Georgia Code, Title 2, Chapter 8, Article 5 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines

• § 2-8-120 - Applicability
  This article shall apply only to the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines.
• § 2-8-121 - 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...
• § 2-8-122 - Commissioner's Authority
  The Commissioner shall be authorized to exercise supervisory jurisdiction over the administration and enforcement of this article. In the performance of this duty, the...
• § 2-8-123 - Commission Created
  There is created the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Equines.
• § 2-8-124 - Commission Membership; Nomination and Election of Commission Members
  (a) The commission shall be composed of: (1) The Commissioner of Agriculture, ex officio; (2) The president of the Georgia Farm Bureau, ex officio;...
• § 2-8-125 - Commission to Be a Public Corporation and Instrumentality of the State; Powers; Transaction of Commission Business
  The commission, with its name annexed thereto, shall be a public corporation and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia. By that name, style,...
• § 2-8-126 - Receipt, Collection, and Disbursement of Funds
  The Commissioner is authorized and it shall be his or her duty to receive, collect, and disburse the funds of the commission qualifying and...
• § 2-8-127 - Funds Received Under This Article to Be Held in Trust for the Commission
  Funds received by the Commissioner under this article shall be held in trust for the commission. Such funds shall be deposited, accounted for, and...
• § 2-8-128 - Persons Handling Funds to Be Bonded
  Any person who handles funds under this article shall be bonded with good and sufficient surety in an amount determined by the Commissioner for...
• § 2-8-129 - Committee Members and Employees Not Responsible Individually for Errors in Judgment, Mistakes or Other Acts
  The members and employees of the commission and the Commissioner shall not be held responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any producer, distributor,...
• § 2-8-130 - Commission Authorized to Share Information With State and Federal Government Agencies
  The Commissioner and the commission are authorized to confer with and to make any information obtained pursuant to this article available to the duly...
• § 2-8-131 - Issuance, Administration, and Enforcement of Marketing Orders; Hearing
  (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)...
• § 2-8-132 - Provisions for Establishment of Advertising, Research, and Education Programs
  If, upon the basis of the record of testimony and documentary evidence received at the hearing provided for in Code Section 2-8-131 and the...
• § 2-8-133 - Amendments To, Rules and Regulations Governing, and Expiration and Termination of Marketing Orders
  (a) (1) Upon the recommendation of not less than three of the appointive members of the commission, the Commissioner or the commission may make...
• § 2-8-134 - Limited Application of Marketing Orders
  Marketing orders issued by the commission may be limited in their application by prescribing the marketing areas or portions of the state in which...
• § 2-8-135 - Commission Authorized to Borrow Funds for Certain Purposes; Disposition of Funds Collected Pursuant to This Article
  (a) In the event that the commission has reason to believe that the administration of a marketing order will be facilitated or the attainment...

Last modified: October 14, 2016