Georgia Code, Title 2, Chapter 8, Article 4 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products

• § 2-8-90 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Advertising and sales promotion" means, in addition to the ordinarily accepted meaning thereof, trade promotion and...
• § 2-8-91 - Authority of Commissioner
  The Commissioner shall be authorized to exercise supervisory jurisdiction over the administration and enforcement of this article. In the performance of this duty, the...
• § 2-8-92 - Creation
  There is created the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products.
• § 2-8-93 - Composition; Membership
  (a) The commission shall be composed of: (1) The Commissioner of Agriculture, ex officio; (2) The president of the Georgia Farm Bureau, ex officio;...
• § 2-8-94 - Public Corporation and Instrumentality of the State of Georgia
  The commission, with its name annexed thereto, shall be a public corporation and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia. By that name, style,...
• § 2-8-95 - Powers, Duties, and Authority of Commission
  (a) The commission is authorized to accept donations, gifts, grants, and other funds or property and to use the same for commission purposes. The...
• § 2-8-96 - Immunity From Liability
  The members and employees of the commission and the Commissioner shall be immune from liability to the same extent as the state and state...
• § 2-8-97 - Authority of Commissioner to Issue, Administer, and Enforce Provisions of Marketing Orders; Hearings
  (a) The Commissioner, upon the approval and request of the commission, is authorized to issue, administer, and enforce the provisions of marketing orders.(b) (1)...
• § 2-8-98 - Recommendation of Promulgation of a Marketing Order
  If, upon the basis of the record of testimony and evidence received at the hearing provided for in Code Section 2-8-97, the commission determines...
• § 2-8-99 - Amendments to Marketing Orders; Notice; Rules and Regulations; Termination of Orders
  (a) (1) Upon the recommendation of not fewer than three of the appointed members of the commission, the Commissioner or the commission may make...
• § 2-8-100 - Levying and Collection of Assessments
  (a) For the purpose of providing funds to defray the necessary expenses incurred by the commission in the formulation, issuance, administration, and enforcement of...
• § 2-8-101 - Limitations on Application of Marketing Orders
  Marketing orders issued by the commission may be limited in their application by prescribing the marketing areas or portions of this state in which...
• § 2-8-102 - Deposit and Disbursement of Funds; Investment
  (a) Any moneys collected by the commission or the Commissioner pursuant to this article shall be deposited in a bank or other depository approved...
• § 2-8-103 - Duties of Attorney General
  (a) The Attorney General of this state shall represent the commission in legal matters and shall be the attorney for the commission.(b) The Attorney...
• § 2-8-104 - Violations
  Any person who violates any provision of this article or any provision of any marketing order duly issued by the commission under this article...
• § 2-8-105 - Rules and Regulations
  The commission is empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of this article. The promulgation,...

Last modified: October 14, 2016