Georgia Code, Title 2, Chapter 12, Article 1 - Fertilizers

• § 2-12-1 - Short Title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Fertilizer Act of 1997."
• § 2-12-2 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Brand" means a term, design, or trademark used in connection with one or several grades of...
• § 2-12-3 - Commissioner to Administer Article
  This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia. In such administration, the Commissioner may use any employee...
• § 2-12-4 - Licensing Requirements Generally; Fees; Renewal; Contents
  (a) No person whose name appears upon the label of a fertilizer shall distribute that fertilizer in Georgia until a fertilizer license has been...
• § 2-12-5 - Nonresident Licensees
  Every nonresident licensee, at the time of licensing and before distributing his or her fertilizer product or products in this state, shall comply with...
• § 2-12-6 - Labeling of Fertilizer
  (a) Any fertilizer distributed in this state in containers shall have placed on or affixed to the container a label setting forth in clearly...
• § 2-12-7 - Inspection of Fertilizer; Methods of Sampling and Analysis; Distribution of Results
  (a) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to sample, inspect, make analyses of, and test fertilizers distributed within this state and inspect...
• § 2-12-8 - Inspection Fees; Quarterly Report; Collection Penalty; Effect of Failure to File Report and Pay Assessment
  (a) There shall be paid to the Commissioner for all fertilizer distributed in this state to nonlicensees an inspection fee at the rate of...
• § 2-12-9 - Penalties for Plant Food Deficiencies; Time for Payment; Effect of Failure to Pay; Alteration of Content of Fertilizer by Recipient
  (a) Total nitrogen (N), available phosphate (P2O5), and soluble potash (K2O). (1) If the analysis of the official sample shows that a fertilizer is...
• § 2-12-10 - Distribution of Misbranded Fertilizer Prohibited; When Misbranded
  No person shall distribute misbranded fertilizer. A fertilizer shall be deemed to be misbranded if: (1) Its labeling is false or misleading in any...
• § 2-12-11 - Distribution of Adulterated Fertilizer Prohibited; When Adulterated
  No person shall distribute an adulterated fertilizer product. A fertilizer shall be deemed to be adulterated if: (1) It contains any deleterious or harmful...
• § 2-12-12 - Determination of Value of Ingredients; Prohibition of Use or Deletion From Label
  The Commissioner is authorized to determine whether an ingredient listed on the label or otherwise advertised as an ingredient and used in the mixing...
• § 2-12-13 - Short Weight Penalty; Adjustment of Invoice
  (a) If any fertilizer in the possession of the consumer is found by the Commissioner to be short in weight, the licensee of such...
• § 2-12-14 - Exchange Between Licensees Not Restricted
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to restrict, subject to inspection fees, or regulate the sale or exchange of fertilizer to other licensees...
• § 2-12-15 - Adoption and Enforcement of Rules and Regulations Generally
  For the enforcement and implementation of this article, the Commissioner is authorized to prescribe and adopt, according to the provisions of Chapter 13 of...
• § 2-12-16 - Revocation or Denial of License; Cancellation or Refusal of Registration
  The Commissioner is authorized to revoke the license and cancel registrations of any licensee or to refuse to register products or issue a plant...
• § 2-12-17 - Stop Sale, Stop Use, or Removal Orders
  The Commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale, stop use, or removal order to the owner or custodian of any...
• § 2-12-18 - Seizure, Condemnation, and Disposition of Nonconforming Fertilizer
  In addition to stop sale, stop use, or removal orders, any lot of fertilizer not in compliance with the provisions of this article shall...
• § 2-12-19 - Injunctions
  The Commissioner is authorized to apply for and the court is authorized to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating...
• § 2-12-20 - Notice of Violations; Administrative Hearing; Penalty for Violation; Prosecution
  (a) If it shall appear from the examination of any fertilizer that any of the provisions of this article or the rules and regulations...
• § 2-12-21 - Local Regulation Prohibited
  (a) No county, municipal corporation, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation,...

Last modified: October 14, 2016