Georgia Code, Title 10, Chapter 2, Article 1 - General Provisions
- § 10-2-1 - Definitions
As used in this chapter and any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, the term: (1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture,...
- § 10-2-2 - Recognized Systems of Weights and Measures
The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized;...
- § 10-2-3 - Primary Standards of Weights and Measures; Prescribing and Verifying Secondary Standards
Weights and measures that are traceable to the United States prototype standards supplied by the federal government, or approved as being satisfactory by the...
- § 10-2-4 - Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices
The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and...
- § 10-2-5 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner Generally
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;...
- § 10-2-6 - Power of Commissioner to Inspect Commercial Premises and Vehicles; Stop-Use or Stop-Sale, Hold, and Removal Orders; Seizure
When necessary for the enforcement of this chapter or rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, the Commissioner is: (1) Authorized to enter...
- § 10-2-7 - Misrepresentation of Quantity in Selling or Buying Prohibited
No person shall sell, offer, or expose for sale less than the quantity he represents nor take any more than the quantity he represents...
- § 10-2-8 - Misrepresentation or Deception in Pricing by Weight, Measure, or Count Prohibited
No person shall misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold, offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count nor...
- § 10-2-9 - Permissible Methods of Selling by Quantity
Except as otherwise provided by rules or regulations promulgated by the Commissioner, commodities in a liquid form shall be sold by liquid measure or...
- § 10-2-10 - Delivery Tickets for Bulk Sales and Bulk Deliveries of Heating Fuel
Whenever the quantity is determined by the seller, bulk sales in excess of $20.00 and all bulk deliveries of heating fuel shall be accompanied...
- § 10-2-11 - Information Required on Packages
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, any package kept for the purpose of...
- § 10-2-12 - Unit Price Required on Packages With Random Weights
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...
- § 10-2-13 - Advertisements of Packaged Commodities Must State Quantity With Retail Price
Whenever a packaged commodity is advertised in any manner with the retail price stated, a declaration of quantity as is required by this article...
- § 10-2-14 - Using or Possessing Incorrect Weight or Measure; Removing Tags, Seals, or Marks; Obstructing Enforcement
It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Use or possess any incorrect weight or measure for use in commerce; (2) Remove any...
- § 10-2-15 - Grain Moisture Testing Equipment -- Standards; Inspections
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to adopt standards for moisture testing equipment utilized in determining the moisture content of grain offered...
- § 10-2-16 - Grain Moisture Testing Equipment -- Operator to Obtain Permit
No person shall operate moisture testing equipment to determine the moisture content of grain offered for sale unless such person shall be trained in...
- § 10-2-17 - Inspection of Scales Used in Intrastate Shipments
The Commissioner is authorized to inspect scales used for the calculation and determination of fees or charges for the transportation of bulk materials, packages,...
- § 10-2-18 - When Weight, Measure, or Weighing or Measuring Device Presumed Used in Business
Whenever there shall exist a weight or measure or weighing or measuring device in or about any place in which or from which buying...
- § 10-2-19 - Manner of Display of Measurement of Compressed Natural Gas on Dispensing Devices
(a) As used in this Code section, the term "compressed natural gas" means a mixture of hydrocarbon gases and vapors, consisting principally of methane...
- § 10-2-20 - Enjoining Violations
The Commissioner or his representative, at the discretion of the Commissioner, is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary...
- § 10-2-21 - Administrative Penalty for Violations; Judicial Review; Proceedings for Collection
(a) As an alternative to criminal or other civil enforcement, the Commissioner, in order to enforce this article or any orders, rules, or regulations...
- § 10-2-22 - Criminal Penalty for Violations
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, society, or association who shall violate this article, relating to weights and measures in general, or any rule or...
- § 10-2-23 - Sale and Measurement of Pulpwood, Sawtimber, Poles, and Other Types of Timber
All pulpwood, sawtimber, poles, and other types of timber sold or measured in this state by weight shall be sold on the basis of...
Last modified: October 14, 2016