Minnesota Statutes 17A.11 – Fees for Livestock Weighing
The commissioner shall prescribe the fee necessary to cover the cost of state weighing, to be assessed and collected from the seller in the manner the commissioner may prescribe. The fee assessed must be the same, and the manner of collection of the fee must be uniform at all facilities. At any location where state weighing is performed in accordance with this chapter and the total annual fees collected are insufficient to pay the cost of the weighing, the annual deficit shall be assessed and collected in the manner the commissioner may prescribe. Additional money arising from the weighing of animals by the commissioner, which has been collected and retained by any person, shall be paid on demand to the commissioner. All money collected by the commissioner shall be deposited in the agricultural fund and credited to the livestock weighing account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner to carry out the duties of section 17A.10 and for activities and duties required under chapter 31B.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 17A.11
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's representative. See Minnesota Statutes 17A.03
- Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, horses intended for slaughter, mules, farmed Cervidae, as defined in section 35. See Minnesota Statutes 17A.03
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44