Section 232.24 — Schedule Of Inspection, Financial Reports.
232.24 SCHEDULE OF INSPECTION, FINANCIAL REPORTS. Subdivision 1. Schedule of examination. A licensee under sections 232.20 to 232.24 is subject to an examination annually conducted by the commissioner or the Agricultural Marketing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. The commissioner may require supplemental examinations of a licensee as the commissioner deems necessary. Subd. […]
Section 232.21 — Definitions.
232.21 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purpose of sections 232.20 to 232.24, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Bond. “Bond” means an acceptable obligation, running to the state as obligee, for the purpose of indemnifying depositors and producers of grain against breach of contract by a public […]
Section 232.22 — Licenses, Bonding Claims, Disbursements.
232.22 LICENSES, BONDING CLAIMS, DISBURSEMENTS. Subdivision 1. Licenses. An application for a public grain warehouse operator’s license must be filed with the commissioner and the license issued before the purchase or storage of grain may be commenced. All grain warehouses located within the same home rule charter or statutory city or town and owned and […]
Section 232.23 — Duties Of Public Grain Warehouse Operator.
232.23 DUTIES OF PUBLIC GRAIN WAREHOUSE OPERATOR. Subdivision 1. Discrimination prohibited. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a public grain warehouse operator must receive for storage, so far as the capacity of the grain warehouse will permit, all sound grain tendered in warehouseable condition without discrimination against any person tendering the grain. (b) The […]
Section 231.24 — Complaint That Rate Is Unreasonable; Duty Of Department.
231.24 COMPLAINT THAT RATE IS UNREASONABLE; DUTY OF DEPARTMENT. Upon verified complaint of any person or of any corporation that any rates of a household goods warehouse operator are unjust, unreasonable, discriminatory, preferential, or in any way in violation of law, the department shall proceed to investigate the matters alleged in such complaint; and, for […]
Section 231.28 — Failure To Obey Order Or Law.
231.28 FAILURE TO OBEY ORDER OR LAW. If a warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator fails to obey any law of this state or any order of the department, the department may, upon verified petition alleging such failure, apply to the district court of the county in which the operator’s principal place of business […]
Section 231.32 — Proceedings In The Name Of The State.
231.32 PROCEEDINGS IN THE NAME OF THE STATE. All acts or proceedings instituted by the department under this chapter shall be brought in the name of the state and be prosecuted by the attorney general. History: (5205) 1915 c 210 s 34; 1971 c 25 s 67
Section 231.34 — Action On Bond In The Name Of The State.
231.34 ACTION ON BOND IN THE NAME OF THE STATE. If a licensed household goods warehouse operator fails to perform a duty or violates this chapter, any person or corporation injured by such failure or violation may, with the consent of the department and the attorney general, bring an action in the name of the […]
Section 231.36 — Falsification Or Destruction Of Accounts.
231.36 FALSIFICATION OR DESTRUCTION OF ACCOUNTS. Any person who shall willfully make any false entry in the account or in any record or memorandum kept by a warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator, or who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, alter, or by any other means or device, falsify a record of any such account, […]
Section 231.37 — Penalty For Divulging Information.
231.37 PENALTY FOR DIVULGING INFORMATION. Any officer or employee of the department who divulges to any person, other than a member of the department, any fact or information coming to the knowledge of the officer or employee during the course of an inspection, examination, or investigation of any accounts, records, memoranda, books, or papers of […]