Definitions

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘Agricultural commodities’’ means any and all agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, and vegetable products produced in this state or any class, variety, or utilization thereof, either in their natural state or as processed by a producer for the purpose of marketing such product or by a processor, and shall include any one, any combination thereof, or all of the agricultural products, livestock and livestock products, poultry and poultry products, timber and timber products, fish and seafood, and the products of the farms and forests of this state. (2) ‘‘Processor’’ has the meaning provided by Code Section 2-8-11. (3) ‘‘Producer’’ has the meaning provided by Code Section 2-8-11. (b) The Commissioner shall be authorized to take all actions necessary and appropriate to create, register, license, promote, and protect a trademark for use in connection with the general promotion of agricultural commodities as being Georgia grown. History. — Code 1981, § 2-8-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 446, § 3/SB 152. ARTICLE 2 AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSIONS GENERALLY 2-8-10. Nonapplicability of article to Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts, Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines, Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products; or Agricultural Commodity Commission for Propane. This article shall not apply to the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts provided for in Article 3 of this chapter, except as provided in Code Section 2-8-13; nor shall this article apply to the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines provided for in Article 5 of this chapter; nor shall this article apply to the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products provided for in Article 4 of this chapter; nor shall this article apply to the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Propane provided for in Article 6 of this chapter. 343 History. — Code 1981, § 2-8-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 1/SB 380; Ga. L. 2013, p. 74, § 2/HB 298; Ga. L. 2019, p. 91, § 2/HB 512. The 2019 amendment, effective April 18, 2019, added ‘‘; nor shall this article apply to the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Propane provided for in Article 6 of this chapter’’ at the end of this Code section. Editor’s notes. — Ga. L. 2006, p. 632, § 2/SB 380, not codified by the General 2-8-11 Assembly, provides that the 2006 amendment became effective January 1, 2007, only upon ratification of a constitutional amendment by the voters at the November 2006 general election. The constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 2006, p. 1112) was approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the general election held on November 7, 2006.