Georgia Code
Article 5 - Boll Weevil Eradication
§ 2-7-156. Assessment for Suppression and Eradication Programs; Conditions

An assessment shall be levied upon all cotton growers in this state to cover, in whole or in part, the cost of boll weevil suppression and eradication programs authorized by this article, subject to the following:
History. Code 1981, § 2-7-156 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1079, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1086, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 5, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 452, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1123, § 2; Ga. L. 2009, p. 439, § 2/SB 43.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, “Code section” was substituted for “subsection” in paragraph (7).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1998, p. 1123, § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act is not severable. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Act shall automatically be repealed and Article 5 of Chapter 7 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated in effect immediately prior to the enactment of this Act is reenacted as of such date as if this Act had not been enacted. The General Assembly declares that it would not have passed the remaining parts of this Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.” This Act became effective July 1, 1998.

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