Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-29-110

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
  • Producer: means any person who produces a commodity and thereafter causes the commodity to be marketed. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
  • Purchaser: means any dealer or processor who purchases or receives such commodity from producers on a commercial basis. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Each purchaser shall keep a complete and accurate record of commodities handled by that purchaser and shall furnish each producer with a signed sales slip showing the amount of commodities purchased from that producer and the amount deducted by the purchaser for the promotion fund. These records shall be kept for two (2) years and shall be open to inspection at any time and without notice by the commissioner or the commissioner’s representative. The commissioner may from time to time require a purchaser to submit records and reports necessary for collection of the assessment.