Tennessee Code 47-26-1011 – Employment of public weighmasters required
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-26-1011
- Livestock: means all equine as well as animals that are being raised primarily for use as food or fiber for human utilization or consumption including, but not limited to, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Public weighing: means the weighing, measuring, or counting, upon request, of vehicles, property, produce, commodities, or articles other than those that the weigher or the weigher's employer, if any, is either buying or selling. See Tennessee Code 47-26-1002
- Public weighmaster: means any person who performs public weighing as defined. See Tennessee Code 47-26-1002
Every stockyard, slaughterhouse, tobacco warehouse or loose floor, dairy products plant, cotton gin or compress, and agricultural grain or seed buying/receiving station which buys or sells commodities on a bulk basis shall have in its employ one or more public weighmasters. All livestock, tobacco, milk, cream, cotton, and agricultural grains or seeds which are purchased, processed, or sold on a bulk weight basis at the above mentioned establishments shall be weighed only by a public weighmaster. Any individual acting on behalf of such individual or an establishment that charges a fee, commission, or any type of payment to perform public weighing, shall also be licensed under this part.