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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 2 - AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 12 - FERTILIZERS, LIMING MATERIALS, AND SOIL AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE 1 - FERTILIZERS
§ 2-12-20 - Notice of violations; administrative hearing; penalty for violation; prosecution

O.C.G.A. 2-12-20 (2010)
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 issued pursuant to this article have been violated, the Commissioner shall cause notice of the violations to be given to the licensee, distributor, or processor from whom such sample was taken. Any person so notified shall be given opportunity to be heard in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act." If it appears after such hearing, either in the presence or absence of the person so notified, that any of the provisions of this article or the rules and regulations issued pursuant to this article have been violated, the Commissioner may certify the facts to the proper prosecuting attorney.

(b) Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) Nothing in this article shall be construed as requiring the Commissioner to report cases for prosecution or for the institution of seizure proceedings as a result of minor violations of this article when he or she believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing or other methods.

(d) It shall be the duty of each prosecuting attorney to whom any violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction without delay.

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