If not otherwise required by this article, any person operating a warehouse for the storage of agricultural products may elect to come within this article and, upon approval of the Commissioner, may be licensed under this article. As a condition to the granting of a license under this article, the applicant must agree to comply with this article and any and all regulations promulgated under this article, as well as any and all regulations issued by the Commissioner relating to the storage of agricultural products in the warehouse of the applicant.
(Ga. L. 1959, p. 246, § 5; Ga. L. 1977, p. 289, § 2.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Licensing not restricted to agricultural warehouses.
- Although warehousemen engaged in the storage of agricultural products automatically come within the purview of this article, the licensing privilege is not restricted to such persons; any person operating a warehouse not covered by the provisions of the article may elect to become regulated in accordance with the requirements set forth therein. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-18.
Any warehouseman may elect to come under article.- While not automatically covered by this article, any person operating a warehouse for storage of products other than agricultural products may elect to come within its provisions, and upon approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture may be licensed, provided the applicant agrees to comply with the provisions of the article and all regulations promulgated thereunder. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-18.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 14.
C.J.S.- 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 8, 9.