Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 507 - GEORGIA POULTRY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC › Chapter 507-1 - ORGANIZATION › Rule 507-1-.01 - General Provisions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Wherever the words "The Association" are used herein they shall
				mean the Georgia Poultry Improvement Association.
(1) Membership in the Association and
			 participation in the National Poultry Improvement Plan or the National Turkey
			 Improvement Plan is voluntary, but each hatchery, dealer or flock owner who
			 desires to become a member shall sign an agreement to be bound by the by-laws,
			 rules and regulations of the Association. No member shall have any rights or
			 privileges which are not set out in the charter, by-laws, rules and regulations
			 of the Association.
(2) A member
			 may participate in one or more phases of the program or in both the National
			 Poultry Improvement Plan and the National Turkey Improvement Plan, but separate
			 agreements shall be required for each authority phase in which the member
			 participates.
(3) All regulations
			 of the Association shall supplement the prevailing publication of the National
			 Poultry Improvement Plan and the National Turkey Improvement Plan and auxiliary
			 provisions of the United States Department of Agriculture.
(4) A hatchery member is any person, firm or
			 corporation in good standing, who operates or control hatching equipment for
			 production and sale of baby chicks or turkey poults.
(5) A dealer member is any person, firm or
			 corporation in good standing, other a hatchery, who traffics in buying, selling
			 or trading hatching eggs, baby chicks or turkey poults; or who acts as an agent
			 for other either in whole or part of such transactions.
(6) A flock owner member is any person, firm
			 or corporation in good standing, who maintains a breeding flock of chickens or
			 turkeys in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Plan, and supplies
			 hatching eggs to a participating hatchery or dealer. Nothing, however, shall be
			 construed to require any flock owner to be a member of the Association to be
			 eligible to sell hatching eggs to a participating hatchery or dealer.
(7) Every membership agreement shall be
			 approved by the executive secretary who shall be satisfied that all conditions
			 for membership in the Association have been met. No agreement or renewal of
			 agreement, shall be accepted by the executive secretary unless dues, fees and
			 other accounts with the Association are paid in full to date.
(8) Agreements with hatcheries and dealer
			 shall remain in effect and continue from year to year, unless cancelled or
			 terminated by the member or by the Association.
(9) Approval of flocks shall expire on June
			 30th of each year, but a reasonable time thereafter shall be allowed to qualify
			 the flock for the current hatching season.
(10) If any membership be terminated or
			 cancelled for violation of the agreement, all existing agreements with the
			 member shall likewise be terminated
(11) All advertising shall be subject to
			 approval by the Georgia Poultry Improvement Association. Such symbols as A, AA,
			 AAA, etc., or star, double star, etc., or similar symbols denoting alleged
			 grades of hatching eggs, baby chicks, or turkey poults shall not be used in
			 advertising.
(12) The executive
			 secretary shall have authority to place any member on probation for violation
			 of advertising regulations. Notice shall be given in writing, copy of which
			 shall be sent to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the state
			 inspector.
(13) The state inspector
			 shall have authority to place on probation any hatchery or dealer for violation
			 of regulations; or to place on probation or reject, or suspend flocks which do
			 not meet the requirements of the Plan.
(14) Notice of probation of any hatchery or
			 dealer shall be made in writing, copy of which shall be sent to the Chairman of
			 the Board of Directors and the executive secretary.
(15) Notice of rejection or suspension of any
			 flock shall be given to the flock owner and the hatchery concerned.
(16) A hatchery or dealer may be suspended or
			 debarred from participation in the National Poultry Improvement Plan or the
			 National Turkey Improvement Plan by the action the Board of Directors
			 only.
Georgia Laws 1946, pp.
				147, 150.