O.C.G.A. § 2-9-31 (2019)
License required
It shall be unlawful for any dealer in grain who comes within the terms of this article to engage in such business in this state without a state license issued by the Commissioner.
History
Ga. L. 1976, p. 512, § 3.
Annotations
Cross references. - Annual license fee for grain dealers, commercial feed dealers, and grain warehousemen, § 2-1-5.
Administrative rules and regulations. - License requirements, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Department of Agriculture, Grain
Dealers, Subject 40-25-2. OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Warehouse license-holder required to acquire separate ‘‘grain dealer’s’’ license. - Individuals holding warehouse licenses issued pursuant to the Georgia State Warehousing Act, Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 1 et seq. (see now O.C.G.A. § 10-4-1 et seq.) and bonded in accordance therewith must acquire a separate ‘‘grain dealer’s’’ license
and surety bond if engaging in the activities of a ‘‘grain dealer.’’ 1976 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 76-41. Federally licensed warehousemen do not have to acquire separate bonding and licensing mandated by § 2-9-34 and this section, but are accorded the exemption provided by § 2-9-44(3). 1978 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 78-11.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Validity of discrimination in license statute or ordinance in favor of farmers selling their own products and
against other persons dealing in farm products, 123 A.L.R. 1051.