§ 43-21-109. Determination of Compliance — Issuance of Voucher Upon Compliance
The commissioner of agriculture shall determine from the evidence outlined above, namely, reports and checks or receipts, and by any inquiries that shall be considered necessary by the commissioner, whether or not the fair has been held in accordance with all the foregoing provisions of this chapter. If, in the commissioner’s judgment, the fair has […]
§ 43-21-110. Commissioner Authorized to Make Regulations
The commissioner of agriculture is empowered to make such rules and regulations in conformity with this chapter as, in the commissioner’s judgment, may promote better agricultural fairs and agriculture in general in Tennessee.
§ 43-21-111. Appropriation for State Aid — Special Awards for Merit
There is appropriated from the general funds of the state the sum of one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000) annually to be disbursed for state aid to agricultural fairs in accordance with this chapter. The commissioner is authorized to expend a maximum of ten percent (10%) of this annual appropriation for administration of the laws […]
§ 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 […]
§ 43-21-103. Amount Each Fair to Receive — Limitation on Amount
The amount of state aid given a community, county, district, division or other agricultural show shall be a percentage of the premiums paid by the show, except for special merit, as is provided in this section: No community fair shall be paid more than fifty percent (50%) of its approved agricultural premiums in any one […]
§ 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.
§ 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 […]
§ 43-20-210. Applications for Refunds — Refund Forms
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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 43-20-212. Use of Funds — Prohibited Use of Funds — Minutes — Reports
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. The board shall […]