The Commissioner may enforce this article and the rules and regulations made pursuant hereto by injunction in the proper court as well as by criminal proceedings. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorneys of all courts to represent the Commissioner when called upon to do so. In the discharge of his duties and in the enforcement of the powers delegated in this article, the Commissioner may issue subpoenas for the production of evidence, require production of books and papers, administer oaths, and subpoena and hear witnesses. To this end, it is made the duty of the various sheriffs throughout this state to serve all subpoenas and other papers upon the request of the Commissioner.
History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 4.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 2-7-3. Division of Entomology Established
§ 2-7-5. Duty of Commissioner Generally
§ 2-7-6. Publication of Information and Advice
§ 2-7-7. Cooperative Agreements
§ 2-7-8. Purchases and Expenditures
§ 2-7-9. Investigations Authorized; Employment of Experts; Rental, Lease, or Purchase of Land
§ 2-7-10. Inspection of Plants and Other Things Capable of Disseminating or Carrying Plant Pests
§ 2-7-11. Nursery Inspections; Rules Governing Nursery Stock and Plants in Transit
§ 2-7-14. Demand for Information; Penalty
§ 2-7-15. Declaration of Public Nuisance Authorized
§ 2-7-16. Notice of Declaration of Nuisance; Prescription of Treatment; Right of Appeal
§ 2-7-20. Declaration of Quarantine; Violation Unlawful
§ 2-7-21. Registration of Certain Growers
§ 2-7-23. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Publication Thereof
§ 2-7-24. Administrative Review of Rules and Notices
§ 2-7-25. Required Compliance With Article and Rules
§ 2-7-26. Importation of Injurious Insect or Plant Disease Without Permit Prohibited
§ 2-7-27. Report of Violations; Investigation and Disposition
§ 2-7-28. Act of Agent Imputed to Principal
§ 2-7-29. Enforcement of Article Generally; Criminal Proceedings; Subpoena Powers