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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-7-9. Investigations authorized; employment of experts; rental, lease, or purchase of land.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-7-9. Investigations authorized; employment of experts; rental, lease, or purchase of land.

The Commissioner may carry on investigations of methods of control, eradication, and prevention of dissemination of plant pests and for that purpose may employ the necessary experts and may rent, lease, or purchase the necessary land, when required for this purpose.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 329, § 5.