Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-29-111

  • 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

Within ninety (90) days of an assessment being withheld by the purchaser, any producer may make application to the commissioner, on forms to be prescribed by the commissioner, for refund of assessments withheld. The application shall be accompanied by copies of sales slips evidencing the withheld assessment for which the refund is sought.