§ 43-29-114. Promotion Boards — Meetings — Organization — Duties
Members of each board shall meet and organize within thirty (30) days of their appointment and shall elect a chair, a vice chair and a secretary-treasurer from the membership of the board, each to serve for a one-year term. The duties and responsibilities of the board shall be prescribed by the commissioner to the extent […]
§ 43-29-115. Use of Funds by Promotion Boards — Reports
A commodity promotion board shall spend the proceeds of an assessment solely to finance a program of research, education, market development, marketing and advertising designed to promote the increased consumption, production, use and sale of agricultural commodities. A commodity promotion board shall not spend its funds in any manner for political purposes or to influence […]
§ 43-29-116. Personal Debt — Penalties — Collection
Any amount withheld, or that should have been withheld, by the purchaser due to an assessment shall be a personal debt of the purchaser. If the purchaser’s monthly payments to the commissioner are not timely made, a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount due shall be imposed. The commissioner may bring a civil […]
§ 43-29-107. Review of Application — Date of Referendum and Assessment — Notice of Referendum and Assessment
Within thirty (30) days of receipt of an application requesting a referendum, the commissioner shall make a determination of whether or not the petitioner is a qualified producer organization and, upon the determination, shall set a date for the referendum, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days after receipt of the application, and […]
§ 43-29-108. Conducting Referendum — Eligibility — Voting
Any referendum held under this chapter 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 agriculture extension service. All ballots shall be provided at the polling place. All voting shall be by secret ballot. Each person seeking […]
§ 43-28-310. Purchaser’s Brand Put on Timber by Seller Vests Title in Purchaser — Rights as to Purchase Money Unaffected
Whenever any timber is branded by the seller or another with the seller’s consent, with the brand of the purchaser or other person, corporation or firm, then the title to the timber shall at once pass to the person, corporation or firm whose brand is placed upon it, but this shall not affect the rights […]
§ 43-28-311. Brands and Trade-Marks Under Previous Law Unaffected
Nothing in this part shall affect the validity and effect of all timber brands and trademarks that have been duly adopted and recorded under the law in force previous to April 20, 1901, but the timber brands and trademarks shall be as valid for all purposes, civil and criminal, as if duly adopted and recorded […]
§ 43-28-312. Cutting Timber From Property of Another — Civil Liability
Civil liability for the negligent cutting of timber from the property of another is in an amount double that of the current market value of the timber. If the timber is negligently cut from the property of another because the landowner for whom the timber is being cut has marked or designated the boundary of […]
§ 43-28-313. Tennessee Native Species Lumber Act
This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Native Species Lumber Act.” As used in this section: “Agricultural building” means any structure used primarily for agricultural purposes or for forest product production; “Commercial sawmill” means any type of sawmill that produces lumber for sale; “End user” means any person who purchases […]
§ 43-29-101. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Agriculture Commodities Promotion Act.”