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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-4-144. Each licensee to be bonded.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-4-144. Each licensee to be bonded.

As a prerequisite to the issuance of a license under this part, each applicant shall also furnish evidence to the Commissioner of Agriculture that he has in force for the year for which the license is sought a bond issued by a corporate entity authorized to do business in this state in the penal sum of $10,000.00. The bond shall be conditioned upon the licensee performing all the duties imposed upon him by law and the accounting for the proceeds of all carry-over flue-cured leaf tobacco received by him for storage and for sale.

## History

Ga. L. 1975, p. 1263, § 4.