Penalty

Any person, firm, corporation, organization, partnership, entity, 418 10-1-605 SELLING/OTHER TRADE PRACTICES T.10, C.1, A.22 buying club, or buying service violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 529, § 15; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 6/SB 148. 10-1-606. Continuing validity of previously adopted rules, orders, actions, and regulations. Rules, orders, actions, and regulations previously adopted which relate to functions performed by the administrator appointed pursuant to the Fair Business Practices Act of 1975 which were transferred under this article to the Attorney General shall remain of full force and effect as rules, orders, actions, and regulations of the Attorney General until amended, repealed, or superseded by rules or regulations adopted by the Attorney General. History. Code 1981, § 10-1-606, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 6/SB 148. ARTICLE 22 MOTOR VEHICLE FRANCHISE PRACTICES Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 1993, p. 1585, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “It is the intent of the General Assembly to substantively reenact certain legislation relating to distribution of tractors, farm equipment, heavy equipment, and motor vehicles subsequent to the ratification at the 1992 general election of a constitutional amendment declaring that such distribution vitally affects the general economy of the state and the public interest and public welfare and authorizing the General Assembly to regulate such distribution. This Act is intended to ratify and affirm the validity of such legislation subsequent to the ratification of said constitutional amendment; and this Act shall not in any manner be construed to imply a legislative determination that such legislation was not valid prior to the ratification of said constitutional amendment.” Ga. L. 1993, p. 1585, § 2, effective April 27, 1993, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article and enacted the current article. The former article consisted of Code Sections 10-1-620 through 10-1-628 (Part 1), 10-1-630 and 10-1-631 (Part 2), 10-1-640 through 10-1-644 (Part 3), 10-1-650 through 10-1-654 (Part 4), 10-1-660 through 10-1-663 (Part 5), and 10-1-665 through 10-1-668 (Part 6), and was based on Ga. L. 1983, p. 1548, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 10; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1004, §§ 2-5; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 10; and Ga. L. 1991, p. 797, § 2. PART 1 GENERAL CONSIDERATION