New York Agriculture & Markets Law Article 20 - LICENSING OF FARM PRODUCTS DEALERS
- 244 - Statement of Policy and Application of Article.
1. This article is enacted in the exercise of the police power of the state and its purposes generally are to suppress and prevent unfair...
- 245 - Definitions.
1. "Farm products" includes all agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, and vegetable and fruit products of the soil, Christmas trees, livestock and meats, poultry, nuts, honey, maple...
- 246 - Unlawful Conduct.
It shall be unlawful: 1. For any person to act as a dealer unless licensed pursuant to the provisions of this article. 2. For any...
- 247 - Power of Commissioner to Investigate.
The commissioner and his or her authorized representatives shall have access to and may enter at all reasonable hours all places where farm products are...
- 247-a - Liability to Person Injured.
Any dealer, who violates any provisions of section two hundred forty-six of this article, shall be liable to the person injured thereby for the full...
- 248 - Dealers to Be Licensed and to Provide Security and to Deposit Fee.
1. (a) No person shall act as a dealer unless licensed as provided in this article. Application shall be made upon such forms and at...
- 249 - Granting, Revoking or Suspending Licenses.
The commissioner may decline to grant or renew a license, or revoke or suspend a license already granted, upon due notice and opportunity for a...
- 250 - Form and Amount of Security; Agricultural Producers Security Fund; Scope of Coverage.
1. (a) The bond or letter of credit required by section two hundred forty-eight of this article shall be upon a form prescribed by the...
- 250-a - Trust Upon Farm Products and Sales Proceeds for the Benefit of Producers.
1. Farm products received by a dealer in all transactions and all inventories of food or other products derived from farm products and any receivables...
- 250-b - Producer Claims Against Security and Agricultural Producers Security Fund.
1. (a) A producer who has not received full payment of amounts due for farm products in accordance with the prompt payment provisions of sections...
- 250-c - Stationery and Advertising to Show License.
Where a licensee displays on his or her stationery or in his or her advertising the words licensed or bonded, or a combination of the...
- 250-d - Record and Report of Sales; Preservation of Records by Dealers.
Every dealer shall, upon receipt of farm products and as he or she handles and disposes of the same, make and preserve for at least...
- 250-e - Records to Be Kept by Dealer-Processors; Deductions for Payments to Cooperatives.
1. It shall be unlawful for a dealer to purchase or receive, or for a seller to deliver, farm products for processing as defined by...
- 250-f - Stated Grape Price.
Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision one of section two hundred fifty-e of this article, except with respect to such cooperative member patrons, it shall be...
- 250-g - Release of Security by Commissioner.
If upon investigation by the commissioner, the licensee is found to have fully paid all the producers of farm products received or purchased by him...
- 250-h - Review.
The determination of the commissioner in refusing to grant, suspending or revoking a license, or in determining a claim filed pursuant to this article shall...
- 250-i - Rules and Regulations.
The commissioner is hereby authorized, after public hearing, to adopt such rules and regulations as he or she may deem necessary to administer the provisions...
- 250-j - Penalties.
Each transaction by a dealer may be considered a separate violation subjecting the dealer to liability pursuant to section thirty-nine of this chapter, in addition...
- 250-k - Remidies.
250-k. Remedies. The commissioner may institute such action at law or in equity as may be necessary to enforce compliance with any provisions of this...
Last modified: February 3, 2019