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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-14-41. Powers of Commissioner generally; promulgation and enforcement of rules, ordinances, and regulations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-14-41. Powers of Commissioner generally; promulgation and enforcement of rules, ordinances, and regulations.

The Commissioner shall have full and plenary power to deal with the American and European foul brood, all other contagious and infectious honeybee diseases, Africanized bees, or any other threat to honeybees. He shall have full power and authority to make, promulgate, and enforce such rules, ordinances, and regulations and to do and perform such acts, through his agents or otherwise, as in his judgment may be necessary to curtail, eradicate, or prevent the introduction, spread, or dissemination of any and all contagious diseases, Africanized bees, or any other threat to honeybees. All such rules, ordinances, and regulations shall have the force and effect of law.

## History

Ga. L. 1920, p. 160, § 2; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 98; Code 1933, § 5-902; Ga. L. 1990, p. 373, § 1.