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GA Code § 2-6-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-40. Land Use Regulations - Amendment or Repeal

  Any owner of land within a district may at any time file a petition with the supervisors asking that any or all of the land use regulations adopted by the supervisors under Code Sections 2-6-35 and 2-6-36 be amended, supplemented, or repealed.   Such land use regulations shall not be amended, supplemented, or repealed except in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Code Section 2-6-36 for adoption of land use regulations.   Referenda on adoption, amendment, supplementation, or repeal of land use regulations shall not be held more often than once in six months.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 9.)
GA Code § 2-6-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-42. Cooperation Between Districts

 The supervisors of any two or more districts may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in this article.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 11.)
GA Code § 2-6-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-43. State Agencies to Cooperate With Districts and Observe Land Use Regulations

 Agencies of this state which have jurisdiction over or are charged with the administration of any state-owned lands lying within the boundaries of any district and agencies of any county or other governmental subdivision of the state which have jurisdiction over or are charged with the administration of any county-owned or other publicly owned lands lying within the boundaries of any such district shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the supervisors of such districts in the effectuation of programs and operations undertaken by the supervisors under this article. The supervisors of such districts shall be given free access to enter and perform work upon such publicly owned lands. The provisions of land use regulations adopted pursuant to Code Sections 2-6-35 through 2-6-38 shall be in all respects observed by the agencies administering such publicly owned lands.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 12.)   Cross references.   - Authority of State Properties Commission to grant revocable licenses to persons to have access to property under custody and control of commission, § 50-16-42.
GA Code § 2-6-44 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-44. Exemption From Taxation

 The property and property rights of every kind and nature acquired in the name of the State of Georgia by any district shall be exempt from state, county, and other taxation.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 8.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Soil conservation districts of this state are expressly exempt from all taxation,  but they are not exempt from the payment of license fees, such as the license fee required of motor vehicles. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 454.
GA Code § 2-6-45 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-45. Discontinuance of District - Petition of Landowners; Hearings

 Following the expiration of five years from the organization of a district, any 25 owners of land lying within the boundaries of such district may file a petition with the commission seeking to have the operations of the district terminated and the existence of the district discontinued. The commission may conduct such public meetings and public hearings upon the petition as may be necessary to assist it in the consideration thereof.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 13; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 14.)
GA Code § 2-6-46 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-46. Discontinuance of District - Referendum

 (a) Within 60 days after a petition has been received by the commission, it shall hold a referendum on the issue. The commission shall give due notice of the holding of the referendum, shall supervise such referendum, and shall issue appropriate regulations governing the conduct thereof. The question shall be submitted by ballots, upon which the words: " [ ] YES Shall the existence of the (name of [ ] NO district) be terminated?"   shall appear, with directions that all persons desiring to vote for termination of the district shall vote "Yes" and all persons desiring to vote against termination of the district shall vote "No."   All owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the district, and only such landowners, shall be eligible to vote in the referendum.   No informalities in the conduct of the referendum or in any matters relating thereto shall invalidate the referendum or the result thereof, if notice thereof was given substantially as provided in this Code section and if the referendum was conducted fairly.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 13; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 15.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Referendum of general legislative act to people in absence of constitutional requirement in that regard, 76 A.L.R. 1053.
GA Code § 2-6-47 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-47. Discontinuance of District - Publication of Referendum Results; Determination of Feasibility of Continuance

 The commission shall publish the result of the referendum. It shall consider and determine whether the continued operation of the district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible. If the commission determines that the continued operation of such district is administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record such determination and deny the petition; provided, however, that the commission shall not have the authority to determine that the continued operation of the district is administratively practicable and feasible unless at least a majority of the votes cast in the referendum were cast in favor of the continuance of such district. If the commission determines that the continued operation of such district is not administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record such determination and shall certify such determination to the supervisors of the district. In making its determination, the commission shall give due regard and weight to the attitudes of the owners and occupiers of lands lying within the district, the number of landowners eligible to vote in such referendum who voted, the proportion of the votes cast in such referendum in favor of the discontinuance of the district to the total number of votes cast, the approximate wealth and income of the landowners and occupiers of land of the district, the probable expense of carrying on erosion control operations within such district, and such other economic and social factors as may be relevant to such determination, having due regard to the legislative findings set forth in Code Section 2-6-21.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 13; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 16.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   14A Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Initiative and Referendum, § 2.
GA Code § 2-6-48 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-48. Discontinuance of District - Certification From Committee; Termination of Affairs; Application for Dissolution; Certificate of Dissolution

  Upon receipt from the commission of a certification that the commission has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible, the supervisors shall proceed forthwith to terminate the affairs of the district. The supervisors shall dispose of all property belonging to the district at public auction and shall pay the proceeds of such sale into the state treasury.   The supervisors shall thereupon file an application, duly verified, with the Secretary of State for the discontinuance of such district and shall transmit with such application the certificate of the commission setting forth the determination of the commission that the continued operation of such district is not administratively practicable and feasible. The application shall recite that the property of the district has been disposed of and that the proceeds were paid as provided in this Code section and shall set forth a full accounting of such properties and of the proceeds of the sale.   The Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of dissolution to the supervisors and shall record such certificate in an appropriate book of record in his office.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 13; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 17.)
GA Code § 2-6-49 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-49. Discontinuance of District - Effect of Dissolution

  Upon issuance of a certificate of dissolution under Code Section 2-6-48, all land use regulations theretofore adopted by a district and in force therein shall be of no further force and effect.   All contracts entered into prior to the dissolution of a district, to which the district or supervisors are parties, shall remain in force and effect for the period provided in such contracts. The commission shall be substituted for the district or supervisors as party to such contracts. The commission shall be entitled to all benefits and subject to all liabilities under such contracts and shall have the same rights and liability to perform, to require performance, and to modify or terminate such contracts by mutual consent or otherwise as the supervisors of the district would have had.   Such dissolution shall not affect the lien of any judgment entered under Code Section 2-6-39 nor the pendency of any action instituted under such Code section. The commission shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the district or supervisors as to such liens and actions.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 13; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 18.)
GA Code § 2-6-50 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-50. Discontinuance of District - Frequency of Discontinuance Attempts

 The commission shall not be required to entertain petitions for the discontinuance of any district, to conduct referenda upon such petitions, or to make determinations pursuant to such petitions more often than once in five years.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 13; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 19.)
GA Code § 2-6-51 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-51. District Not Liable for Loss, Damage, Injury, or Death

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no district shall have any liability for loss, damage, injury, or death resulting from the location of structures or dwellings on state owned or controlled property in violation of properly recorded easements when all legal recourse to remove such structures or dwellings has been exhausted and property rights in favor of the person infringing upon the easement have been upheld on a final judgment with no appeal or review pending. The provisions of this section shall only apply to soil and water conservation districts and their easements.    (Code 1981, §2-6-51, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 420, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-6-52 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-52. Creation of Agricultural Water Conservation Incentive Program; Purpose; Participation; Funding

  There is created the Agricultural Water Conservation Incentive Program. The program shall be developed, implemented, and supervised by the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission.   The purpose of the program shall be to provide incentives to agricultural producers to foster water conservation and enhance water quality.   Participation in the program shall be voluntary.   The program shall include all 159 counties and 40 soil and water conservation districts.   Priority designations for inclusion in the program shall be under the authority of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission.   Areas shall be included in the program as the funds are appropriated and the technical assistance becomes available from the local soil and water conservation district or the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission.   Funding may be provided to assist practices including but not limited to diversions, filter strips, fencing along streams, field borders, alternative watering systems, critical area plantings, grassed waterways, terraces, surface-water retention structures, heavy-use areas, closures of farm animal manure lagoons, riparian buffers or equivalent controls, animal manure waste systems and application, manure stack houses and other manure-holding structures, irrigation system enhancements, and other projects that foster water conservation and enhance water quality.   Priority designation for inclusion in this program for state funding shall be given to projects that foster water conservation and enhance water quality. To be eligible for cost share funds under this Code section, a project shall be evaluated before funding is awarded and after the project is completed to determine the impact on water quality.     (Code 1981, §2-6-52, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 341, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-7-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-7-1. Short Title

 This article shall be known as "The Entomology Act of 1937."   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    This article does not by implication repeal Bee Disease Laws of 1920 and 1921.  1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 5.   Extent of repeal of state entomologist's powers and duties.   - The previous powers and duties of the state entomologist were only repealed and supplanted by this article to the extent that they related to the subjects dealt with in this article. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 5.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 323 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 146 et seq., 190 et seq., 207 et seq. 98 C.J.S., Woods and Forests, §§ 3 et seq., 8 et seq.   ALR.    - Right to and measure of compensation for animals or trees destroyed to prevent spread of disease or infection, 67 A.L.R. 208.    Warranties and conditions upon sale of seed, nursery stock, etc., 168 A.L.R. 581.   Validity of statutes, ordinances, or regulations for protection of vegetation against disease or infection, 70 A.L.R.2d 852.
GA Code § 2-7-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-7-2. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Agent" means any person soliciting orders for or selling or distributing nursery stock under the partial or full control of a nurseryman or dealer.   "Dealer" means any person not a grower of nursery stock, who buys or otherwise acquires nursery stock for the purpose of reselling or distributing same independently of any control of the nurseryman.   Reserved.   "Nursery" means any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is grown, kept, or propagated for sale or distribution.   "Nurseryman" means any person engaged in the production of nursery stock for sale or distribution.   "Nursery stock" means all trees or plants or parts of trees or plants grown or kept for or capable of propagation, distribution, or sale.   "Persons" means individuals, associations, partnerships, and corporations, whether private, public, or municipal.   "Places" means vessels, aircraft, cars, trucks, automobiles, wagons and other vehicles, buildings, docks, depots, yards, nurseries, greenhouses, orchards, and other premises where material affected by this article is grown, produced, kept, stored, or handled.  (8.1) "Plant pest" means any organism which is determined by the Commissioner to be injurious to the agricultural, horticultural, or other interests of the state, including, but not limited to, insects, bacteria, fungi, viruses, or weeds.    "Plants and plant products" means trees, shrubs, vines, forage and cereal plants, and all other plants, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, and other parts of plants; and fruit, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, wood, timber, and all other plant products. The term "trees" includes shade trees and all other trees except forest trees, jurisdiction as to which is vested in the State Forestry Commission, provided that the term "trees" includes nursery stock of all trees, including forestry trees.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 309, § 25; Ga. L. 1996, p. 329, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, the "(3)" designation was added.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Scope of article.   - This article is meant to be limited to injurious insects or insect pests and their diseases. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 5.    Honey bee is not considered as an "insect pest."  1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 5 (decided prior to 1996 amendment).
GA Code § 2-7-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-7-3. Division of Entomology Established

 There is established as a division of the Department of Agriculture the Division of Entomology, which shall be under the supervision of the chief entomologist appointed pursuant to Code Section 2-7-4 and shall be subject to the control and supervision of the Commissioner.   (Ga. L. 1959, p. 360, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 3 C.J.S., Agriculture, § 115 et seq.
GA Code § 2-7-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-7-4. Commissioner of Agriculture as Ex Officio State Entomologist; Designation of Chief Entomologist Authorized

  The Commissioner shall be ex officio state entomologist.   The Commissioner is authorized to designate a chief entomologist, who must be a graduate of a recognized college of agriculture and shall have had courses in entomology and plant pathology and experience in field and administrative work in pest control while in the employment of one or more of the several states of the United States or in the employment of that branch of the federal government which is in charge of pest control. The chief entomologist shall serve at the pleasure of and shall be compensated in an amount determined by the Commissioner.    (Ga. L. 1959, p. 360, § 2.)
GA Code § 2-7-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-7-5. Duty of Commissioner Generally

 It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to protect the agricultural, horticultural, and other interests of the state from plant pests.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 329, § 2.)
GA Code § 2-7-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-7-6. Publication of Information and Advice

 The Commissioner may disseminate information and advice to the public on the prevention, control, or eradication of plant pests, by the publication and distribution of printed matter, by correspondence, and by other methods.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 329, § 3.)
GA Code § 2-7-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-7-7. Cooperative Agreements

 The Commissioner may enter into cooperative arrangements with any person, municipality, county, or other department of this state and with boards, officers, and authorities of other states and of the United States for inspection with reference to plant pests and for the control and eradication thereof. The Commissioner may contribute a just and proportionate share of the expenses incurred under such arrangements.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 329, § 4.)
GA Code § 2-7-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-7-8. Purchases and Expenditures

 The Commissioner may purchase all necessary materials, supplies, office and field equipment, and other things and may make such other expenditures as may be essential and necessary in carrying out this article, within the limits of the amount appropriated by law.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 4.)
GA Code § 2-7-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-7-9. Investigations Authorized; Employment of Experts; Rental, Lease, or Purchase of Land

 The Commissioner may carry on investigations of methods of control, eradication, and prevention of dissemination of plant pests and for that purpose may employ the necessary experts and may rent, lease, or purchase the necessary land, when required for this purpose.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 329, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 3 C.J.S., Agriculture, §§ 102 et seq., 115 et seq.   ALR.    - Right to and measure of compensation for animals or trees destroyed to prevent spread of disease or infection, 67 A.L.R. 208.
GA Code § 2-7-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-7-10. Inspection of Plants and Other Things Capable of Disseminating or Carrying Plant Pests

 The Commissioner may inspect or cause to be inspected by duly authorized employees or agents any plants, plant products, or other articles, things, or substances that may in the Commissioner's opinion be capable of disseminating or carrying plant pests. For this purpose the Commissioner or the Commissioner's employees and agents shall have the power to enter into or upon any place and to open any bundle, package, or other container containing or thought to contain plants or plant products or other things capable of disseminating or carrying plant pests.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 329, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Agriculture, § 37 et seq.
GA Code § 2-7-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-7-11. Nursery Inspections; Rules Governing Nursery Stock and Plants in Transit

  The Commissioner may inspect or cause to be inspected all nurseries in this state at such intervals as the Commissioner may deem best. The Commissioner shall have a plenary power to make all rules and regulations governing nurseries and the movement of nursery stock therefrom or the introduction of nursery stock therein as the Commissioner may deem necessary in the eradication, control, or prevention of the dissemination of plant pests.   The Commissioner may also make rules and regulations:   To govern the sale and distribution of nursery stock by dealers and agents;   Under which nursery stock may be brought into this state from other states and territories of the United States or any foreign country; and   With reference to plants and plant products and other things and substances while in transit through this state as may be deemed necessary to prevent the introduction into, dissemination within, and establishment in this state of injurious plant pests.      (Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 329, § 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Agriculture, §§ 37 et seq., 51 et seq.