§ 10-4-173 - Local and state-wide membership fees
O.C.G.A. 10-4-173 (2010)
10-4-173. Local and state-wide membership fees
(a) The tobacco boards of trade in the several municipalities in Georgia are authorized to require as a condition to membership therein the payment of a reasonable fee which shall not exceed:
(1) $50.00 in those municipalities in which less than 3 million pounds of tobacco was sold at auction during the year 1960;
(2) $100.00 in those municipalities in which not less than 3 million pounds but less than 10 million pounds of tobacco was sold at auction during the year 1960;
(3) $150.00 in those municipalities in which not less than 10 million pounds but less than 25 million pounds of tobacco was sold at auction during the year 1960;
(4) $300.00 in those municipalities in which 25 million pounds or more of tobacco was sold at auction during the year 1960.
(b) A state-wide corporation or association, as provided in this part, may require as a condition to membership therein the payment of a reasonable fee which shall not exceed $100.00 per 1 million pounds of producers' tobacco sold at auction during the year preceding the year in which the fee is assessed.