Source: http://lawdelta.org/world/Law:Perishable_Agricultural_Commodities
Timestamp: 2014-07-24 14:33:42
Document Index: 779411378

Matched Legal Cases: ['§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§499', '§1011', '§499', '§499', '§1301', '§9']

Law:Perishable Agricultural Commodities - Law Delta
Law:Perishable Agricultural Commodities
Category: Agriculture (US Code)World > United States > US Code > Agriculture (US Code) Sec.499a.Short title and definitions.499b.Unfair conduct.499b–1.Products produced in distinct geographic areas.499c.Licenses.499d.Issuance of license.499e.Liability to persons injured.499f.Complaints, written notifications, and investigations.499g.Reparation order.499h.Grounds for suspension or revocation of license.499i.Accounts, records, and memoranda; duty of licensees to keep; contents; suspension of license for violation of duty.499j.Orders; effective date; continuance in force; suspension, modification and setting aside; penalty.499k.Injunctions; application of injunction laws governing orders of Interstate Commerce Commission.499l.Violations; report to Attorney General; proceedings; costs.499m.Complaints; procedure, penalties, etc.499n.Inspection of perishable agricultural commodities.499o.Rules, regulations, and orders; appointment, removal, and compensation of officers and employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations; abrogation of inconsistent statutes.499p.Liability of licensees for acts and omissions of agents.499q.Separability.499r.Repealed.499s.Depositing appropriations in fund.499t.Omitted.
1 §499a. Short title and definitions
1.5 Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
1.6 Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
1.7 Short Title of 1995 Amendment
1.8 Study of Domestic Fruit and Vegetable Industry
1.9 “SEC. 1301. FINDINGS.
1.10 “SEC. 1302. PURPOSES.
1.11 “SEC. 1303. DECLARATION.
1.12 “SEC. 1304. STUDY OF THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INDUSTRY.
1.13 “SEC. 1305. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING PROGRAMS.
1.14 Potato Dealers
2 §499b. Unfair conduct
3 §499b–1. Products produced in distinct geographic areas
3.2 (b) Penalties
3.3 (c) Reimbursement
3.4 (d) Prohibition
3.5 (e) Regulations
3.6 References in Text
3.7 Codification
4 §499c. Licenses
4.1 (a) License required; penalties for violations
4.2 (b) Application and fees for licenses
4.3 (1) Application for license
4.4 (2) License fees
4.5 (3) One-time fee for retailers and grocery wholesalers that are dealers
4.6 (4) Gradual elimination of annual fees for retailers and grocery wholesalers that are dealers
4.7 (5) Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Fund
4.8 (c) Use of trade names
4.12 Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
5 §499d. Issuance of license
5.1 (a) Authority to do business; termination; renewal
5.2 (b) Refusal of license; grounds
5.3 (c) Issuance of license upon furnishing bond; issuance after three years without bond; effect of termination of bond; increase or decrease in amount; payment of increase
5.4 (d) Withholding license pending investigation
5.5 (e) Refusal of license
5.6 Codification
5.8 Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
6 §499e. Liability to persons injured
6.1 (a) Amount of damages
6.2 (b) Remedies
6.3 (c) Trust on commodities and sales proceeds for benefit of unpaid suppliers, sellers, or agents; preservation of trust; jurisdiction of courts
6.4 Codification
7 §499f. Complaints, written notifications, and investigations
7.1 (a) Reparation complaints
7.2 (1) Petition; process
7.3 (2) Filing and handling fees
7.4 (b) Disciplinary violations
7.5 (c) Investigation of complaints and notifications
7.6 (1) Commencing or expanding an investigation
7.7 (2) Issuance of complaint by Secretary; process
7.8 (3) Special notification requirements for certain investigations
7.9 (d) Decisions on complaints
7.10 (e) Bond required for certain complaints
7.11 Codification
7.13 Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
7.14 Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
7.15 Filing and Handling Fees During Fiscal Years 1995 and 1996
8 §499g. Reparation order
8.1 (a) Determination by Secretary of Agriculture of amount of damages; order for payment
8.2 (b) Failure to comply with order of Secretary; suit to enforce liability; order as evidence; costs and fees
8.3 (c) Appeal from reparation order; proceedings
8.4 (d) Suspension of license for failure to obey reparation order or appeal
9 §499h. Grounds for suspension or revocation of license
9.2 (b) Unlawful employment of certain persons; restrictions; bond assuring compliance; approval of employment without bond; change in amount of bond; payment of increased amount; penalties
9.3 (c) Fraud in procurement
9.4 (d) Injunction
9.5 (e) Alternative civil penalties
9.6 Codification
10 §499i. Accounts, records, and memoranda; duty of licensees to keep; contents; suspension of license for violation of duty
11 §499j. Orders; effective date; continuance in force; suspension, modification and setting aside; penalty
12 §499k. Injunctions; application of injunction laws governing orders of Interstate Commerce Commission
12.2 Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission and Transfer of Functions
13 §499l. Violations; report to Attorney General; proceedings; costs
14 §499m. Complaints; procedure, penalties, etc.
14.1 (a) Investigation by Secretary of Agriculture; inspection of accounts, records, and memoranda; penalty for refusing inspection
14.2 (b) Inspection of records; surety bond; suspension of license
14.3 (c) Hearings; subpoenas; oaths; witnesses; evidence
14.4 (d) Disobedience to subpoenas; remedy; contempt
14.5 (e) Depositions; production of accounts, records and memoranda
14.6 (f) Fees and mileage of witnesses
14.7 Codification
14.9 Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
15 §499n. Inspection of perishable agricultural commodities
15.1 (a) Employment of inspectors; fees and expenses; inspection certificate as evidence
15.2 (b) Issuance of fraudulent certificates; penalties
15.6 Potato Inspection
16 §499o. Rules, regulations, and orders; appointment, removal, and compensation of officers and employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations; abrogation of inconsistent statutes
17 §499p. Liability of licensees for acts and omissions of agents
18 §499q. Separability
19 §499r. Repealed. Pub. L. 102–237, title X, §1011(8), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1898
20 §499s. Depositing appropriations in fund
21 §499t. Omitted
Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 95–562 provided that the amendment made by that section is effective Jan. 1, 1979.
Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–48 provided that: “This Act (amending this section and sections 499b, 499c to 499f, and 499h of this title and repealing provisions set out as a note under section 499f of this title) may be cited as the ‘Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Amendments of 1995’.”
“The purposes of this subtitle (subtitle A (§§1301–1309) of Pub. L. 101–624, enacting section 499b–1 of this title, amending sections 608c and 608e–1 of this title, and enacting this note) are to—
“(b) Report.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this title (Nov. 28, 1990), the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare and submit, to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, a report containing the results of the study described in subsection (a). Such report shall include—
“(ii) Imported perishable agricultural products.—The labeling program shall apply to imported perishable agricultural products that enter the United States marked as to the country of origin and that are in compliance with section 304(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304(a)).
“(C) Exemptions.—The Secretary may provide for exemptions for products that are exempted, under section 304(a)(3)(J) of the Tariff Act of 1930, from the country of origin marking requirements of that Act (19 U.S.C. 1202 et seq.).
Section 1(b) of Pub. L. 95–562 provided in part that no person buying potatoes for processing solely within the State where grown shall be deemed or considered to be a dealer under par. (6) of this section as amended by section 1(b) of Pub. L. 95–562 until Jan. 1, 1982.
Par. (5). Pub. L. 104–48, §§9(b)(2), 10, substituted “foreign commerce. However,” for “foreign commerce: Provided, That”, substituted period for semicolon after “miscellaneous receipts”, and inserted at end “A person other than the first licensee handling misbranded perishable agricultural commodities shall not be held liable for a violation of this paragraph by reason of the conduct of another if the person did not have knowledge of the violation or lacked the ability to correct the violation.”
The Secretary of Agriculture shall not increase any fees charged under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (7 U.S.C. 499a et seq.) to offset costs associated with the operation of this section.
Any officer or agency of any State or Territory having jurisdiction over commission merchants, dealers, or brokers in such State or Territory and any other interested person (other than an employee of an agency of the Department of Agriculture administering this chapter) may file, in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary, a written notification of any alleged violation of this chapter by any commission merchant, dealer, or broker. In addition, any official certificates of the United States Government or States or Territories of the United States and trust notices filed pursuant to section 499e of this title shall constitute written notification for the purposes of conducting an investigation under subsection (c) of this section. The identity of any person filing a written notification under this subsection shall be considered to be confidential information. The identity of such person, and any portion of the notification to the extent that it would indicate the identity of such person, are specifically exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act), as provided in subsection (b)(3) of such section.
Section 3 of Pub. L. 97–352 provided that: “The amendment made by section 2 (amending this section) shall not apply with respect to complaints made under section 6(e) of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (subsec. (e) of this section), before the date of enactment of this Act (Oct. 18, 1982).”
Retrieved from "http://lawdelta.org/world/Law:Perishable_Agricultural_Commodities"