O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-1-142 (2019)

Appointment and duties of state oil chemist

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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The Commissioner of Agriculture is required to appoint, in accordance with Chapter 20 of Title 45, a chemist, who shall be an expert oil analyst, to be designated as the state oil chemist, whose duty it shall be to analyze all samples of gasoline and kerosene and all fluids purporting to be substitutes therefor or motor fuel improvements or other like products of petroleum, under whatever name they may be designated, and used for illuminating, heating, cooking, power, or lubricating purposes, submitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture or any duly authorized inspector or inspectors.

History

Ga. L. 1927, p. 279, § 9; Code 1933, § 73-201; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1043, §§ 1, 2;

Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 505; Ga. L. 1979, p. 981, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Enforcement of former Code 1933, §§ 73-222 and 73-223 was within the power of the state oil chemist as the duly authorized agent of the

Commissioner of Agriculture, who was constituted the chief oil inspector under former Code 1933, § 73-203. 1965-66 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 66-141.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Gas and Oil, §§ 145, 159 et seq. C.J.S. 38A C.J.S., Gas and Oil, §§ 5, 6, 21 et

seq. 58 C.J.S., Mines and Minerals, § 417 et seq.