Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 2. AGRICULTURE · Chapter 8. AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES PROMOTION · Article 6. AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR PROPANE

2-8-215. Civil penalty for violations.

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Any person who violates any provision of this article or any marketing order duly issued and effective under this article shall be civilly liable to the commission for a penalty in an amount not to exceed $500.00 for each and every violation thereof, the amount of such penalty to be fixed by the commission after notice and hearing as provided by Chapter 13 of Title 50, the ‘‘Georgia Administrative Procedure Act,’’ for contested cases and recoverable by a civil action brought in the name of the commission. Any moneys recovered pursuant to this Code section shall be applied for the use of the commission.

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, § 2-8-215, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 91, § 1/HB 512.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2019, the subsection designation ‘‘(a)’’ was deleted from the beginning of this Code section since there was no subsection (b).

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