43-11-107 - Tonnage reports. - Tennessee Statutes

43-11-107. Tonnage reports.

(a)  (1)  The person distributing or selling fertilizer to a nonregistrant shall furnish the commissioner a report showing the county of the consignee, the amount (tons or fractions thereof) of each grade of fertilizer, the form in which the fertilizer was distributed (bag, bulk, liquid, or other form), and whether the fertilizer was for farm or non-farm use.

     (2)  No information furnished to the commissioner under this section shall be disclosed in such a way as to divulge the operation of any person.

     (3)  This information shall be submitted in summary report form approved by the commissioner on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the reporting period.

(b)  When more than one (1) person is involved in the distribution of a commercial fertilizer, the last person who has the fertilizer registered and who distributes to a nonregistrant (dealer or consumer) is responsible for reporting the tonnage and paying the inspection fee, unless the reporting and paying of the fee has been made by a prior distributor of the fertilizer.

[Acts 1969, ch. 102, § 7; T.C.A., § 43-1127; Acts 1986, ch. 659, § 6.]