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TN Code § 44-11-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-104. Issuance of License — Fee

  The annual license fee to operate a livestock market shall be set by rule pursuant to § 43-1-703.   Upon receipt of an application for a license under this section, accompanied by the required bond and license fee, the department shall examine the application and if it finds the application to be in proper form and that the applicant has otherwise complied with this chapter, the department shall grant the license as applied for, subject to this chapter.
TN Code § 44-11-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-105. Form of Licenses — Display — Renewal

  A separate license shall be required for each establishment or premises where a livestock market is operated or conducted. The original, or a certified copy of the license hereunder, shall be conspicuously displayed by the licensee in the sale ring or some other like prominent place in the establishment or premises licensed.   Licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year and shall be renewed annually upon like application and procedure as in the case of the original license.
TN Code § 44-11-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-106. Refusal to Grant or Renew License — Suspension or Revocation — Grounds — Notice and Hearing — Review

  The commissioner may decline to grant or to renew a license, or may suspend or revoke a license upon the following grounds:  The licensee has violated any provision of this chapter or any rule, order, or regulation issued under this chapter;   The licensee has knowingly received on consignment or sold or exchanged stolen livestock or mortgaged livestock without authority from the owner or mortgagee;   The licensee has been guilty of misrepresentation, deception, or fraud in any material particular in securing the license;   The licensee has failed to keep records as required by this chapter;   The licensee has failed to practice measures of sanitation and has failed to provide for the adequate yarding, housing, holding, and feeding of livestock;   The licensee, in the case of livestock weighed on the licensee's scales and sold by weight, has knowingly quoted incorrect weights or has failed to have the scales regularly inspected and tested;   [Deleted by 2010 amendment.]   The licensee has engaged in any illegal activity on the premises where the community sale is located, the business violates the zoning regulations of any county, municipal, or regional planning commission, or the licensee has failed to comply with such rules and regulations as have been duly adopted in accordance with this chapter;   The licensee has failed to comply with the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985, compiled in 7 U.S.C. §§ 2901-2911, or the Agriculture Commodities Promotion Act, compiled in § 43-29-101 et seq.;   The licensee has failed to make payment after a sale or has made payment with insufficient funds to consigners for livestock sold through the market; or   The licensee has been determined to be insolvent by the commissioner.     When any of the foregoing have not been fully complied with, or if there has been a violation of this chapter, the commissioner may give notice to the applicant for a license, or a holder of a license, that the commissioner will conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining whether the commissioner should decline to grant, renew, or suspend or revoke a license pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 3. The findings of the commissioner shall be final, and may be reviewed in the chancery court of Davidson County, by the common law writ of certiorari. When zoning is the question involved, the commissioner shall notify the applicant or holder of the license of the violation, and the applicant or holder shall then have only the rights granted in the zoning ordinance or regulation relative to a hearing and appeal, and shall prosecute the application for a hearing and appeal solely under the particular local zoning ordinance or regulation.
TN Code § 44-11-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-107. Sale of Livestock — Regulations Governing — Inspection — Diseased Animals

 Each livestock market may be under the direct supervision of a representative of the department. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no livestock known to be infected with or known to have been exposed to any contagious, infectious or communicable animal disease or infestation shall be consigned to or sold through any livestock market. The representative may inspect all livestock that is offered for sale and may prohibit the movement of any animals that in the representative's opinion are diseased or that are likely to be carriers of disease, until final inspection is made by a qualified, accredited veterinarian, as to their condition. If, upon examination, an infectious, contagious or communicable disease or infestation is found, such animals may be sold only for immediate slaughter to a recognized slaughterer where veterinary inspection is maintained; or, the owner may, upon submission of an affidavit of ownership for at least sixty (60) days prior to sale date, return them to the original premises, where a strict quarantine must be maintained. The representative shall also issue or cause to be issued all necessary quarantines for such animals as are sold for immediate slaughter or are returned to the original premises. A copy of the quarantine shall be sent to the state veterinarian immediately following issuance, and instructions given the owner that the truck moving the quarantined animals to slaughter or returning them to the original premises must be cleaned and disinfected before being used again to transport livestock. The representative shall supervise the cleaning and disinfecting of the yards and pens at such time as may be necessary, using only those disinfectants approved by the animal disease eradication branch of the agricultural research service of the United States department of agriculture.
TN Code § 44-11-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-108. Records of Operator

  Each operator of a livestock market shall keep the following records for each lot of livestock consigned to or sold through such livestock market, namely:  The name and address of the consignor;    A description of the livestock which shall include ear tag number or back tag number, or animal descriptors such as livestock sex, color, marking, or weight; and   The date the livestock was received and sold;     The name and address of the purchaser of the livestock; and   The price for which the livestock was sold or exchanged and the commission or other fees charged by the livestock market, including such inspection fees as are required hereunder.     These records shall be kept by the operator of a livestock market at the establishment or premises where the sale is held and conducted or such other convenient place as may be approved by the department. They shall be open for inspection by all officers or inspectors charged with the enforcement of this law, and they shall be preserved and retained for a period of at least two (2) years.
TN Code § 44-11-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-109. Sale or Traffic in Livestock on Public Property Near Licensed Premises Unlawful

 It is unlawful to sell, or offer to sell, to buy, or offer to buy, livestock within two thousand (2,000) feet of a licensed livestock market property.
TN Code § 44-11-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-110. Administration of Chapter — Personnel

  The state veterinarian shall administer this chapter.   The state veterinarian is authorized to employ a chief inspector and shall have one (1) inspector assigned to work in each grand division of the state. In addition, the state veterinarian may employ part-time inspectors who may be assigned in particular localities or at particular community sales.
TN Code § 44-11-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-111. License Fees to Be Used in Administration of Chapter

 The license fees collected under this chapter shall be devoted exclusively to its administration and shall be kept in a separate account by the state treasurer, and no part of the fees collected under this chapter shall at any time become a part of the general fund of the state.
TN Code § 44-11-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-112. Rules and Regulations

 The department may make reasonable rules and regulations for carrying out this chapter.
TN Code § 44-11-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-113. Inspections Authorized

 For the purpose of carrying out this chapter and making inspections under this chapter, the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized representative has the right to enter the establishment or premises where any community sale is held and to inspect its records at all times.
TN Code § 44-11-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-114. Certain Businesses Excepted

 This chapter shall not apply to the business of buying or assembling livestock for the purpose of prompt shipment to or slaughter in any livestock market or packing house where veterinary inspection is regularly maintained under the animal disease eradication branch of the agricultural research services, United States department of agriculture.
TN Code § 44-11-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-115. Violations of Chapter — Penalty

 Any livestock operator, or any person who engages in business as a livestock market without a license, as herein required, or who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or any rules and regulations lawfully issued hereunder, commits a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 44-11-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales|§ 44-11-116. Injunction

 Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule hereunder, the commissioner may, in the commissioner's discretion, bring an action in the chancery court of any county in this state to enjoin the acts or practices and to enforce compliance with this chapter or any rule hereunder.
TN Code § 44-14-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law.”
TN Code § 44-14-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-102. Chapter Definitions

  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Association” means any association or corporation organized under this chapter;   “Member” includes bona fide sheep producers who meet the requirements of associations organized under this chapter; and   “Person” includes an individual, firm, partnership, corporation and association.     Associations organized hereunder shall be deemed “nonprofit,” inasmuch as they are not organized to make profit for themselves, as such, or for their members, as such, but only for their members as producers.
TN Code § 44-14-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-103. Who May Organize

 Five (5) or more persons, a majority of whom are residents of this state, engaged in the production of sheep, may form a nonprofit cooperative protective association, without capital stock under this chapter.
TN Code § 44-14-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-105. Members

  Under the terms and conditions prescribed in the bylaws adopted by it, the association may admit as members only persons engaged in the production of sheep, including the lessees and tenants of land used for the production of sheep, and any lessors and landlords who receive as rent all or any part of the sheep, or returns therefrom, raised on the leased premises.   If a member of the association is other than a natural person, the member may be represented by any individual, associate officer or manager or member thereof, duly authorized in writing.
TN Code § 44-14-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-106. Articles of Incorporation

  Each association formed under this chapter must prepare and file articles of incorporation setting forth:  The name of the association;   The purpose for which it is formed;   The place where its principal business will be transacted;   The term for which it is to exist, not exceeding fifty (50) years; and    The number of directors of the association, which must be not less than five (5) and may be any number in excess of five (5);   The term of office of such directors; and   The names and addresses of those who are to serve as incorporating directors for the first term, and/or until the election and qualification of their successors.       The articles must be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged before an officer authorized by the law of this state to take and certify acknowledgments of deeds and conveyances, and shall be filed in accordance with the general incorporation laws of this state.
TN Code § 44-14-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-107. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation

 The articles of incorporation may be altered or amended at any regular meeting or any special meeting called for that purpose. An amendment must first be approved by two thirds (2/3) of the directors and then be adopted by a vote representing a majority of all the members of the association. Amendments to the articles of incorporation, when so adopted, shall be filed in accordance with the general corporation laws of this state.
TN Code § 44-14-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-108. Bylaws

  Each association incorporated under this chapter must, within thirty (30) days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management, a code of bylaws not inconsistent with the powers granted under this chapter. A majority vote of the members, or their written assent, is necessary to adopt bylaws.   Each association, under its bylaws, may provide for any or all of the following matters:  The number of members constituting a quorum;   The right of members to vote by proxy or by mail, or both; and the conditions, manner, form and effects of such votes;   The number of directors constituting a quorum;   The qualifications, compensation, duties, term of office of directors and officers; the time of their election and mode and manner of giving notice thereof;   Penalties for violations of the bylaws;   The amount of entrance, organization and membership fees, if any; the manner and method of collection of the same; and the purpose for which they may be used;   The amount that each member shall be required to pay annually or from time to time, if at all, to carry on the business of the association; the charge, if any, to be paid by each member for service rendered by the association to that member and the time of payment and manner of collection; and   The number and qualification of members of the association and the conditions precedent to membership; the method, time, and manner of permitting members to withdraw; the manner of assignment and transfer of the interest of members; the conditions upon which and the time when the membership of any member shall cease; the automatic suspension of the rights of a member when the member ceases to be eligible to membership in the association; the mode, manner and effect of the expulsion of a member; the manner of determining the value of a member's interest and provision for its purchase by the association upon the death or withdrawal of the member, or upon the expulsion of a member for forfeiture of membership, or, at the option of the association, the purchase of the member's interest at a price fixed by conclusive appraisal of the board of directors. In case of the withdrawal or expulsion of a member, the board of directors shall equitably and conclusively appraise the member's property and property interests in the association and fix the amount of the property and property interests in money, which shall be paid to the member within one (1) year after expulsion.
TN Code § 44-14-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-109. General and Special Meetings — Calling — Notice

  In its bylaws, each association shall provide for one (1) or more regular meetings each year.   The board of directors shall have the right to call a special meeting at any time; and ten percent (10%) of the members may file a petition stating the specific business to be brought before the association and demand a special meeting at any time.   Such meetings must thereupon be called by the directors. Notice of all meetings, together with a statement of the purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each member at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting; provided, that the bylaws may require instead that such notice may be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, published at the principal place of business of the association.
TN Code § 44-14-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-110. Directors — Election — Compensation — Vacancies

  The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than five (5) directors elected by the members from their own number. The bylaws may provide that one (1) or more additional directors may be appointed by any public official or commission or by the other directors selected by the members or their delegates. The additional directors shall represent primarily the interest of the general public in such associations. The directors so appointed need not be members of the association, but shall have the same powers and rights as other directors. These directors shall not number more than one fifth (1/5) of the entire number of directors.   An association may provide a fair remuneration for the time actually spent by its officers and directors in its service and for the service of the members of its executive committee.   The bylaws may provide that no director shall occupy any position in the association, except that of president and secretary at a regular salary or substantially full-time pay.   The bylaws may provide for an executive committee and may allot to the committee all the functions and powers of the board, subject to the general direction and control of the board.   When a vacancy on the board occurs other than by expiration of term, the remaining members of the board, by a majority vote, shall fill the vacancy.
TN Code § 44-14-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-111. Election of Officers

 The directors shall elect from their number a president and one (1) or more vice presidents. They shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be directors or members of the association; and they may combine the two (2) latter offices and designate the combined office as secretary-treasurer, or unite both functions and titles in one person. The treasurer may be a bank or any depository, and as such, shall not be considered as an officer, but as an agency of the board. In such case, the secretary shall perform the usual accounting duties of the treasurer, except that the funds shall be deposited only as and where authorized by the board.
TN Code § 44-14-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-112. Bonding Officers, Employees, and Agents

 Every officer, employee and agent handling funds or negotiable instruments or property of or for any association created under this chapter shall be required to execute and deliver a bond for the faithful performance of that person's duties and obligations.
TN Code § 44-14-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-113. Membership Certification — Issuance — Voting — Liability

  When a member of an association has paid the membership fee in full, and has also paid the prescribed protective fees, the member shall receive a certificate of membership. The promissory notes of the members may be accepted by the association as full or partial payment of fees.   No member shall be liable for the debts of the association to an amount exceeding the sum remaining unpaid on the membership fee or the prescribed protective fees, including any unpaid balance on any promissory notes given in payment of such fees.   No member shall be entitled to more than one (1) vote, regardless of the number of sheep owned by such member.
TN Code § 44-14-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-114. Removal of Officer or Director

 Any member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing them in writing with the secretary of the association, together with a petition signed by five percent (5%) of the members, requesting the removal of the officer or director in question. The removal shall be voted upon at the next regular or special meeting of the association and, by a vote of a majority of the members, the association may remove the officer or director and fill the vacancy. The officer or director, against whom such charges have been brought, shall be informed in writing of the charges previous to the meeting and shall have an opportunity at the meeting to be heard in person or by counsel and to present witnesses; and the person or persons bringing the charges against the officer or director shall have the same opportunity.
TN Code § 44-14-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-115. Annual Reports

 Each association formed under this chapter shall prepare and make out an annual report on forms to be furnished by the commissioner of commerce and insurance, containing:   The name of the association;   Its principal place of business;   A general statement of its business operations during the fiscal year, showing the number of members, amount of membership fees received, and the amount of prescribed protective fees received;   The total expenses of operations;   The amount of its indebtedness or liability;   Its balance sheets; and   Such other information as may be required by the commissioner.
TN Code § 44-14-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 14 - Sheep Producers' Indemnity Law|§ 44-14-116. Conflicting Laws Not to Apply

 Any provisions of law that are in conflict with this chapter shall be construed as not applying to the associations provided for in this chapter.