Georgia § 2-12-107 - Revocation, denial, cancellation, and refusal of registration.

§ 2-12-107. Revocation, denial, cancellation, and refusal of registration.

The Commissioner is authorized to revoke and cancel registrations of any person or to refuse to register horticultural growing media upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant or person has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasion or attempted evasion of this article or of any rules and regulations promulgated under this article. No registration shall be revoked, denied, canceled, or refused until the registrant or person has been notified by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested, of the time and place of the hearing and has been given an opportunity to appear and be heard by the Commissioner or the Commissioner's authorized representative. (Code 1981, § 2-12-107 , enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 986, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.) Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000. Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, "canceled" was substituted for "cancelled" in the second sentence.