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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-7-97. Fertilizers and pesticides.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-7-97. Fertilizers and pesticides.

The provisions of this article shall not apply to:

(1) Fertilizers, propellant actuated devices, or propellant activated industrial tools manufactured, imported, distributed, or used for their intended purposes; or

(2) A pesticide which is manufactured, stored, transported, distributed, possessed, or used in accordance with Chapter 7 of Title 2, the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 61 Stat. 163, as amended, and the federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92-516, as amended.

## History

Code 1981, § 16-7-97, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 416, § 3.