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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-12-47. Sale of noncomplying, toxic, or domestic septage material prohibited.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-12-47. Sale of noncomplying, toxic, or domestic septage material prohibited.

(a) No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state unless it complies with the provisions of this article and rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this article.

(b) No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state which contains toxic materials in quantities determined by the Commissioner which may be injurious to plants or animals.

(c) No agricultural liming material which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 C.F.R. 503.9 shall be sold or offered for sale in this state.

## History

Code 1981, § 2-12-47, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1183, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 364, § 4/HB 1057; Ga. L. 2022, p. 352, § 2/HB 1428.

## Amendments

The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, added subsection (c).

The 2022 amendment, effective May 2, 2022, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “40 C.F.R. 503.9” for “40 CFR 503.9” in subsection (c).