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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 2. AGRICULTURE · Chapter 5. REGISTRATION, LICENSES, AND PERMITS GENERALLY

2-5-5. Grounds for denial of registration, license, or permit; hearing.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    The Commissioner may deny registration, a license, or a permit to:#

    1. (1)

      Any applicant with a criminal record;#

    2. (2)

      Any applicant who is found by the Commissioner to have violated any law administered by the department or any regulation or quarantine of the department;#

    3. (3)

      A corporation, when any of its officers has a criminal record or is found by the Commissioner to have violated any law administered by the department or any regulation or quarantine of the department; or#

    4. (4)

      Any person who is less than 18 years of age on the date of his or her application.#

  2. (b)

    In the case of a partnership, all parties shall be considered applicants for the purpose of this Code section.#

  3. (c)

    No registration, license, or permit shall be denied under this Code section without opportunity for hearing in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the ‘‘Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.’’#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1966, p. 307, § 5; Ga. L. 1997, p. 401, § 2.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t1-t2-t3-(v3)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V3, 2019 edition, pages 214 to 215; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 206dab95f27a.