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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-12-21. Local regulation prohibited.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-12-21. Local regulation prohibited.

(a) No county, municipal corporation, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution regulating the registration, labeling, packaging, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, use, or application of fertilizer.

(b) This Code section shall in no way prohibit or impair the legal right of any county, municipal corporation, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this state to issue business licenses or to make zoning decisions.

## History

Code 1981, § 2-12-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1030, § 1/SB 88.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2005, Code Section 2-12-22, as enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1030, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 2-12-21.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1997, p. 1271, § 1, repealed former Code Section 2-12-21, relating to notice of violations and administrative hearings. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1960, p. 916, §§ 19, 26; Ga. L. 1970, p. 609, § 16; Code 1981, § 2-12-22; Code 1981, § 2-12-21, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1989, p. 473, § 1.