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     235.01 Supervision over grain. 

    The Department of Agriculture shall supervise the grain 
 interests of the state; buying, selling, handling, and storage 
 of grain; and management of public warehouses and public grain 
 markets, including chambers of commerce, boards of trade, and 
 grain exchanges.  The department shall investigate, on complaint 
 or its own motion, all cases of fraud and injustice in the grain 
 trade, unfair practices, or unfair discrimination in the buying 
 or selling of grain.  The department may compel the 
 discontinuance of unfair practices or unfair discrimination in 
 grain transactions and make rules for carrying out and enforcing 
 state laws relating to subjects covered by this section.  

    HIST: (5084) RL s 2100; 1919 c 254 s 8; 1921 c 314 s 1; 1925 c 
 266; 1969 c 9 s 60; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1974 c 548 s 31; 1979 c 332 
 art 1 s 77; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1989 c 197 art 5 s 1 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.