Title 2 — Agriculture
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O.C.G.A. § 2-6-1 Short title
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This article may be known and cited as the ‘‘Georgia Agricultural Conservation and Adjustment Act.’’ History. — Ga. L. 1937, p. 538, § 1. 2-6-2. Purpose of article; legislative findings; acceptance of federal Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. (a) It is recognized and …
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-10 State advisory board
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(a) The Cooperative Extension Service shall, by regulation, provide for the selection of five persons of legal age, resident in this state, to act as farmer members of a state advisory board. Such members shall be selected from the standpoint of their actual farming experience an…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-20 Short title
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This article may be known and cited as the ‘‘Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law.’’ 224 2-6-21 History. — Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 116, § 1. 2-6-21. Legislative determinations and declarations of policy.
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-21 Legislative determinations and declarations of policy
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(a) Legislative determinations. It is declared, as a matter of legislative determination: (1) The condition. That: (A) The farm, forest, and grazing lands of this state are among the basic assets of this state and the preservation of these lands is necessary to protect and promot…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-22 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘State Soil and Water Conservation Commission’’ means the agency created in Code Section 2-6-23. (2) ‘‘District’’ or ‘‘soil and water conservation district’’ means an agency of this state organized in accordance with this …
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-25 Short title
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Legislative determinations and declarations of policy. Definitions. State Soil and Water Conservation Commission — Established; composition; terms of office; ex officio advisers; seal; rules and regulations. State Soil and Water Conservation Commission — Chairperson; quorum; comp…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-27 State Soil and Water Conservation Commission — Additional duties and powers
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In addition to the duties and powers otherwise conferred upon the commission, it shall have the following duties and powers: (1) To offer such assistance as may be appropriate to the supervisors of the soil and water conservation districts in the carrying out of any of their powe…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-3 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Other states of the United States’’ includes Puerto Rico. (2) ‘‘Person’’ means an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, business trust, joint-stock company, association, syndicate, group, 219 2-6-5 pool, joint venture, and any other …
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-34 Conditions to extending benefits or performing work
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As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this article to or the performance of any work upon any lands not owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, the supervisors of a district may require contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise to…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-36 Land use regulations — Referendum
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(a) The supervisors shall not have the authority to adopt land use regulations until after they shall have caused due notice to be given of their intention to conduct a referendum for submission of such regulations to the owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the distric…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-38 Land use regulations — Binding effect
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Land use regulations adopted pursuant to Code Sections 2-6-35 and 2-6-36 by the supervisors of any district shall be binding and obligatory upon all owners and occupiers of land within such districts. History. — Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 9. 2-6-39. Land use regulations — Inspections…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-4 Designation of state agency
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The Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Georgia, hereinafter called the Cooperative Extension Service, is designated and authorized as the agency of this state to carry out the policy and purposes of this article and to formulate and administer state plans pursuant…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-40 Land use regulations — Amendment or repeal
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(a) Any owner of land within a district may at any time file a petition with the supervisors asking that any or all of the land use regulations adopted by the supervisors under Code Sections 2-6-35 and 2-6-36 be amended, supplemented, or repealed. (b) Such land use regulations sh…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-42 Cooperation between districts
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The supervisors of any two or more districts may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in this article. History. — Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 11. 2-6-43. State agencies to cooperate with districts and observe land use regulations. Agencies of this …
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-44 Exemption from taxation
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The property and property rights of every kind and nature acquired in the name of the State of Georgia by any district shall be exempt from state, county, and other taxation. History. — Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 8.
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-46 Discontinuance of district — Referendum
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(a) Within 60 days after a petition has been received by the commission, it shall hold a referendum on the issue. The commission shall give due notice of the holding of the referendum, shall supervise such referendum, and shall issue appropriate regulations governing the conduct …
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-49 Discontinuance of district — Effect of dissolution
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(a) Upon issuance of a certificate of dissolution under Code Section 2-6-48, all land use regulations theretofore adopted by a district and in force therein shall be of no further force and effect. (b) All contracts entered into prior to the dissolution of a district, to which th…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-5 Formulation and administration of state plans; investigations
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(a) The Cooperative Extension Service is authorized and directed to formulate for each calendar year and to submit to the secretary of agriculture of the United States for and in the name of this state, a state plan for carrying out the purposes of this article during such calend…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-50 Discontinuance of district — Frequency of discontinuance attempts
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The commission shall not be required to entertain petitions for the discontinuance of any district, to conduct referenda upon such petitions, or to make determinations pursuant to such petitions more often than once in five years. History. — Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 13; Ga. L. 1988…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-51 District not liable for loss, damage, injury, or death
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no district shall have any liability for loss, damage, injury, or death resulting from the location of structures or dwellings on state owned or controlled property in violation of properly recorded easements when all le…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-8 Reports; investigations
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The Cooperative Extension Service shall compile or require to be made such reports as it determines to be necessary or proper in order to ascertain whether any plans provided for in this article are being carried out according to their terms. The Cooperative Extension Service sha…
O.C.G.A. § 2-6-9 Community associations; community and county committees
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The Cooperative Extension Service, by regulation, shall provide for the organization within each community of a voluntary association in which all agricultural producers who are citizens of this state and residents in such community shall be entitled to equal participation; for t…