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To amend Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, so as to provide for the regulation of certain agricultural production contracts; to provide for definitions; to provide for applicability; to prohibit the inclusion of certain terms and conditions in such contracts; to prohibit certain unfair practices and conduct to provide for civil penalties; to provide for criminal penalties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

2-22-1.
As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) 'Active contractor' means a person who owns poultry that is produced by a contract producer at the contract producer´s contract operation according to a production contract.
(2) 'Contract producer' means a producer who holds a legal interest in a contract operation and who produces poultry under a production contract at that contract operation.
(3) 'Processor' means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing goods from poultry, including by slaughtering or processing poultry.
(4) 'Produce' means to provide feed or services relating to the care and feeding of poultry.
(5) 'Producer' means a person who produces poultry, including, but not limited to, a contract producer. 'Producer' does not include a feed supplier or a veterinarian when acting in such capacity.
(6) 'Production contract' means a written agreement executed by an active contractor or processor that provides for the production of poultry or the provision of management services relating to the production of poultry by a contract producer.

2-22-2.
A production contract must be in writing. No production contract executed or substantially amended on or after July 1, 2002, shall require binding arbitration as a method for resolution of disputes concerning the terms and conditions of the contract. Any such production contract or amendment thereto executed on or after such date which contains a requirement for binding arbitration shall be void and unenforceable."