The Commissioner is authorized to revoke the license and cancel registrations of any licensee or to refuse to register products or issue a plant food license upon satisfactory evidence that the licensee or person has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasion or attempted evasion of this article or of any rules and regulations promulgated under this article. No license shall be revoked or denied or no registration shall be canceled or refused until the licensee or person has been notified by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested, of the time and place of the hearing and has been given an opportunity to appear and be heard according to the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”
History. Code 1981, § 2-12-16 , enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1271, § 1; 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.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments
§ 2-12-3. Commissioner to Administer Article
§ 2-12-4. Licensing Requirements Generally; Fees; Renewal; Contents
§ 2-12-5. Nonresident Licensees
§ 2-12-6. Labeling of Fertilizer
§ 2-12-7. Inspection of Fertilizer; Methods of Sampling and Analysis; Distribution of Results
§ 2-12-10. Distribution of Misbranded Fertilizer Prohibited; When Misbranded
§ 2-12-11. Distribution of Adulterated Fertilizer Prohibited; When Adulterated
§ 2-12-12. Determination of Value of Ingredients; Prohibition of Use or Deletion From Label
§ 2-12-13. Short Weight Penalty; Adjustment of Invoice
§ 2-12-14. Exchange Between Licensees Not Restricted
§ 2-12-16. Revocation or Denial of License; Cancellation or Refusal of Registration
§ 2-12-17. Stop Sale, Stop Use, or Removal Orders
§ 2-12-18. Seizure, Condemnation, and Disposition of Nonconforming Fertilizer
§ 2-12-20. Notice of Violations; Administrative Hearing; Penalty for Violation; Prosecution