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GA Code § 2-5-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 5 - Registration, Licenses, and Permits Generally|§ 2-5-4. Applications - Admission That Applicant Is Doing Business in State

 The filing of an application with the department for registration, a license, or a permit shall constitute an admission by the applicant that the applicant is doing business in this state.   (Ga. L. 1966, p. 307, § 4.)
GA Code § 2-5-4.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 5 - Registration, Licenses, and Permits Generally|§ 2-5-4.1. Applications - Form of Submission; Payment of Fees

 The department is authorized to accept applications either in writing or through available electronic media approved by the Commissioner. The payment of fees and the acceptance of such fees by the department may be accomplished in any manner, including electronic fund transfers, approved by the Commissioner.    (Code 1981, §2-5-4.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 401, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-5-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 5 - Registration, Licenses, and Permits Generally|§ 2-5-5. Grounds for Denial of Registration, License, or Permit; Hearing

  The Commissioner may deny registration, a license, or a permit to:   Any applicant with a criminal record;   Any applicant who is found by the Commissioner to have violated any law administered by the department or any regulation or quarantine of the department;   A corporation, when any of its officers has a criminal record or is found by the Commissioner to have violated any law administered by the department or any regulation or quarantine of the department; or   Any person who is less than 18 years of age on the date of his or her application.     In the case of a partnership, all parties shall be considered applicants for the purpose of this Code section.   No registration, license, or permit shall be denied under this Code section without opportunity for hearing in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 307, § 5; Ga. L. 1997, p. 401, § 2.)
GA Code § 2-5-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 5 - Registration, Licenses, and Permits Generally|§ 2-5-6. Grounds for Revocation; Hearing

 The Commissioner may revoke any outstanding registration, license, or permit where the holder of the same or any officer or agent of the holder is found by the Commissioner to have violated any law administered by the department or any regulation or quarantine of the department, provided that no registration, license, or permit shall be revoked under this Code section without opportunity for hearing in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."   (Ga. L. 1966, p. 307, § 6.)   Cross references.   - Authority of Commissioner to impose penalty in lieu of other action, § 2-2-10.
GA Code § 2-5-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 5 - Registration, Licenses, and Permits Generally|§ 2-5-7. Registration, License, or Permit Certificates as Evidence Thereof; Republication and Reissuance Unnecessary

 All license, registration, and permit certificates published by the department shall, upon issuance, be permanent evidence of the pertinent licenses, registrations, and permits they are published for, until their surrender, abandonment, revocation, cancellation, or nonrenewal. No subsequent republication and reissuance of certificates for periodically renewable licenses, registrations, and permits by the department shall be necessary; provided, however, that all conditions and fees required by law for sustained effectiveness and renewal must be satisfied for continued enjoyment of the pertinent license, registration, or permit.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 187, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-5-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 5 - Registration, Licenses, and Permits Generally|§ 2-5-8. Rules and Regulations

 The Commissioner shall make and publish in print or electronically such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1966, p. 307, § 7; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.)
GA Code § 2-8A-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8A - Emerging Crops Fund Act|§ 2-8A-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Emerging Crops Fund Act."    (Code 1981, §2-8A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1696, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 671, § 1/SB 91.)
GA Code § 2-8A-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8A - Emerging Crops Fund Act|§ 2-8A-2. Purpose of Chapter

 The purpose of this chapter is to promote economic development by encouraging the production of plant or animal crops in Georgia which are produced commercially and to make available to consumers emerging crops grown in Georgia.    (Code 1981, §2-8A-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1696, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 671, § 1/SB 91.)
GA Code § 2-8A-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8A - Emerging Crops Fund Act|§ 2-8A-3. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Emerging crop" means a plant or animal crop for which consumers have a demand.   "Farmer" means a resident of Georgia who engages in or wishes to engage in the commercial production of an emerging crop on land in Georgia. This term shall include individuals, family-farm corporations meeting the requirements of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Code Section 48-5-7.1, and partnerships in which all of the partners are either individuals or family-farm corporations meeting such requirements.   "Fund" means the Emerging Crops Fund established in Code Section 2-8A-5.   "Georgia Development Authority" or "authority" means the Georgia Development Authority provided for in Chapter 10 of Title 50.   "Interest loan" means a loan made from the fund to pay the interest on a loan made by a lender to a farmer to finance the costs of production of an emerging crop.   "Lender" means a commercial bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, federal land bank, farm credit bank, production credit association, or other farm credit agency which is domiciled or qualified to do business in Georgia or the Farmers Home Administration.     (Code 1981, §2-8A-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1696, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 671, § 1/SB 91.)
GA Code § 2-8A-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8A - Emerging Crops Fund Act|§ 2-8A-4. Crops Included as Emerging Crops

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2013, p. 671, § 1/SB 91, effective May 6, 2013.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 2-8A-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1696, § 1.
GA Code § 2-8A-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8A - Emerging Crops Fund Act|§ 2-8A-5. Fund Established

  Pursuant to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(j) of the Constitution of Georgia, there is established as a separate fund of the Georgia Development Authority a fund to be known as the "Emerging Crops Fund," which shall be used to make interest loans on loans made to farmers for costs of production of emerging crops on land in Georgia. The fund shall be administered by the Georgia Development Authority. The Georgia Development Authority shall by rules or regulations develop definitions, guidelines, standards, requirements, and procedures for making interest loans as authorized in this chapter. Funds for the Emerging Crops Fund and for the administration of said fund shall be provided from the following sources:   Appropriations by the General Assembly, and funds appropriated to the Emerging Crops Fund shall be presumptively concluded to have been committed to the purpose for which appropriated and shall not lapse;   The repayment of interest loans made from the fund; and   Any interest or earnings made from the investment of funds of the Emerging Crops Fund.     The Georgia Development Authority shall maintain the Emerging Crops Fund entirely separate from any other funds of the authority, and no funds available to the authority to carry out its purposes under Chapter 10 of Title 50 shall be used for the purposes of the Emerging Crops Fund. The source of funds provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be the only source of funds for the Emerging Crops Fund.   Except as limited by subsection (b) of this Code section, the Georgia Development Authority may exercise any power possessed by the authority under Chapter 10 of Title 50 to carry out the provisions of this chapter.     (Code 1981, §2-8A-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1696, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 671, § 1/SB 91.)
GA Code § 2-8A-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8A - Emerging Crops Fund Act|§ 2-8A-6. Application for Interest Loan; Maximum Amount; Maximum Rate of Interest; Security

 Any lender which has made or makes a loan to a farmer to finance the costs of production of an emerging crop on land in Georgia may make application to the Georgia Development Authority for an interest loan to pay interest on the loan during the period from the beginning of production to harvest or initial sale of the product, which payment shall be made from the fund. The maximum amount of interest loans from the fund for the benefit of any one farmer shall be $50,000.00; provided, however, that the Georgia Development Authority in administering the fund shall give priority to smaller interest loans. During the period that the Georgia Development Authority pays the interest on a loan from the fund, the maximum rate of interest which may be charged on the loan by the lender shall be as established from time to time by the Georgia Development Authority. By payment of the interest on a loan, neither the Georgia Development Authority nor the State of Georgia shall be a guarantor of the loan. The Georgia Development Authority shall, by rule or regulation, require such security or lien as may be necessary to provide adequate security for the authority as condition for making an interest loan as authorized by this chapter.    (Code 1981, §2-8A-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1696, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 671, § 1/SB 91.)
GA Code § 2-8A-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 8A - Emerging Crops Fund Act|§ 2-8A-7. Repayment of Interest Loan

 Repayment of an interest loan made from the fund shall be deferred for a period of time not more than five years or the time when the emerging crop should reach maturity, whichever is later. The schedule for repayment of the interest loan shall be a period of time equal to two times the period that interest is paid on the loan from the fund for that emerging crop. No interest shall be charged on interest loans from the fund, and only the amount actually loaned from the fund shall be required to be repaid. Repayment of interest loans from the fund shall be made to the lender, which shall remit the amounts collected to the Georgia Development Authority for deposit into the fund.    (Code 1981, §2-8A-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1696, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 671, § 1/SB 91.)
GA Code § 2-13-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-2. Commissioner to Administer Chapter

 This chapter shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture.   (Code 1933, § 42-201, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-13-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-3. Cooperation With Other Agencies and Associations

 The Commissioner may cooperate and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, other states, agencies of the federal government, and private associations in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this chapter.   (Code 1933, § 42-215, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-13-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-4. Publication of Information as to Sales, Production, Use, and Analyses

 The Commissioner may publish, in such forms as he may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial feeds, together with such data on their production and use as he may consider advisable and a report of the results of the analyses of official samples of commercial feeds sold within this state as compared with the analyses guaranteed in the registration and on the label. The information concerning production and use of commercial feed shall not disclose the operations of any person.   (Code 1933, § 42-216, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3018, § 2.)
GA Code § 2-13-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-5. Disclosure of Protected Information

 Any person who uses to his own advantage or reveals to anyone other than the Commissioner, officers of the department, or the courts, when relevant in any judicial proceeding, any information acquired under the authority of this chapter concerning any method, records, formulations, or processes which as trade secrets are entitled to protection, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, provided that this prohibition shall not be deemed to prohibit the Commissioner or his duly authorized agent from exchanging information of a regulatory nature with duly appointed officials of the United States government or the governments of other states, when such officials are similarly prohibited by law from revealing this information.   (Code 1933, § 42-211, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-13-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-7. Compliance With Chapter 5 of This Title

 Every nonresident licensee, at the time of licensing and before distributing commercial feed in this state, shall comply with Chapter 5 of this title, the "Department of Agriculture Registration, License, and Permit Act."   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 213, § 10; Code 1933, § 42-213, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3018, § 4.)   Cross references.   - Maintenance of registered office and registered agents in state by corporations, § 14-2-501 et seq.
GA Code § 2-13-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-9. When Commercial Feed Deemed Misbranded

 A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded:    If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;   If it is distributed under the name of another commercial feed;   If it is not labeled as required in Code Section 2-13-8;   If it purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed ingredient, unless such commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation by the Commissioner; or   If any word, statement, or other information required by or under the authority of this chapter to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.    (Code 1933, § 42-205, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35 Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 24 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 38, 39, 44, 45.
GA Code § 2-13-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-11. Prohibited Acts

 The following acts and the causing thereof within this state are prohibited:    The manufacture or distribution of any commercial feed that is adulterated or misbranded;   The adulteration or misbranding of any commercial feed;   The distribution of agricultural commodities, such as whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls, which are adulterated within the meaning of Code Section 2-13-10;   The removal or disposal of a commercial feed in violation of an order under Code Section 2-13-14;   The failure or refusal to obtain a commercial feed license or small package registration in accordance with Code Section 2-13-6;   The violation of Code Section 2-13-5; and   The waiving by the Commissioner of any penalties imposed under this chapter.    (Code 1933, § 42-207, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3018, § 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35 Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 20 et seq., 24 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, § 41 et seq.
GA Code § 2-13-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-12. Establishment of Standards for Feeds; Adoption of Rules and Regulations

  The Commissioner is authorized to establish standards for commercial feeds.   The Commissioner is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations for commercial feeds and pet foods as are specifically authorized in this chapter and such other reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for the efficient enforcement of this chapter. In the interest of uniformity, the Commissioner, by regulation, shall adopt, unless he determines that they are inconsistent with this chapter or are not appropriate to conditions which exist in this state, the following:   The official definitions of feed ingredients and official feed terms adopted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Incorporated, and published in the 1992 official publication of that organization and supplements thereto; and   Any regulation promulgated pursuant to the authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and supplements thereto.      (Code 1933, § 42-208, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3018, § 8.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35 Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 3 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, § 3 et seq.
GA Code § 2-13-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-14. Issuance and Enforcement of Withdrawal From Distribution Orders; Condemnation and Confiscation Authorized; Disposition of Condemned Feed

  Withdrawal from distribution orders. When the Commissioner or his authorized agent has reasonable cause to believe that any lot of commercial feed is being distributed in violation of this chapter or any of the prescribed regulations under this chapter, he may issue and enforce a written or printed withdrawal from distribution order, warning the distributor not to dispose of the lot of commercial feed in any manner until written permission is given by the Commissioner or the court. The Commissioner shall release the lot of commercial feed so withdrawn when such provisions and regulations have been complied with. If compliance is not obtained within 30 days, the Commissioner may begin, or upon request of the distributor or licensee shall begin, proceedings for condemnation.   Condemnation and confiscation. Any lot of commercial feed not in compliance with such provisions and regulations shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the Commissioner to the superior court of the county in which the commercial feed is located. If the court finds the commercial feed to be in violation of this chapter and orders the condemnation of the commercial feed, it shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the commercial feed and the laws of this state, provided that in no instance shall the disposition of the commercial feed be ordered by the court without first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the commercial feed or for permission to process or relabel the commercial feed to bring it into compliance with this chapter.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 213, § 13; Code 1933, § 42-210, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3018, § 10.)
GA Code § 2-13-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-15. Through 2-13-17

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3018, §§ 11-13, effective May 4, 1992.   Editor's notes.   - These Code sections, concerning civil penalties and the cumulative nature of penalties, were based on Ga. L. 1945, p. 213, § 12; Ga. L. 1956, p. 346, § 3; Code 1933, § 42-211, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 1945, p. 213, § 6; Ga. L. 1956, p. 346, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 2; Ga. L. 1945, p. 213, § 8; Ga. L. 1956, p. 346, § 2.
GA Code § 2-13-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-18. Injunctions

 The Commissioner is authorized to apply for and the court to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. Such injunction shall be issued without bond.   (Code 1933, § 42-211, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-13-19 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-19. Initiation of Prosecutions

  It shall be the duty of the Attorney General or each district attorney of a superior court to whom any violation is reported by the Commissioner or his representative to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction without delay. Before the Commissioner reports a violation for such prosecution, an opportunity shall be given the distributor to present his view to the Commissioner.   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the Commissioner or his representative to report for prosecution, to institute seizure proceedings, or to issue a withdrawal from distribution order as a result of minor violations of the chapter or when he believes the public interest will best be served by suitable notice or warning in writing.    (Code 1933, § 42-211, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-13-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-20. Certificate of State Chemist or Other State Employee as Prima-Facie Evidence

 In any controversy or prosecution arising under this chapter, a certificate of the state chemist or other state employee making an analysis or inspection, duly sworn to by the state chemist or the employee, shall be prima-facie evidence of the facts therein certified.   (Code 1933, § 42-214, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35 Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 69.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, § 90.
GA Code § 2-13-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-21. Applicability of "Georgia Administrative Procedure act."

 The provisions of this chapter pertaining to rule making, the issuance, revocation, or denial of licenses and registrations, and other administrative actions authorized under this chapter shall be subject to and conducted in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."   (Code 1933, § 42-211, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3018, § 14.)
GA Code § 2-13-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Commercial Feeds|§ 2-13-22. Exemptions From Chapter; When Chapter May Be Waived

  This chapter shall not apply to any commercial feeds that have been manufactured or produced by any person, partnership, firm, or corporation for the purpose of feeding his, their, or its own domestic animals, livestock, or poultry.   This chapter shall not apply to any commercial feeds whenever the purchaser of such commercial feeds desires to waive this chapter in regard to a particular manufacturer, seller, or producer of commercial feeds and the manufacturer, seller, or producer agrees to waive this chapter. No valid waiver may be executed unless the owner of the domestic animals, livestock, or poultry owns an interest in the feed manufacturing concern or the manufacturing concern owns an interest in the domestic animals, livestock, or poultry. The waiver shall be in writing, signed by both parties, and filed with the department. At any time after the waiver is on file, either party to the waiver may direct, in writing, that the department withdraw the waiver.    (Code 1933, § 42-212, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 10, § 1.)