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2006 Georgia Code - 2-6-2
2-6-2. (a) It is recognized and declared:
(1) That the soil resources and
fertility of the land of this state and the economic use thereof,
the prosperity of the farming population of this state, the
navigability of the rivers and harbors of this state, and the
prevention of floods in this state are matters affected with a
public interest; (2) That the
welfare of this state has been impaired and is in danger of being
further impaired by destruction of its soil fertility, by
uneconomic use and waste of its land, by exploitation and wasteful
and unscientific use of its soil resources, by floods and
impairment of its rivers and harbors and of the navigability of its
waters and water courses as a result of soil erosion, and by the
decrease in the purchasing power of the net income per person on
farms in the state as compared with the net income per person in
the state not on farms; (3)
That such evils have been augmented and are likely to be augmented
by similar conditions in other states and are so interrelated with
such conditions in other states that the remedying of such
conditions in this state requires action by this state in
cooperation with the governments and agencies of other states and
of the United States and requires assistance therein by the
government and agencies of the United States; and
(4) That the formulation and
effectuation by this state of state plans in conformity with
Section 7 of the federal Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment
Act is calculated to remedy such conditions and will tend to
advance the public welfare of this state. (b) Therefore, in order to promote the welfare
of the people of this state by aiding in the preservation and
improvement of soil fertility, in the promotion of the economic use
and conservation of land, in the diminution of exploitation and
wasteful and unscientific use of soil resources, in the protection
of rivers and harbors against the results of soil erosion, and in
the reestablishment, at as rapid a rate as is practicable and in
the general public interest, of the ratio between the purchasing
power of the net income per person on farms and that of the net
income per person not on farms that prevailed during the five-year
period beginning August, 1909, and ending July, 1914, as determined
from statistics available in the United States Department of
Agriculture, and the maintenance of such ratio, this state assents
to and accepts the federal Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment
Act and adopts the policy and purpose of cooperating with the
government and agencies of other states and of the United States in
the accomplishment of the policy and purposes specified in Section
7 of such act, subject, however, to the following
limitations: (1) The powers
conferred in this article shall be used to assist voluntary action
calculated to effectuate such purposes; (2) Such powers shall not be used to discourage
the production of supplies of foods and fibers in this state which
are sufficient, when taken together with the production thereof in
other states of the United States, to maintain normal domestic
human consumption, as determined by the secretary of agriculture of
the United States from the records of consumption in the years 1920
to 1929, inclusive, taking into consideration increased population,
quantities of any commodities that were forced into domestic
consumption by a decline in exports of particular commodities, and
the quantities of substitutes available for domestic consumption
within any general class of food commodities; and
(3) In carrying out the purposes
specified in this Code section, due regard shall be given to the
maintenance of a continuous and stable national supply of
agricultural commodities, adequate to meet consumer demand at
prices fair to both producers and consumers.
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