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GA Code § 2-12-48 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 2 - Liming Materials|§ 2-12-48. Penalties for Deficient Materials

 If the analysis of an official sample shows that an agricultural liming material is deficient in one or more of its guarantees beyond the investigational allowances set forth in the regulations of the Commissioner, the following penalties shall be assessed in accordance with the following provisions:    In the event the neutralizing value (calcium carbonate equivalent) is found deficient, the penalty shall be 50› per percentage point or fraction thereof on all liming materials;   In the event the magnesium (Mg) is found to be deficient, the penalty shall be $1.00 per percentage point or fraction thereof on all liming materials;   When an official sample does not meet screen specifications as set forth in this article, the penalty shall be 50› per percentage point or fraction thereof for each sieve size failing to meet its guarantee;   If the moisture content of an official sample exceeds the guarantee, a penalty of $1.00 per ton shall be assessed for each increase in moisture of 5 percent or fraction thereof;   When an official sample is subject to a penalty, the tonnage represented by the official sample shall be subject to a minimum penalty of $10.00 and a maximum penalty not to exceed the actual retail value of the liming material; and   Penalty payments will be made to the consumer, when known, through the office of the Commissioner. If the consumer is unknown, the penalty payment will be made to the Commissioner to be deposited in the state treasury.     (Code 1981, §2-12-48, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1183, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Recovery of cumulative statutory penalties, 71 A.L.R.2d 986.
GA Code § 2-12-49 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 2 - Liming Materials|§ 2-12-49. Rules and Regulations; Sharing of Information

 The Commissioner, after reasonable notice and hearing, is authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this article. The Commissioner is further authorized to share such information and consult with other agencies such as, but not limited to, the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources and the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service.    (Code 1981, §2-12-49, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1183, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 91, § 5/HB 512; Ga. L. 2020, p. 364, § 5/HB 1057.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective April 18, 2019, substituted "adopt" for "enforce" in the middle of the first sentence, and added the second and third sentences.    The 2020 amendment,  effective January 1, 2021, deleted the former second sentence, which read: "The Commissioner is also authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations relative to liming materials derived from industrial by-products which may include, but not be limited to, application rates, proper conditions for application, application record keeping and retention, development and use of site-specific nutrient management plans, and storage and containment in or on lands where liming materials are applied."
GA Code § 2-12-50 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 2 - Liming Materials|§ 2-12-50. Notice and Prosecution of Violations; Hearings; Penalty

  If it appears to the Commissioner or the Commissioner's agents that this article or the rules and regulations issued under this article have been violated, the Commissioner shall cause notice of the violation to be given to the licensee, distributor, or person responsible; and the persons notified shall be given an opportunity to be heard in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act." If it appears after such hearing that any of the provisions of this article or the rules and regulations issued pursuant to this article have been violated, the Commissioner may certify the facts to the court having jurisdiction for prosecution as a misdemeanor or other appropriate action.   Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, any person violating any provision of this article or regulation adopted pursuant to this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Nothing in this article shall be construed as requiring the Commissioner to report a violation of this article for prosecution or for the institution of seizure proceedings when the Commissioner believes that the public interest will best be served by other methods.   Any person who sells or offers for sale an agricultural liming material in this state which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense. For the second or any subsequent offense, any person who sells or offers for sale an agricultural liming material in this state which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Code Section 17-10-4. Each such violation shall constitute a separate offense.   Any person who sells or offers for sale an agricultural liming material in this state which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000.00 per violation. For the second or any subsequent offense, any person who sells or offers for sale an agricultural liming material in this state which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000.00 per violation.     (Code 1981, §2-12-50, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1183, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 364, § 6/HB 1057.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective January 1, 2021, rewrote subsection (b), which read: "Any person violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."; and added subsections (d) and (e).
GA Code § 2-12-70 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-70. Short Title

 This article shall be known as the "Georgia Soil Amendment Act of 1976."   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-12-71 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-71. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Adulterated" means any soil amendment:   Which contains any deleterious or harmful agent in sufficient quantity to be injurious to beneficial plants, animals, or aquatic life when applied in accordance with the directions for use shown on the label;   Whose composition differs substantially from that offered in support of registration or shown on the label;   Which contains noxious weed seed; or   Which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9.     "Bulk" means in nonpackaged form.   "Distribute" means to import, consign, offer for sale, sell, barter, or otherwise supply soil amendments to any person in this state.   "Distributor" means any person who imports, consigns, sells, offers for sale, barters, or otherwise supplies soil amendments in this state.   "Label" means the display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of the soil amendment.   "Labeling" means all written, printed, or graphic matter accompanying any soil amendment and all advertisements, brochures, posters, and television, radio, and oral claims used in promoting its sale.   "Percent" or "percentage" means the parts per 100 by weight.   "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other organized body.   "Product name" means the designation under which a soil amendment is offered for distribution.   "Registrant" means any person who registers a soil amendment under this article.   "Soil amendment" means any substance intended for changing the characteristics of soil or other growth medium for the purposes of:   Increasing penetrability of water or air;   Increasing water-holding capacity;   Alleviating or decreasing soil compaction; or   Otherwise altering the soil or other medium in such manner that the physical properties are materially enhanced.  The term "soil amendment" does not include any substance for which nutritional claims are made, such as, but not limited to, commercial fertilizers, liming materials, or unmanipulated vegetable or animal manures.       (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 3; Ga. L. 2020, p. 364, § 7/HB 1057.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective January 1, 2021, deleted "or" at the end of subparagraph (1)(B), substituted "; or" for a period at the end of subparagraph (1)(C), and added subparagraph (1)(D).
GA Code § 2-12-72 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-72. Commissioner to Administer Article

 This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 2.)
GA Code § 2-12-73 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-73. Registration Required; Proof of Claims or Value; Fee

  Every soil amendment distributed in this state shall be registered with the Commissioner on forms obtained from the Commissioner's office. The applicant for registration shall provide such information as the Commissioner may require by regulation after opportunity for public hearing.   In determining the acceptability of any product for registration, the Commissioner may require proof of claims made for the soil amendment. If no specific claims are made, the Commissioner may require proof of the usefulness and value of the soil amendment. As evidence of proof, the Commissioner may rely on experimental data furnished by the applicant and may require that such data be developed from tests conducted under conditions identical to or closely related to those conditions present in this state. The Commissioner may reject any data not developed under such conditions and may rely on the advice of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences experiment station personnel or other university personnel in evaluating data for registration.   The registration fee shall be $55.00 per year for each product. Registration shall expire on December 31, annually, unless an application for renewal has been received prior to the expiration date. Any fees collected pursuant to this Code section shall be retained pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 45-12-92.1.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 4; Ga. L. 1995, p. 10, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-11/HB 1055.)
GA Code § 2-12-74 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-74. Refusal or Revocation of Registration

 The Commissioner shall refuse to register any soil amendment which fails to comply with this article. He may revoke any registration, after opportunity for hearing, upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant or any of his designated agents has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the distribution of any soil amendment.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 13.)   Cross references.   - Authority of Commissioner to impose penalty in lieu of other action, § 2-2-10.
GA Code § 2-12-75 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-75. Inspection Fees; Semiannual Reporting

  Any person who distributes a soil amendment to another person in this state must pay the Commissioner an inspection fee; provided, however, that sales or exchanges between registrants and sales of containers of ten pounds or less shall be exempt from such fee. The Commissioner shall establish the per ton inspection fee at an amount not to exceed 30› per ton, which amount shall equal or exceed annual costs anticipated to be incurred by the department in administering the soil amendment inspection program.   Each registrant must keep accurate records of the registrant's sales and must file semiannual reports covering the periods of January 1 through June 30 and July 1 through December 31. Each semiannual report must be accompanied by full payment of the inspection fee set forth in subsection (a) of this Code section. Each semiannual report must be submitted to the department within 30 days following the end of the applicable filing period. If the tonnage report is not timely filed or is false in any respect, then the Commissioner may revoke the registration or assess a penalty in the amount of the greater of 10 percent of the amount due or $10.00.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 7; Ga. L. 2020, p. 364, § 8/HB 1057; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 2/HB 497.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective January 1, 2021, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "Each registrant shall keep accurate records of his sales and shall file semiannual reports covering the periods January 1 through June 30 and July 1 through December 31. Such reports shall be due within 30 days from the date of the close of each such period. If the report is not filed within the 30 day period or is false in any respect, the Commissioner may revoke the registration."    The 2021 amendment,  effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "10 percent" for "ten percent" in the last sentence of subsection (b).   Cross references.   - Authority of Commissioner to impose penalty in lieu of other action, § 2-2-10.
GA Code § 2-12-76 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-76. Labeling Requirements

 Every soil amendment container shall be labeled on the face or display side in a readable and conspicuous form showing:    The product name;   A statement of claim or purpose, if any are made;   Adequate directions for use;   The net weight or volume; and   The name and address of the registrant.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 5.)
GA Code § 2-12-77 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-77. When Soil Amendment Deemed Misbranded

 A soil amendment shall be considered misbranded if:    Its label or labeling is false or misleading in any particular;   It is distributed under the name of another soil amendment; or   It is represented as a soil amendment or is represented to contain a soil amendment unless such soil amendment conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by the Commissioner by regulation.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 6.)
GA Code § 2-12-78 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-78. Inspection, Sampling, and Analysis

 The Commissioner or his designated agents are authorized to enter upon any public or private property during regular working hours for the purpose of inspecting or sampling any soil amendment to determine if such amendment is being distributed in compliance with this article. In the examination of such samples, the Commissioner may rely on such tests as he may establish by regulation as necessary for the enforcement of this article.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 9.)
GA Code § 2-12-79 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-79. Prohibited Acts

 It shall be a violation of this article for any person to:    Distribute an unregistered soil amendment;   Distribute an unlabeled soil amendment;   Distribute a misbranded soil amendment;   Distribute an adulterated soil amendment;   Fail to comply with a stop sale, use, or removal order; or   Fail to submit semiannual reports.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 8.)
GA Code § 2-12-81 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-81. Stop Sale, Use, and Removal Orders

 The Commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale, use, or removal order to the owner or custodian of any lot of soil amendment, ordering him to hold at a designated place any such lot of soil amendment which the Commissioner determines does not comply with this article. When such soil amendment has been made to comply with this article, it shall be released in writing by the Commissioner.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 10.)
GA Code § 2-12-82 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-82. Injunctions

 The Commissioner may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of this article or the regulations adopted under this article in the superior court of the appropriate county.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 11.)
GA Code § 2-12-83 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 3 - Soil Amendments|§ 2-12-83. Penalties

  Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, any person violating any provision of this article or regulation adopted under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Any person who distributes or applies a soil amendment which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense. For the second or any subsequent offense, any person who distributes or applies a soil amendment which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Code Section 17-10-4. Each such violation shall constitute a separate offense.   Any person who distributes or applies a soil amendment which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000.00 per violation. For the second or any subsequent offense, any person who distributes or applies a soil amendment which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000.00 per violation.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 12; Ga. L. 2020, p. 364, § 10/HB 1057.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective January 1, 2021, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "Any person violating any of the provisions of this article or the regulations adopted under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
GA Code § 2-12-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 4 - Horticultural Growing Media|§ 2-12-100. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Horticultural Growing Media Act."    (Code 1981, §2-12-100, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 986, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-12-101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 4 - Horticultural Growing Media|§ 2-12-101. Purpose

 Horticultural growing media are one of the foundations of successful horticultural businesses.As such, it is vital that growers are adequately informed of the basic contents of such media.The purpose of this article is to ensure that horticultural growing media are accurately labeled to reflect their known composition and are suitable for their intended purpose.    (Code 1981, §2-12-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 986, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-12-102 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 4 - Horticultural Growing Media|§ 2-12-102. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Bulk" means not in a package or in packages of one cubic yard or more.   "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture, any employee of the Department of Agriculture, or any other person authorized by the Commissioner to act on behalf of the Commissioner.   "Custom medium" means a horticultural growing medium which is prepared to exact specifications of the person who will be planting in the medium and delivered directly to that person without intermediate or further distribution.   "Department" means the Georgia Department of Agriculture.   "Distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, barter, exchange, or otherwise supply or make available.   "Horticultural growing medium" means any substance or mixture of substances which is promoted as or is intended to function as an artificial soil for the managed growth of horticultural crops.   "Label" means the display of all written, printed, or graphic matter on or attached to the immediate container accompanying the lot of horticultural growing medium.   "Labeling" means, in addition to the label, any written, printed, or graphic matter accompanying any horticultural growing medium or any advertisements, brochures, posters, television or radio announcements, or any other oral or written material used in promoting a horticultural growing medium.   "Person" means individuals, partnerships, corporations, other organized bodies or entities, or any combination thereof.   "Registrant" means the person whose name appears on the label of a horticultural growing medium and who is responsible for labeling such medium.     (Code 1981, §2-12-102, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 986, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-12-103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments|Article 4 - Horticultural Growing Media|§ 2-12-103. Administration and Enforcement

 The Commissioner is authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of this article through the utilization of personnel and facilities of the department.    (Code 1981, §2-12-103, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 986, § 1.)