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SF 1997 Senate Long Description

Relating to agriculture; modifying the meeting requirements and certain dockage determination duties of the board of grain standards; eliminating the refund of the appeal notice filing fee and a certain grain inspection and weighing fee payment requirement relating to grain in transit; expanding the definition of wholesale produce dealer to persons contracting with producers to grow, raise or provide produce in the state and defining producer; clarifying a certain prohibited act relating to failure to comply with the terms or conditions of a contract; eliminating a certain provision providing for the consideration of noncash sales of grain shipments as extensions of credit, providing for the consideration of transactions not meeting the requirements of voluntary extensions of credit as cash sales; modifying certain annual financial statement content requirements; granting the commissioner of agriculture certain rulemaking authority relating to warehouses; modifying certain provisions under the grain storage act; defining open storage; grain to be considered stored at the time of delivery, authorizing placement in open storage or on a warehouse receipt and providing for warehouse receipts on grain held in open storage; modifying the liability of public grain warehouse operators (rla)