{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-2-12-83","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 2-12-83","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(a) 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.\n(b) Any person who distributes or applies a soil amendment which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 C.F.R. 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 C.F.R. 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.\n(c) Any person who distributes or applies a soil amendment which contains domestic septage as such term is defined in 40 C.F.R. 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 C.F.R. 503.9 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000.00 per violation.","path":["TITLE 2 Agriculture","CHAPTER 12 Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments","Article 3 Soil Amendments"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.02.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"987b012001648cf71d4d3ee415487225f3d263888d325a243a05e5e00a37f7d3","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-2-12-82","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-2-12-100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}