Title 10 — Commerce and Trade
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O.C.G.A. § 10-2-1 Definitions
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As used in this chapter and any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, the term: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture, the primary constitutional officer of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, charged with the responsibility of enforcing…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-11 Information required on packages
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, any package kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of: (1) The…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-12 Unit price required on packages with random weights
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In addition to the declarations required by Code Section 10-2-11, any package which is one of a lot containing random weights of the same commodity and bearing the total selling price of the package shall contain a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per single unit of…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-13 Petroleum products sales
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Retail motor fuels. Advertising free gifts or services, §10-1-164. Requirements for signs, §10-1-164.
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-15 Standards for grain moisture testing equipment; enforcement and inspections
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It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to adopt standards for moisture testing equipment utilized in determining the moisture content of grain offered for sale in this state. Upon the establishment of such standards, it shall be unlawful for any person to utilize any such equip…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-16 Permit to operate grain moisture testing equipment
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No person shall operate moisture testing equipment to determine the moisture content of grain offered for sale unless such person shall be trained in the operation thereof and shall have obtained a permit from the Commissioner after submitting proof to the Commissioner of his abi…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-17 Inspection of scales used in intrastate shipments
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The Commissioner is authorized to inspect scales used for the calculation and determination of fees or charges for the transportation of bulk materials, packages, goods, and commodities in intrastate shipments by rail, parcel services, motor vehicles, motor transport, buses, and …
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-18 Definitions
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Recognized systems of weights and measures. Primary standards of weights and measures; prescribing and verifying secondary standards. Technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices. Powers and duties of Commissioner generally. Power of Commissioner to inspec…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-2 Recognized systems of weights and measures
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The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized; and either one, or both, of these systems shall be used for all commercial purposes in the state. The definitions of basic units of weight…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-20 Enjoining violations
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The Commissioner or his representative, at the discretion of the Commissioner, is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating this chapter. History. Ga. L. 1972, p. 654, § 1; Code 1981, §…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-21 ARBITRATION
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Lemon law. Arbitration to compel replacement or repurchase of vehicle, §10-1-785. Powers of attorney. Agents. Construction of authority of agents, §10-6B-42. Tobacco warehousemen’s associations. Local boards of trade disputes, §10-4-171. Warehouses.
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-22 Criminal penalty for violations
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Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, society, or association who shall violate this article, relating to weights and measures in general, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-23 PAINT, §§10-1-120 to 10-1-127
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Defined, §10-1-120. 1533 INDEX PAINT —Cont’d Labels. Enforcement of article, rules and regulations, §10-1-121. Possession of improperly labeled article. Prima-facie evidence of violation, §10-1-125. Requirements for paint containers, §10-1-122. Sale of deceptively labeled paint, §…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-41 License required; application; issuance
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(a) Any person who desires to be a certified public weigher in this state shall apply for and obtain a license permit from the Commissioner by filing a formal application as follows: 611 10-2-41 I, , a citizen of the United States, residing at , County of , having familiarized myse…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-42 Duration of license; fees; cost of seals
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Certified public weighers shall be licensed for a period of one year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30, next. A fee of $15.00 shall be paid to the Commissioner by each person so licensed at the time application is filed. A fee of $15.00 shall be required for each renewal of…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-45 Certified public weigher’s official seal
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It shall be the duty of every certified public weigher licensed under this article to obtain through the Department of Agriculture an official seal which shall have inscribed thereon the following words: “Georgia Certified Public Weigher” or such other design or legend as the Commi…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-46 Issuance of official seals to licensed tobacco warehousemen
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For the weighing of leaf tobacco sold or offered for sale at a licensed tobacco warehouse, an official seal for certification of all weights made at the warehouse may be issued directly to the licensed warehouseman and may be used for all weighings made at the warehouse, provided …
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-47 Return of seal on termination of duties
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In the interest of public welfare, the seal provided for a certified public weigher shall be the property of the State of Georgia and shall be returned to the Commissioner upon termination of the duties as a certified public weigher. History. Ga. L. 1949, p. 1179, § 11.
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-48 Duties of certified public weighers
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It shall be the duty of bonded certified public weighers licensed under this article to issue certificates of weight, measure, count, or recording on forms to be approved by the Commissioner and to comply with this article and the rules and regulations promulgated relating thereto.…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-49 Use of untested weight, measure, or device prohibited
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It shall be unlawful for any certified public weigher to use any weights, measures, reading, or recording device which has not been tested and approved by the Commissioner or his assistant, deputy, or inspector in accordance with Article 1 of this chapter. History. Ga. L. 1949, p.…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-5 Powers and duties of Commissioner generally
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The Commissioner shall: (1) Maintain traceability of the State of Georgia’s standards to the National Institute of Standards and Technology; (2) Enforce this chapter; (3) Promulgate, adopt, and issue reasonable rules and regulations for the enforcement of this chapter. Such rules…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-50 Sales
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Leaf tobacco sales and storage. Carry-over storage and sale, §§10-4-140 to 10-4-155. Generally, §§10-4-100 to 10-4-123. Storage. Leaf tobacco sales and storage. Carry-over storage and sale, §§10-4-140 to 10-4-155. Generally, §§10-4-100 to 10-4-123. Warehousemen’s associations, §§…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-51 Convenience warehousing, §10-4-193
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Cotton storage. Failure to give notice of lien, §10-4-77. Electric vehicle charging stations. Advertising, §10-1-225. Inspections, resale of electricity or regulation violations, §10-1-228. Inspectors. Conflicts of interest, §10-1-227. Emblems. Benevolent organizations, charities,…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-53 Revocation of license, §10-2-43
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Commodities and commodity contracts and options. Administrative proceeding, §10-5A-28. Investigations, §10-5A-20. Gasoline marketing practices. Notice of termination prior to expiration, §10-1-237. Liquefied petroleum gas. Sale and storage. Suspension or revocation of license, §10…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-54 Duration of license, §10-2-42
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Duties, §10-2-48. Fees for license, §10-2-42. Forfeiture of seals, §10-2-54. Hearing on revocation of license, §10-2-43. Hearings on imposition of administrative penalty, §10-2-53. Issuance of certificates of weight, measure and count. Duties, §10-2-48. Issuance of license, §10-2-…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-6 Powers, §§10-2-5, 10-2-6
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Secondary standards, §10-2-3. Seizure of illegal weights, measures or commodities, §10-2-6. Stop-use or stop-sale, hold and removal orders, §10-2-6. Compressed natural gas. Manner of display of measurements on dispensing devices, §10-2-19. Confiscation. Seizure of illegal weights,…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-7 Misrepresentation of quantity in selling or buying prohibited
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No person shall sell, offer, or expose for sale less than the quantity he represents nor take any more than the quantity he represents when, as buyer, he furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the quantity is determined. 603 History. Ga. L. 1972, p. 654, § 1.
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-8 Quantity in selling or buying, §10-2-7
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Natural gas. Compressed gas dispensing devices, manners of display of measurements, §10-2-19. Obstruction of enforcement of laws dealing with weights and measures, §10-2-14. Orders. Power of commissioner, §10-2-6. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES —Cont’d Packages. Advertisements to state qua…
O.C.G.A. § 10-2-9 Standards
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Primary standards, §10-2-3. Defined, §10-2-1. Secondary standards. Defined, §10-2-1. Prescribing and verifying, §10-2-3. Stop-use or stop-sale orders, §10-2-6. Systems. Recognized systems, §10-2-2. Tags. Removal, §10-2-14. Timber, §10-2-23. Unit price. Required on packages with ran…