Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Chapter 40-24 - BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION
Subject 40-24-1 - BOLL WEEVIL QUARANTINE
Rule 40-24-1-.03 - Definitions
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
(1) "Boll Weevil" means Anthonomus grandis Boheman in any stage of development.
(2) "Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of Georgia, Incorporated" means a cotton growers' organization certified by the Commissioner for the purpose of entering into agreements with agencies of the State of Georgia, agencies of other States, Federal Agencies, or any other person to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia or any person designated by him to act on his behalf.
(4) "Cotton Grower" means the person(s) responsible for production and sale of a cotton crop on any individual farm. Generally, the owner of the crop.
(5) "Department" means the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
(6) "Gin Trash" means all material produced during the cleaning and ginning of seed cotton; bolls or snapped cotton. It does not include the lint, cottonseed, or gin waste.
(7) "Infested Area" means any other State or portion thereof which produces commercial cotton and in which the boll weevil is not eradicated, as determined by that state's department of agriculture or plant regulatory agency. Infested Area may also mean any area where reproducing boll weevils are believed or known to occur.
(8) "Inspector" means any employee of the Georgia Department of Agriculture or any other person authorized by the Commissioner to enforce the provisions of these rules.
(9) "Move" means to ship, offer for shipment, receive for transportation, carry, or otherwise transport, move, or allow to be moved.
(10) "Non-Commercial Cotton" means cotton of any color planted on any premise for purposes other than commercial production for lint and includes seeds, bolls, potted plants or any portions of the plant being distributed or offered for sale. This term encompasses cotton planted for educational purposes, as a tourist attraction, for retail or wholesale sale as a growing or dried plant, for individual use or for personal satisfaction. Non-Commercial Cotton also includes cotton plants that result from spilled seed, animal feed or other non-commercial plantings or cotton that has sprouted from inadequate herbicide application, mowing, discing, other mechanical means of destruction.
(11) "Permit" means a document issued or authorized by the Commissioner providing for the movement of noncertified regulated articles to restricted destinations for limited handling, use, or processing.
(12) "Program" means the Boll Weevil Eradication Program.
(13) "Regulated Article" means any article whatsoever carrying or capable of carrying the boll weevil, including but not limited to, cotton plants, seed cotton, hosts, gin trash, and equipment which may be designated by the Commissioner.
(14) "Seed Cotton" means cotton as it comes from the field prior to ginning.
(15) "Used Cotton Equipment" means any equipment used previously to harvest, strip, transport, or process cotton.
(16) "Waiver" means a written authorization which exempts an individual from compliance with one or more specific requirements of this Chapter.
O.C.G.A. Sec. 2-7-150et seq.
