1-4-27. “National Sugarcane Syrup Day.”

Code 1981, § 1-4-27, enacted by Ga. L. 2025, p. 206, § 1-2/HB 233, effective July 1, 2025.

This Code section became effective July 1, 2025.

Ga. L. 2025, p. 206, § 1-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The General Assembly finds that: “(1) Making sugarcane syrup has been a part of family farm tradition for generations, particularly in Georgia; “(2) The increase in production costs, competition from artificial syrups, and the decreasing number of farmers who still make sugarcane syrup, however, has led some to refer to the making of sugarcane syrup as a dying art; “(3) Establishing a ‘National Sugarcane Syrup Day’ in Georgia would help to preserve the art of making sugarcane syrup by honoring those who continue with this longstanding family farm tradition and by raising public awareness of the differences between natural sugarcane syrup and artificial syrups; “(4) Designating the fourth Friday in November of each year, the day after Thanksgiving, as “National Sugarcane Syrup Day” is particularly fitting, as it is not only a time when families gather and celebrate together, but also a time when some say sugarcane is at its sweetest in Georgia; and “(5) It is, therefore, abundantly fitting and proper that the State of Georgia appropriately recognize and honor the family farm tradition of making sugarcane syrup by designating the fourth Friday in November of each year as ‘National Sugarcane Syrup Day’ in Georgia.”