If any agricultural liming material, or landplaster, or both, in the possession of the consumer is found by the commission to be short in weight, the registrant of the agricultural liming material, or landplaster, or both, within thirty days after official notice from the commission or its duly authorized representative, shall pay to the consumer a penalty equal to four times the value of the actual shortage. Underweight agricultural liming materials stored or offered for sale, other than in the possession of the consumer, is considered misbranded.

HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 495 Section 12; 1992 Act No. 378, Section 4, eff May 15, 1992; 2011 Act No. 64, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.

Code Commissioner's Note

1992 Act No. 378, Section 4, directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "board" to "commission" in Chapter 26, Title 46 of the 1976 Code.

Effect of Amendment

The 1992 amendment substituted "commission" for "board" each time it appeared.

The 2011 amendment twice in the first sentence inserted ", or landplaster, or both,", in the second sentence substituted "is considered misbranded" for "shall be deemed misbranded", and made nonsubstantive changes.