Georgia Code, Title 2, Chapter 19 - Georgia Cotton Producers Indemnity Fund

• § 2-19-1 - Enactment of Chapter; Purpose
  This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority granted to the General Assembly by Article III, Section VI, Paragraph II(a)(3) of the Constitution of...
• § 2-19-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture of this state. (2) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture...
• § 2-19-3 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner
  (a) The Commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To promulgate suitable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes...
• § 2-19-4 - Claims by Eligible Cotton Producers; Filing; Contents
  (a) A claim may be filed by an eligible cotton producer, as defined in Code Section 2-19-2. In any case in which the person...
• § 2-19-5 - Georgia Cotton Producers Indemnity Fund of 1999 Created
  (a) There is created a fund to be known as the Georgia Cotton Producers Indemnity Fund of 1999. The Commissioner shall be the custodian...
• § 2-19-5.1 - "Cotton Ginner" Defined; Payment of Excess Funds in Indemnity Fund; Filing Claims
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Contingent claim" means a claim filed because a trustee in bankruptcy had asserted, on...
• § 2-19-6 - Stipulations on Acceptance of Indemnity Payments; Recovery of Payments by the Commissioner
  (a) Acceptance of an indemnity payment made pursuant to this chapter shall subrogate the state, to the extent of such indemnity payment, to any...
• § 2-19-7 - Violations of Chapter
  Any person who asserts a false claim under the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section 16-10-20 and,...
• § 2-19-8 - Appropriation of Funds by the General Assembly
  No indemnity payments shall be paid pursuant to this chapter unless the General Assembly appropriates not less than $5 million of state funds to...

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