Any person who violates any provision of this article or any marketing order duly issued by the commission and in effect under this article or who violates any rule or regulation issued by the commission pursuant to this article or of any marketing order duly issued and effective under this article shall be civilly liable to the commission for a penalty in an amount not to exceed $500.00 for each and every violation thereof, the amount of such penalty to be fixed by the commission after notice and hearing as provided by Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act,” for contested cases and recoverable by a civil action brought in the name of the commission or by execution issued in like manner as for assessments provided by Code Section 2-8-67. Any moneys recovered pursuant to this Code section shall be deposited and disbursed in accordance with subsection (e) of Code Section 2-8-67 as are other moneys.
History. Code 1981, § 2-8-72 , enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion
Article 3 - Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts
§ 2-8-50. Applicability of Article
§ 2-8-56. Receipt, Collection, and Disbursal of Funds
§ 2-8-59. Liability of Commission Members
§ 2-8-64. Limiting of Application of Marketing Order to Certain Marketing Areas or Portions of State
§ 2-8-65. Seasonal Marketing Regulations; Legislative Findings; Interpretation of Code Section
§ 2-8-66. Applicability of Orders Regulating Minimum Quality, Condition, Size, or Maturity
§ 2-8-72. Civil Penalty; Fixing Amount of Penalty; Civil Action; Disposition of Moneys
§ 2-8-77. Construction of Penalty and Remedy Provisions
§ 2-8-78. Applicability to Retailers of Peanuts
§ 2-8-79. Applicability of “Georgia Administrative Procedure act.”