Tennessee Code 43-11-118 – Notice of violations – Hearing – Certification of facts to prosecuting attorney
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-11-118
- Commercial fertilizer: means any substance containing one (1) or more recognized plant nutrients that is used for its plant nutrient content and that is designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, except unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, marl, lime, limestone, wood ashes and gypsum. See Tennessee Code 43-11-103
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 43-11-103
- Distributor: means any person who imports, consigns, manufactures, produces, compounds, mixes, or blends commercial fertilizer, or who offers for sale, sells, barters, or otherwise supplies commercial fertilizer in this state. See Tennessee Code 43-11-103
- Person: includes an individual, partnership, association, firm, and corporation. See Tennessee Code 43-11-103
- Registrant: means the person who registers commercial fertilizer under this part. See Tennessee Code 43-11-103
If it appears from the examination of any commercial fertilizer that any of the provisions of this part or the rules and regulations issued under this part have been violated, the commissioner shall cause notice of the violations to be given to the registrant, distributor, or possessor from whom the sample was taken; any person so notified shall be given an opportunity to be heard under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commissioner. If it appears after the hearing, either in the presence or absence of the person so notified, that this part or rules and regulations issued under this part have been violated, the commissioner may certify the facts to the proper district attorney general.