Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 2. AGRICULTURE · Chapter 9. DEALERS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Article 2. GRAIN DEALERS

2-9-37. Denial, suspension, or revocation of license — Notice and hearing.

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

Before the Commissioner refuses or revokes any license, he shall give the applicant or licensee ten days’ notice, by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, of a time and place of hearing. At such hearing the applicant or licensee shall be privileged to appear in person or by or with counsel and to produce witnesses. If the Commissioner finds the applicant or licensee to be in violation of this article, the Commissioner may refuse, suspend, or revoke such license. He shall give immediate notice of his action to the applicant or licensee.

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. 1976, p. 512, § 13; Ga. L. 1981, p. 927, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.

Cross references

Authority of Commissioner to impose penalty in lieu of other action, § 2-2-10.

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