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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-7-15. Declaration of public nuisance authorized.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-7-15. Declaration of public nuisance authorized.

The Commissioner may declare a dangerous plant pest, as well as any plant or other thing which has been infested or infected therewith or exposed to infestation or infection and is therefore likely to communicate the same, to be a public nuisance.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 329, § 11.