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GA Code § 2-8-54 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-54. Authority; Legal Representation; Acceptance and Use of Donations, Gifts, and Other Property; Exercise of Powers of Corporations; Continuation of Existence of Commission; Authority to Lease or Purchase Property

  The commission is authorized to appoint advisory boards, special committees, and individuals, including technical and clerical personnel, to advise, aid, and assist the commission in the performance of its duties. Compensation for such services shall be fixed by the commission and may be paid from the funds of the commission. The Attorney General shall represent the commission in legal matters and shall be the attorney for the commission. If the Attorney General determines that outside legal counsel is necessary or desirable in connection with any legal matter of the commission, he shall so inform the commission and, upon approval of the commission, he shall employ such outside counsel. Compensation for such outside counsel shall be agreed upon between such counsel and the Attorney General, subject to the approval of the commission. Such compensation shall be paid from the funds of the commission. Neither Code Section 16-10-9 nor any other law shall prohibit or be applicable to the employment of such counsel.   The commission is authorized to accept donations, gifts, and other property and to use the same for commission purposes. The commission may exercise the powers and authority conferred by law upon corporations.   The commission shall continue as a public corporation and instrumentality of the State of Georgia until abolished by law or until terminated by referendum.   The commission is authorized to acquire, lease as lessee, purchase, hold, own, and use any franchise or real or personal property, whether tangible or intangible, or any interest therein and, whenever the same is no longer required for purposes of the commission, to sell, lease as lessor, transfer, or dispose thereof or to exchange the same for other property or rights which are useful for its purposes.     (Code 1981, §2-8-54, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 765, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-55 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-55. Commission as Public Corporation; Name Used in Contracts and Legal Proceedings; Chairman; Quorum; Oath of Office; Certification of Election

 The commission 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 chairman 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 duties. Such oath shall be administered by the Governor or some other person qualified to administer oaths. The fact of a member's election shall be certified to the Secretary of State, who shall issue the appropriate commission under the seal of his office.    (Code 1981, §2-8-55, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Commission's property exempt from ad valorem taxes.   - Because the property owned by the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts is public property, not used for the purpose of private or corporate profit and income, it is exempt from city and county ad valorem taxes. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 390.
GA Code § 2-8-56 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-56. Receipt, Collection, and Disbursal of Funds

 The commission is authorized and it shall be its duty to receive, collect, and disburse the funds of the commission.    (Code 1981, §2-8-56, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-57 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-57. Funds Held in Trust; Deposit, Accounting, and Disbursal of Funds; Exemption From Requirements Applicable to State Funds

 Funds received by the commission 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 commission 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, §2-8-57, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-58 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-58. Bond of Persons Handling Funds Under Article; Signing of Checks, Drafts, and Negotiable Instruments; Election, Powers, and Duties of Treasurer

 Any persons who handle funds under this article shall be bonded with good and sufficient surety in an amount determined by the commission for the accounting of any and all funds coming into their hands. All checks, drafts, and negotiable instruments which are drawn on or payable from the funds of the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts shall be signed by either the chairman or treasurer of the commission. It shall be the duty of the commission to elect annually a treasurer from among the membership of the commission. The treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as shall be provided by the commission.    (Code 1981, §2-8-58, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-59 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-59. Liability of Commission Members

 The members and employees of the commission shall not be held responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any producer, processor, distributor, or other handler or to any 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, §2-8-59, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-60 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-60. Authority to Confer With and Make Information Available to Governmental Authorities of This State, Other States, and the United States

 The commission is authorized to confer with and to make any information obtained pursuant to this article available to the duly constituted governmental authorities of this state, of other states, of political subdivisions of this state or other states, and of the United States who, by reason of their duties, have legitimate concern with the subject and to cooperate with all such authorities for the purpose of obtaining administrative uniformity and achieving the objectives of this article.    (Code 1981, §2-8-60, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-64 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-64. Limiting of Application of Marketing Order to Certain Marketing Areas or Portions of State

 Marketing orders issued by the commission under this article may be limited in their application by prescribing the marketing areas or portions of the 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 who are engaged in a specific and distinctive agricultural industry or trade within this state.    (Code 1981, §2-8-64, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-65 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-65. Seasonal Marketing Regulations; Legislative Findings; Interpretation of Code Section

  The commission without prior notice to and public hearing for the producers or handlers of the peanuts directly affected, may issue and make effective seasonal marketing regulations or modifications thereof, provided that the marketing order, made effective after due notice, public hearing, and written assent as required by this article, (1) provides for the issuance or modification of such seasonal marketing regulations without requiring such prior notice and public hearing, and (2) sets forth the limits within which such seasonal marketing regulations may be made effective or subsequently modified by the commission; and provided, further, that the commission finds that such seasonal marketing regulations or modifications thereof are reasonable and proper and a practical means of carrying out the marketing provisions authorized in such marketing order or agreement and will effectuate the declared purposes and policies of this article with respect to peanuts. Notice of the issuance and the effective date of any such seasonal marketing regulations or modifications thereof shall be given by the commission to all producers and handlers directly affected by any such regulations in the manner and within the time specified in the applicable marketing order or, in absence of such, as may be specified by the commission or as specified in the administrative rules and regulations made effective for such marketing order pursuant to subsection (f) of Code Section 2-8-63.   It is recognized that with respect to some peanuts, marketing, weather, and other conditions may change so rapidly as to require changes in seasonal marketing regulations from week to week or more often. It is intended that this Code section be interpreted liberally so that the commission may be enabled to carry out the marketing regulations and procedures authorized in this Code section in a practical and effective manner.     (Code 1981, §2-8-65, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-66 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-66. Applicability of Orders Regulating Minimum Quality, Condition, Size, or Maturity

 Whenever producers or handlers of peanuts regulated by a marketing order issued by the commission pursuant to this article are required to comply with minimum quality, condition, size, or maturity regulations, no person, except as otherwise provided in such order, shall process, distribute, or otherwise handle any of such peanuts from any source, whether produced within or outside this state, which peanuts do not meet such minimum requirements applicable to producers or handlers of such peanuts in this state, provided that such regulations shall not apply to any peanuts which have been produced outside of this state and are in transit on the effective date of the regulations.    (Code 1981, §2-8-66, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-68 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-68. Assessment Constitutes Personal Debt; Action for Collection; Fee for Late Payment; Remedies Cumulative

  Any assessment levied or established in accordance with this article in such specified amount as may be determined by the commission pursuant to this article shall constitute a personal debt of every person so assessed and shall be due and payable to the commission when payment is called for by the commission. In the event of the failure of such person to pay any such assessment upon the date determined by the commission, the commission may file an action against such person in a court of competent jurisdiction for the collection thereof.   In the event that any producer or handler duly assessed pursuant to this article fails to pay to the commission the amount so assessed on or before the date specified by the commission, the commission is authorized to add to such unpaid assessment an amount not exceeding 10 percent of such unpaid assessment to defray the cost of enforcing the collection of such unpaid assessment.   The provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section with respect to collection of assessments by action are in addition to and cumulative of the provisions of this article authorizing the issuance of executions for assessments by the commission. The 10 percent penalty authorized to be assessed upon delinquent assessments under subsection (b) of this Code section may likewise be included in any execution issued by the commission. Such remedies may be pursued concurrently until satisfaction is obtained upon either. Any penalty recovered shall become a part of the principal assessment levied and shall be for the use of the commission as are other moneys received under this article.     (Code 1981, §2-8-68, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-69 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-69. Books and Records of Processors and Distributors; Furnishing Information to Commission; Inspection of Books and Records; Confidentiality; Enforcement

  The commission may require any and all processors or distributors subject to the provisions of any marketing order issued pursuant to this article:   To maintain books and records reflecting their operations under the marketing order;   To furnish to the commission or its duly authorized or designated representatives such information as may from time to time be requested by them relating to operations under the marketing order; and   To permit inspection by the commission or its duly authorized or designated representatives of such portions of such books and records as relate to operations under the marketing order.     Information obtained by any person under this Code section shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by him to any other person, except to a person with like right to obtain the information or to any attorney employed to give legal advice thereupon or by court order.   In order to carry out the purposes of this Code section, the commission may hold hearings, take testimony, administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and issue subpoenas for the production of books, records, or documents of any kind.     (Code 1981, §2-8-69, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-70 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-70. Use of Designations of Grade, Quality, or Condition Without Complying With Regulations or Marketing Order

 Whenever the use by a producer or handler of a particular emblem, label, certificate, or other distinctive designation of grade, quality, or condition, other than grade or other quality designations then in effect pursuant to state or federal grade standards, is made contingent upon compliance with certain production or handling regulations authorized by a marketing order issued and made effective under this article, it shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person who is not participating in and complying with such order or regulations to use such designation of grade, quality, or condition.    (Code 1981, §2-8-70, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-72 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-72. Civil Penalty; Fixing Amount of Penalty; Civil Action; Disposition of Moneys

 Any person who violates any provision of this article or any marketing order duly issued by the commission and in effect under this article or who violates any rule or regulation issued by the commission pursuant to this article or of any marketing order duly issued and effective under this article shall be civilly liable to the commission for a penalty in an amount not to exceed $500.00 for each and every violation thereof, the amount of such penalty to be fixed by the commission after notice and hearing as provided by Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," for contested cases and recoverable by a civil action brought in the name of the commission or by execution issued in like manner as for assessments provided by Code Section 2-8-67. Any moneys recovered pursuant to this Code section shall be deposited and disbursed in accordance with subsection (e) of Code Section 2-8-67 as are other moneys.    (Code 1981, §2-8-72, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-73 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-73. Action by Attorney General for Civil Penalties or Injunctive Relief; Remedies Court May Impose; Payment of Costs

  The Attorney General of this state shall, upon complaint by the commission, or may, upon his own initiative if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a violation has occurred, 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.   If it appears to the court, upon any application for a temporary restraining order, upon the hearing of any order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be issued, or upon the hearing of any motion for a preliminary injunction, or if the court finds in any such action that any defendant therein is violating or has violated any provision of this article or of any marketing order or any rule or regulation duly issued by the commission under this article, then the court shall enjoin the defendant from committing further violations and may compel specific performance of any obligation imposed by a marketing order or any rule or regulation 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.   In any action brought by the Attorney General to enforce any of the provisions of this article or of any marketing order issued by the commission and effective under this article or of any rule or regulation issued by the commission pursuant to any marketing order, the judgment, if in favor of the commission, may provide that the defendant pay to the commission the costs incurred by the commission in the prosecution of such action.     (Code 1981, §2-8-73, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-74 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-74. Referral of Complaints to Attorney General or Prosecuting Attorney; Hearing to Consider Charges; Cease and Desist Order

  The commission on its own motion may, and upon the complaint of any interested party charging a violation of any provision of this article or of any provision of any marketing order or any rule or regulation issued by the commission and effective under this article shall, either refer the matter directly to the Attorney General of this state or to any prosecuting attorney of this state for the institution of legal proceedings thereupon or, if the commission deems it necessary or advisable, immediately call an administrative hearing, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," governing contested cases, to consider the charges set forth in such verified complaint.   In case the matter is referred directly by the commission to the Attorney General or any prosecuting attorney, it shall be the duty of such officer, if after examination of the complaint and the evidence he believes that a violation has occurred, to bring an appropriate action or actions in a court or courts of competent jurisdiction in this state.   After an administrative hearing, if the commission finds that a violation has occurred, it shall enter its findings and notify the parties to such complaint. In its discretion, the commission shall either refer the matter to the Attorney General for the institution of legal proceedings or notify such parties to cease and desist from further violation. Upon the refusal or failure of such parties to comply or if the commission finds that the facts or circumstances warrant immediate prosecution, the commission shall file a complaint with the Attorney General or with any prosecuting attorney of this state requesting that such officer commence any or all actions authorized in this article against such respondent or respondents in a court of competent jurisdiction.     (Code 1981, §2-8-74, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-75 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-75. False or Fraudulent Reports, Statements, and Records; Failure or Refusal to Give Name and Address of Person From Whom Peanuts Received

  Any person who willfully renders or furnishes a false or fraudulent report, statement, or record required pursuant to this article or any marketing order effective under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Any person engaged in the handling or processing of peanuts or in the wholesale or retail trade thereof who fails or refuses to furnish, upon request, information concerning the name and address of the person from whom he has received peanuts regulated by a marketing order issued and in effect under this article and the quantity of such peanuts received shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.     (Code 1981, §2-8-75, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 2.)
GA Code § 2-8-76 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-76. Criminal Penalty

 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, §2-8-76, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-8-77 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion|Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts|§ 2-8-77. Construction of Penalty and Remedy Provisions

 The penalties and remedies prescribed in this article with respect to any violation mentioned shall be concurrent and alternative. Neither singly nor combined shall such penalties and remedies be exclusive; rather, either singly or combined, such penalties and remedies shall be cumulative with any and all other civil, criminal, or alternative rights, remedies, forfeitures, or penalties provided or allowed by law with respect to any such violation.    (Code 1981, §2-8-77, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.)