Georgia Code
Chapter 23 - Hemp Farming
§ 2-23-6. Procedure for Permitting; Limitations on Permits and Interests

History. Code 1981, § 2-23-6 , enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 1030, § 1/HB 213; Ga. L. 2020, p. 292, § 4/HB 847; Ga. L. 2021, p. 606, § 4/HB 336.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 22, 2020, designated the existing provisions of paragraph (b)(5) as subparagraph (b)(5)(A); substituted the present provisions of the first sentence of subparagraph (b)(5)(A) for the former provisions, which read: “A criminal background check conducted by local law enforcement.”; added subparagraph (b)(5)(B); and substituted “$50,000.00” for “$10,000.00” in the middle of subsection (d).
The 2021 amendment, effective May 7, 2021, deleted the former last sentence of subsection (a), which read: “No such permit shall be valid unless the permittee has and maintains in effect an agreement with a licensee pursuant to Code Section 2-23-7.”; rewrote subsection (b); added subsection (c); redesignated former subsections (c) through (g) as present subsections (d) through (h), respectively; and deleted “provided that after the first calendar year, a permittee shall be entitled to automatic permit renewals annually for a permit fee of $50,000.00 per year,” following “$25,000.00,” in present subsection (e).

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