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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-12-310. Definitions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-12-310. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “Customer” means any individual or entity who causes or caused a molder to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, form, or pattern or who provides a molder with a die, mold, form, or pattern to manufacture, assemble, cast, fabricate, or otherwise make a product or products for a customer.

(2) “Molder” means any individual or entity who fabricates, casts, or otherwise makes or uses a die, mold, form, or pattern for the purpose of manufacturing, assembling, casting, fabricating, or otherwise making a product or products for a customer. “Molder” includes, but is not limited to, a tool or die maker.

(3) “Within three years following the last prior use” shall include any three-year period following the last prior use of a die, mold, form, or pattern regardless of whether or not any portion of such period precedes July 1, 1999.

## History

Code 1981, § 44-12-310, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 862, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 136, § 44.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, “July 1, 1999” was substituted for “the effective date of this article” in paragraph (3).