Georgia § 4-7-6 - Shipments of hatching eggs, chicks, poults, poultry breeding stock, or birds of any species into state.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 4-7-6 — Shipments of hatching eggs, chicks, poults, poultry breeding stock, or birds of any species into state., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-7-6. Shipments of hatching eggs, chicks, poults, poultry breeding stock, or birds of any species into state.
Hatching eggs, chicks, poults, poultry breeding stock, or birds of any species shall not be shipped into the State of Georgia without first obtaining the approval of the Commissioner. Shippers shall be subject to investigation by the Commissioner or other authorized person to determine that hatching eggs, chicks, poults, or poultry breeding stock have been produced and handled under conditions no less adequate for control of pullorum disease and other contagious or infectious diseases of poultry than those required under Georgia regulations. Hatching eggs, chicks, poults, or poultry breeding stock shipped into the State of Georgia shall be: Reported by the shipper to the Commissioner on official health certificates signed by the livestock sanitary official in the state of origin, certifying that such shipment has met requirements equivalent to Georgia regulations for control of pullorum disease and other contagious or infectious diseases of poultry; a duplicate copy of the health certificate shall be attached to the waybill on each shipment; or Reported to the Commissioner on official National Poultry Improvement Plan forms, if produced under a pullorum disease control phase of the National Poultry Improvement Plan. (Ga. L. 1946, p. 147, § 5.)
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What does Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 4-7-6 cover?
Section 4-7-6 ("Shipments of hatching eggs, chicks, poults, poultry breeding stock, or birds of any species into state.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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