Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 40-24 - BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION › Subject 40-24-1 - BOLL WEEVIL QUARANTINE › Rule 40-24-1-.03 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) "Boll Weevil"
				means
Anthonomus grandis
Boheman in
				any stage of development.
(2) "Boll
				Weevil Eradication Foundation of Georgia, Incorporated" means a cotton growers'
				organization certified by the Commissioner for the purpose of entering into
				agreements with agencies of the State of Georgia, agencies of other States,
				Federal Agencies, or any other person to carry out the purposes of this
				Act.
(3) "Commissioner" means the
				Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia or any person designated by
				him to act on his behalf.
(4)
				"Cotton Grower" means the person(s) responsible for production and sale of a
				cotton crop on any individual farm. Generally, the owner of the crop.
(5) "Department" means the Georgia Department
				of Agriculture.
(6) "Gin Trash"
				means all material produced during the cleaning and ginning of seed cotton;
				bolls or snapped cotton. It does not include the lint, cottonseed, or gin
				waste.
(7) "Infested Area" means
				any other State or portion thereof which produces commercial cotton and in
				which the boll weevil is not eradicated, as determined by that state's
				department of agriculture or plant regulatory agency. Infested Area may also
				mean any area where reproducing boll weevils are believed or known to
				occur.
(8) "Inspector" means any
				employee of the Georgia Department of Agriculture or any other person
				authorized by the Commissioner to enforce the provisions of these
				rules.
(9) "Move" means to ship,
				offer for shipment, receive for transportation, carry, or otherwise transport,
				move, or allow to be moved.
(10)
				"Non-Commercial Cotton" means cotton of any color planted on any premise for
				purposes other than commercial production for lint and includes seeds, bolls,
				potted plants or any portions of the plant being distributed or offered for
				sale. This term encompasses cotton planted for educational purposes, as a
				tourist attraction, for retail or wholesale sale as a growing or dried plant,
				for individual use or for personal satisfaction. Non-Commercial Cotton also
				includes cotton plants that result from spilled seed, animal feed or other
				non-commercial plantings or cotton that has sprouted from inadequate herbicide
				application, mowing, discing, other mechanical means of destruction.
(11) "Permit" means a document issued or
				authorized by the Commissioner providing for the movement of noncertified
				regulated articles to restricted destinations for limited handling, use, or
				processing.
(12) "Program" means
				the Boll Weevil Eradication Program.
(13) "Regulated Article" means any article
				whatsoever carrying or capable of carrying the boll weevil, including but not
				limited to, cotton plants, seed cotton, hosts, gin trash, and equipment which
				may be designated by the Commissioner.
(14) "Seed Cotton" means cotton as it comes
				from the field prior to ginning.
(15) "Used Cotton Equipment" means any
				equipment used previously to harvest, strip, transport, or process
				cotton.
(16) "Waiver" means a
				written authorization which exempts an individual from compliance with one or
				more specific requirements of this Chapter.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  2-7-150
et
				  seq.