Funds received by the Commissioner under this article shall be held in trust for the affected commission. Such funds shall be deposited, accounted for, and disbursed in the same manner as the funds of this state but shall not be required to be deposited in the state treasury and appropriated therefrom as are other state funds. It is the express intent and purpose of this article to authorize the receipt, collection, and disbursement by the Commissioner of such funds as trust funds of the affected entity without complying with the requirement applicable to funds collected for the use and benefit of the state.
History. Ga. L. 1961, p. 301, § 6; Ga. L. 1969, p. 763, § 7; Code 1981, § 2-8-9; Code 1981, § 2-8-17 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion
Article 2 - Agricultural Commodity Commissions Generally
§ 2-8-12. Commissioner to Administer and Enforce Article
§ 2-8-16. Funds of Commissions — Receipt, Collection, and Disbursement
§ 2-8-17. Funds of Commissions — Treatment as Trust Funds
§ 2-8-18. Bonds of Persons Handling Funds
§ 2-8-19. Liability of Commission Members and Employees
§ 2-8-20. Cooperation With State and Federal Governmental Authorities
§ 2-8-22. Recommendation of Marketing Orders or Amendments by Commission; Authorized Provisions
§ 2-8-23.1. Limitations on Assessments
§ 2-8-24. Area Marketing Orders Authorized
§ 2-8-26. Applicability of Marketing Orders
§ 2-8-28. Collection of Assessments by Civil Action; Penalty for Delinquent Payment
§ 2-8-32. Civil Penalties; Notice and Hearing; Recovery Procedure; Disposition of Proceeds
§ 2-8-33. Action for Civil Penalty or Injunctive Relief; Costs
§ 2-8-37. Penalties and Remedies Concurrent, Alternative, and Cumulative