O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 2-14-40 (2019)

License required for sale of bees; fee; revocation of license

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(a) All persons, firms, or corporations desiring to carry on as a business the sale of bees, queens, nuclei, etc., shall apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture as ex officio state entomologist for a license to do so. The application shall be accompanied by a fee of $25.00. All fees so collected shall be turned over to the Office of the State Treasurer.

(b) The Commissioner, upon investigation of the party so applying and at his discretion, shall issue a license to the same. Such license shall be revoked by the Commissioner if the licensee fails to comply with this article or to carry out the rules and regulations established by the Commissioner.

(c) Any person, firm, or corporation attempting to carry on as a business the sale of bees, queens, nuclei, etc., without the license required by subsection (a) of this Code section or after such license has been revoked shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in Code Section 2-14-47.

History

Ga. L. 1921, p. 260, § 1; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 98A; Code 1933, §§ 5-901,

5-9929; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 2/SB 296.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL The Entomology Act of 1937 (see now O.C.G.A. § 2-7-1 et seq.) does not by implication repeal the law on honebees (see now O.C.G.A. § 2-14-140 et seq.). 1945-47 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 5.

Section clearly indicates legislative purpose to impose criminal liability. 1970 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 70-155.

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