O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-441 (2019)

Designation of cooperating agency

✓ 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 department, acting by and through its Commissioner, is designated as the state agency responsible for cooperating with the administration under the provisions of the federal act.

(b) In furtherance of its responsibilities under subsection (a) of this Code section, the department may:

(1) Conduct inspections and take other regulatory actions as necessary to assist the administration in enforcement of the federal act; and

(2) Enter into cooperative agreements with the administration to carry out the provisions of the federal act.

History

Code 1981, § 26-2-441, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 215, § 1/HB 176; Ga. L. 2023, p. 730, § 4(b)(7)/HB 475, effective July 1, 2023.

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised language in subsection (a).

ARTICLE 18 RAW DAIRY Effective date. This article became effective July 1, 2023.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2022, p. 809, § 1/HB 1175, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Raw Dairy Act.’”

Administrative rules and regulations. Milk and Milk Products, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Rule 40-2-1-.01 et seq.