Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 2. AGRICULTURE · Chapter 7. PLANT DISEASE, PEST CONTROL, AND PESTICIDES · Article 5. BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION

2-7-151. Declaration of purpose.

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The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman, is declared to be a serious pest and a menace to the cotton-growing industry. The purpose of this article is to provide for the eradication of this pest.

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

Code 1981, § 2-7-151, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1079, § 1.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, a hyphen was inserted between ‘‘cotton’’ and ‘‘growing’’ in the first sentence.

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