Georgia § 16-7-97 - Fertilizers and pesticides.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 16-7-97 — Fertilizers and pesticides., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-7-97. Fertilizers and pesticides.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to: Fertilizers, propellant actuated devices, or propellant activated industrial tools manufactured, imported, distributed, or used for their intended purposes; or A pesticide which is manufactured, stored, transported, distributed, possessed, or used in accordance with Chapter 7 of Title 2, the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 61 Stat. 163, as amended, and the federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92-516, as amended. (Code 1981, § 16-7-97 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 416, § 3.)
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