§19-2A-12. Duration of Licenses; Renewals; Refusal, Revocation or Suspension
All licenses issued in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be for a period of one year and shall expire on June thirtieth next following date of issue. All applications for the renewal of any such licenses shall be made in the same manner as for the original license. The commissioner may refuse […]
§19-2A-13. Unlawful for Licensed Weighman, Grader or Auctioneer to Buy or Trade at Market in Which Employed; False Weights
It shall be unlawful for any weighman, grader, or auctioneer, licensed in accordance with the provisions of this article, to buy or trade in any livestock or other agricultural and horticultural products, graded, weighed, or auctioned by him either for himself or partnership at any public market in which he is employed, or to misweigh […]
§19-2A-14. Testing and Inspection of Livestock for Infectious Diseases; Fees; Records
For the purpose of preventing the spread of infectious disease among livestock and poultry when and where the same is sold at a public market the commissioner shall have authority and shall establish and define an area surrounding a public market inside of which area, so defined, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, […]
§19-2A-15. Annual Meetings to Establish Uniform Standards, Grades and Market Practices
The commissioner shall annually, on or before July 1, call together in public meeting the president and manager, or other officials, of livestock auction markets within the state for the purpose of establishing uniform standards and grades of livestock and uniform market practices and procedures for the operation of livestock auction markets in this state.
§19-2A-6. Fee for Permits
All permittees shall pay to the commissioner a fee of $10 on or before July 1 of each year.
§19-2A-1. Public Market Defined
A public market is (1) any place of business where livestock, poultry, and other agricultural or horticultural products are received and sold at public auction or, (2) any place where livestock is received from producers, assembled and sold, or offered for sale, by any method including, but not limited to, public auction. The term public […]
§19-2A-2. Public Markets Subject to State Regulation
All public markets, as defined in section one, are hereby declared to be affected with a public interest and subject to regulation by the state for the general welfare as in this article provided.
§19-2A-3. Operation of Public Markets
No public market shall hereafter be operated in this state by any person, partnership, firm, association, or corporation except in accordance with the provisions of this article.
§19-2A-4. Permits to Operate; Application and Hearing
It shall be unlawful for any public market to be operated in this state without first having obtained from the commissioner of agriculture of West Virginia a permit therefor. Upon the filing of an application for such permit, the commissioner shall fix a time and place for hearing thereon and, after hearing, if it appear […]
§19-2A-5. Permits for Existing Markets
[Repealed]