CHAPTER 4-09.1
INSPECTIONS AND GRADING OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
4-09.1-01. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise
requires:
1.
"Commission" means the state seed commission.
2.
"Commissioner" means the state seed commissioner.
3.
"Commodities" means any agricultural product of the soil for which grades,<br>standards, or inspection services, or all of them, have not been established by the<br>United States department of agriculture pursuant to the United States Grain<br>Standards, as amended August 15, 1968 [Pub. L. 90-487; 82 Stat. 761; 7 U.S.C. 71<br>et seq.].
4-09.1-02.
Commissioner - Duties.
The commissioner may establish commodity
grades and inspection services for the purpose of making inspection and otherwise providing for<br>the proper handling and marketing of commodities. The commissioner shall appoint a chief<br>inspector and other employees as are necessary in carrying out this chapter. The commissioner<br>shall fix the salaries of employees within the limits of legislative appropriations.
4-09.1-03.
Grade inspection - Fees and charges.
The commissioner, with the
approval of the seed commission, shall establish and charge fees for making commodity grade<br>inspections, and the fees must be uniform throughout the state for periods of time as must be<br>specified. The fee for commodity grade inspection must, as nearly as possible, approximate the<br>cost of the service.
4-09.1-04.
Cooperation with departments and bureaus.
The commissioner may
cooperate with the United States department of agriculture or any bureau or division of the<br>department, with a similar state inspection service, and with any person so that any or all of the<br>grade certificates issued on the commodities in this state are officially recognized and accepted<br>elsewhere in the United States to protect and promote the interests of each person having an<br>interest in the commodities grown or handled in this state, and to provide for any necessary joint<br>arrangements to further the purpose of this chapter.
4-09.1-05. Seed commission may receive and expend funds. All moneys arising
from the collection of fees and other charges under the provisions of this chapter must be<br>deposited by the commissioner with the state treasurer and credited to the seed department<br>revolving fund. All proceeds deposited by the state treasurer in the seed department revolving<br>fund are subject to appropriation by the legislative assembly.
4-09.1-06. Administrative procedure and judicial review. Any proceeding under this
chapter for issuing or modifying rules and determining compliance with rules of the commission<br>or commissioner must be conducted in accordance with chapter 28-32 and appeals may be<br>taken as provided in chapter 28-32.
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