(1) The department may issue, amend, or renew a license if the department determines that the applicant has complied with this act and rules promulgated under this act.
  (2) A licensee may receive farm produce for storage or processing, assess and collect storage or processing charges on farm produce stored or processed, issue warehouse receipts on stored farm produce, issue price later agreements, collect handling charges on price later agreements, and issue acknowledgment forms.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 285.64

  • Department: means the department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 285.62
  • Facility: means an edifice, silo, tank, bin, crib, interstice, or protected enclosed structure, or more than 1 edifice, silo, tank, bin, crib, interstice, or protected enclosed structure located contiguous to each other, used to receive, deposit, or store farm produce in bulk. See Michigan Laws 285.62
  • Farm produce: means 1 or more of dry edible beans, soybeans, small grains, cereal grains, or corn. See Michigan Laws 285.62
  • Farm produce trucker: means a person engaged in the business of hauling farm produce that issues price later agreements or acknowledgment forms, transfers warehouse receipts, or is responsible for payment to a depositor, but that does not own a facility. See Michigan Laws 285.62
  • Grain merchandiser: means a person engaged in the business of receiving, buying, exchanging, selling, or taking title to farm produce and who is responsible for payment to a depositor but does not operate a truck or a facility. See Michigan Laws 285.62
  • License: means a license issued by the department to a grain dealer in the manner provided under this act. See Michigan Laws 285.62
  • Licensee: means a grain dealer licensed under this act. See Michigan Laws 285.62
  • Processing: means drying, cleaning, packaging, or otherwise changing the physical characteristics of farm produce. See Michigan Laws 285.62
  • Storage: means the deposit of farm produce in trust with a grain dealer by a depositor. See Michigan Laws 285.62
  (3) Except as provided in subsection (4), a license is issued for a term of 1 year. A license is not transferable by the licensee. A licensee shall prominently display his or her license on the vehicle of a licensee who is a farm produce trucker or at the principal place of business of a licensee who is a grain merchandiser or at a facility, as applicable.
  (4) The department may, in its discretion, issue a new license for a term of up to 21 months.
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