The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman, is declared to be a serious pest and a menace to the cotton-growing industry. The purpose of this article is to provide for the eradication of this pest.
(Code 1981, §2-7-151, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1079, § 1.)
Code Commission notes.- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, a hyphen was inserted between "cotton" and "growing" in the first sentence.