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Chapter 27
Section 27.13
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- 2020 27.13 Amended 2020 c 89 art 1 s 12
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27.13 INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS; SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF
LICENSE.
The commissioner is authorized to receive complaints against any persons dealing in,
shipping, transporting, storing, or selling produce, and shall have authority to make any and all
necessary investigations relative to the handling of, or storing, shipping, or dealing in produce
at wholesale and shall, at all times, have access to all buildings, yards, warehouses, storage and
transportation facilities in which any produce is kept, stored, handled or transacted. For the
purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections 27.01 to 27.14 and 27.19, the commissioner
shall have the authority, upon complaint being filed for any alleged violation of the provisions
thereof, or the rules issued thereunder, or upon information furnished by an inspector of the
Department of Agriculture, to suspend while violation continues or revoke any license issued by
the commissioner upon ten days notice to the licensee and an opportunity to be heard. Where
the public interest requires it the commissioner may suspend a license after such notice pending
hearing and decision. The commissioner shall have, and is hereby granted, full authority to
issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before the commissioner, with books,
papers, and other documents, articles, or instruments, and to compel the disclosure by such
witnesses of all facts known to them relative to the matter under investigation, and shall have
full authority to administer oaths and to take testimony; and the commissioner shall thereafter
give the complainant a written report of the investigation. Such report shall be prima facie
evidence of the matters therein contained. All parties disobeying the orders or subpoenas of the
commissioner shall be guilty of contempt as in proceedings in district courts of the state and may
be punished in like manner.
History: (6240-18 1/2l) 1931 c 394 s 13; 1955 c 232 s 2; 1961 c 113 s 1; 1961 c 163 s 6;
1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 12
LICENSE.
The commissioner is authorized to receive complaints against any persons dealing in,
shipping, transporting, storing, or selling produce, and shall have authority to make any and all
necessary investigations relative to the handling of, or storing, shipping, or dealing in produce
at wholesale and shall, at all times, have access to all buildings, yards, warehouses, storage and
transportation facilities in which any produce is kept, stored, handled or transacted. For the
purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections 27.01 to 27.14 and 27.19, the commissioner
shall have the authority, upon complaint being filed for any alleged violation of the provisions
thereof, or the rules issued thereunder, or upon information furnished by an inspector of the
Department of Agriculture, to suspend while violation continues or revoke any license issued by
the commissioner upon ten days notice to the licensee and an opportunity to be heard. Where
the public interest requires it the commissioner may suspend a license after such notice pending
hearing and decision. The commissioner shall have, and is hereby granted, full authority to
issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before the commissioner, with books,
papers, and other documents, articles, or instruments, and to compel the disclosure by such
witnesses of all facts known to them relative to the matter under investigation, and shall have
full authority to administer oaths and to take testimony; and the commissioner shall thereafter
give the complainant a written report of the investigation. Such report shall be prima facie
evidence of the matters therein contained. All parties disobeying the orders or subpoenas of the
commissioner shall be guilty of contempt as in proceedings in district courts of the state and may
be punished in like manner.
History: (6240-18 1/2l) 1931 c 394 s 13; 1955 c 232 s 2; 1961 c 113 s 1; 1961 c 163 s 6;
1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 12
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