Article 3 - AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR PEANUTS

Section 2-8-50 - Applicability of article
Section 2-8-51 - Definitions
Section 2-8-52 - Commission continued in existence; powers and duties; continuation of certain rules, regulations, and orders; periodic determination as to continuation of commission
Section 2-8-53 - Membership of commission; division of peanut-producing counties into districts; election of members; compensation and expenses; certification of members to Secretary of State
Section 2-8-54 - Authority; legal representation; acceptance and use of donations, gifts, and other property; exercise of powers of corporations; continuation of existence of commission; authority to lease or purchase property
Section 2-8-55 - Commission as public corporation; name used in contracts and legal proceedings; chairman; quorum; oath of office; certification of election
Section 2-8-56 - Receipt, collection, and disbursal of funds
Section 2-8-57 - Funds held in trust; deposit, accounting, and disbursal of funds; exemption from requirements applicable to state funds
Section 2-8-58 - Bond of persons handling funds under article; signing of checks, drafts, and negotiable instruments; election, powers, and duties of treasurer
Section 2-8-59 - Liability of commission members
Section 2-8-60 - Authority to confer with and make information available to governmental authorities of this state, other states, and the United States
Section 2-8-61 - Issuance, administration, and enforcement of marketing orders; notice and hearing as to proposed order; information from persons who may be affected by order
Section 2-8-62 - Recommendation of promulgation of marketing order; permissible provisions of orders; effectiveness of orders heretofore adopted and in effect on July 1, 1989
Section 2-8-63 - Finding of assent or approval of producers required for marketing order to become effective; commission authorized to issue orders regulating peanuts; amendments; notice; rules and regulations; expiration and extension of orders
Section 2-8-64 - Limiting of application of marketing order to certain marketing areas or portions of state
Section 2-8-65 - Seasonal marketing regulations; legislative findings; interpretation of Code section
Section 2-8-66 - Applicability of orders regulating minimum quality, condition, size, or maturity
Section 2-8-67 - Assessments to defray expenses of marketing orders; budgets for administration; authority to borrow money; contributions in lieu of advance deposits; collection of assessments; rules; enforcement of payment; deposit and disbursement of moneys; investment of moneys
Section 2-8-68 - Assessment constitutes personal debt; action for collection; fee for late payment; remedies cumulative
Section 2-8-69 - Books and records of processors and distributors; furnishing information to commission; inspection of books and records; confidentiality; enforcement
Section 2-8-70 - Use of designations of grade, quality, or condition without complying with regulations or marketing order
Section 2-8-71 - Entry and inspection of premises to check compliance with marketing order; holding of lot of peanuts to ascertain compliance; affixing of notice of noncompliance; service of notice of noncompliance; correction of deficiencies; disposal of lot; applicability
Section 2-8-72 - Civil penalty; fixing amount of penalty; civil action; disposition of moneys
Section 2-8-73 - Action by Attorney General for civil penalties or injunctive relief; remedies court may impose; payment of costs
Section 2-8-74 - Referral of complaints to Attorney General or prosecuting attorney; hearing to consider charges; cease and desist order
Section 2-8-75 - False or fraudulent reports, statements, and records; failure or refusal to give name and address of person from whom peanuts received
Section 2-8-76 - Criminal penalty
Section 2-8-77 - Construction of penalty and remedy provisions
Section 2-8-78 - Applicability to retailers of peanuts
Section 2-8-79 - Applicability of "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."