80-4-701. Official agricultural commodity inspectors, samplers, and weighers -- designation of seasonal inspection points -- assignment of inspectors. (1) The department shall provide inspectors, samplers, and weighers to enforce this part. At all inspection points designated by the department, the department shall provide sufficient official agricultural commodity inspectors, samplers, and weighers to inspect and weigh all agricultural commodities subject to state inspection.
(2) The department may, during the grain-marketing season, appoint inspectors to visit the grain-growing districts to investigate the grading, dockage, and weighing of grain and to enforce the rules of the department.
(3) Expenditures for the inspection and weighing at the points designated by the department may not exceed total fee receipts at those points.
History: En. Sec. 55, Ch. 539, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 76, L. 1997.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 4. Agricultural Commodities
Part 7. Inspection and Grading
80-4-702. Qualifications of official agricultural commodity inspectors, samplers, and weighers
80-4-703. Penalty for misconduct
80-4-704. Establishment of standard agricultural commodity grades
80-4-705. Rules governing dockage -- sample inspection
80-4-706. Special inspection of agricultural commodities
80-4-708. Examination of agricultural commodity cars or trucks at destination
80-4-709. Protein testing laboratory
80-4-711. Agricultural commodity sampling -- appeal procedure
80-4-712. through 80-4-720 reserved
80-4-722. Records of inspection
80-4-725. Sale or offering for sale of treated product prohibited
80-4-726. Copies of grades and rules to be furnished and displayed by warehouse operators