Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 594 - Poultry Capital of the World; designate Georgia

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 50-3-70

1. Reaves  178th          2. Floyd  138th            3. Purcell  147th
4. Ray  128th             5. Carter  166th           6. Greene  158th


House Comm: Ag         /                Senate Comm: Ag         /               
House Vote: Yeas 110   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas 50  Nays 0            
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               House          Action         Senate                             
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              2/3/95   Read 1st Time         2/13/95                            
              2/6/95   Read 2nd Time         2/17/95                            
              2/7/95   Favorably Reported    2/16/95                            
              2/10/95  Read 3rd Time         3/8/95                             
              2/10/95  Passed/Adopted        3/8/95                             
              3/20/95  Sent to Governor                                         
              4/8/95   Signed by Governor                                       
              282      Act/Veto Number                                          
              7/1/95   Effective Date                                           
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Code Sections amended: 50-3-70                                                  


HB 594                                             LC 9 8175






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as
  1- 3  to designate Georgia as the Poultry Capital of the World; to
  1- 4  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 5  WHEREAS, Georgia is recognized around the world as a leader
  1- 6  in the poultry industry; and

  1- 7  WHEREAS, poultry is the largest segment of Georgia
  1- 8  agriculture and agribusiness and chickens are the largest
  1- 9  single agricultural commodity in this state, producing over
  1-10  $2,400,000,000.00 in farm income annually in this state; and

  1-11  WHEREAS, the poultry industry is a major part of Georgia's
  1-12  economy, is responsible for significant economic benefits
  1-13  for countless Georgians through farm income, processing and
  1-14  allied industries, and meetings and conventions, and pumps
  1-15  over $10 billion annually through the Georgia economy; and

  1-16  WHEREAS, Georgia annually serves as the host to the
  1-17  International Poultry Trade Show, the largest poultry
  1-18  convention in the world, and this outstanding event brought
  1-19  over 24,000 visitors to Atlanta in 1995, including over
  1-20  4,500 visitors from other countries, to view the exhibits of
  1-21  over 1,000 exhibitors; and

  1-22  WHEREAS, eighty-six Georgia counties each produce over $1
  1-23  million worth of poultry each year and Georgia and the
  1-24  states bordering Georgia produce 42 percent of the chickens
  1-25  produced in the United States; and

  1-26  WHEREAS, on an average day, Georgia processes approximately
  1-27  18 million pounds of chicken, with additional value added
  1-28  with the cut up and deboning of over 55 percent of such
  1-29  chicken and the further processing of more than 30 percent
  1-30  of such chicken; and

  1-31  WHEREAS, Georgia has an average daily production of more
  1-32  than 8 million table eggs, nearly 5 million hatching eggs,
  1-33  and approximately 75 tons of turkey; and



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                                                   LC 9 8175

  2- 1  WHEREAS, if Georgia were a country, it would be the fifth
  2- 2  leading poultry country in the world.

  2- 3       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  2- 4  Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of
  2- 5  Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, is amended by
  2- 6  adding at the end of said article a new Code Section 50-3-70
  2- 7  to read as follows:

  2- 8    "50-3-70. (Index)

  2- 9    The State of Georgia is designated as the Poultry Capital
  2-10    of the World."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-11  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-12  repealed.






























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