O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-1-155 (2019)

Rules and regulations; specifications for petroleum products; penalty for violations

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have authority to prescribe such rules and regulations, consistent with the terms, intent, and purposes of this part, as he finds necessary for the proper administration and enforcement thereof. He shall establish by regulation specifications for the various petroleum products used for heating, cooking, illuminating, power, or lubricating purposes in this state so as to provide quality control and suitability for the intended use of such products and the effective enforcement of the laws pertaining to the sale, distribution, or use of such products and shall have authority to change such specifications, but only after giving a 60 days’ notice and a public hearing in regard to such changes to refiners and distributors doing business in this state. (b) Any manufacturer, refiner, wholesaler, jobber, or vendor who shall violate this Code section or any regulation issued pursuant thereto prescribing specifications for the various petroleum products regulated by this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1927, p. 279, § 8; Code 1933, §§ 73-216, 73-9904; Ga. L. 1943, p. 303,

§ 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1043, §§ 10, 16; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 504; Ga. L. 1979, p. 981, § 6.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Signs indicating price is for “self-service” pumps. - Commissioner of Agriculture may require retail gasoline sales establishments to include on signs or

billboard advertisements a designation that the price for gasoline posted thereto is to apply to “self-service” pumps if there is a differentiation in price for the same

SELLING/OTHER TRADE PRACTICES

gasoline sold from “self-service” pumps and “full-service” pumps. 1975 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 75-124. RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Gas and Oil, §§ 145, 159 et seq. C.J.S. 58 C.J.S., Mines and Minerals, § 417 et seq.

ALR. Liability of manufacturer or seller for injury caused by firearms, explosives, and flammables, 80 A.L.R.2d 488; 94 A.L.R.3d 291; 15 A.L.R.4th 909; 18 A.L.R.4th 206.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Cisco v. State, 680 S.E.2d 831 (Ga. 2009).

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Cisco v. State, 680 S.E.2d 831 (Ga. 2009). · cites it 4× “Although these proceedings are predicated upon an alleged manipulation of gasoline pumps at the three South Georgia truck stops, a matter that directly concerns the Department of Agriculture, the governmental authority charged with oversight of gasoline pumps and their accuracy,…”

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