Subject 40-21-8 FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Any individual, company, corporation or other business entity
desiring to engage in the business of applying pesticides to the lands of
another within this State shall secure a Pesticide Contractor's License.
Granting of such license shall be conditioned on satisfactory proof of
financial responsibility by all applicants other than those who are applying
crop protection products to agricultural crops and who are requesting a
Pesticide Contractor's License in only the Agricultural Plant Pest Category,
with or without licensing in Aerial Methods.
Proof of financial responsibility by the applicant for a
Pesticide Contractor's license must be evidenced and furnished to the
Commissioner of Agriculture by certification of liability insurance, by copy of
an appropriate surety bond, or by certificate of deposit for a cash deposit.
Forms for certification of liability insurance and for surety bonds shall be
specified and furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
Liability Insurance policies may include pollution exclusions
or other exclusions only to the extent that they are not inconsistent with
O.C.G.A.
2-7-103,
and shall be in the following minimum limits, including coverage for legal
damages arising from the use of chemicals, dusting powders and the like,
employed by the insured in his regular business operations:
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Aerial Contractors
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Bodily Injury
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$50,000 Any One Occurrence
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Property Damage
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$25,000 Any One Occurrence
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$100,000 Aggregate
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Maximum Deductible
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$1,000 Per Occurrence
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| (b) |
Ground Contractors
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Bodily Injury
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$25,000 Any One Occurrence
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Property Damage
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$10,000 Any One Occurrence
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$25,000 Aggregate
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Maximum Deductible
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$500 Per Occurrence
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Surety Bonds shall be in the following minimum amounts, to
cover legal damages arising from the use of chemicals, dusting powders and the
like, employed by the principal in his regular business operations:
| (a) |
Aerial Contractors
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Minimum Bond
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$50,000
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Maximum Deductible
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$1,000
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| (b) |
Ground Contractors
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Minimum Bond
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$20,000
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Maximum Deductible
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$500
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| (1) |
Cash deposits may be made in any bank of
applicant's choice. Certificate of Deposit shall be made payable jointly to the
depositor and the Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture; shall be endorsed by
depositor and shall be maintained in the custody of the Commissioner of
Agriculture during the period licensed and for 90 days thereafter. Deposits
shall be in the following minimum amounts to cover legal damages arising from
the use of chemicals, dusting powders and the like, employed by the depositor
in his regular business operations:
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(a) Aerial Contractors
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$50,000
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(b) Ground Contractors
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$20,000
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| (2) |
Cash deposits shall be subject to the same deductible amounts as the liability
insurance and surety bonds, namely:
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(a) Aerial Contractors
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$1,000
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(b) Ground Contractors
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$500
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Surety Bonds, liability insurance, and cash deposits shall
not apply to damages or injury to agricultural crops, plants, or land being
worked upon by the pesticide contractor.
