same manner as provided by Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, the “Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,” for persons whose business or property has been injured or damaged […]
§ 2-19-6. Stipulations on Acceptance of Indemnity Payments; Recovery of Payments by the Commissioner
Acceptance of an indemnity payment made pursuant to this chapter shall subrogate the state, to the extent of such indemnity payment, to any right or right of action accruing to the claimant to recover payments on account of losses resulting from the loss of the cotton or proceeds from the sale of the cotton with […]
§ 2-19-7. Violations of Chapter
Any person who asserts a false claim under the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section 16-10-20 and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in such Code section. Upon conviction thereof, such person shall further forfeit any benefit received pursuant to this chapter and shall reimburse and repay […]
§ 2-19-8. Appropriation of Funds by the General Assembly
No indemnity payments shall be paid pursuant to this chapter unless the General Assembly appropriates not less than $5 million of state funds to the Georgia Cotton Producers Indemnity Fund of 1999, and such appropriated state funds become available to the fund on or before July 1, 1999, for the purpose of making indemnity payments. […]