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Title 50. STATE GOVERNMENT · Chapter 7. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT · Article 6. AGRICULTURAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

50-7-70. Legislative findings; definitions; criteria and application process; fee; directional road signs; rules and regulations.

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

  1. (a)

    The General Assembly finds that:#

    1. (1)

      Agricultural tourist attractions provide unique opportunities for tourists to enjoy Georgia’s resources; and#

    2. (2)

      Agricultural tourist attractions provide an impact on Georgia’s economy and a substantial benefit to Georgia.#

  2. (b)

    As used in this Code section, the term:#

    1. (1)

      “Agricultural tourist attraction” means any agricultural based business providing on-site attractions to tourists that meet the criteria set out by the Department of Agriculture.#

    2. (2)

      “Department” means the Department of Agriculture.#

    3. (3)

      “Directional signs” shall have the meaning provided in paragraph (4) of Code Section 32-6-71.#

  3. (c)

    The Department of Agriculture shall:#

    1. (1)

      Develop criteria and an application process to determine what constitutes an agricultural tourist attraction; and#

    2. (2)

      Maintain a registry of approved agricultural tourist attractions.#

  4. (d)

    Entities wishing to be recognized by the department as an agricultural tourist attraction shall submit an application to the department with a one-time application fee of not less than $300.00.#

  5. (e)

    Upon approval by the department as an agricultural tourist attraction and at the request of the applicant, the department shall, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation, take the appropriate steps to place directional signs along roads in the direct proximity of the agricultural tourist attraction to direct passing traffic to the agricultural tourist attraction.#

  6. (f)

    The department and the Department of Transportation shall create rules and regulations for the purpose of implementing this Code section.#

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, § 50-7-70, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 314, § 1/HB 1088; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 50/SB 46; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-92/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2023, p. 730, § 6(b)(7)/HB 475, effective July 1, 2023. The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised language in paragraph (b)(1).

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2008, Code Section 50-7-70, as enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 342, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 50-7-80.

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

Text read from t49-t50-ch1-12-(v38)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V38, 2023 edition, pages 692 to 693; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 b1a50b0e3917.