2017 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 3 - Grain Standards
Sec. 87g - Relation to State and local laws; separability

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Citation 7 U.S.C. § 87g (2017)
Section Name §87g. Relation to State and local laws; separability
Section Text

(a) No State or subdivision thereof may require the inspection or description in accordance with any standards of kind, class, quality, condition, or other characteristics of grain as a condition of shipment, or sale, of such grain in interstate or foreign commerce, or require any license for, or impose any other restrictions upon the performance of any official inspection or weighing function under this chapter by official inspection personnel. Otherwise nothing in this chapter shall invalidate any law or other provision of any State or subdivision thereof in the absence of a conflict with this chapter.

(b) If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Source Credit

(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, §18, as added Pub. L. 90–487, §1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 769; amended Pub. L. 94–582, §20, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2886.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted in first sentence "official inspection or weighing function" for "official inspection function".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 94–582 effective 30 days after Oct. 21, 1976, see section 27 of Pub. L. 94–582, as amended, set out as a note under section 74 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

For effective date of section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 90–487, set out as an Effective Date of 1968 Amendment note under section 78 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 3 - GRAIN STANDARDS
Sec. 87g - Relation to State and local laws; separability
Contains section 87g
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 82 Stat. 769
90 Stat. 2886
Public Law References Public Law 90-487, Public Law 94-582
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