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GA Code § 2-8-78 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-78. Applicability to Retailers of Peanuts

 This article shall not be applicable to any retailer of peanuts except to the extent that any retailer also engages in the processing or distribution of peanuts as defined in this article.    (Code 1981, §2-8-78, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-79 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-79. Applicability of "Georgia Administrative Procedure act."

 The promulgation, adoption, and amendment of rules and regulations by the commission shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."    (Code 1981, §2-8-79, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-90 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-90. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Advertising and sales promotion" means, in addition to the ordinarily accepted meaning thereof, trade promotion and activities for the prevention, modification, or removal of trade barriers which restrict the normal flow of Georgia grown products to market and may include the presentation of facts to and negotiations with state, federal, or foreign governmental agencies on matters which affect the marketing of Georgia grown products.   "Commission" means the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products created under this article.   "Georgia grown products" means any agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, silvicultural, or vegetable products commercially produced in this state.   "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or any other business unit or any combination thereof and includes any state agency which engages in any of the commercial activities regulated pursuant to this article.   "Processor" means any person engaged within this state in the operation of receiving, grading, packing, canning, extracting, preserving, grinding, crushing, milling, or changing the form of a Georgia grown product for the purpose of preparing for market or marketing such product or engaged in any other activities performed for the purpose of preparing for market or marketing such product.   "Producer" means any person engaged within this state in the business of producing or causing to be produced for market Georgia grown products.     (Code 1981, §2-8-90, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 2/SB 340.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Agricultural Commodities Promotion," see 30 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2013).
GA Code § 2-8-91 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-91. Authority of Commissioner

 The Commissioner shall be authorized to exercise supervisory jurisdiction over the administration and enforcement of this article. In the performance of this duty, the Commissioner is authorized to utilize the personnel and facilities of the department.    (Code 1981, §2-8-91, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-92 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-92. Creation

 There is created the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products.    (Code 1981, §2-8-92, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-94 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-94. Public Corporation and Instrumentality of the State of Georgia

 The commission, with its name annexed thereto, shall be a public corporation and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia. By that name, style, and title, the commission may contract and be contracted with, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts.    (Code 1981, §2-8-94, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-95 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-95. Powers, Duties, and Authority of Commission

  The commission is authorized to accept donations, gifts, grants, and other funds or property and to use the same for commission purposes. The commission may exercise the powers and authority conferred by law upon corporations.   Funds received by the Commissioner under this article shall be held in trust for the commission. Such funds shall be deposited, accounted for, and disbursed in the same manner as the funds of this state but shall not be required to be deposited in the state treasury and appropriated therefrom as are other state funds. It is the express intent and purpose of this article to authorize the receipt, collection, and disbursement by the Commissioner of such funds as trust funds of the commission without complying with the requirement applicable to funds collected for the use and benefit of the state.   The Commissioner is authorized and it shall be his or her duty to receive, collect, and disburse the funds of the commission qualifying and operating under this article. The Commissioner shall disburse funds of the commission only upon the written authorization of the commission.   Any person who handles funds under this article shall be bonded with good and sufficient surety in an amount determined by the Commissioner for the accounting of any and all funds coming into his or her hands.     (Code 1981, §2-8-95, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-96 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-96. Immunity From Liability

 The members and employees of the commission and the Commissioner shall be immune from liability to the same extent as the state and state officers and employees under Article 2 of Chapter 21 of Title 50, "The Georgia Tort Claims Act."    (Code 1981, §2-8-96, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-97 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-97. Authority of Commissioner to Issue, Administer, and Enforce Provisions of Marketing Orders; Hearings

  The Commissioner, upon the approval and request of the commission, is authorized to issue, administer, and enforce the provisions of marketing orders.     Whenever the Commissioner has reason to believe that the issuance of a marketing order or amendments to an existing marketing order will tend to effectuate the declared policy of this article with respect to any Georgia grown product, he or she shall, either upon his or her own motion, upon the motion of the commission, upon the application of any producer, or any organization of such persons, give due notice of and an opportunity for a public hearing upon a proposed marketing order or amendments to an existing marketing order.   Notice of any hearing called for such purpose shall be given by the Commissioner or the commission by publishing a notice of such hearing for a period of not less than five days in a newspaper of general circulation published in the capital of this state and in such other newspapers as the Commissioner may prescribe. No such public hearing shall be held prior to five days after the last day of such period of publication. Such notice of hearing shall in all respects comply with the requirements of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."   The hearing shall be public and all testimony shall be received under oath. A full and complete record of the proceedings at such hearing shall be made and maintained. The hearing shall, in all respects, be conducted in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act." The hearing may be conducted by the commission, by a member of the commission, or by the Commissioner, as may be designated by the commission in each instance, but no decision shall be made based on hearings conducted other than by the commission itself, at which a majority of the members thereof are present, until the members of the commission have been afforded an opportunity to review the hearing record. Where the commission conducts hearings, its recommendation shall be based on the findings reached after a review of the record of the hearing.       (Code 1981, §2-8-97, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-98 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-98. Recommendation of Promulgation of a Marketing Order

 If, upon the basis of the record of testimony and evidence received at the hearing provided for in Code Section 2-8-97, the commission determines that the issuance of a marketing order or amendment will tend to effectuate the intent and purpose of this article, it may recommend the promulgation of a marketing order containing any one or more of the following provisions, but no others:    Provisions for the establishment of plans for advertising and sales promotion to maintain present markets or to create new or larger markets for Georgia grown products in this state or for the prevention, modification, or removal of trade barriers which obstruct the normal flow of Georgia grown products to market. The commission is authorized to prepare, issue, administer, and enforce plans for promoting the sale of Georgia grown products, provided that any such plan shall be directed toward promoting and increasing the sale, use, and utilization of Georgia grown products only, without reference to any other brand or trade name; and provided, further, that no advertising or sales promotion program shall be issued by the commission which makes use of false or unwarranted claims on behalf of or disparages the quality, value, sale, or use of any other commodity;   Provisions for carrying on research studies in promoting the production, marketing, sale, use and utilization, and improvement of Georgia grown products or any combination thereof and for the expenditure of moneys for such purposes; and   Provisions establishing or providing authority for establishing an educational program designed to acquaint producers or the general public about Georgia grown products.     (Code 1981, §2-8-98, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 2/SB 340.)
GA Code § 2-8-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-100. Levying and Collection of Assessments

  For the purpose of providing funds to defray the necessary expenses incurred by the commission in the formulation, issuance, administration, and enforcement of any marketing order which authorizes the carrying out of advertising and sales promotion plans, such order shall provide for the levying of assessments upon producers or processors utilizing the Georgia grown trademark. Such orders shall be in sufficient amounts to defray the expenses of such activities. Each such order shall indicate the maximum rate of any such assessment. The commission shall adopt budgets to cover such expenses and establish the assessment rate necessary to provide sufficient funds. If the commission finds that each such budget and assessment rate is proper and equitable and will provide sufficient moneys to defray such expenses, they may approve such budget and approve and levy such assessment.   The commission may prescribe such rules as may be necessary and reasonable for the orderly collection of assessments and may take all legal action necessary to enforce payment of such assessments.     (Code 1981, §2-8-100, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-101. Limitations on Application of Marketing Orders

 Marketing orders issued by the commission may be limited in their application by prescribing the marketing areas or portions of this state in which a particular order shall be effective, provided that no marketing order shall be issued by the commission unless it embraces all persons of a like class.    (Code 1981, §2-8-101, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-102 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-102. Deposit and Disbursement of Funds; Investment

  Any moneys collected by the commission or the Commissioner pursuant to this article shall be deposited in a bank or other depository approved by the commission and shall be disbursed by the Commissioner only for the necessary expenses incurred by the commission and the Commissioner, as approved by the commission. Funds so collected shall be deposited and disbursed in conformity with appropriate rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner. All such expenditures by the Commissioner shall be audited at least annually by the state auditor and a copy of such audit shall be delivered within 30 days after the completion thereof to the Governor, the Commissioner, and the commission. If ever the commission is abolished by law, any funds remaining in its hands at such time shall be used to pay the existing obligations of the commission and the expenses incurred in winding up the affairs of the commission. Any excess remaining shall escheat to the state and shall be paid by the Commissioner into the state treasury as unclaimed trust funds.   Moneys deposited by the Commissioner pursuant to this Code section which the commission determines are available for investment may be invested or reinvested by the Commissioner as provided for funds of this state or of any retirement system created by law, provided that all moneys invested shall be invested in those areas of production that will provide a return at the highest bank interest rate available. It shall be the duty of the commission to annually review these investments and determine that such investments comply with this Code section.     (Code 1981, §2-8-102, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-103. Duties of Attorney General

  The Attorney General of this state shall represent the commission in legal matters and shall be the attorney for the commission.   The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the commission, bring an action in the superior court in the name of the commission for civil penalties or for injunctive relief, including specific performance of any obligation imposed by a marketing order or any rule or regulation issued under this article, or both, against any person violating any provisions of this article or of any marketing order or any rule or regulation duly issued by the commission under this article. It shall not be necessary in such event to allege or prove lack of an adequate remedy at law.     (Code 1981, §2-8-103, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-104 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-104. Violations

 Any person who violates any provision of this article or any provision of any marketing order duly issued by the commission under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Code 1981, §2-8-104, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-105 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products|§ 2-8-105. Rules and Regulations

 The commission is empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of this article. The promulgation, adoption, and amendment of rules and regulations by the commission shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."    (Code 1981, §2-8-105, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 1/HB 298.)
GA Code § 2-8-120 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 5 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines|§ 2-8-120. Applicability

 This article shall apply only to the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines.    (Code 1981, §2-8-120, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 2/SB 380.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, "Commodity" was substituted for "Commodities".
GA Code § 2-8-121 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 5 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines|§ 2-8-121. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Advertising and sales promotion" means, in addition to the ordinarily accepted meaning thereof, trade promotion and activities for the prevention, modification, or removal of trade barriers which restrict the normal flow of equines to market and may include the presentation of facts to and negotiations with state, federal, or foreign governmental agencies on matters which affect the marketing of any equines.   "Commission" means the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines created under this article.   "Equine" means any member of the Equidae family, including horses, mules, hinnies, and asses.   "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or any other business unit or any combination thereof and includes any state agency which engages in any of the commercial activities regulated pursuant to this article.   "Producer" means any person who owns one or more equines or is engaged within this state in the business of buying, selling, boarding, holding, training, breeding, riding, pulling vehicles with, or otherwise utilizing equines for similar purposes.     (Code 1981, §2-8-121, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 2/SB 380.)
GA Code § 2-8-122 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 5 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines|§ 2-8-122. Commissioner's Authority

 The Commissioner shall be authorized to exercise supervisory jurisdiction over the administration and enforcement of this article. In the performance of this duty, the Commissioner is authorized to utilize the personnel and facilities of the department.    (Code 1981, §2-8-122, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 2/SB 380.)
GA Code § 2-8-123 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 5 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines|§ 2-8-123. Commission Created

 There is created the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines.    (Code 1981, §2-8-123, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 2/SB 380.)
GA Code § 2-8-125 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 5 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines|§ 2-8-125. Commission to Be a Public Corporation and Instrumentality of the State; Powers; Transaction of Commission Business

 The commission, with its name annexed thereto, shall be a public corporation and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia. By that name, style, and title, the commission may contract and be contracted with, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts. The commission shall name its chairperson and determine a quorum for the transaction of business. The commission shall assume the duties and exercise the authority provided in this article without further formality than that provided in this article. Each member of the commission shall be a public officer and shall take an oath of office faithfully to perform his or her duties. Such oath shall be administered by the Commissioner or some other person qualified to administer oaths. The fact of a member's appointment shall be certified to the Secretary of State, who shall issue the appropriate commission under the seal of his or her office.    (Code 1981, §2-8-125, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 2/SB 380.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, "each" was deleted preceding "the commission" in the fifth sentence.
GA Code § 2-8-126 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 5 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines|§ 2-8-126. Receipt, Collection, and Disbursement of Funds

 The Commissioner is authorized and it shall be his or her duty to receive, collect, and disburse the funds of the commission qualifying and operating under this article. The Commissioner shall disburse funds of the commission only upon the written authorization of the commission.    (Code 1981, §2-8-126, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 2/SB 380.)
GA Code § 2-8-127 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 5 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines|§ 2-8-127. Funds Received Under This Article to Be Held in Trust for the Commission

 Funds received by the Commissioner under this article shall be held in trust for the commission. Such funds shall be deposited, accounted for, and disbursed in the same manner as the funds of this state but shall not be required to be deposited in the state treasury and appropriated therefrom as are other state funds. It is the express intent and purpose of this article to authorize the receipt, collection, and disbursement by the Commissioner of such funds as trust funds of the commission without complying with the requirement applicable to funds collected for the use and benefit of the state.    (Code 1981, §2-8-127, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 2/SB 380.)
GA Code § 2-8-128 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 5 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines|§ 2-8-128. Persons Handling Funds to Be Bonded

 Any person who handles funds under this article shall be bonded with good and sufficient surety in an amount determined by the Commissioner for the accounting of any and all funds coming into his or her hands.    (Code 1981, §2-8-128, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 2/SB 380.)
GA Code § 2-8-129 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 5 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines|§ 2-8-129. Committee Members and Employees Not Responsible Individually for Errors in Judgment, Mistakes or Other Acts

 The members and employees of the commission and the Commissioner shall not be held responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any producer, distributor, or other person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as principal, agent, person, or employee, except for their own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. No such person or employee shall be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any other member of the commission. The liability of the members of the commission shall be several and not joint and no member shall be liable for the default of any other member.    (Code 1981, §2-8-129, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 2/SB 380.)