§ 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 […]
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 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, […]
§ 43-20-207. Referendum
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. Each person seeking to vote in the referendum shall be […]
§ 43-20-104. Failure of Purchaser to File Report or Pay Assessment — Violations — Penalties
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 […]
§ 43-20-105. Funds Used for Research and Promotion — Political Use of Funds Prohibited — Reports
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 […]
§ 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.