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 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 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 […]
Section 231.375 — Opening Or Abandoning Warehouse Building.
231.375 OPENING OR ABANDONING WAREHOUSE BUILDING. No building or structure may be used as a warehouse or branch warehouse until it has been inspected and approved for warehousing purposes by the department. On ceasing to use a building or other structure, a warehouse operator must promptly notify the department. History: 2005 c 92 s 10
Section 231.38 — Penalty For Transacting Business Without A License.
231.38 PENALTY FOR TRANSACTING BUSINESS WITHOUT A LICENSE. Any person who shall transact the business of a warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator, except for the purpose of winding up the same under the supervision of the department, without first procuring a license and giving a bond or providing proof of insurance as provided […]
Section 231.39 — Persons Violating Act Or Order; Penalty.
231.39 PERSONS VIOLATING ACT OR ORDER; PENALTY. Any warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator and each person who, either individually or acting as an officer, agent, or employee of a warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator, violates or fails to comply with any provisions of this chapter, or fails to observe, obey, or […]
Section 232.20 — Grain Storage Act; Citation.
232.20 GRAIN STORAGE ACT; CITATION. Sections 232.20 to 232.24 may be cited as the “Grain Storage Act.” History: 1982 c 508 s 1; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 40
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 […]