In the event sales opportunity shall be designated or allocated to this state by any regulatory group or committee, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be authorized to allocate such sales opportunity among the warehouses operating under license issued under this part in such manner as to effectuate the expressed intent and purpose of this part. The Commissioner may consider, among other factors, the history factor used by the regulatory group or committee for assigning sales opportunity for cross-belt tobacco, the previous five-year sales history of such licensees, and the previous five-year sales history of such licensees of selling Georgia grown tobacco in order to effectuate an allocation which will eliminate or reduce discrimination against producers in this state in the entry and sale of their tobacco in commerce. In recognition of the unique characteristics of the marketing of tobacco by auction, and the necessity of immediate response to marketing conditions, such allocation of sales time need not be effected by the promulgation of regulations but may be issued and published in such manner as the Commissioner deems necessary and expedient, provided that no such allocation shall be effective upon less than 24 hours’ actual notice to the affected licensee.
History. Ga. L. 1974, p. 518, § 3.
Structure Georgia Code
Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing
Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage
§ 10-4-100. Legislative Intent and Findings
§ 10-4-101. Licenses for Flue-Cured Leaf Tobacco Auction Sales; “Clean-Up” Sale Licenses
§ 10-4-102. Physical Standards for Leaf Tobacco Warehouses; Compliance as Prerequisite for License
§ 10-4-103. Insurance as Prerequisite for License
§ 10-4-104. Allocating Sales Opportunities Among Licensed Warehouses
§ 10-4-105. Denial of Issuance or Suspension or Revocation of License
§ 10-4-106. Georgia Tobacco Marketing Act of 1995
§ 10-4-107. Warehousemen to Render Itemized Statements
§ 10-4-107.1. Tobacco Contract
§ 10-4-108. Records and Reports by Warehousemen
§ 10-4-109. Commissioner of Agriculture to Keep Sales Records; Publication
§ 10-4-112. Limitations on Sales Hours and Days of Warehouses
§ 10-4-113. Maximum Rate of Sales
§ 10-4-116. Inspection of Premises and Records
§ 10-4-117. Certified Public Weighers to Be Provided by Licensees
§ 10-4-117.1. Detention of Tobacco; Notice; Condemnation; Cost of Testing
§ 10-4-118. Enforcement of Part; Notice and Hearing in Revocation or Suspension Proceedings
§ 10-4-120. Enjoining Violations