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Georgia Code Title 2. Agriculture § 2-10-58

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The Commissioner, acting for and on behalf of the department and in the name of the state, is authorized to:

(1) Acquire, with the approval of the State Properties Commission, real property for the expansion, development, operation, and maintenance thereon of farmers' markets; and

(2) Rent as landlord or lease as lessor without public advertising or competitive bid real property under the custody of or under rental to the department and utilized as a farmers' market for a term (period of time) commencing on the date of the instrument and not exceeding 20 years and for such use and rental and on such other terms and conditions and to such persons or other entities as he believes, following his negotiation and investigation thereof, to be in the best interests of his office, the department, and the state. The power and authority to rent and lease shall include the power and authority to sublet and sublease.

(b) When the Commissioner acts pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Code section, the title to the acquired real property shall be in the name of the State of Georgia and the custody of the real property shall be in the department.

(c) When the Commissioner acts pursuant to and under the power and authority to lease set forth in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Code section, the format of the instrument execution shall be as follows:

STATE OF GEORGIA,

Acting by and through its

Department of Agriculture,

a department within the

executive branch of the

state government

of Georgia.

By:  (signature line)  (SEAL)

Name: (name of

Commissioner

of Agriculture)

Title: Commissioner

of Agriculture

Attest:  (signature line)  (SEAL)

Name: (name of Secretary

of State)

Title: Secretary of

State of

the State

of Georgia

(Department of Agriculture

seal affixed here)

(Great Seal of the State

of Georgia affixed

to this instrument)

Signed, sealed, and delivered,

(as to [names of Commissioner

of Agriculture and Secretary

of State]) in the presence of:

________________________________________

Unofficial witness

________________________________________

Notary public, official witness

My commission expires

________________________________________

(Notary public seal affixed here)

(d) The Commissioner is further authorized to close a farmers' market. In making the determination of whether a market should be closed, the Commissioner shall consider the need for the particular market from the standpoint of the marketing of agricultural products, the convenience of farmers and consumers, the cost of operating and maintaining the market, and other relevant factors. When a farmers' market is closed by the Commissioner, custody of the real property encompassing the farmers' market may be transferred, with the approval of the Governor, from the department to the State Properties Commission by an executive order of the Governor.

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