Georgia § 50-5-60 - 4. Use of compost and mulch in road building, land maintenance, and land development activities; preference to be given Georgia compost and mulch.

§ 50-5-60. 4. Use of compost and mulch in road building, land maintenance, and land development activities; preference to be given Georgia compost and mulch.

All state agencies, departments, and authorities responsible for the maintenance of public lands shall give preference to the use of compost and mulch in all road building, land maintenance, and land development activities. Preference shall be given to compost and mulch made in the State of Georgia from organics which are source separated from the state's nonhazardous solid waste stream. The Department of Agriculture shall develop and publish in print or electronically standards for the compost and mulch required by subsection (a) of this Code section by January 1, 1994. (Code 1981, § 50-5-60.4 , enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 531, § 3; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, "State of Georgia" was substituted for "state of Georgia" in subsection (a). Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 1993, p. 531, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "It is declared to be the policy of the State of Georgia, in furtherance of its responsibility to protect and enhance the quality of its environment, to institute and maintain a comprehensive program for the procurement of products that contain recovered materials. The General Assembly finds that it is in the public interest for the state to create incentives that increase the demand for products manufactured with recovered materials. The purchasing power of state government can be used to stimulate demand for products manufactured with recovered materials. By increasing the demand for such products, landfill space will be saved and pollution will be reduced."