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Georgia Statutes, Title 2

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Title 2

21 chapters · 591 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 2591 Ch 8, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES PROMOTION115 Ch 7, PLANT DISEASE, PEST CONTROL, AND PES…102 Ch 12, FERTILIZERS, LIMING MATERIALS, AND S…57 Ch 10, MARKETING FACILITIES, ORGANIZATIONS,…46 Ch 6, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION43 Ch 14, SALE OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST PRODUCTS37 Ch 9, DEALERS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS35 Ch 11, SEEDS AND PLANTS29 Ch 13, COMMERCIAL FEEDS20 Ch 2, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE15 Ch 3, GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXPOSITION AUTH…15 Ch 23, HEMP FARMING12 Ch 4, GEORGIA SEED DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION10 Ch 5, REGISTRATION, LICENSES, AND PERMITS …9

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O.C.G.A. § 2-5-4 Applications — Admission that applicant is doing business in state
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The filing of an application with the department for registration, a license, or a permit shall constitute an admission by the applicant that the applicant is doing business in this state. History. — Ga. L. 1966, p. 307, § 4.
O.C.G.A. § 2-5-4.1 Applications — Form of submission; payment of fees
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The department is authorized to accept applications either in writing or through available electronic media approved by the Commissioner. The payment of fees and the acceptance of such fees by the department may be accomplished in any manner, including electronic fund transfers, …
O.C.G.A. § 2-5-5 Grounds for denial of registration, license, or permit; hearing
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(a) The Commissioner may deny registration, a license, or a permit to: (1) Any applicant with a criminal record; (2) Any applicant who is found by the Commissioner to have violated any law administered by the department or any regulation or quarantine of the department; (3) A cor…
O.C.G.A. § 2-5-6 Grounds for revocation; hearing
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The Commissioner may revoke any outstanding registration, license, or permit where the holder of the same or any officer or agent of the holder is found by the Commissioner to have violated any law administered by the department or any regulation or quarantine of the department, …

O.C.G.A. § 2-5-7 Registration, license, or permit certificates as evidence thereof; republication and reissuance unnecessary

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All license, registration, and permit certificates published by the department shall, upon issuance, be permanent evidence of the pertinent licenses, registrations, and permits they are published for, until their surrender, abandonment, revocation, cancellation, or nonrenewal. No…

O.C.G.A. § 2-5-8 Rules and regulations

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The Commissioner shall make and publish in print or electronically such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. History. — Ga. L. 1966, p. 307, § 7; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388. CHAPTER 6 SOIL AND WAT…

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.

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. § 2-6-2 Purpose of article; legislative findings; acceptance of federal Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act

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(a) It is recognized and declared: (1) That the soil resources and fertility of the land of this state and the economic use thereof, the prosperity of the farming population of this state, the navigability of the rivers and harbors of this state, and the prevention of floods in t…

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, pool, joint venture, and any other unincorpor…

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. § 2-6-5 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. § 2-6-6 Receipt and disbursement of funds; accounts; auditing; bonds

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(a) The Cooperative Extension Service is authorized to receive, on behalf of this state, all grants of money or other aid made available from any source to assist the state in carrying out the policy and purposes of this article. All such moneys or other aid, together with any mo…

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-7 Assistance of other agencies and associations; rules and regulations; lease or purchase of equipment, facilities, and supplies; employment of personnel

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(a) The Cooperative Extension Service shall utilize such available services and assistance of other state agencies and of voluntary county and community committees and associations of agricultural producers as it determines to be necessary or calculated to assist substantially in…

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…

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.’’ History. — Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 116, § 1.

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. § 2-6-23 State Soil and Water Conservation Commission — Established; composition; terms of office; ex officio advisers; seal; rules and regulations

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(a) There is established, to serve as an agency of the state and to perform the functions conferred upon it in this article, the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission. The commission shall be assigned to the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes only, as pr…

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-24 State Soil and Water Conservation Commission — Chairperson; quorum; compensation; surety bonds; records; audits

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The commission shall designate one of its members as chairperson and may, from time to time, change such designation. A member of the commission shall hold office so long as he or she retains the office by virtue of which he or she is serving on the commission. A majority of the …

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-25 State Soil and Water Conservation Commission — Employment of administrative officer, experts, agents, and employees; legal services; delegation of powers and duties; furnishing of information; agency

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The commission may employ an administrative officer and such technical experts and other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require. It shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The commission may call upon the Attorney General of this …

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-26 State Soil and Water Conservation Commission — Merit and retirement systems for employees

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All employees of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission, not including members of the commission, shall be subject to a merit system of employment as promulgated by the commission, under which all such employees shall be selected on a basis of merit, fitness, and effici…

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. § 2-6-28 Number and boundaries of soil and water conservation districts; alteration of existing districts or formation of new districts

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(a) The number and geographical boundaries of the several soil and water conservation districts shall remain as they existed on July 1, 1973, unless changed as provided in this Code section. (b) If two-thirds of the supervisors within each of the affected districts, each of the g…

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-29 District supervisors — Number; appointment, qualifications, and terms of appointive supervisors; county basis of election of elected supervisors

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(a) The governing body of each district shall consist of not less than five supervisors. Two supervisors shall be appointed by the commission, provided that in those districts which contain three or more counties or portions of three or more counties, the commission shall appoint…

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-30 District supervisors — Election procedure for elected supervisors

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(a) Within 30 days after the date of issuance by the Secretary of State of a certificate of organization for a soil and water conservation district, nominating petitions may be filed with the commission to nominate candidates for supervisors of such district. The commission shall…

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-31 District supervisors — Chairman; terms of office of elected supervisors; filling vacancies; quorum; compensation and expenses

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(a) The supervisors shall designate a chairman and from time to time may change such designation. (b)(1) The term of office of each elected supervisor shall be four years, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (2) of this subsection. An elected supervisor shall hold office un…

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-32 District supervisors — Services of county agricultural agents; employees and agents; copies of rules, orders, and other documents; surety bonds; removal of supervisor; consultation

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(a) The supervisors of a district may utilize the services of the county agricultural agents and the facilities of the county agricultural agents’ offices insofar as practicable and feasible. With the approval of the commission they may employ additional employees and agents, per…

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-33 Powers of districts and supervisors; prerequisites to exercise

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A soil and water conservation district shall be an agency of this state. Such district and the supervisors thereof shall have, in addition to other powers granted in this article, the following powers; provided, however, that before the supervisors shall have the authority to exe…

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. § 2-6-35 Land use regulations — Adoption authorized; public hearings

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The supervisors of each district shall have authority to formulate regulations governing the use of lands within the district, in the interest of conserving soil and soil resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion. The supervisors may conduct such public meetings and p…

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. § 2-6-37 Land use regulations — Provisions authorized; uniformity required; availability of copies

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(a) The regulations to be adopted by the supervisors under this article may include: (1) Provisions requiring the carrying out of necessary engineering operations, including the construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, dikes, ponds, ditches, and other necessary stru…

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.

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-39 Land use regulations — Inspections to determine observance; petition; judicial proceedings; costs and expenses

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(a) The supervisors shall have authority to go upon any lands within the district to determine whether land use regulations adopted under this article are being observed. (b) Where the supervisors of any district find that any of the provisions of land use regulations adopted in …

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. § 2-6-41 Right of eminent domain for small watershed project; conditions precedent; procedure

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(a) When a small watershed project is instituted under the sponsorship of a duly constituted district alone or under cosponsorship with any political subdivision of this state and is approved by the state and federal governments for construction thereof, and when, as a condition …

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.

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-43 State agencies to cooperate with districts and observe land use regulations

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Agencies of this state which have jurisdiction over or are charged with the administration of any state-owned lands lying within the boundaries of any district and agencies of any county or other governmental subdivision of the state which have jurisdiction over or are charged wi…

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. § 2-6-45 Discontinuance of district — Petition of landowners; hearings

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Following the expiration of five years from the organization of a district, any 25 owners of land lying within the boundaries of such district may file a petition with the commission seeking to have the operations of the district terminated and the existence of the district disco…

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. § 2-6-47 Discontinuance of district — Publication of referendum results; determination of feasibility of continuance

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The commission shall publish the result of the referendum. It shall consider and determine whether the continued operation of the district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible. If the commission determines that the continued operation of such…

O.C.G.A. § 2-6-48 Discontinuance of district — Certification from committee; termination of affairs; application for dissolution; certificate of dissolution

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(a) Upon receipt from the commission of a certification that the commission has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible, the supervisors shall proceed forthwith to terminate the affairs of the district. The supervis…

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. § 2-6-50 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. § 2-6-52 Creation of Agricultural Water Conservation Incentive Program; purpose; participation; funding

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(a) There is created the Agricultural Water Conservation Incentive Program. The program shall be developed, implemented, and supervised by the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission. (b) The purpose of the program shall be to provide incentives to agricultural producers to …

O.C.G.A. § 2-7-1 Short title

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This article shall be known as ‘‘The Entomology Act of 1937.’’ History. — Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 1.