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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-112) › Section 43-19-104 - Fees uncollectible upon failure to give bond - Penalty for violations

A proprietor who fails to execute a bond shall not be entitled to collect any fees on tobacco stored in the warehouse, under a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense, to be recovered in the name of the state, one half (1/2) to go to the informer.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 4; Shan., § 3382; Code 1932, § 6479; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2104.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-112) › Section 43-19-105 - Suit on bond - Parties

Any person aggrieved may sue on this bond for a breach thereof, in the name of the state, until the penalty is exhausted.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 4; Shan., § 3383; Code 1932, § 6480; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2105.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-112) › Section 43-19-106 - Warehouses to be floored and kept in repair

(a)
The proprietor shall fit up the warehouse with plank floors or skids, upon which to place the tobacco, so that the hogsheads may be at least four inches (4") from the earth.
(b)
Any proprietor who fails to keep a warehouse in good repair, or to furnish it as in this section provided, shall forfeit two hundred dollars ($200) to the state, and is also liable upon the bond to an action for damages, at the instance of any planter or owner whose tobacco is injured.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 6; Shan., § 3384; Code 1932, § 6481; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2106.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-112) › Section 43-19-107 - Scales to be kept and tested

The proprietor shall keep good and sufficient scales for weighing tobacco, which shall be tested at the beginning of each tobacco commerical year, and every three (3) months thereafter, by the keeper and sealer of weights for the county, and at any time when written application is made by two (2) or more planters or burghers.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 7; Shan., § 3385; Code 1932, § 6482; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2107.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-112) › Section 43-19-108 - Breaking irons for inspection, and screws for cooperage

The proprietor shall also keep the necessary breaking irons for the proper inspection of tobacco, and screws for the proper cooperage and return of loose tobacco to the hogshead after inspection.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 7; Shan., § 3386; Code 1932, § 6483; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2108.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-112) › Section 43-19-109 - Attention to duty - Prompt delivery for shipment

The proprietor or the proprietor's clerks shall be constant and prompt in their attendance at the warehouse for the reception and storage of tobacco, and promptly deliver tobacco to the planter or person entitled thereto, upon order for shipment.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 7; Shan., § 3387; Code 1932, § 6484; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2109.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-112) › Section 43-19-110 - Private warehouses

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any person from establishing a private warehouse for the storage of tobacco.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 27; Shan., § 3407; Code 1932, § 6505; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2130.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-112) › Section 43-19-111 - Tobacco commercial year

The "tobacco commercial year" commences and ends on November 1 of each year.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 26; 1889, ch. 192, § 7; Shan., § 3406; Code 1932, § 6504; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2129.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-112) › Section 43-19-112 - Prosecution for penalties - Duties of clerk and district attorney general - Fees

The county clerk shall attend to all prosecutions for penalties under this chapter, for the use of the state, for which the county clerk shall receive ten percent (10%) on the sums collected and paid into the state treasury. The county clerk may, also, when necessary, call on the district attorney general to give attention to prosecutions for penalties under this chapter, for which service the district attorney general shall be allowed ten dollars ($10.00) to be taxed in the bill of costs, and when collected, shall be paid into the state treasury at the same time and in the same manner as other state revenue is by law required to be paid.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 24; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 41; Shan., § 3404; Code 1932, § 6503; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2128.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-201 - Warehouse proprietor may be inspector - Appointment of deputy inspectors - Oath - Bond

(a)
The proprietor of a warehouse, regularly authorized under this chapter, is created an inspector of tobacco, with power to appoint deputy inspectors; but, before any warehouse keeper, who may personally act as inspector, or any deputy who may act as inspector for the warehouse keeper, enters upon the duties of an inspector, that person shall go before the county clerk, and take and subscribe the following oath: "I, ______________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will carefully and diligently perform all the duties of an inspector of tobacco, according to law and to the best of my skill and judgment, without fear, favor, affection, malice, or partiality, and that I will not buy nor sell any tobacco inspected and sampled by me, nor accept any interest or profit in or from the purchase or sale of any tobacco inspected and sampled by me. So help me God."
(b)
The person shall enter into bond, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the county mayor, and payable to the state, in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned to faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of the office, and that the person will not buy nor sell any tobacco inspected and sampled by that person, nor accept any interest or profit in or from the purchase or sale of any tobacco inspected or sampled by the person.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 8; 1889, ch. 192, § 2; Shan., § 3388; Code 1932, § 6485; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2110; Acts 2003 , ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-202 - Duties of proprietor or deputy

It is the duty of the proprietor or one (1) of the proprietor's regular deputies to:
(1)
Inspect the uncasing and breaking of any tobacco for inspection, and examine and classify the tobacco according to law and the proprietor's or deputy's oath of office;
(2)
Break each hogshead for inspection, in at least four (4) different places, drawing from each break at least four (4) bundles or hands of tobacco, from different courses or layers, so as to get a fair and just representation of the quality and condition of the tobacco;
(3)
Place these bundles together in one (1) sample, stamp with the following seal: "State Tobacco Inspection," and mark with ink upon the label of the sample the name of the warehouse, the planter's name, the warehouse number of the hogshead and its approximate gross weight, the date of inspection, and the name of the sampler drawing the sample;
(4)
Mark "A," or "Admitted," all sound, clear, well assorted leaf tobacco, clear of lugs or trash, in good keeping order, and mark "R," or "Refused," all lugs or trash, or leaf mixed with lugs or trash, or clean leaf tobacco, if not in good keeping order;
(5)
Condemn all hogshead or casks that are insecure, or made of green or unsound timber, and mark, upon the label of the sample, "Cask Condemned"; the cost of putting such hogshead in proper merchantable order shall be charged to the owner of the tobacco;
(6)
Refuse to classify, and mark as "Damaged," expressing on the label the probable amount of damage, every hogshead so damaged that the sample drawn will not show the character and extent of damage;
(7)
Refuse to classify, and to mark "Condemned," any hogshead of tobacco that is falsely and fraudulently packed with intent to deceive, and give full information to the grand jury about such hogshead, from the proprietor's or deputy's books, when called upon to furnish the information;
(8)
Superintend the coopering and reweighing; see that each cask is replaced over the same tobacco from which it was taken; and mark the hogshead on both heads with distinct figures, specifying the correct weights;
(9)
Carefully enter in a book, to be provided and kept, for that purpose alone, an account of every hogshead of tobacco inspected, stating the planter's name, warehouse number, the gross weight, the tare, the net weight, the price at which it sold, the purchaser's name, and its quality, whether "Admitted" or "Refused"; and
(10)
Be personally present, and witness the breaking of any tobacco for inspection, and personally attach the proprietor's or deputy's seal to the sample drawn, and pay all just reclamations on tobacco improperly sampled by the proprietor or deputy.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 9; 1889, ch. 192, § 3; Shan., § 3389; Code 1932, § 6486; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2111.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-203 - Reinspection - Making

(a)
Should any planter, or the planter's agent representing the planter, claim that the sample drawn from the planter's tobacco by an inspector does not represent fairly the hogshead from which it was taken, the planter may demand and have that hogshead reinspected.
(b)
The tobacco board of trade, where one exists, shall appoint a committee, consisting of two (2) warehousemen and one (1) buyer, who shall resample such tobacco, so as to show, as nearly as may be, the average condition and quality of the hogshead; and upon such sample so drawn by the committee, and the sample drawn by the inspector, the board of trade shall proceed to adjudge, in the same manner and in all respects as reclamations in favor of the buyer are determined, the amount, if any, the hogshead has been undersampled by the inspector, and the amount so adjudged shall be paid by the inspector to the planter.
(c)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any planter from guaranteeing the planter's tobacco to come up to the sample drawn by any inspector.
Acts 1889, ch. 192, § 3; Shan., § 3389a; Code 1932, § 6487; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2112.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-204 - Responsibility of keeper

After the tobacco is inspected, coopered, weighed, and numbered, the warehouse keeper becomes responsible to the planter or owner for the weights and proper keeping of the tobacco.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 10; Shan., § 3390; Code 1932, § 6488; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-205 - Conversion of samples or plucking leaves therefrom prohibited - Penalty

(a)
No warehouse keeper, nor anyone in the employment of the warehouse keeper, shall take or convert to that person's own use, or dispose of, any sample of tobacco, but the tobacco shall be delivered to the purchaser, and all loose tobacco shall be neatly returned to the hogshead or other container from which it came, before coopering and weighing.
(b)
No person shall willfully or wantonly pluck any leaf or leaves from any sample of tobacco to which the inspector has attached the inspector's seal, either before or after sale.
(c)
Any person violating any provision of this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 11; 1889, ch. 192, § 4; Shan., § 3390a; mod. Code 1932, § 6489; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2114; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-206 - Erasure or counterfeiting a misdemeanor

Any person who erases, or in any way alters or defaces, any letter, mark, number or figure put upon any hogshead or other container by an inspector, or counterfeits the letter, mark, number or figure, previous to the delivery to the purchaser, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 12; Shan., § 3391; mod. Code 1932, § 6490; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2115; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-207 - Keeper not to sell tobacco until inspection - Penalty

No warehouse keeper shall sell publicly any sample of tobacco that has not been regularly inspected under this chapter, under a penalty of five dollars ($5.00) for each hogshead so sold, to be recovered by any person suing for that amount.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 13; Shan., § 3392; Code 1932, § 6491; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2116.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-208 - Copy of sample cards with "Inspected" thereon

Any warehouse keeper called upon to inspect a lot of tobacco shall make a copy of the original sample card, and write on it, in plain letters, "Inspected," adding the date.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 14; Shan., § 3393; Code 1932, § 6492; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2117.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-209 - Warehouseman not to sell or buy

(a)
No proprietor of a warehouse shall sell any tobacco that has been directly or indirectly bought by that person, or on that person's account, nor directly or indirectly purchase on that person's own account any tobacco stored in that person's warehouse. This section is not to be construed as referring to the sale of crops of tobacco raised by the proprietor or any of the proprietor's agents or employees.
(b)
No proprietor of a warehouse, nor any deputy of a proprietor, who acts as inspector of tobacco, shall buy or sell any tobacco inspected and sampled by the proprietor or deputy, nor accept any interest or profit in or from the purchase or sale of any tobacco inspected and sampled by that person.
(c)
Any person violating this section shall forfeit fifty dollars ($50.00) for each hogshead so purchased or sold, or in which such interest or profit was accepted, one half (1/2) to the state, the other one half (1/2) to the informer.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 15; 1889, ch. 192, § 5; Shan., § 3394; Code 1932, § 6493; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2118.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-210 - Accepting gratuity or reward - Penalty

If any warehouse keeper accepts, directly or indirectly, any gratuity or reward for anything by that person done or omitted in the discharge of that person's official duties, that person shall forfeit two hundred dollars ($200) to the state, and, moreover, the warehouse keeper commits a Class C misdemeanor. The warehouse keeper shall also forfeit the office, and be forever afterward disqualified from holding the office of tobacco inspector.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 16; impl. am. Acts 1877, ch. 109, § 1; Shan., § 3395; mod. Code 1932, § 6494; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2119; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-211 - Derelictions to be reported to county clerk

Any planter or person shall inform the county clerk of any dereliction of duty on the part of the warehouse keeper.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 17; Shan., § 3396; Code 1932, § 6495; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2120.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-212 - Fraudulent packing or "nesting" a misdemeanor - Penalty

Any person who fraudulently packs or "nests" a hogshead of tobacco with intent to deceive and obtain by the deception more than its true value commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 18; Shan., § 3397; Code 1932, § 6496; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2121; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-213 - Description of best hogshead to be posted in warehouse

The warehouse keeper shall keep posted in some conspicuous place in the warehouse a description of the hogsheads or casks, length, measurement, etc., best suited to contain tobacco for market.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 19; Shan., § 3398; Code 1932, § 6497; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2122.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-214 - Fees and commissions of warehousemen

The compensation of warehouse keepers for receiving, storing, inspecting, coopering, and selling tobacco shall be as follows, to wit:
(1)
To be paid by the seller, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), and one percent (1%) commission on proceeds of sale;
(2)
To be paid by buyer, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50), and for storage after sale, after the first thirty (30) days, for each month or part of a month, twenty-five cents (25¢).
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 20; 1889, ch. 192, § 6; Shan., § 3399; Code 1932, § 6498; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2123.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-215 - Extortion a misdemeanor

Any warehouse keeper who charges more than is allowed in §
43-19-214
commits a Class C misdemeanor, and is also liable to a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) to the planter or person overcharged, recoverable before any judge of a court of general sessions.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 21; Shan., § 3400; Code 1932, § 6499; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2124; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-216 - Auction bid may be refused

Any planter, or other owner of tobacco sold at auction, may, by paying the fees, refuse at the time to take the price at which it is cried off.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 22; Shan., § 3401; Code 1932, § 6500; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2125.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-217 - Warehouseman's lien for fees and charges

A lien is given to the proprietor of the warehouse on all tobacco and proceeds for fees and charges on the tobacco and proceeds.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 22; Shan., § 3402; Code 1932, § 6501; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2126.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 2 - TOBACCO INSPECTORS-INSPECTIONS-VIOLATIONS (§§ 43-19-201 — 43-19-218) › Section 43-19-218 - Selling or shipping without inspection not prohibited

No planter or person is prohibited from selling tobacco at private sale, with or without inspection, if such person chooses so to do, nor compelled to have tobacco, though stored in a public or authorized warehouse, inspected; but the person may sell or ship it without inspection.
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 23; impl. am. Acts 1877, ch. 109, § 1; Shan., § 3403; Code 1932, § 6502; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2127.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 3 - SALE OF TOBACCO (§§ 43-19-301 — 43-19-305) › Section 43-19-301 - Commissioner of agriculture to enforce rules and regulations

The commissioner of agriculture is vested with the power and authority and is charged with the duty of administering and enforcing this part, and has the authority to establish and enforce reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with this part, for the purpose of carrying out this part.
Acts 1949, ch. 141, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 6669.1 (Williams, § 6675.1); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2131.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 3 - SALE OF TOBACCO (§§ 43-19-301 — 43-19-305) › Section 43-19-302 - Commingling of tobacco forbidden

(a)
It is unlawful for any person to commingle, mix, place on same basket with other tobacco or in any other manner or means to handle tobacco so as to lose its identity, for the purpose of sale at auction, any looseleaf tobacco grown by one (1) producer with looseleaf burley tobacco grown by any other producer, or with that of the same producer after being placed on the looseleaf floor.
(b)
After tobacco is weighed and set upon the warehouse floor for sale, no basket of tobacco shall be moved, without the consent of the owner, from its place on the floor until sale is confirmed by the owner of the tobacco.
Acts 1949, ch. 141, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 6669.2 (Williams, § 6675.2); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2132.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 3 - SALE OF TOBACCO (§§ 43-19-301 — 43-19-305) › Section 43-19-303 - Sales of burley tobacco regulated

Sales of burley tobacco at warehouse or loosefloors shall be conducted so as to conform to one (1) of the following methods:
(1)
Sales to be at the rate of not more than ninety-seven thousand two hundred pounds (97,200 lbs.) per hour, per set of buyers; or
(2)
Sales to be at the rate of not more than three hundred sixty (360) baskets per hour, per set of buyers.
Acts 1949, ch. 141, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 6669.3 (Williams, § 6675.3); Acts 1965, ch. 115, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2133.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 3 - SALE OF TOBACCO (§§ 43-19-301 — 43-19-305) › Section 43-19-304 - Warehouseman's record to be accurately maintained

Any information pertaining to weights of tobacco sold, prices paid or amounts of tobacco handled, disseminated by any warehouseman, or a warehouseman's employees or agents shall be accurate and substantiated by records kept at the warehouse or loosefloor.
Acts 1949, ch. 141, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 6669.4 (Williams, § 6675.4); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2134.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 19 - TOBACCO SALES (§§ 43-19-101 — 43-19-404) › Part 3 - SALE OF TOBACCO (§§ 43-19-301 — 43-19-305) › Section 43-19-305 - Penalty for violation

A violation of this part or the rules and regulations promulgated under this part is a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1949, ch. 141, § 5; C. Supp. 1950, § 6669.5 (Williams, § 6675.5); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2135; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-106) › Section 43-20-101 - Purpose

The purpose of this part is to promote the growth and development of the soybean industry in Tennessee by research, advertisement, promotions and education and market development, thereby promoting the general welfare of the people of this state.
Acts 1977, ch. 208, § 1; T.C.A., § 43-3001.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-106) › Section 43-20-102 - Board - Composition - Appointment - Terms - Bond of officers - Meetings - Rules and regulations - Compensation

(a)
The Tennessee soybean promotion board, referred to in this chapter as the board, is created, to be composed of nine (9) members to be appointed by the commissioner of agriculture to serve for terms of three (3) years, as provided in this section. All of the nine (9) members of the board shall be producers of soybeans in the state of Tennessee. Within ten (10) days following July 1, 1977, the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, and the Tennessee Soybean Association shall each submit the names of six (6) soybean producers to the commissioner, and the commissioner shall appoint three (3) members from the nominees of each organization to serve on the board on rotating three-year terms. The original board shall be appointed with members of each of the organizations appointed as follows: one (1) for one (1) year, one (1) for two (2) years and one (1) for three (3) years. Each year thereafter, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of board members' terms, each organization shall submit the names of three (3) nominees to the commissioner, and succeeding boards shall be appointed by the commissioner in the same manner, giving equal representation to each organization. Vacancies that occur shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. Persons who are appointed to the board shall serve no more than two (2) consecutive terms. The commissioner or a designee from the commissioner's staff shall serve as an advisor to the board.
(b)
The members of the board shall meet and organize within thirty (30) days of their appointment, and shall elect a chair, vice chair and secretary-treasurer from the membership of the board, each to serve for one-year terms, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such officers or specifically designated by the board. The chair, vice chair and secretary-treasurer shall be bonded in an amount of not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). The cost of the bonds shall be paid from the funds received under this part. The bond shall be a security for any unlawful act of such member of the board, and recovery on the bond may be had by the state for any injury by such unlawful act of the member. The board may establish rules and regulations for its own government and the administration of the affairs of the board.
(c)
Members of the board shall not be compensated but shall be reimbursed travel expenses in accordance with the travel regulations promulgated by the commissioner of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 620,Secs.s3, s5 eff. 4/4/2014.
Acts 1977, ch. 208, § 2; T.C.A., § 43-3002; Acts 1985, ch. 108, §§ 16, 17; 1987, ch. 183, §§ 3, 4; 1987, ch. 352, §§ 3, 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-106) › Section 43-20-104 - Failure of purchaser to file report or pay assessment - Violations - Penalties

(a)
Any purchaser who fails to file a report or to pay any assessment within the time required by the department shall forfeit to the department a penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessment determined to be due, plus one percent (1%) of that amount for each month of delay or fraction thereof after the first month after the report was required to be filed or the assessment became due. The penalty shall be paid over to the board and shall be disposed of by it in the same manner as funds derived from the payment of the assessment imposed.
(b)
The department shall collect the penalties levied in this section, together with the delinquent assessment, by either of the following methods:
(1)
By voluntary payment by the person liable; and
(2)
By legal proceedings instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c)
Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in this part who fails to remit the same or who refuses to allow full inspection of the premises, or books, records or other documents relating to the liability of the person for the assessment imposed in this part, or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent an inspection, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1977, ch. 208, § 4; T.C.A., § 43-3004; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-106) › Section 43-20-105 - Funds used for research and promotion - Political use of funds prohibited - Reports

(a)
The board shall plan and conduct a program of productive research, education, market development and advertising designed to promote the soybean industry in Tennessee, and is authorized to use the funds derived from the assessment imposed in this part for those purposes, including basic administrative expenses of the plan. The board may also, in its discretion, expend money from the Tennessee soybean promotion fund outside the state of Tennessee for such purposes as national and international research and promotional applications.
(b)
Funds may be expended only for the purposes set out in this part and shall not be spent in any manner for political purposes. A report of all expenditures shall be made annually, with four (4) copies of the report to be filed with each of the following: the department of agriculture, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, the chief clerk of the senate and the state library and archives.
Acts 1977, ch. 208, § 5; T.C.A., § 43-3005.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-106) › Section 43-20-106 - Exemptions from part

This part does not apply to any person who purchases one thousand (1,000) or fewer bushels of soybeans in any calendar year; provided, that the person is not regularly engaged in the purchase of soybeans.
Acts 1977, ch. 208, § 4; T.C.A., § 43-3006.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-201 - Short title

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Soybean Promotion Act."
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-202 - Legislative findings

The general assembly finds that it is in the interest of the public welfare that Tennessee farmers who are producers of soybeans be encouraged and permitted to act jointly and in cooperation with other producers to levy upon themselves an assessment upon soybeans, for the purpose of financing programs of research, promotion, advertising and other programs designed to increase the production of soybeans and to increase the consumption, use and sale of soybeans and soybean products in Tennessee, national and international markets.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-203 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Board" means the Tennessee soybean promotion board established by §
43-20-102
;
(2)
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture;
(3)
"Department" means the department of agriculture;
(4)
"Producer" means a person who produces soybeans as an ongoing commercial operation and includes any landowner who shares in the production costs or the proceeds of the sale of any soybeans that are grown on the landowner's land; and
(5)
"Purchaser" means any person, public or private corporation, federal commodity credit corporation, association or partnership, buying, accepting shipment or otherwise accepting the property, in or to soybeans from a producer, and includes a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person, public or private, having a claim against the producer when the actual or constructive possession of the soybeans is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of the mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 3; 1987, ch. 183, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-204 - Legality of associations, meetings or actions - Restraint of trade

No association, meeting or act undertaken pursuant to this part and intended to benefit the producers and purchasers of soybeans is illegal or in restraint of trade.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-205 - Assessment on producers - Application for referendum

Any commission, council, board or other entity that is fairly representative of soybean producers may make application to the commissioner requesting a referendum of producers of soybeans upon the question of whether an assessment of a specified amount should be levied, collected and disbursed under this part, or whether a prior assessment should be amended or terminated. The application shall state the amount of the assessment per bushel that is to be proposed in the referendum, and a brief statement of the purposes for which the funds collected will be spent.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 5.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-206 - Date of referendum - Notice

Within thirty (30) days of receipt of an application requesting a referendum, the commissioner shall set a date for the referendum, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days after receipt of the application, and shall publish by newspaper, the date of the referendum, the polling places and the hours they will be open, the amount of the proposed assessment, and the date the assessment shall begin, if adopted.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-207 - Referendum

(a)
Any referendum held under this part shall be conducted statewide, under the control and direction of the commissioner. The polling place in each county shall be the offices of the University of Tennessee agricultural extension office. All ballots shall be provided at the polling places.
(b)
Each person seeking to vote in the referendum shall be required to sign an affidavit stating that the person is a producer as defined in §
43-20-203
. Upon signing an affidavit, the person shall be eligible to vote. Any producer that is a corporation shall have only one (1) vote.
(c)
The question to be decided at the first referendum shall be in the following form:
"Shall the producers of soybeans assess themselves at the rate of ____________________ cents per bushel of soybeans sold, and use the funds so collected by the department of agriculture and paid over to the Tennessee soybean promotion board to finance a program of research, education, market development, marketing, advertising and other methods designed to promote the increased production, consumption, use and sale of soybeans and soybean products?"
(d)
The affirmative vote of a majority of the number of votes cast shall adopt the proposed assessment.
(e)
Within ten (10) days after the referendum, the commissioner shall canvass the votes and publicly announce the result of the referendum.
(f)
The expenses of referenda held under this part shall be paid by the department until an assessment is levied. Expenses of subsequent referenda shall be paid from the Tennessee soybean promotion fund.
(g)
No referendum pursuant to this part shall be held within one (1) year of any preceding referendum.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 7.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-208 - Deductions

The assessed rate, as approved by referendum, shall be deducted by the purchaser from the amount paid the producer at the first point of sale. Within twenty (20) days after the end of each calendar month, each purchaser shall remit to the board the total amount of funds withheld from producers.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 8; 1987, ch. 183, §§ 5, 6; 1987, ch. 352, § 5; 1991, ch. 157, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-209 - Records of purchasers

Each purchaser shall keep a complete and accurate record of all soybeans handled by that purchaser and shall furnish each producer with a signed sales slip showing the number of bushels purchased from that producer and the amount deducted by the purchaser for the Tennessee soybean promotion fund. Such records shall be kept for two (2) years and be open to inspection at any time with or without notice by the commissioner, the board or its representatives. The board may, from time to time, require any purchaser to submit records and reports deemed necessary for the collection of the assessment.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 9; 1991, ch. 157, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-210 - Applications for refunds - Refund forms

(a)
Within ninety (90) days of an assessment being withheld by the purchaser, any producer may make application, on forms to be prescribed by the board, to the board for a refund of assessments withheld. The application shall be accompanied by copies of sales slips signed by the purchaser evidencing the withheld assessments for which refund is sought.
(b)
Refund forms shall be made available in each University of Tennessee county extension office, and shall be displayed and made available to producers at those locations.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 10; 1987, ch. 271, § 1; 1991, ch. 157, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-211 - Referendum on assessment remaining in effect

If the commissioner determines that during the first two (2) years the assessment is in effect that over fifty percent (50%) of the proceeds generated by the assessment is being refunded, then the commissioner shall conduct a referendum, within one hundred twenty (120) days of the end of the two-year period, on whether the assessment shall remain in effect.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 11.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-212 - Use of funds - Prohibited use of funds - Minutes - Reports

(a)
The board shall expend the proceeds of the assessment solely to finance a program of research, education, market development, marketing, advertising and other methods designed to promote the increased consumption, production, use and sale of soybean and soybean products. The board may accept gifts and grants, and shall invest its idle funds.
(b)
The board shall not expend its funds in any manner for political purposes, or to influence any rule-making process, either state or federal. The board shall submit the minutes of all meetings and an annual detailed financial statement to the commissioner, the clerk of the house of representatives, the clerk of the senate and the state library and archives. The annual report shall include, but not be limited to, a list of all grantees of funds and a status report of all grants, indicating utilization of grant funds in compliance with this section.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 620,s 4, eff. 4/4/2014.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 12; 1987, ch. 352, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-213 - Personal debt of purchaser - Late payment penalty

Any amount withheld, or that should have been withheld, by the purchaser due to the assessment shall be a personal debt of the purchaser. If the purchaser's monthly payments to the board are not timely made, a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount due shall be imposed. The board is authorized to collect assessments due by any legal proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 13; 1991, ch. 157, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-214 - Waiver of assessment

Upon the effective date of an assessment levied pursuant to this part, the commissioner may waive the assessment imposed in §
43-20-103(a)
. It is the express intent of the general assembly that only one (1) assessment for the promotion of soybeans be in effect at any time.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 14.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-215 - Rules and regulations

The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to provide for the implementation of this part.
Acts 1985, ch. 108, § 15.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 20 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION (§§ 43-20-101 — 43-20-216) › Part 2 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION ACT (§§ 43-20-201 — 43-20-216) › Section 43-20-216 - Agreements for collection of assessments or collateral

The board may enter into an agreement with the federal commodity credit corporation to collect the specified assessment on all soybeans pledged as collateral for a commodity credit corporation price support loan or purchased by the commodity credit corporation under its loan or its purchase programs.
Acts 1987, ch. 183, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 21 - FAIRS (§§ 43-21-101 — 43-21-204) › Part 1 - STATE AID (§§ 43-21-101 — 43-21-112) › Section 43-21-101 - Disbursement of state aid grants by commissioner

All grants of state aid to agricultural fairs by appropriation of the general assembly shall be disbursed by the commissioner of agriculture according to this chapter.
Acts 1949, ch. 156, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 552.33 (Williams, § 552.56); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2401.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 43 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-40-105) › Chapter 21 - FAIRS (§§ 43-21-101 — 43-21-204) › Part 1 - STATE AID (§§ 43-21-101 — 43-21-112) › Section 43-21-102 - Fairs eligible for state aid grants - Use of funds - Forfeiture of privilege

The commissioner of agriculture, for the purpose of fostering and developing agriculture within the state of Tennessee, is authorized to pay state aid from the grants made by the general assembly for such purposes to nonprofit agricultural shows held for the purpose of advancing agriculture. Fairs that receive state aid shall use their profits for future fair improvements, increasing their premium lists, and furthering the growth, expansion, and usefulness of fairs in every way possible, and to provide for a possible deficit at some future fair. Whenever a fair converts its profits into the treasury of a county, or pays dividends to stockholders, it forfeits its privilege of sharing in state aid.
Acts 1949, ch. 156, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 552.34 (Williams, § 552.57); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-2402.