Prohibited Acts; Penalty

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Agriculture
4. Marketing Facilities, Organizations, and Programs
5. Farmers' Markets
6. Prohibited Acts; Penalty

1. It shall be unlawful for any person on a farmers' market to:
   1. Engage in deceptive or dishonest trade practices;
   2. Do any act or use any language insulting to another tenant or customer; intimidate a shopper into purchasing his or her products; attempt to fix the price of products of any other farmer, vendor, or merchant; or circulate false reports tending to upset or destroy the operation of the market;
   3. Use any profane, abusive, or discourteous language on the market;
   4. Break, deface, or destroy any part of a building upon the market; interfere with electrical fixtures or wiring; or do any act tending to destroy the physical properties of the market;
   5. Move any cull agricultural products from any farmers' market for any purpose other than use as garbage or livestock feed or for dumping;
   6. Sell, offer, or expose for sale any products not meeting the requirements of the laws of this state relating to weights and measures;
   7. Use any false pack;
   8. Sublet any stall or space without the express written approval of the Commissioner;
   9. Fail or refuse to remove any vehicle or property upon direction of the farmers' market manager;
   10. Erect any facility or structure upon a farmers' market without the express written approval of the Commissioner; or
   11. Sell or offer for sale any items at a farmers' market without the license required by subsection (a) of Code Section 2-10-59, if applicable.
2. Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1981, p. 1354, § 14; Ga. L. 2004, p. 1066, § 4.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Agriculture, § 35 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 3 C.J.S., Agriculture, § 161 et seq.

ARTICLE 3 COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS

Cross references.

- Creation and regulation of tobacco warehousemen's associations, § 10-4-170 et seq.

Law reviews.

- For article analyzing the need for reform in taxation of agricultural cooperatives, see 5 Ga. L. Rev. 529 (1971).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in In re Chicken Antitrust Litig., 560 F. Supp. 963 (N.D. Ga. 1980).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Corporation required to make ad valorem tax returns.

- A corporation organized under provisions concerning cooperative marketing associations is legally required to make ad valorem tax returns. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 180.

Association's purchase and sale of beer illegal.

- Purchase of beer from wholesalers and the retail selling of it by an association is not legal since there is no authorization for the sale of such beverages. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U71-68.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Cooperative Associations, § 1 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 3 C.J.S., Agriculture, §§ 169 et seq., 185 et seq.

ALR.

- Legality of combination among farmers, 11 A.L.R. 1185; 130 A.L.R. 1326.

Cooperative marketing of farm products by producers' associations, 25 A.L.R. 1113; 33 A.L.R. 247; 47 A.L.R. 936; 77 A.L.R. 405; 98 A.L.R. 1406; 12 A.L.R.2d 130.

Board of trade or similar organization as affected with public interest subjecting it to state regulation, 54 A.L.R. 304.

Cooperative associations: rights in equity credits or patronage dividends, 50 A.L.R.3d 435.

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