Georgia § 2-12-47 - Sale of noncomplying or toxic material prohibited.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 2-12-47 — Sale of noncomplying or toxic material prohibited., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2-12-47. Sale of noncomplying or toxic material prohibited.
No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state unless it complies with the provisions of this article and rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this article. No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state which contains toxic materials in quantities determined by the Commissioner which may be injurious to plants or animals. No agricultural liming material which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be sold or offered for sale in this state. (Code 1981, § 2-12-47 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1183, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 364, § 4/HB 1057.) The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, added subsection (c).
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