§ 2-5-1. Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the “Department of Agriculture Registration, License, and Permit Act.” History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 307, § 1.
§ 2-5-2. Applicability of Chapter
This chapter shall apply to all applications to the department for registrations, licenses, or permits required by law or regulation. History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 307, § 2.
§ 2-5-3. Applications — Designation of Address or Agent for Service of Process; Forwarding to Secretary of State
All applications to the department for registrations, licenses, or permits shall: Designate an address in this state where the applicant can be personally served with legal process; Contain an appointment of an agent in this state for acceptance of service of legal process, together with the agent’s address in this state; or Contain a designation […]
§ 2-5-4. Applications — Admission That Applicant Is Doing Business in State
The filing of an application with the department for registration, a license, or a permit shall constitute an admission by the applicant that the applicant is doing business in this state. History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 307, § 4.
§ 2-5-4.1. Applications — Form of Submission; Payment of Fees
The department is authorized to accept applications either in writing or through available electronic media approved by the Commissioner. The payment of fees and the acceptance of such fees by the department may be accomplished in any manner, including electronic fund transfers, approved by the Commissioner. History. Code 1981, § 2-5-4.1 , enacted by Ga. […]
§ 2-5-5. Grounds for Denial of Registration, License, or Permit; Hearing
The Commissioner may deny registration, a license, or a permit to: Any applicant with a criminal record; Any applicant who is found by the Commissioner to have violated any law administered by the department or any regulation or quarantine of the department; A corporation, when any of its officers has a criminal record or is […]
§ 2-5-6. Grounds for Revocation; Hearing
The Commissioner may revoke any outstanding registration, license, or permit where the holder of the same or any officer or agent of the holder is found by the Commissioner to have violated any law administered by the department or any regulation or quarantine of the department, provided that no registration, license, or permit shall be […]
§ 2-5-7. Registration, License, or Permit Certificates as Evidence Thereof; Republication and Reissuance Unnecessary
All license, registration, and permit certificates published by the department shall, upon issuance, be permanent evidence of the pertinent licenses, registrations, and permits they are published for, until their surrender, abandonment, revocation, cancellation, or nonrenewal. No subsequent republication and reissuance of certificates for periodically renewable licenses, registrations, and permits by the department shall be necessary; […]
§ 2-5-8. Rules and Regulations
The Commissioner shall make and publish in print or electronically such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 307, § 7; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.