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GA Code § 10-2-47 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 2 - Weights and Measures|Article 2 - Certified Public Weighers|§ 10-2-47. Return of Seal on Termination of Duties

 In the interest of public welfare, the seal provided for a certified public weigher shall be the property of the State of Georgia and shall be returned to the Commissioner upon termination of the duties as a certified public weigher.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1179, § 11.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weights and Measures, § 19.   C.J.S.   - 94 C.J.S., Weights and Measures, § 13 et seq.
GA Code § 10-2-48 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 2 - Weights and Measures|Article 2 - Certified Public Weighers|§ 10-2-48. Duties of Certified Public Weighers

 It shall be the duty of bonded certified public weighers licensed under this article to issue certificates of weight, measure, count, or recording on forms to be approved by the Commissioner and to comply with this article and the rules and regulations promulgated relating thereto.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1179, § 4; Ga. L. 1956, p. 631, § 5.)   Cross references.   - Requirements regarding weighing of railroad cars by certified public weighers, § 46-9-50.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weights and Measures, § 19.   C.J.S.   - 94 C.J.S., Weights and Measures, § 13 et seq.
GA Code § 10-2-49 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 2 - Weights and Measures|Article 2 - Certified Public Weighers|§ 10-2-49. Use of Untested Weight, Measure, or Device Prohibited

 It shall be unlawful for any certified public weigher to use any weights, measures, reading, or recording device which has not been tested and approved by the Commissioner or his assistant, deputy, or inspector in accordance with Article 1 of this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1179, § 9.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 94 C.J.S., Weights and Measures, § 34.
GA Code § 10-2-50 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 2 - Weights and Measures|Article 2 - Certified Public Weighers|§ 10-2-50. Weighing Leaf Tobacco and Livestock

  On and after March 9, 1956, all leaf tobacco sold, or offered for sale, in a tobacco warehouse shall be weighed by a certified public weigher who has been licensed by the Commissioner.   Livestock of any kind sold or offered for sale at any sales or auction barn shall be weighed by a certified public weigher who has been licensed by the Commissioner.    (Ga. L. 1956, p. 631, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1991, p. 322, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Section is applicable to any place where livestock is sold  or offered for sale. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 10.
GA Code § 10-2-51 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 2 - Weights and Measures|Article 2 - Certified Public Weighers|§ 10-2-51. Sale of Coal or Coke by Itinerant Dealer Without Having Weight Certified; Penalty

 Any itinerant dealer who shall sell or offer to sell coal or coke by a weight other than a weight certified by a person licensed under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Ga. L. 1957, p. 374, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 94 C.J.S., Weights and Measures, § 8 et seq.
GA Code § 10-2-52 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 2 - Weights and Measures|Article 2 - Certified Public Weighers|§ 10-2-52. Commissioner of Agriculture to Administer Article; Rules and Regulations; Regulation of Livestock Auction Barns

 This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture, and he is empowered to make and promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of this article and may regulate sales order of livestock at auction sales barns.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1179, § 2; Ga. L. 1956, p. 631, § 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weights and Measures, § 10.   C.J.S.   - 94 C.J.S., Weights and Measures, § 2 et seq.
GA Code § 10-2-53 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 2 - Weights and Measures|Article 2 - Certified Public Weighers|§ 10-2-53. Administrative Penalty for Violation of Article or Order, Rule, or Regulation; Judicial Review; Proceedings for Collection

  As an alternative to criminal or other civil enforcement, the Commissioner, in order to enforce this article or any orders, rules, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, after a hearing, may issue an administrative order imposing a penalty not to exceed $1,000.00 for each violation whenever the Commissioner, after a hearing, determines that any person has violated this article or any rules, regulations, or orders promulgated under this article. The hearing and any administrative review thereof shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures for contested cases under Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."   Any person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available and who is aggrieved or adversely affected by any final order or action of the Commissioner shall have the right of judicial review thereof in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50.   All penalties recovered as provided in this Code section shall be paid into the state treasury.   The Commissioner may file in the superior court wherein the person under order resides, or, if said person is a corporation, in the county wherein the corporation maintains its principal place of business, or in the county wherein the violation occurred, a certified copy of a final order of the Commissioner unappealed from, or of a final order of the Commissioner affirmed upon appeal, whereupon said court shall render judgment in accordance therewith and notify the parties. The judgment shall have the same effect, and all proceedings in relation thereto shall thereafter be the same, as though the judgment has been rendered in a suit duly heard and determined by the court.   The penalty prescribed in this Code section shall be concurrent, alternative, and cumulative with any and all other civil, criminal, or alternative rights, remedies, forfeitures, or penalties provided, allowed, or available to the Commissioner with respect to any violation of this article and any orders, rules, or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.    (Ga. L. 1979, p. 654, § 1.)
GA Code § 10-2-54 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 2 - Weights and Measures|Article 2 - Certified Public Weighers|§ 10-2-54. Criminal Penalties for Violations; Revocation of Licenses; Forfeiture of Seals

  Any certified public weigher who shall issue a certificate giving a false weight, measure, count, or reading, or who shall misrepresent the weight, measure, count, or reading of any commodity, produce, or article, or who shall otherwise violate this article or any of the rules promulgated by authority of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and, in addition thereto, his license as a certified public weigher shall be revoked and he shall forfeit his seal, which, when so forfeited, shall be turned over to the Commissioner.   Any person, firm, or corporation who shall request a certified public weigher to weigh, measure, count, read, or record any commodity, product, or article falsely or incorrectly or who shall request a false or inaccurate certificate of weight, measure, count, reading, or recording; or any person issuing a certificate of weight, measure, count, or recording within the meaning of this article who is not licensed as a certified public weigher in accordance with this article; or any person who shall in any way impersonate by acting as, or for, a certified public weigher; or any person who shall erase, change, or alter any certificate issued by a certified public weigher, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Failure or refusal of a person licensed as a certified public weigher under this article to surrender the official seal to the Commissioner upon termination of his license or for malfeasance in office shall be a misdemeanor, and any person convicted thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $200.00, or by imprisonment for not more than three months, in the discretion of the court.    (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1179, §§ 7, 8, 11; Ga. L. 1956, p. 334, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weights and Measures, §§ 6 et seq., 24, 26, 40 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 94 C.J.S., Weights and Measures, § 13 et seq.   ALR.    - Liability of public weigher, 23 A.L.R. 1429.
GA Code § 10-4-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-1. Short Title

 This article shall be cited as the "Georgia State Warehouse Act."   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 1.)
GA Code § 10-4-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-2. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Agricultural product" means individually and collectively all grains, cotton, meat, fruits, vegetables, and other farm products offered or accepted for storage in their raw or natural state; provided, however, that products which have been processed only to the extent of shelling, cleaning, and grading shall be included; and, provided, further, that any warehouseman storing refrigerated or processed agricultural products may, at his option, come under the operation of this article.   "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture.   "Grain" means all products commonly classed as grain, such as wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, rice, field peas, soybeans, clover, grain sorghum, and other products ordinarily stored in grain warehouses.   "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other organized group having a joint or common interest.   "Producer" means a farmer or grower of agricultural products.   "Public warehouse" or "warehouse" means any building, structure, or other enclosure other than a refrigerated building or structure in this state at which any agricultural product is received from the public for storage for hire.   "Receipt" means a warehouse receipt issued under this article.   "Storer" means the depositor of agricultural products stored under a nonnegotiable receipt or the holder of a negotiable receipt for such products issued by a warehouseman licensed under this article.   "Warehouseman" means a person engaged in the business of operating a warehouse or any person who uses or undertakes to use a warehouse for the purpose of storing agricultural products for compensation for more than one person; provided, however, any person operating a warehouse not covered by this article may elect to come under this article.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 10.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   "Agricultural product" includes pine cones.   - Pine cones may come under this article being includable in "agricultural product" as used therein. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 14.    Lumber is not an "agricultural product"  within the meaning of this article. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 12.    Warehouse storing cotton linters, cotton mill waste, and rayon  can be licensed under this article if the warehouseman requests to be licensed. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 3.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 2.   24B Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Warehouses, § 1.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 1 et seq.
GA Code § 10-4-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-3. State Warehouse Section Established; Supervisor of Section

 Within the police powers of the state and for the general welfare, there is established as provided in this article a warehouse system for the State of Georgia as a section of the Marketing Division of the Department of Agriculture under the supervision and control of the Commissioner of Agriculture. The Commissioner is authorized to appoint a supervisor of such section, subject to the provisions of Chapter 20 of Title 45. The supervisor shall give bond in such amount as the Commissioner shall determine for the faithful performance of his duties and the proper accounting of all funds coming into his hands.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 4; Ga. L. 1959, p. 246, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, §§ 4, 10.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 5, 6, 7.
GA Code § 10-4-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-4. Exemptions From Article; Warehousemen Electing to Be Covered

  The provisions of this article shall not be construed to apply to:   Any warehouse licensed under the United States Warehouse Act, as amended, if the licensee has in effect a federal bond in an amount not less than the amount of the bond which would be required under subsections (a) and (b) of Code Section 10-4-12; or   Any warehouse kept or maintained by any warehouseman on the premises of any other person under a contract between the warehouseman and the other person for the primary purpose of storage therein of agricultural products of the other person, provided that no agricultural products are stored therein for the account of any producer other than the other person; provided, however, that such warehouseman may come under this article at his option.     Any person, firm, corporation, or association storing peanuts, cottonseed, or tobacco may be required only, at his or its option, by application, to qualify and come under this article.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 30; Ga. L. 1983, p. 946, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Warehouse storing cotton linters, cotton mill waste, and rayon  can be licensed under this article if the warehouseman requests to be licensed under the article. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 3.   Exemption of federally licensed agricultural warehouse.   - Any warehouse storing agricultural products in this state that is licensed for the storage of agricultural products pursuant to the United States Warehouse Act is exempt from this article, including the licensing and bonding requirements contained therein. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-40.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, §§ 2, 4, 6, 8, 13 et seq.
GA Code § 10-4-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-5. Powers and Duties of Commissioner; Annual Reports; Adoption of Rules and Regulations

  It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to foster and promote in every possible way good warehousing practices so as to afford proper storage of agricultural products; to enforce with vigilance this article; to promulgate such rules and regulations having the force and effect of law as will effectuate the purposes of this article.   The Commissioner shall, on or before January 1, prepare and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report covering all the activities of the Commissioner for the preceding year which shall, among other things, show the number of licenses issued, the number of warehouse examinations made on application for license, and the number of examinations of warehouses to ascertain whether their operation, condition, and business are in compliance with this article and the rules and regulations promulgated under this article. The report shall account for all fees collected and money expended and shall indicate the fiscal needs for administration of this article for the succeeding year. The report may be printed by the Commissioner and distributed to any persons, organizations, and public officials as may be interested.   The Commissioner is authorized to investigate the storage and weighing of agricultural products; at any time, to examine or cause to be examined all warehouses under this article and all agricultural products stored therein; to determine whether such warehouses are suitable for the proper storage of the agricultural product or products stored or proposed to be stored therein; and to classify such warehouses in accordance with their ownership, location, surroundings, capacity, conditions, and other qualities, and as to the kinds of licenses issued or that may be issued for them pursuant to this article.   The Commissioner may make such rules and regulations as are necessary or appropriate governing the operation of warehouses under this article with respect to their receipt, care, and delivery of and responsibility for agricultural products received at such warehouses for storage; the issuance, cancellation, division, and consolidation of receipts and other matters relative to the management of the business of such warehouses; and such other rules and regulations as are necessary or appropriate to carry out this article, to the end that any farmer or producer or storer of agricultural commodities may be assured that agricultural products stored by him are maintained in as nearly the same status as practicable according to the grade, standard, and condition as when stored.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, §§ 3, 25; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 10.)   Cross references.   - Authority of Commissioner of Agriculture to impose penalty in lieu of other action, § 2-2-10.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, §§ 4, 13.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 5, 6, 7, 11.
GA Code § 10-4-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-6. Procedure for Adopting or Changing Rules and Regulations; Administrative Review of Objections

  Prior to the adoption or change of any rule or regulation, the Commissioner shall promulgate the proposed rule or regulation or change and afford interested persons opportunity to be heard and submit data and views orally or in writing.   Any person with a real and substantial interest who is affected by a rule or regulation of the Commissioner and who believes that the Commissioner, in the promulgation or enforcement of such rule or regulation, has exceeded authority vested in him by the General Assembly under the Constitution of Georgia or of the United States shall have the right to petition the Commissioner of Agriculture for the repeal or revision of such rule by pointing out in what respect and for what reasons he contends the rule to be unlawful or unconstitutional. The Commissioner is required to consider every such petition and afford the petitioner an opportunity to be heard within 30 days and, after argument, the Commissioner shall determine the merits of the petition. If the Commissioner decides in whole or in part in favor of the petitioner, the Commissioner shall take corrective measures within 30 days after the hearing to give the petitioner relief in every respect from any unlawful or unconstitutional rule or regulation. The foregoing is expressly made an administrative remedy; and every person affected by any rule or regulation or any act of the Commissioner is required to exhaust this remedy before taking any other steps, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."   All hearings before the Commissioner shall be stenographically reported by a qualified court reporter and shall be available to any interested party upon payment of the stenographic costs.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 26; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 10.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, §§ 4, 5 et seq., 13 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 5, 6, 7, 11.
GA Code § 10-4-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-7. Uniform Application of Orders, Fees, Rules, and Regulations

 All rules and regulations, orders, schedules of charges, and fees approved or promulgated or issued by the Commissioner under the terms of this article shall be of uniform application to all warehouses of the same class throughout the state.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 27.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, §§ 1, 5 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 5, 6, 7, 11.
GA Code § 10-4-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-8. Existing Interstate Commerce Regulations Not Affected

 Nothing contained in this article shall be interpreted so as to conflict with any existing regulations of the federal government, or of the federal and state governments jointly, governing inspection of goods in interstate commerce.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 31.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, §§ 2, 5, 13 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
GA Code § 10-4-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-9. Judicial Review of Administrative Decision

 Any person aggrieved by a final determination or decision of the Commissioner in any matter in which a hearing is required or authorized by this article or the state or federal constitutions is entitled to judicial review thereof in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," for the judicial review of contested cases.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 29.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 11.
GA Code § 10-4-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-11. License for Person Electing to Comply With Article and Regulations

 If not otherwise required by this article, any person operating a warehouse for the storage of agricultural products may elect to come within this article and, upon approval of the Commissioner, may be licensed under this article. As a condition to the granting of a license under this article, the applicant must agree to comply with this article and any and all regulations promulgated under this article, as well as any and all regulations issued by the Commissioner relating to the storage of agricultural products in the warehouse of the applicant.   (Ga. L. 1959, p. 246, § 5; Ga. L. 1977, p. 289, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Licensing not restricted to agricultural warehouses.   - Although warehousemen engaged in the storage of agricultural products automatically come within the purview of this article, the licensing privilege is not restricted to such persons; any person operating a warehouse not covered by the provisions of the article may elect to become regulated in accordance with the requirements set forth therein. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-18.   Any warehouseman may elect to come under article.   - While not automatically covered by this article, any person operating a warehouse for storage of products other than agricultural products may elect to come within its provisions, and upon approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture may be licensed, provided the applicant agrees to comply with the provisions of the article and all regulations promulgated thereunder. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-18.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 14.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 8, 9.