(For Effective Date, See note.) Penalties

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  6. (For Effective Date, See note.) Penalties

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  1. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, any person violating any provision of this article or regulation adopted under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
  2. Any person who distributes or applies a soil amendment which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense. For the second or any subsequent offense, any person who distributes or applies a soil amendment which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Code Section 17-10-4. Each such violation shall constitute a separate offense.
  3. Any person who distributes or applies a soil amendment which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000.00 per violation. For the second or any subsequent offense, any person who distributes or applies a soil amendment which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 CFR 503.9 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000.00 per violation.

(Ga. L. 1976, p. 359, § 12; Ga. L. 2020, p. 364, § 10/HB 1057.)


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