Section 17A.16 — Injunctive Remedy.
17A.16 INJUNCTIVE REMEDY. The operation of a livestock market agency or the buying or selling of livestock as a dealer by a person not licensed and bonded as required by this chapter may be enjoined by the district court on petition from the commissioner upon a showing that a person is engaged in the business […]
Section 17A.17 — Audit By Department.
17A.17 AUDIT BY DEPARTMENT. The department may audit records, including incoming purchase records of a livestock packer and shipping weights or transfer of weight invoices, in order to ensure there are no weight discrepancies in hot weight or grade and yield transactions. History: 1984 c 654 art 3 s 29
Section 17A.12 — Weighmaster Qualifications.
17A.12 WEIGHMASTER QUALIFICATIONS. No state livestock weighmaster shall, during the weighmaster’s term of service, be in any manner financially interested in the handling, shipping, purchase, or sale of livestock or in the employment of any person engaged therein. History: 1974 c 347 s 12; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 28
Section 17A.13 — Gross Misdemeanors.
17A.13 GROSS MISDEMEANORS. Any weigher who shall knowingly or carelessly weigh any livestock improperly, or give any false certificate of weight, or accept money or other consideration directly or indirectly for any neglect or improper performance of duty, or who shall be guilty of any neglect of duty, and any person who shall improperly influence […]
Section 17A.14 — Penalties.
17A.14 PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Criminal penalties. Any person, duly licensed or otherwise, who violates this chapter, for which violation a penalty has not been specifically set out, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any subsequent violation is a gross misdemeanor. Subd. 2. Civil penalties. (a) The commissioner, as an alternate to misdemeanor prosecution, may impose a […]
Section 17A.145 — Civil Penalty Procedures.
17A.145 CIVIL PENALTY PROCEDURES. Subdivision 1. Citation. If the commissioner believes that a person has violated this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter, the commissioner shall issue a written citation to the person by personal service or by certified mail. The citation must describe with particularity the nature of the violation, […]
Section 17A.15 — Powers And Duties Of Commissioner.
17A.15 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter 347 and shall promulgate, in the manner provided by law, such rules as the commissioner deems necessary or desirable, and may cooperate with any department of state or government, to carry out the provisions of sections 17A.01 to 17A.15. […]
Section 17A.151 — Duty To Prosecute.
17A.151 DUTY TO PROSECUTE. It is the duty of each county attorney or city attorney to whom the commissioner reports a violation of this chapter to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Before a violation of this chapter is […]
Section 17A.08 — Record Keeping.
17A.08 RECORD KEEPING. Every person shall make and retain such accounts, records, and memoranda necessary to fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in the person’s business, including the true ownership of such business by stockholding or otherwise. Whenever the commissioner finds that the accounts, records, and memoranda of any such person do not fully […]
Section 17A.09 — Feeder Pig Markets.
17A.09 FEEDER PIG MARKETS. The commissioner may, by rules promulgated in accordance with sections 14.05 to 14.28, establish requirements for record making and retention, of livestock purchases and sales by operators of feeder pig markets, as the commissioner deems necessary to protect the public. History: 1974 c 347 s 9; 1982 c 424 s 130; […]