Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 163 - Tobacco handling by warehouse- men; maximum charges

Page Numbers - 1

Code Sections - 10-4-106

1. Greene  158th          2. Reaves  178th           3. Ray  128th
4. Pinholster  15th       5. Crawford  129th         6. Roberts  162nd


House Comm: Ag         /                Senate Comm: Ag         /               
House Vote: Yeas 126   Nays 32          Senate Vote: Yeas 53  Nays 2            
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               House          Action         Senate                             
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              1/12/95  Read 1st Time         1/26/95                            
              1/13/95  Read 2nd Time         2/1/95                             
              1/23/95  Favorably Reported    1/31/95                            
              1/25/95  Read 3rd Time         2/3/95                             
              1/25/95  Passed/Adopted        2/3/95                             
              3/6/95   Sent to Governor                                         
              3/6/95   Signed by Governor                                       
              7        Act/Veto Number                                          
              7/1/95   Effective Date                                           
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Code Sections amended: 10-4-106                                                 


HB 163                                            LC 18 6498






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the
  1- 2  Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to leaf tobacco
  1- 3  sales and storage, so as to change the maximum charges for
  1- 4  handling and selling leaf tobacco by warehousemen; to
  1- 5  provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and
  1- 6  for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the Official
  1- 9  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to leaf tobacco sales
  1-10  and storage, is amended by striking Code Section 10-4-106
  1-11  and inserting in its place a new Code Section 10-4-106 to
  1-12  read as follows:

  1-13    "10-4-106. (Index)

  1-14    (a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as
  1-15    'The Georgia Tobacco Marketing Act of 1995.'

  1-16    (b) The maximum charges and expenses of handling and
  1-17    selling leaf tobacco by warehousemen licensed under this
  1-18    part shall not exceed the following schedule, to wit:

  1-19      (1) For auction fees, 15› on all piles or sheets of 100
  1-20      pounds or less and 25› on all piles or sheets over 100
  1-21      pounds Reserved;

  1-22      (2) For weighing and handling, 10› per pile or sheet for
  1-23      all piles or sheets of 100 pounds or less and 10› for
  1-24      each additional 100 pounds Reserved;

  1-25      (3) For commissions on the gross sales of leaf tobacco
  1-26      in said warehouses, not to exceed 2 3/4 3.5 percent of
  1-27      said gross sales."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-28  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-29  repealed.



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